We have both DUPR Rating sessions and DUPR Play sessions.
The Rating sessions are one way to get an initial (first time) club rating.
Both require advanced registration.
Read on for more details on both these types of sessions.
Set up a DUPR account
Join SAPC on DUPR
Answers to questions below will walk you through the steps to do both.
Set up a DUPR account, if you don't already have one
Join SAPC on DUPR
Have or get a DUPR rating--any rating above zero will do.
It also helps to be on the list of members getting email invitations to these sessions -- more on this below.
Go to https://mydupr.com, then press Signup; or, from the same DUPR webpage, download the DUPR app to your device, open the app, and press Signup.
At the "Claim Your Account" screen, enter your name and see if you already have a DUPR account; claim it if you do
If you don't have a DUPR account, press Create an Account and fill in the player details
a. be sure to use the same first and last name and email address as your SAPC membership
b. verify your email address by following the instructions in the email sent to you by DUPR
Log in to your DUPR account and press the "Clubs" menu item.
Enter "St. Albert" in the search box.(Note the period after "St")
Select the St. Albert Pickleball Club
On the St. Albert Pickleball Club page, press the "Join Club" button.
Once you apply to Join SAPC on DUPR, please wait two days until an administrator verifies that you are a paid-up member of SAPC and manually admits you to the club on DUPR.
We have no preset time when each session will open for registration, and want to avoid the dreaded, automated "midnight" openings. All eligible members will be notified at the same time, via email, one to two weeks before each session. Registration will take place on a first come, first served basis.
No. You will likely get an initial DUPR rating within a day of playing in your first session, but SAPC will not accept a DUPR rating as a club rating until at least 20 games are recorded in DUPR, and until your DUPR Reliability is at least 60. It may take two or three SAPC DUPR play sessions to get in 20 games. On the Tuesday following your 20th club-entered DUPR game, your DUPR Reliability will likely be 60 or higher, if all 20 games have been played and recorded in the last 4 months. (Note that if you self-enter your own DUPR games, it will take many, many games for your DUPR rating to reach a Reliability of 60.)
See the DUPR page for an explanation of the DUPR Reliability.
No, both are free. Of course, you must already have an SAPC membership via this website before an administrator will admit you to SAPC on DUPR.
One sticker if at Alpine Courts
Two stickers if at a school
Three stickers if at Red Willow Community Church
Stickers must be purchased in advance. None will be sold at the play session. Please do not register for a DUPR session until you have purchased and recieved some stickers. Buy your stickers using our Store under the Members menu.
Yes. SAPC will not lower club ratings unless you specifically ask for a lower rating. This applies even if you have a lower DUPR rating than your current club level, because we are grandfathering (extending) previous club ratings in recognition of the skill level already achieved and used to earn that previous club rating.
We also know that a player's DUPR rating can fluctuate dramatically if that player consistently plays others with higher skills or with lower skills. This means that a player may have a DUPR rating that is, temporarily, skewed too high or too low in relation to that player's actual skill level. This is another reason SAPC will not change your current skill level unless you ask for it. However, SAPC will use DUPR to give you an initial rating if you have none and if you play your 20th DUPR scored game at an SAPC "Aspiring To 3.0" DUPR play event.
Not if you don't want a club rating or higher club rating.
Not if you want to get a club rating another way, as described on the Skill Levels and Ratings page.
Yes, if you want to use a DUPR rating as a basis for a new or higher club rating.
Yes, if you want to play in any SAPC DUPR play sessions, perhaps to just find out what your DUPR rating would be, or just because DUPR play sessions have good competitive play.
Yes, if you want to play in any DUPR games at other venues or in self-organized DUPR games.
Yes, if you are playing tournaments as most tournaments will enter scores directly through Pickleball Tournaments into DUPR.
Yes, but DUPR only accepts scores if all game players have DUPR accounts and if these other players verify the entered score. Please ensure all players agree to have that game’s scores entered into DUPR before the game starts.
Self-recorded games don't build your DUPR Reliability very fast though. One's DUPR Reliability is important if you want to use your DUPR rating as a basis for an SAPC club rating. This is further described on our DUPR webpage.
No. Club play sessions will not be entered into DUPR unless the session is specifically designated as DUPR play. DUPR games tend to be competitive, like a tournament game, and some members do not want this for regular play.
SAPC offers "Aspiring to 3.0" DUPR Rating sessions for those wanting to establish a 2.5 or 3.0 club rating. If your 20th DUPR recorded game is at one of these sessions, our rating coordinators will assign you a club rating. More specifically, if your DUPR rating falls between 3.000 and 3.499, you will earn a 3.0 club rating, and if your DUPR rating is below 3.000 you will earn a 2.5 club rating. (The 2.5 level is the lowest in our club, so you will earn this 2.5 club rating even if your DUPR rating is below 2.500.)
These sessions are only open to members who do not have a club rating. Once you have a club rating, you can elevate it by playing in our club DUPR Play sessions, and when you earn a DUPR rating of say 3.510, you can apply for a club 3.5 rating, as described on our Skill Levels and Ratings webpage.
For the 2025 outdoor season, SAPC is sending email invitations to all members who qualified for these, as of a particular date in late April. If you missed that cutoff though, you can still get in.
Check that you are still a member of the SAPC club on DUPR. You should see the St. Albert Pickleball Club under 'My Clubs' when logged into DUPR. If you aren't a member of our club on DUPR, join or rejoin SAPC on DUPR.
Check that your email address for logging into DUPR is the same as your email address for logging into SAPC at this website. If they are different, either:
change your email address at this website, or
change your email address at dupr.com (see next question in this FAQ).
Do you have a DUPR doubles rating -- any number other than "not rated" in your Doubles Rating field in DUPR? If not, get a DUPR rating (see "How do I get a DUPR Rating" below.)
Email technology@pickleballstalbert.ca and advise us that you now meet all of the above criteria and would like to start getting email invitations to SAPC DUPR Play sessions.
Fill in the requested info (name, DUPR ID, current email/login ID, etc), specifically request that your email be changed, and give the email address you now wish to use.
Press the Submit button.
Getting a DUPR Rating is easier than getting a club rating. First, get a free DUPR account. Then do any one of the following:
If you don’t have a club rating, play in one club “Aspiring To” DUPR Rating session, or
Play in one DUPR session offered by another venue or club, or
Play in a self-organized game with others, then enter the game scores into DUPR yourself. Other players in those games must also have a DUPR account and will be asked by DUPR to validate these games, so make sure all players agree in advance to have these games recorded in DUPR.
No, in our system all wait lists are session specific.
A match in DUPR may be 1, 2 or 3 games, all played with the same partner and same opponents, on the same day. In SAPC DUPR play, we typically use a round robin format, so each match is only one game.
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