About Us

The Boulder Paddle League was founded in 2005 by Steve Filmer, who continues to run the league with the help of Bob Ziegenhagen and John Stegner. The league's mission is to provide structure and a competitive framework for platform tennis in Boulder, as well as to help grow the sport in Colorado.

Starting with a group of 12 players in 2005, the league merged with another small league run by Adam Kimberly called the "Boulder Wires" in 2012.

The Boulder Paddle League has now grown to over 44 players with a network of over 100 players, many of which are substitutes. The league's home base is the North Boulder Recreation Center where there are two public courts. Here the players have been dedicated stewards of the facilities volunteering their time and money to maintain and improve this great public resource.

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Format and Rules

League Format:

1-up 1-down

Play 3 sets switching teams every set (within same court)
Keep track of your games won and top player getter moves up to harder court, bottom player moves down to easier court.
For each player, a game is worth a point. If you win a set, you get 7 points, regardless if you finished with 6 or 7 games. (for example: If you win a set 6-4, you get 7 points.) Rewards a win more.
Season long points race determines Standings with weighted/net points. Game points are weighted as it is increasingly harder to win a game on the higher courts. So we have a “Net Points” multiplier. For example a game won on Court 1 = 1.9 Net points and a game won on Court 2 = 1.8 Net points, etc. (On Court 10, 1 game won = 1.0 Net points) In past seasons the points have correlated very accurately to performance (and attendance).

Rules:

APTA Platform Tennis Rules click here

TIEBREAK rules:

If 2 players are tied in points after the 3rd set, then a singles tiebreaker will ensue - Play singles lines, 2 serves, First to 7, win by 2.

3-way tie: If 3 players are tied in points after the 3rd set then play 3 singles tiebreakers are played - if each player wins of the tiebreakers, then add and compare the points from the 3 tiebreakers to determine who moves down or up.

Time issues:

In the event you run out of time (ie. at 7:30pm) or the lights go out during the 3rd set, the current set score "fast forwards" until the higher score hits 7 for scoring purposes. So 4-2 becomes 7-5 for example. To avoid this issue, please arrive early to warm up and start your match within 10 minutes of start time.

If a player leaves before the match is completed, the score fast forwards (see above) but the leaving player receives 0 points for the remaining sets. (Similar to the not getting a sub rule below).

Injury policy:

If a player gets injured, you fast forward the current set, and the three healthy players get 7 points and the injured player gets 3 points on the remaining sets.

Sub Rules:‍

If you are going to miss a week then YOU have to find someone to fill your spot.
The sub cannot move you up a court but has the ability to hold your position on that court for the next week provided that they don't finish last that night.
If the sub ties with a non-sub to move down, the sub automatically moves down (no tiebreaker is played).

Sub Points:

When you get a sub and they show up and play, you get 10 points towards the points race (these 10 points have nothing to do with moving up or down).

If you don't get a sub (and someone else has to scramble and get one for you) then you get 0 points for that week -- and you risk your position in the league for next season.

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