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General Cricket => Cricket Admin, Facilities and Fundraising => Topic started by: spoonbed on February 27, 2021, 12:43:30 PM

Title: Availability app
Post by: spoonbed on February 27, 2021, 12:43:30 PM

Does anyone know of a decent( ideally free) where players can input their availability for games( we currently just have a WhatsApp group, and it tends to get a bit busy/messy)

Title: Re: Availability app
Post by: LockieEP on February 27, 2021, 12:53:36 PM

Have you looked at Spond?

Used it last couple of years for my junior teams, we find apps etc ok for adults but still need that direct chasing when we are struggling for numbers - which is quite often!

Title: Re: Availability app
Post by: Mtown Don on February 27, 2021, 01:09:51 PM

I don’t have any experience but somebody linked me to ‘Team App’ the other day.

Title: Re: Availability app
Post by: six and out on February 27, 2021, 01:29:04 PM

You used to be able to do it on Play Cricket. Each Player has their own login and then all the fixtures are already there obviously etc..

Title: Re: Availability app
Post by: ProCricketer1982 on February 27, 2021, 01:34:29 PM

umm, just use play cricket?

Title: Re: Availability app
Post by: Jimbo on February 27, 2021, 01:49:12 PM

My club are looking at Teamer for the upcoming season. Few clubs round our way use it and have said it's pretty decent.

Title: Re: Availability app
Post by: fros23 on February 27, 2021, 02:19:47 PM

We are trying out Heja this year.

Title: Re: Availability app
Post by: Six Sixes Cricket on February 27, 2021, 02:25:03 PM

Google forms we are using

Title: Re: Availability app
Post by: Mtown Don on February 27, 2021, 02:32:02 PM

Quote from: ProCricketer1982 on February 27, 2021, 01:34:29 PM

umm, just use play cricket?

Is the availability functionality more user friendly than the rest of the website?

Title: Re: Availability app
Post by: ProCricketer1982 on February 27, 2021, 02:38:12 PM

Quote from: Mtown Don on February 27, 2021, 02:32:02 PM

Is the availability functionality more user friendly than the rest of the website?

of course it isn't :) :)

Title: Re: Availability app
Post by: irrepressible on February 27, 2021, 03:33:37 PM

Have found Doodle very handy - whilst not specifically for sports it's worked well for couple of teams I play for last few seasons.

Title: Re: Availability app
Post by: SD on February 27, 2021, 06:34:28 PM

Have used the function on both Play Cricket and Teamer.   The problem has been getting players to use it, not the app itself.

We now require players to notify availability to the Chair of Selectors

Title: Re: Availability app
Post by: spoonbed on February 27, 2021, 08:27:48 PM

Thanks all, I’ll take a look at them and forward them all👍🏻

Title: Re: Availability app
Post by: LDifa on February 27, 2021, 09:05:49 PM

I use Spond to run a fair number of junior teams, it's great

Title: Re: Availability app
Post by: Neon Cricket on February 28, 2021, 09:26:41 PM

Another vote for spond, it's free and bloody brilliant! We use it for all fixtures and training now to get a guide on numbers etc - can push reminder notifications on players phones so they don't forget too

Title: Re: Availability app
Post by: richthekeeper on March 05, 2021, 04:20:22 PM

Anyone willing to give a quick explanation of the best way to use Spond?

Title: Re: Availability app
Post by: suraj on March 08, 2021, 10:55:14 AM

Just registered for Teamer. Man this is a simple app. Good setup, easy to import contacts if you have a spreadsheet or so. And first event already setup.

Title: Re: Availability app
Post by: greeny on March 08, 2021, 12:07:20 PM

I would love to use a google form/availability app for sorting my teams out but unfortunately about half of my team are from the technological dark era!  :D