Ladder competitions for clubs
Run as many ladders as your club needs, enter results courtside in seconds, and fix mistakes without losing the history.
A ladder competition is a ranking that never stops moving. Instead of one tournament weekend, members play each other whenever they meet at the club, and every result changes the order. Beat someone above you and you climb; lose to someone below you and you slip. After a few weeks the ladder shows who is in form, not just who turned up on one Saturday.
Laddercompetitie runs that ladder for your club. Results are entered on a phone beside the court, the standings update the moment a match is saved, and everyone can see the table without asking the organiser to update a spreadsheet. One club can run as many ladders as it needs: singles and doubles, men's, women's and mixed, a competitive ladder next to a recreational one.
Singles, doubles, mixed, competitive, recreational — each with its own rating rules. Adding one takes a minute, not a release.
Pick the ladder, tap the players, type the score. The rating change appears straight away, and a double-tap never records the match twice.
Wrong score, wrong player, forgotten match. Correct it and every rating after it recalculates — with a record of who changed what.
Run open-ended, or reset each season — fully, or part-way back toward the middle. Past seasons stay readable.
Each sport keeps its own scoring, its own table and its own statistics, so the app speaks the language your players already use.
Singles and doubles, games to 21 or 15, best of three. Every ladder is an ELO rating: players start level and the table sorts itself by how strong each player has proven to be. Players follow their rating over time, their recent form and their winning streaks.
One against one, played in manches of five balls, best of three with a belle when it is level. A season is a round robin in which everyone meets everyone once, and the table counts league points, manches and balls, with the fixtures each player still has to play.
Badminton ladders use the ELO system, the idea chess has relied on for decades. It is easy to explain to members and hard to game.
There are no fixed pairings or challenge rules to police. Play whoever is in the same ladder, as often as you like; every confirmed result counts.
The expected result depends on the gap between both ratings. Beating a higher-rated opponent earns more than beating a lower one, and losing to them costs less.
A player's first matches count for more, so a new member finds their level in a handful of games rather than a whole season. Until then the ladder marks them as new.
Starting rating, K-factor, a rating floor, a bonus for the margin of victory and when inactive players go dormant are settings per ladder. Change one and the ladder is recalculated from its history.
Start for free and upgrade when your club grows. Plans are per club, billed monthly, and you can switch at any time.
Free
Two ladders, up to 30 members and a public leaderboard you can share.
€9 per month
Ten ladders, up to 150 members, seasons and spreadsheet exports.
€29 per month
Unlimited ladders and members, plus badge scanning for clubs that check players in at the door.