About Us

The Boulder Paddle League was founded in 2005 by Steve Filmer who ran the league for 20 years and has now handed the reins over to Woody Rubin. After stepping down as league director, Steve shared this message: "It has truly been an honor to help grow and serve the Boulder platform tennis community for two decades. This is an incredible group and I look forward to many years of great paddle ahead. We could not have found a better leader than Woody Rubin to be the new league director and I feel confident that he will ensure the league continues to evolve and thrive for years to come."

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

The Boulder Paddle League has now grown to over 50 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.

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.

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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 the top player that night moves up to harder court, and the lowest point getter 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.) The key reason for this is that a set won 7-5 should NOT be worth more than a 6-4. This rule rewards a decisive win more and minimizes tie situations.

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.

If one of the players in a tied situation is a SUB, then the person they are subbing for automatically moves down and no tiebreaker is played. This is also true in a 3-way tie.

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:

The injured player automatically goes down unless it is the 3rd set. In that situation, the injured player's number of games won is tallied at the point of injury and you fast forward scores for the other 3 players (like is done with a time issue above). Then the up/down results are decided from those totals.

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).
If you don't get a sub (and someone else has to scramble and get one for you) then you risk your position in the league.

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