The message to fourteen people
"Who's about for Saturday?" Six reply in the thread, two reply privately, one replies to last week's message. The captain keeps the count in their head.
Your sides in the county league
Who can play on Saturday, answered in one tap
Clayside is team selection for racket sports clubs. Paste the fixture list in once. One press asks everyone you asked last time. They tap yes, no or maybe, and the captain picks the side from the yeses.
On every club plan, from £265 a year. Free for 14 days, no card.
Answer from the email, no app needed Only the captain sees who said no The team sheet goes to every phone
Can you play?
YesNoMaybe
Who can play · 0 yes · 0 maybe · 14 no reply1 yes · 0 maybe · 13 no reply2 yes · 0 maybe · 12 no reply2 yes · 1 maybe · 11 no reply9 yes · 2 maybe · 3 no reply
1Tom Ashworthno replyyes
2Dev Patelno replyyes
Marcus Leeno replymaybe
Jon Reidno reply
Ask who can playPick the sideThe result
What picking a team costs the captain now
The player nobody asked
The squad is whoever the captain remembers. The new member who is better than half of them never gets asked.
The Thursday drop-out
Someone pulls out on Thursday and the whole thread starts again from the top.
How a side gets picked
The fixture list goes in once. After that it is three taps a week.
1. Paste the league's fixture list
Straight off the league's email. Dates, opposition, home or away are read off it. You check it before anything is saved.
2. Ask who can play, in one press
Everyone you asked last time is already ticked. Anyone else in the club can put their own name down. The ask goes to their phone and their email, and they answer by tapping yes, no or maybe. No sign-in, nothing to install.
3. Pick from the yeses
Tap "Fill with the strongest yeses" and the empty slots fill, strongest first. Swap a name if you like. Press "Confirm the side" and everyone's phone shows the team sheet.
4. When someone drops out
The captain's phone says "Men's 2nd is a player short". One tap opens the side to pick somebody else.
1Tom Ashworth3 for Men's 1st
2Dev Patel
3Ola Adeyemi
4Ben Cole
5Tap a name below
6Tap a name below
Who can play
Marcus LeeSam HartChris DoyleLeo Marsh
Fill with the strongest yesesConfirm the side
Small things that save the captain an argument
A yes is not a promise
Anyone can change their mind. Nobody is marked down for saying no.
Nobody plays for two sides on one day
Pick someone already picked for another team that day and it tells you which. Everything else is your league's rule to apply: "3 for Men's 1st" is shown, not enforced.
A home match holds its courts
Tick the courts on the fixture and they are blocked with the match's name on them. Postpone it or call it off and the courts go back to the club.
The captain sees everything, everyone else sees the sheet
Members see the fixtures, the confirmed side and "9 can play so far". Who said no is the captain's business.
Questions
What clubs ask about team selection
Does it run our county league?
No. Your county or district league runs the league. This runs your side: who can play, who is picked, and the result.
Do players need the app to answer?
No. The email links to a page with three buttons: yes, no and maybe. Tap one and you have answered. There is nothing to sign in to.
Can we run more than one team?
As many as you field. Each has its own captain, or one competitions manager runs them all.
Which plans have team selection, and what does it cost?
Every club plan, from Club 125 at £265 a year. See what each plan holds.
Teams
Paste the fixtures in and ask the club who can play
Free for 14 days, no card.