Running tournaments

Run a 1,000-team weekend
without touching a spreadsheet.

Registration, seeding, scheduling, the gate, live scores and every parent notification. One platform, your brand on all of it, and an AI scheduler that fixes game day while it is still happening.

This is the job

One weekend,
start to finish.

A 1,000-team weekend Friday check-in to Sunday payout Sample event
The weekend, in order
Before
Teams register and pay on your own site
Seeding
Divisions, pools and brackets
Friday
The schedule publishes to your site and app
Saturday
Gate tickets scan, scores go live
Sunday
Finals, then one reconciled set of books
What runs itself
  1. The schedule stays livenot a PDF somebody printed on Thursday
  2. Families stay in your appno second app to install
  3. The gate sells on a phoneno cash box, no card table
  4. Only affected teams hearnot a blast to all 1,000 families
  5. One reconciled set of booksregistration and gate land together
1
platform
1
brand — yours
0
spreadsheets

Scripted sample. We will build the schedule for your real event on the call.

Your event. Your name on it.

Teams register on your own branded website. Families follow the bracket in your organization's space in the app. Confirmation emails carry your logo.

A branded website is included with every plan, so your event looks like it was built for you. Your name stays on the event, front to back.

The whole job

Everything a weekend
actually needs.

Multi-court, multi-division

Six courts or sixteen fields, pool play into bracket play, several age groups running at once.

Everyone informed

Text, email and push to exactly the teams affected by a court change, not a blast to the whole event.

One set of books

Registration and gate revenue land in the same place, already reconciled.

Run it again next year

Copy the whole event, change the dates, reopen registration.

"Sketchplay has completely transformed how we run the Gridiron Foundation. From daily training to our biggest tournament, everything runs smoother and faster. Registration, scheduling, payments, communication, even scores, all handled in one place."
LS Lance SheibGridiron Foundation Gridiron Foundation
Questions

Frequently asked questions

What is tournament management software?

Tournament management software runs the operational side of an event: team registration and payments, seeding and brackets, court and field scheduling, gate ticketing, live scores and standings, and communication with families. Sketchplay does all of it in one platform, under your own brand.

How many teams can Sketchplay handle?

Multi-court, multi-division weekends are the normal case. Because pricing is flat by organization size rather than per team, adding teams or divisions to an event does not change what you pay.

What happens when a team drops out on game day?

Mark the team out and the AI scheduler re-solves the affected games in seconds while holding your original constraints, then notifies every affected family automatically with the new time and court.

Can we sell tickets at the gate?

Yes. Sell gate and parking passes in advance or at the door with Apple Pay and Google Pay, scan QR codes at entry, and see sales in real time. Payouts go straight to your account.

Do families need a separate app?

Teams and families use your organization's space in the Sketchplay app, alongside your own branded website. Schedules, scores, brackets, and alerts all sit under your organization's name.

Do you charge per team or per event?

No. Sketchplay charges one flat monthly price based on the size of your organization. Running more events or adding more teams does not change it.

More answers in the answer library.

Bring us your next event.

We will build the schedule for it on the call, using your real courts and divisions.