Who is here tonight
Put the names in as people arrive, or let members add themselves before the night. Say how many courts the hall has given you.
Badminton club night
Badminton club night, with the courts dealt for you
Clayside is a badminton club night app. It deals who is on each court, rotates partners so everyone plays everyone, and keeps a points table for the whole night.
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Court 1
Doyle & Vos
Chopra & Wren
Court 2
Lister & Iqbal13
Bajwa & Rae8
Court 3
Ng & Orme9
Kerr & Nolan12
Court 4
Fox & Gill11
Saxby & Tsang10
Sitting out: Mead and Hossain
The table
| # | Player | Rounds | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B. Tsang | 2 | 23 |
| 2 | W. Orme | 2 | 23 |
| 3 | N. Iqbal | 2 | 23 |
| 4 | J. Ng | 2 | 22 |
How it works
How a badminton club night runs on the app
Every court to 21
Each round is a race to 21 points between the two pairs, so the courts come off together. Change the total for a shorter night.
Nobody decides who is next
The app deals the next round as soon as the last one is in. No pegs, no queue by the door and no arguing over who has sat out longest.
Four ways to run it
An americano, a mexicano, fixed pairs or singles
Americano
Partners rotate so everyone plays with everyone before anybody repeats a partner.
For a mixed hallThe newcomer plays with the county player.
Mexicano
After the first round, the table sets the courts, first and third against second and fourth.
For the keen onesClose games as the night goes on.
Fixed pairs or singles
Pairs who stay together all night, or one against one, two to a court, on the same table.
For league practiceYour pairs get a proper hit.
Court 1
Abbot & Ives
Ruane & Ngata
Court 2
Lowe & Shore11
Rana & Patel10
Court 3
Mears & Lam
Kaye & Hume
Court 4
Yuen & Hart13
Bhatt & Ogden8
The table
| # | Player | Rounds | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | K. Lowe | 3 | 33 |
| 2 | E. Shore | 3 | 33 |
| 3 | A. Rana | 3 | 32 |
Players and courts
Badminton club night: players per court
Four to a court for doubles. Whoever is not on sits out a round, fairly: nobody sits twice while someone has not. A night takes 4 to 64 players.
| Players | 3 courts | 4 courts | 5 courts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | all 12 on | all 12 on | all 12 on |
| 14 | 12 on, 2 sit | 12 on, 2 sit | 12 on, 2 sit |
| 16 | 12 on, 4 sit | all 16 on | all 16 on |
| 18 | 12 on, 6 sit | 16 on, 2 sit | 16 on, 2 sit |
| 20 | 12 on, 8 sit | 16 on, 4 sit | all 20 on |
| 22 | 12 on, 10 sit | 16 on, 6 sit | 20 on, 2 sit |
| 24 | 12 on, 12 sit | 16 on, 8 sit | 20 on, 4 sit |
It deals whole rounds rather than keeping a peg board queue, so everybody plays the same amount by the end of the night.
Not yet
What badminton club night does not do yet
Tell us which your club needs and we will build it with you.
The night’s money
The per-night fee
The app does not take the hall fee on the night. Keep collecting it the way you do now.
A queue
Winners stay on
If your club night runs as a queue where winners stay on, that is not built yet. The app deals full rounds instead.
Keep reading
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Questions
What badminton clubs ask about club night
We use a peg board. Why change?
Nobody has to watch it. The app works out who sits next before it deals, so the people who have waited longest go on, and the organiser can play too.
Who enters the scores?
The players on each court from their phones, or the organiser alone. It is a setting, and it can change halfway through the night.
Can a visitor join in?
Yes. Type their name and they are dealt in. A typed name joins the club’s list, so it counts towards the members your plan covers.
Does a club night count towards anything?
Each player’s level at the club, which helps you put people in the right league box or team. It never appears on a public page.
Have a look
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The hall, the shuttles and the people stay the same. The pegs go.
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