The mark · four directions
Everything below is built from your actual trophy. They are grouped so you can compare like with like, and the tags mark the versions that came out of our last conversation. Click any mark to see it large. Pick one, or pick two or three to push further, and the next round mocks them onto real pieces.
The Shield
The one you said felt sporty. Every version here has the pickleball taken out, and the cup can run silver or gold. This is the direction that looks most like a league.
The Lockup
You said you liked this format and this font. The cup sits beside the name or above it, so the same mark fits a wide space or a tall one without being redrawn.
The Seal
The circular championship mark, the one that reads as an award. The newer versions drop the three city names, since you said the lineup might change and the mark should outlive that.
The Story Mark
One outlier worth keeping on the table. It says Colorado and pickleball without using either word.
What we need from you: a direction, or a shortlist. Nothing is applied to the artwork yet on purpose. Once you point at one, the whole month gets rebuilt around it and you see it in place before anything runs.
The system
Everything ships in these colors and this type. Consistent enough that a post is recognizably yours before the logo is even visible.
is open.
August · ready for your event
Three pieces for the event already on your calendar: the push before, the card players screenshot, and the results post that goes up before the nets are down. The bracketed fields are yours to fill: send the details and these ship the same day.
September · the full month
Twenty pieces, rendered and scheduled: four posts and a reel each week, the reel always Thursday, Sunday dark, built around your price ladder. Instagram posts mirror to Facebook automatically, and any video can also run as a YouTube Short if you want it. Click any artwork to see it full screen, and the Thursday reel plays. Bracketed details lock in the moment you confirm dates, and the remaining three reels animate from the covers shown.
| TueSep 1 | IG + FB | Registration opens · announce The October Open is on. Denver, [EVENT DATES], all skill brackets. Registration is open now and early pricing holds through [PRICE DEADLINE]. Link in bio. #ColoradoCup #OctoberOpen #Pickleball #DenverPickleball #ColoradoPickleball #PickleballTournament |  |
| WedSep 2 | IG + FB | Skill brackets · 3.0 to 5.0 Every question in our DMs is some version of this one: am I good enough to play? Yes. Brackets run 3.0 through 5.0 in men’s, women’s and mixed, so you play people at your level all weekend. #ColoradoCup #Pickleball #PickleballBrackets #3point0 #DenverPickleball #PickleballForEveryone |  |
| ThuSep 3 | IG + FB REEL[+ YT SHORT] | Registration is open · reel Registration is open for the October Open. Four seconds, sound off, everything you need is in the link in bio. #ColoradoCup #OctoberOpen #Pickleball #PickleballReels #DenverPickleball | LIVE |
| FriSep 4 | IG + FB | Mixed doubles announce New this stop: mixed doubles, Saturday afternoon. Grab a partner or come solo and we will match you. Spots are capped by court time, so get in early. #ColoradoCup #MixedDoubles #Pickleball #DenverPickleball #PickleballPartner |  |
| SatSep 5 | IG + FB | House rules · tag us One rule at every Colorado Cup stop: tag us or it did not happen. @coloradocuptour on everything, and the best shots end up on the big screen at finals. #ColoradoCup #Pickleball #TagUs #PickleballLife #ColoradoPickleball |  |
| MonSep 7 | IG + FB | Venue and parking [VENUE], Denver. Gates open [TIME] all three days, first matches [TIME]. Parking: [PARKING NOTE]. Screenshot this one. #ColoradoCup #OctoberOpen #DenverPickleball #CentralParkCourts #Pickleball |  |
| WedSep 9 | The Dispatch · The Dispatch Header art for the Tour Dispatch. Subject line: The October Open is filling, here is what is new. Covers registration pace, the mixed doubles add, and the volunteer call. |  | |
| ThuSep 10 | IG + FB REEL[+ YT SHORT] | Momentum · [N] in · reel [N] players in and climbing. Brackets cap when court time runs out, not when we feel like it. If you are on the fence, this is the nudge. #ColoradoCup #OctoberOpen #Pickleball #ColoradoPickleball #RegisterNow |  |
| FriSep 11 | IG + FB | Volunteer call Volunteer one shift, play the rest of the weekend free. We need hands at check-in and courtside Saturday morning. Two shifts left, DM us to claim one. #ColoradoCup #Volunteer #Pickleball #DenverPickleball #PlayFree |  |
| SatSep 12 | IG + FB | Price ladder · early bird ends [PRICE NOW] now. [PRICE AFTER] after [PRICE DEADLINE]. That is the whole post. Register before the price steps up, link in bio. #ColoradoCup #OctoberOpen #Pickleball #EarlyBird #DenverPickleball |  |
| MonSep 14 | IG + FB | [N] days countdown The countdown card, cut fresh each time it runs. Strings fresh, shoes broken in, bracket set. See you at [VENUE]. #ColoradoCup #OctoberOpen #Countdown #Pickleball #DenverPickleball |  |
| WedSep 16 | IG + FB | Player spotlight · 4.5 bracket Meet the 4.5 bracket. Sixteen players, four cities, one very confident dentist. Photos from Thursday’s open play, names in the carousel. #ColoradoCup #PlayerSpotlight #Pickleball #45Bracket #ColoradoPickleball |  |
| ThuSep 17 | IG + FB REEL[+ YT SHORT] | Countdown reel · 4:5 Getting close. Sound off, nothing to hear, everything to play. Registration closes when the brackets fill. #ColoradoCup #OctoberOpen #Pickleball #PickleballReels #Countdown |  |
| FriSep 18 | IG + FB | The draw is live The draw goes live the week of the event. Find your name, find your first match, find whoever you have to beat to make Sunday. Full brackets on the site. #ColoradoCup #OctoberOpen #TheDraw #Pickleball #BracketDay |  |
| SatSep 19 | IG + FB | Sponsor thank-you This one runs on them. Four sponsors put the October Open on its feet, logos and links in the carousel. Want in for Springs? DM us. #ColoradoCup #Sponsors #Pickleball #SupportLocal #ColoradoPickleball |  |
| MonSep 21 | IG + FB | Medals awarded · results The results card, held ready. [N] medals across the brackets, numbers swap in the moment the last match ends. Full results and the photo gallery land on the site. #ColoradoCup #OctoberOpen #Results #Pickleball #Medals |  |
| WedSep 23 | IG + FB | October Open recap The recap frame, built now, filled with the weekend’s best shots the Monday after the Open. Carousel of ten, gallery link in bio. #ColoradoCup #OctoberOpen #Recap #Pickleball #ColoradoPickleball |  |
| ThuSep 24 | IG + FB REEL[+ YT SHORT] | Last call reel · 9:16 Last call. Doors close on registration when the brackets fill. Next chance to play is [NEXT STOP]. #ColoradoCup #LastCall #OctoberOpen #Pickleball #DenverPickleball |  |
| FriSep 25 | IG + FB | Thank you, Colorado From all of us. Players, volunteers, sponsors, the guy who ran the shuttle from the north lot. Thank you, Colorado. See you at the Open. #ColoradoCup #ThankYou #Pickleball #ColoradoPickleball |  |
| SatSep 26 | IG + FB | Next stop · Springs Save the date: [NEXT STOP CITY], [DATES]. The tour rolls on. Registration opens in January, and the Dispatch hears first. #ColoradoCup #SpringsStop #Pickleball #ColoradoSprings #SaveTheDate |  |
How delivery runs: the month arrives finished in your dashboard, you approve from your phone, and approved pieces post themselves on schedule. October's month lands September 1, so you always review a full month ahead.
The same month, four marks
A logo is easy to judge on its own and hard to judge in use. These are six real September pieces, each rendered with four different marks. Switch between them and watch the same artwork change character. This is the fastest way to feel which direction is actually yours.
