Dink Floyd wins Florida amateur pickleball title in overtime DreamBreaker

Dink Floyd won Florida’s amateur pickleball title in a DreamBreaker that went to overtime, sealing one of three Dream Tickets handed out at the Dink Minor League Pickleball Florida State Championship in Sunrise. The winning point came on a contested out call, and the roster that closed it out had never played together before this event.

The championship ran alongside stop No. 3 of the All Florida Pro League at Epic Athletic Club in Sunrise, drawing 105 players across three DUPR divisions. The state championship window was listed for June 27-29, 2026, with a $95 entry fee, and the event package included medals and a treasure box. Dink Floyd won the DUPR 18 division, while Kitchen Nightmares and Hold My Pickle also punched tickets to The Dink MiLP Championships in early 2027.

The format gave the weekend its shape. MiLP teams are built around four players, two women and two men, and each team match is played over four 21-point games: women’s doubles, men’s doubles, then two mixed doubles matches. If the team score is tied 2-2, the tiebreak goes to a DreamBreaker, which is exactly where Dink Floyd had to finish the job.

That makes the result especially notable because Dink Floyd was assembled like a blind date from MiLP free agents. The title run was even more unusual because the final point came against a team that included three players under 13, a reminder of how wide the competitive age range has become as amateur brackets tighten and team chemistry matters more with each round.

Every Dream Ticket winner in Sunrise came from South Florida, reinforcing the region’s pull as one of the strongest amateur pipelines in the sport. That matters because the Dink MiLP Championships now offer a share of $100,000 in prize money, making them the highest tier of amateur team competition in pickleball and a real endpoint for players building identities beyond rec play.

The ladder to get there is increasingly formal. Official MiLP state championships and regional events award leaderboard points, with first place worth 1,000 points, second 900 and third 800. The 2027 championships have moved to February, and qualification routes now run through State Championships, Regional Showdowns, MLP MiLP Teams, International Pathways, a Collegiate Pathway launching in August 2027 and a USA Nations Cup qualifier. DUPR, which organizes MiLP divisions by combined rating, says it now has more than 1 million rated players, giving Florida’s Sunrise results a place in a much larger national system.