Creating a club

You can found a new badminton club on the platform whether or not you personally play. The flow is the same; what changes is how you appear inside the club afterwards.

Before you start

• Have a name and short URL slug in mind (e.g. Wiltshire Wing Smashers → wiltshire-wing-smashers).
• Decide whether you'll also be a playing member of the club, or only its administrator.

The flow

1. Go to /create-club (or "Start a club" on the login page).
2. Step 1, Club details: enter the club name, URL slug, and a contact email. The slug must be unique.
3. Step 2, Will you play? Choose Yes or No.
   • Yes: you become both an admin (chairman role) AND a playing member with the default membership type. You appear in the member list and your name shows up in lineups, applications, etc.
   • No: you become a chairman admin only. You do not appear in the member list and no membership fee applies to you. You can still administer everything, settings, members, teams, finances.
4. Step 3, Your account: if you're signed in, this step is skipped (we reuse your existing account). If you're not, enter your name, email, and password to create a player account at the same time.
5. Create club: submission seeds default data (membership type, role catalogue) and emails you a welcome.

After creation

You land on a success page with links to your new club's dashboard. From there:

• Invite the rest of your committee, see Inviting a non-playing admin. Treasurers, secretaries, welfare officers etc. can be invited without becoming players.
• Adjust the default Monthly Member membership type from Settings → Memberships.
• Start adding members directly, or open applications.

Changing your mind later

• You said "no" but now want to play: join your own club from /me/clubs like any other member.
• You said "yes" but now want to step back from playing: archive your member record from Admin team → Members. Your admin role stays.

Related

• Inviting a non-playing admin
• Roles & Permissions
• Your First Login