Member Guide

Everything you need as a club member — view tournaments, enter league scores, register for events, and track scores live.

Getting Started

Download & Install

Android:

Search "ScoreTally" on the Google Play Store
Install the app
Open ScoreTally

Web (PWA):

Open your browser on any device
Navigate to score-tally.app/badminton/app/
On mobile, tap "Add to Home Screen" for an app-like experience (see Web Access section below)

Joining Your Club

Your club's super-user will give you the club name and member password.

Enter your username (display name)
Enter the club name
Enter the member password
Select your role (Member)
Tap Sign In

ScoreTally login screen — Sign in with username, club name, password, and role

The Main Menu

After signing in, you'll see:

Club League — Your weekly league (Gold/Silver groups)
Tournaments — View tournament brackets, scores, and schedules
Score Tracker — Standalone live scoring tool
Registrations — Register for upcoming tournaments (visible only when the club super-user has opened registrations)

ScoreTally main menu — Main menu after signing in

Club League

Club League is ScoreTally's weekly fun league feature. Players are divided into two pools — Gold (top rank) and Silver — and play games within their pool.

How It Works

Players are divided into Gold and Silver pools
Each game day (round), players play within their group
Winners earn 1 point per game
At the end of an innings, top Silver players move to Gold and bottom Gold players move to Silver

Key Concepts

Concept	Description
Gold / Silver	Two pools. Gold is the top rank.
Innings	A time period (typically one month). Multiple rounds per innings.
Round	A single game day within an innings. Rounds let ScoreTally suggest match pairings without repeating the same players, ensuring everyone gets varied opponents each day.
Shuffle	End-of-innings promotion/relegation between pools.
Season	All innings combined. Tracks cumulative stats.

Club League standings — Gold and Silver standings with innings and season points

Entering Scores

Open Club League from the main menu
Tap Enter Score
Select the Group (Gold or Silver) and Format (Singles or Doubles)
If the app hints that a new round is needed, tap Create New Round (this only needs to be done once per game day, by the first person entering a score that day)
Select the players (2 per side for doubles, 1 per side for singles)
Enter the score
Tap Save

Create New Round: On each new game day, the app detects that today's date doesn't match the current round and pulses the "Create New Round" button. Any member can create it — only needs to happen once, then everyone else entering scores that day uses the same round.

Tip: Tap "Match Hints" to see suggested pairings that ensure balanced play among group members.

Viewing Standings

Tap Summary to see current innings points, season totals, and win percentage. Players are sorted by points, then win%, then number of wins.

Viewing Tournaments

Tournament Formats

Format	Description
Single Elimination (SE)	Knockout — lose once and you're out
Double Elimination (DE)	Must lose twice. Upper Bracket + Lower Bracket + Grand Finals
DE No Grand Finals (DENOGF)	Same as DE but UB and LB produce independent winners — no grand finals match
Consolation	SE + first-round losers play a consolation bracket
League	Every team plays every other team (round-robin)
FunMix	DE doubles where partners rotate after each round

Viewing the Bracket

The bracket display shows all matches organized by round, with team names, scores, scheduled times, and court numbers.

Top Toolbar Buttons

Button	Action
List / Graph	Toggle between list view (flat match list) and graph view (bracket tree)
Paged	Toggle paged navigation — navigate round-by-round with edge strips instead of free scrolling (graph mode only)
Zoom Out (−)	Decrease bracket size for a wider overview
Zoom In (+)	Increase bracket size for detail
Refresh	Reload bracket data from server
Search (🔍)	Find a match by ID or player/team name (in ribbon)

Bracket Ribbon (DE/DENOGF/Consolation formats)

Button	Action
UB	Show the Upper Bracket (winners bracket)
LB	Show the Lower Bracket (losers bracket)

Navigation:

Swipe/scroll horizontally to see later rounds
Tap a match to see full details
Winners highlighted and auto-advanced

Tournament bracket view — Double elimination bracket with rounds and match progression

Match Info

Tap any match to see teams, players, scheduled time, court, current score, and match history.

Note: As a member, you will only see the Match Info option when tapping a match. Other options (Enter Score, Schedule Time, Reset Match) are only available to admin and super-user roles.

Match options menu — Tap a match for info, score entry, and scheduling options

Player Registration

Registering for a Tournament

The registration wizard guides you through 4 steps:

Info — Read tournament description and rules
Category — Choose your category (e.g., Men's Doubles, Mixed)
Players — Enter player names, DOB, email. For doubles: both players.
Waiver — Accept terms & conditions, tap Register

Checking Status

Go to Registration → Status to see your entries and current status: PENDING, APPROVED, or REJECTED.

Tips:

You don't need a ScoreTally account to register — just an email address
A single email address can be used to register multiple players
For doubles: always register as a team (both partners together), not individually
The email is cached locally for future registrations (no re-typing)

Score Tracker

A standalone live-scoring tool for umpires or players. Works completely offline.

Starting a Match

Open Score Tracker from the main menu
Enter player names (singles or doubles)
Set win point (11, 15, 21, or 30) and best-of (1 or 3)
Tap Start Game

Setup Ribbon

Before the first point is scored, a setup ribbon appears with 4 buttons to arrange court positions and service:

Button	Action
↕L	Swap left-side player positions (top/bottom)
⇄	Swap teams (left ↔ right)
🏸	Change initial service (who serves to whom)
↕R	Swap right-side player positions

Use these buttons to match the actual court setup — who is standing where, and who is serving first. Once the first point is scored, the ribbon locks.

Score Tracker interface — Score Tracker — tap either side to award a point

During the Match

Tap left side or right side to award a point
Service indicator (🏸) updates automatically
Player positions swap based on score parity (doubles)
Deuce and golden point handled automatically

Undo / Redo

Use ↶ (undo) and ↷ (redo) to correct mistakes. Multiple undo/redo supported. Match state is saved automatically — close and reopen without losing progress.

Web Access (PWA)

ScoreTally is available as a Progressive Web App — accessible from any browser.

Navigate to score-tally.app/badminton/app/
Sign in with your club name and password
All tournament data syncs in real-time

Add to Home Screen

Android (Chrome): Menu (⋮) → "Add to Home Screen"

iPhone (Safari): Share (⎙) → "Add to Home Screen"

Feature Comparison

Feature	Web	Android
View Brackets	✓	✓
View League Standings	✓	✓
Courts View	✓	✓
Player Registration	✓	✓
Score Tracker	✓	✓
Club League	✓	✓

Tip: Large brackets are easier to view on tablet/desktop due to wider screen.