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Ah Padel

A tournament management platform for padel supporting six formats, with automated draws, court scheduling, Razorpay registration, live scores, rankings and multi-channel alerts.

54Weeks operated
3k+Hours of work
2Engineers

The brief

Build a tournament management mobile app for the padel sports market, enabling organisers to create and manage multi-format tournaments (starting with Knockout) with player registration, payment collection, draw generation, match scheduling across courts/slots, score tracking, and participant communication — delivered by a 2-person engineering team on a Developers On Demand engagement.

What we built

A comprehensive sports tournament management platform branded "Ah Padel" — a React Native mobile app backed by a NestJS microservices API. The system supports six tournament formats (Knockout, Round Robin, Groups+Knockout, League, Franchise, Americano), full player registration with Razorpay payments and GST, automated bracket/draw generation with court-slot scheduling, real-time score management, leaderboards, national ranking tournaments (NRT) with UTR v2/IPF ranking integration, multi-channel notifications (push, email, WhatsApp, SMS), geo-based tournament discovery with multi-filter search, admin panel with PDF/CSV export, a franchise team tournament model with auto-registration, and a bird's-eye scheduling view. The platform was live-supported for real tournaments including the JOI franchise tournament.

⊛ Live in production

The platform is live in production with all six tournament formats (KO, RR, GKO, League, Franchise, Americano), Razorpay payment integration with live keys, push/email/WhatsApp notifications, national ranking tournament support, franchise team management, geo-aware tournament discovery, PDF/CSV export, admin panel APIs, bird's-eye scheduling view, and v2 scheduling engine. Real tournaments including JOI franchise format have been run on the platform.

How it was built, phase by phase.

8 workstreams across 54 weeks of operated delivery

  1. (001)BUILDWeek 1–54

    Tournament Creation & Management Core

    End-to-end tournament lifecycle management including creation forms, category configuration, venue/slot assignment, validation, and multi-format support (Knockout, Round Robin, Groups+KO, Leagues, Franchise, Americano).

    ✓ A fully configurable tournament platform supporting 6 competitive formats with multi-category, multi-venue, and multi-gender support

    React NativeNode.jsNestJSPostgreSQLRedisBullMQ
  2. (002)BUILDWeek 1–50

    Draw, Scheduling & Bracket Engine

    Algorithmic match scheduling across all formats—knockout bracket generation, round-robin pairing, group stage seeding, next-round auto-progression, slot/court assignment, stage-wise scheduling, and bird's-eye view.

    ✓ Automated bracket/draw generation for all 6 formats with court-slot assignment, stage-wise progression.

    Node.jsNestJSRedisBullMQPostgreSQLSocket.io
  3. (003)INTEGRATEWeek 3–48

    Player Registration & Payment Flow

    Tournament registration pipeline for individual and team players including partner eligibility validation, GST calculation, Razorpay integration, coupon/discount support, webhook handling, refund logic.

    ✓ Full payment-to-registration flow with Razorpay, coupon codes, GST, partner validation, refunds, and bulk/auto-registration support

    RazorpayNode.jsNestJSPostgreSQLPush Notifications
  4. (004)BUILDWeek 3–50

    Score Management & Standings

    Real-time score entry and update system across all formats, including set-by-set score input, winner/loser propagation, tie handling, points table calculation, leaderboard ranking, head-to-head tiebreakers.

    ✓ Comprehensive scoring engine covering all 6 tournament formats with live standings, leaderboards, and PDF export of standings

    Node.jsNestJSPostgreSQLRedis
  5. (005)BUILDWeek 3–54

    Venue, Court & Slot Management

    Dynamic court and time-slot generation, assignment, and validation for tournament matches including popup venues, daily slot generation, court numbering, slot duration configuration, and bi-weekly slot handling.

    ✓ Slot generation engine supporting fixed venues, popup venues, daily scheduling, and court-wise match assignment with timezone-safe UTC handling

    Node.jsNestJSPostgreSQLRedis
  6. (006)BUILDWeek 5–50

    Roles, Access Control & Referee Management

    Role-based access control across organiser, chief referee, referee, player, and admin roles; referee assignment to matches, score update permissions, UTR/IPF ranking checks, and organiser-specific controls.

    ✓ Granular permission system ensuring role-appropriate access to score updates, draws, referee assignments, and admin panel operations

    Node.jsNestJSPostgreSQLDTOs
  7. (007)INTEGRATEWeek 6–54

    Notifications, Invitations & Communication

    Multi-channel notification system covering push notifications, email notifications, WhatsApp notifications, deep link sharing for invite-player flow, SMS contact-list invitations.

    ✓ Omni-channel notification system with role-based targeting for all major tournament lifecycle events

    Firebase FCMEmail ServiceWhatsApp APISMSDeep LinksReact Native
  8. (008)BUILDWeek 23–44

    National Ranking Tournament (NRT) & UTR System

    National Ranking Tournament format with custom seeding, UTR v2 schema, IPF ranking integration, automated points awarding, and standings calculation for competitive ranking events.

    ✓ NRT format live in production with automated ranking point awarding and leaderboard updates

    Node.jsNestJSPostgreSQL

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