5th Annual A Cure for Charlie Pickleball Tournament

We continue to need your help in curing Charlie Fry and all kids suffering from SLC6A1. Last years event raised over $50k towards research and development for a treatment for this terrible neurological disease, please help us do it again this year!

Date: Saturday, September 13, 2025

Location: Chicken N Pickle Overland Park, 5901 W 135th St, Overland Park, KS 66223

Team Check-in: 8:30 - 9:00 a.m.

Pickleball Tournament: 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. – Indoor Courts (additional information will be emailed to each team prior to the event). Again this year, we will have two separate tournaments, a competitive league with a max of 12 teams and a recreational league with a max of 24 teams. The format for each will be the same, the first hour and a half will be played round robin. After that it goes into a single elimination tournament. Everyone should play around 4 games! Prizes will be as follows:

Food and Beverages: 10:30 am – 12:30 pm – Brunch served in the Be Amazing room; 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. - Beverages served. Open to all Tournament Players and Spectator Tickets.

Presentation of Tournament Winners, A Cure for Charlie Thank You, Silent Auction Closes, and Social: 12:30 – 1:00 p.m. – Open to all Tournament Players and Spectator Tickets.

Online Auction:

The Online Auction, which can be accessed through the A Cure for Charlie event website, will open on Wednesday, September 11th at 8 am CST and will close at 12:30 pm on Saturday, September 14th. Bid on dozens of great items such as luxury vacations, event packages, food and beverage items and more! More details to follow.

Gift Card Pull:

Back by popular demand! For $25 each you will have a chance to draw a random gift card and could pull a card valued from $20-$50 to a wide selection of local and national businesses. The gift card pull will be open from 9 am until sold out during the event on 9/13.

Our Cause:

7-year-old Charlie Fry is a sweet and innocent boy who suffers from a rare disease called SLC6A1, which causes him to have seizures, autism, anxiety, OCD, behavioral issues, ADHD and cognitive delays. We continue working to develope a lifechanging treatment that will ultimately cure this disease and improve his quality of life. We cannot do this without your support and participation in events like this annual pickleball tournament. For more information about Charlie please visit our website.

If you have any questions please contact Kim Fry at [email protected].

Host or Publisher SLC6A1 Connect