Links

Post the shared link in the group. That is all you have to do — each player taps their own name on it, puts their mobile in, and gets their own link. Their number lands on their record at the same time.

You have no mobile numbers on file yet, so there is no Send button to use — the shared link above is the way in. Add a number to anyone with Edit and a Send button appears beside them.

At the club, QR beside a name shows their own code — they point their camera at your phone and land on their page, already them, in Safari or Chrome rather than WhatsApp. Print a poster for the clubhouse — one code for everybody.

Everyone has their own link.

📱 2 have it on their home screen · 43 opened the link in a browser · 0 not yet. How to put it on a phone

45 with no mobile on file — add one and they can be reached for a match. Nobody sees it except an opponent with a live match.

This month: 0 opens from the home-screen icon, 42 from a link in a browser, 21 of the shared ladder page.

October 2026: 148 opens, 25 players.

Counting since 6 October. 37 different players in all. A player reopening within half an hour counts once, and your own visits don't count.

Autumn 2026

31 August to 20 December · 39 days to go

Closing it records the four awards (champion, most matches, biggest climber, best win) and the finishing order, puts the result and the confetti on the page the group has, moves the 🏆 to the new champion, and gives everyone their wildcard back. Nobody is reordered. Spring 2027 (4 January 2027 to 31 March 2027) starts on its own.

Close Autumn 2026

Change this season

Change the name or the dates, for example to make it end sooner or later.

Save the dates

How long seasons last

Standard: Spring, Summer, Autumn4 weeks6 weeks8 weeks10 weeks12 weeks16 weeks Save

This sets the next seasons. Each one starts the day after the last one ends.

What everyone sees at the top of the ladder. Every ladder's name is unique.

Rename

The players' rules page is written from these, so the two can never disagree. Changing one changes what the system enforces and what they read.

Challenging

• Challenge anyone up to 3 places above you — or below you, if you fancy a game.
• Paused players are stepped over — they don't use up one of your places.
• One challenge out and one in at a time.
• You get 1 wildcard a season — one challenge to anyone on the ladder, any distance.

Answering one

• You have 48 hours to answer. No answer and the match is forfeited to whoever challenged you, as long as they sent you a reminder first (the Remind button on their match card) and it could reach you - notifications on, or a number you share. Without that, nobody moves.
• You can say no without penalty if you already have 2 matches on, or while you're paused.
• Once you've accepted, agree a date within 5 days and play within 14 days. Put the date on your match card - if there's none after 3 days, you both get a reminder.
• If you both tried and couldn't find a court, it just closes. Nobody is penalised.

The match

• Best of 3 sets. Third set is a 10-point tiebreak.
• 15 minutes late is a forfeit.
• If somebody has to stop, the other player wins and the score stands as it was.

What happens after

• Either of you puts the score in. The ladder moves straight away.
• Winner takes the loser's place. Everyone in between moves down one. Lose and you stay put.
• The other player gets 4 days to flag anything wrong — after that it's confirmed.
• Rematch after 7 days, or as soon as one of you has played somebody else.

Keeping your place

• Play at least once a month. You'll get a nudge at 21 days.
• 28 days without a match: down 2 places.
• 56 days: down to the bottom.
• 84 days: off the ladder — back on any time, from the bottom.
• Nobody is moved without being warned first.

Injured or away

• Tap Pause. Your place is held, and nobody can challenge you.
• Up to 28 days at a time, 2 times a season.
• Any match you had on is called off. Nobody is penalised, and they can challenge you again when you're back.

These are the standard rules. Change any of them and press Save - the players' rules page updates straight away and the change is noted under Changes made. Want something that isn't here? Message Ian and he'll add it for you.

Fair to matches already on: new answer and play-by times apply to new challenges only, and switching the drop for not playing on (or making it sooner) starts everyone's clock again from today.

Save the rules