Notes from the tournament desk
Practical playbooks, scoring rules and tooling comparisons for the people actually running badminton tournaments.
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Running a tournament
Tournament-day checklist: the 19 things that derail your weekend
Not the setup checklist. The failure list: 19 things that go wrong between the doors opening and the trophies, and what to do about each one before it costs you the afternoon.
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Scoring & rules
BWF Scoring Rules Explained — for Tournament Organisers, not Players
The 21-point cap-30 deuce dance, doubles fixed-pair, walkovers, and the tiebreaker order most software gets wrong — written for the person entering the scores, not watching them.
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Tools comparison
Excel Template vs Tournament Software for Badminton: An Honest Comparison
Where the spreadsheet wins, where it costs you a Sunday, and the break-even maths organisers actually face.
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Running a tournament
How to run a club badminton tournament: a 30-minute checklist
The pre-event timeline, the day-of checklist, and the 19 things that derail organisers — distilled from six years of running club events.
7 min read