03-10-2026 · 1 min read

A tournament without paper pool sheets

From registration to result: drawing pools, assigning mats and the live score in the hall

Spectator screen showing the score of the bout on the mat
The spectator screen shows the clock and the score of the bout on a mat.

Organising a club tournament often meant an evening of making lists: collecting registrations, sorting athletes by weight and age, drawing pools and printing schedules. On the day itself the jury table keeps score on paper and spectators keep asking who is on the mat now.

Registration and draw

Members register through the member portal. On the day itself you tick off who is there. Then Grip op Sport divides those present into pools, by weight, age or level, with a minimum and maximum pool size and the number of bouts per athlete that you choose. If a draw is not quite right, you move an athlete to another pool and the schedule adjusts.

Pool draw of a tournament with time slot and mat per pool
Per pool you choose the time slot and the mat.

Mats and queue

Every pool gets a time slot and a mat. Each mat has a queue with the bouts in the right order, so the jury table always knows who is next.

A digital jury table

The jury table starts the bout, runs the clock, keeps track of scores and penalties and has buttons for osaekomi and golden score. When a bout is over, the next one is already lined up.

Digital jury table during a bout, with clock and scores
The jury table during a bout, with clock and scores.

Spectators follow along

A screen in the hall shows the score of the bout on the mat. Parents and supporters scan a QR code and follow the score on their phone, without logging in. And anyone who still wants paper simply prints the pool sheets and the call list.

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