Play on club night
Two players or two pairs near each other on the ladder play a match on a spare court, or on another evening they arrange between them.
Badminton ladder
A badminton ladder system that keeps itself
Clayside is a badminton ladder system for clubs: singles or doubles, every match rated, and players putting their own scores in from club night.
No card, no password · 14 days with everything switched on
1▲1
S. AchebeW3
24 played
1402
2
R. Tan
20 played
1368+14 to confirm
3▲2
P. Nowak
17 played
1329
4▼1
J. Pemberton
15 played
1291
5
L. Cheng
18 played
1278
6▼2
B. Attwood
14 played
1264
7
H. Idrisresting −30
11 played
1251
8new
F. Osei
2 played
1209
Movement is places over 30 days · form is the last five · the trend line is their rating over time · purple is a score waiting on the other player, and it counts already.
How it works
A badminton ladder match, from the hall to the table
Record it in the hall
Best of three to 21, or to 15 if your club plays the shorter game. Either player puts it in before they have their coat on.
The ladder moves
Ratings change straight away. A good win moves you further than a scrape, and the table in the group chat link is right tonight.
The rules
How the badminton ladder decides who is where
Your club can widen the range or change when resting starts. The starting rating and the open matches are the same at every club.
1200
A rating to start on
Everybody starts level. The first match puts a player on the table.
3
Three open matches
A new player can play anyone for their first three, and those count for more.
±5
The match range
After that, a result is rated between players this many places apart, so the top of the ladder plays the top.
90
Days to a rest
Stop playing and, after this, a rating slips a little each month. One match and it stops slipping.
Nobody swaps places by winning, and nobody is marked down for saying no. The rating is the order.
Doubles, the way badminton plays
A badminton doubles ladder, two ways
Level pairs
The pair is the entry
Two players hold one place and one rating, for the clubs whose pairs stay together all season.
Rotating
Everybody rates for themselves
Partners change from match to match and each player keeps their own number. A side plays at the average of its two.
Keep reading
More for badminton clubs
Questions
What badminton clubs ask about the ladder
We keep our ladder on a spreadsheet. What changes?
Nobody updates it. Players record their own results, the opponent can say a score was wrong, and the order works itself out from every result there has been.
Can the ladder run alongside our league teams?
Yes. The ladder is the club’s own and runs whenever people play. Your county league fixtures carry on exactly as they are.
Can we have a singles ladder and a doubles ladder?
Yes, and more. A paid plan holds up to 8 ladders, each singles, level pairs or rotating doubles.
Does it send results to Badminton England?
Not yet. The ladder rating stays inside your club. If you would like results to go somewhere else, tell us where and we will build it.
Have a look
Give the keen ones a badminton ladder
It runs on the courts you already have and the nights you already play.
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