Software Updates

December 2024

12/31/2024

  • Fixed 'View Event' on club manager's club event list.

12/27/2024

  • Partners can be invited both during and after registration

  • Partners can now accept/decline invites

  • During bracket selection, conflicting brackets will automatically disable to prevent registration for two brackets that are happening at the same time or are the same team type.

  • We've improved the Brackets screen to list the brackets you've registered for at the top of the screen for easier access

  • Under My Tournament Info and Invite Partner you can see the status of your partner invitation (if your partner has registered or if you're still waiting for them to register).

  • Hid incorrect brackets during player registration.

  • Fixed 'Create' when new players were registering through tournament link.

  • Fixed blank white screens that users were experiencing when logging into their accounts.

12/2/2024

  • Corrected incorrect club membership years.

  • If a club changes to a relative membership type, previous members should be asked to renew on their previous end date. If they renew after the previous membership expiration date - the new end date will be 12 months from when they purchased.

  • Fixed league's elimination brackets so scores can be appropriately entered into the matches.

November 2024

11/21/2024

  • Fixed single use sign-up sheets that had the 'Sign-up Sheet Closes at:' set to 'Event End to close at correct time.

11/19/2024

  • Filtering out brackets for players during the registration process that have registration disabled (instead of displaying the closed bracket).

  • Filtering out bracket with the 'Team Type' - 'Juniors' from players older than 18 years of age. during the registration process.

11/15/2024

  • Hid 'Private Events' from being found through their tournament's play location.

11/14/2024

  • Fixed exported scores report to correctly report scores of matches that went 3 out of 3.

  • Removed old DUPR field from tournament director's registration flow.

  • Confirmed 'Club ID' was correctly associating score with the DUPR club. Fixed error that was preventing all scores from being automatically reported to DUPR.

October 2024

10/21/2024

  • Fixed Club messaging issue that was preventing club managers from messages members ratings

  • Added toggle under player's ‘Account’ settings so they can choose to show/hide their age publicly (age is displayed publicly in Player List by Bracket for tournaments and leagues).

  • Added a New Player Step setting under Shootout > Preferences. This allows club managers to choose what step a new player joining your shootout for the first time will start on.

10/8/2024

  • Corrected the DUPR registration process and spelling errors.

10/3/2024

  • Fixed Withdrawing Team Error

  • Fixed issue uploading images to Tournament Listings

  • Removed the verbiage ‘Pickleball Addict’ from Pickleball Den

  • Club sign-up sheets will have a 24-hour reminder. Players are able to select choose if they receive these reminders by going to Account > Notifications > selecting/unselecting the checkbox next to ‘Remind me 24 hours before sign-up sheet begins’.

September 2024

9/24/2024

  • DUPR Integration: Tournament directors can now require players to have a DUPR ID in order to register for a tournament, and players can now link their DUPR account to their PBD account. When the tournament is completed, results will automatically be uploaded to DUPR.

  • New scoring formats for Tournament and League brackets (Single games to 9, win by 1 and win by 2 and Best 3 out of 5 games to 11, win by 2).

  • Multiple Tournament and League Bracket Type additions/modifications (Wheelchair formats, Senior formats, Junior formats, and quick access to Pro levels).

  • Removed leave club link from club emails.

  • Tournament waitlist update to hide players that have registered off the waitlist.

9/11/2024

  • Player Payment report has been updated to include refunds.

  • Removed 'Reverse Transaction' button in Player Payment repot in PBD

  • Added error message to warn when Stripe does not have the correct permissions

August 2024

8/12/2024

  • Fixed Duplicate Shootout results

8/13/2024

  • Fixed the 'Join Active Event' for players participating in multiple on-going events. 'Join Active Event' for club members will pull them into only that club's events, not outside leagues or tournaments.

July 2024

7/17/2024

  • Various bug fixes

June 2024

6/13/2024

  • We've added functionality to Club Advanced Settings where club managers can limit when players are able to withdraw from a sign-up sheet.

  • We refreshed the Login In/Sign Up page.

  • We fixed an issue with Round Robin playoff seeding.

  • We've updated the score export to include DUPR rating ID's for easier uploading of final scores to DUPR.

May 2024

5/29/2024

  • Increased session time to make it easier for players to stay logged in when competing

  • Added 14 and 21 day options for sign up sheet go-live timeframes

  • Added bracket start date/time to the checkout flow

  • Squashed a variety of pesky bugs

5/16/2024

  • Added the ability to issue full or partial refunds for tournament players from the Player Payments report

  • When viewing all of your tournament brackets, they're now sorted by start date and time with the ability to sort the table the other columns as well. Sort order remains fixed until you alter it.

  • Added all of the tie breakers per USA Pickleball Official Rulebook

  • Fixed an issue where round robin playoff brackets were seeding incorrectly

  • Fixed an issue where some tournament registrants paid, but did not display as registered for the tournament

April 2024

4/25/2024

  • Decoupled the club/tournament location from the currency. For example, you can setup your tournament in Costa Rica and charge participants in USD.

4/11/2024

  • Resolved fee-based signup sheet discounts

  • New club membership renewal options

  • Clubs can now offer members who sign up mid-year a pro-rated membership

  • Clubs can offer a full year membership where the renewal date is 1 year from the date the member registers

4/3/2024

  • Visual housekeeping and improvements

March 2024

3/26/2024

  • Various squashing of bugs and visual improvements

3/18/2024

  • Added color coded statuses to the Active Matches screen so that Tournament Directors know when matches are running long

  • Embedded Google Maps into the tournament listing so players can easily get directions to the courts

  • Tournament Directors can now text all players in brackets that are not completed and are scheduled to play that day

3/13/2024

  • Fixed the Team Placement error when trying to view results of a playoff bracket in a team tournament

  • Continued expansion of bracket sizes

February 2024

2/27/2024

  • Contact form messages are now routed to Club Managers and Tournament Directors.

  • Expanded single elimination bracket support up to 48 teams/individuals.

  • Added three new playoff types for Round Robin brackets. You now have the option to move the Top One, Top Two, Top Three and Top Four teams from each pool to a single elimination playoff.

  • Player tournament bracket, club event and league event ratings now increment by .25. For example, 3.25, 3.50, 3.75, 4.0, 4.25, etc. are all available options.

  • A red dot will show up on the timeline navigation icon when you have a new notification. Timeline messages you haven't viewed yet will have a "New" badge. 

  • Variety of text clarifications and typical bug squashing!

2/14/2024

  • Tournaments can now be setup and played in Mexico.

  • Links under Clubs, Tournaments, Leagues, and Sign Up sheets now appear in an improved layout.

2/13/2024

  • Tournaments, clubs, and leagues shared on social media will now display the logo/image and title utilizing the Open Graph protocol.

2/6/2024

  • Players can no longer withdraw from a Sign Up sheet after that Sign Up sheet started.

  • Tournament fee is automatically added to the player's cart during the checkout process and no longer able to remove such fee

  • Club managers can now update the membership renewal date and apply it to all current and new members

January 2024

1/17/2024

  • In tournament brackets, we've added headings to each round of a tournament (e.g. Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Finals).

  • We've updated the create account and error pages.

  • Horizontal spacing between links has been improved.

  • We've resolved an error when attempting to duplicate Team Leagues.

1/10/2024

  • Costa Rica has been added to the list of supported countries and you can now run tournaments in Costa Rica.

December 2023

12/27/2023

  • We've redesigned how brackets look in the Den. Cream colored matches are currently In Progress and match winners now have a green background. Tournament winners have a gold, silver, or bronze background to indicate medal winners. Consolation bracket matches are shown with a red dashed border around the match.

  • We've added a new referee icon to indicate the match is refereed.

  • We've added a notification to users who attempt to sign up for a signup sheet and are added to the waitlist.

12/13/2023

  • We've redesigned club sign-up sheets to include clear Sign Up/Withdraw buttons and waitlist status.

  • Image resolutions for club and tournament logos have been increased and will make these logos appear much clearer to users.

  • We've standardized the image size of sponsor logos and increased their resolution to make them look sharper.

  • Various other bug fixes and improvements were included in this release.

November 2023

11/28/2023

  • We're continuing to refresh the look and feel of the app with updated buttons, labels, images, and fonts.

  • You can now click the Den logo to get back to the homepage.

11/4/2023

  • We've started to refresh the look and feel of the Pickleball Den app with an updated logo, a fresh color scheme, and new iconography.

October 2023

Tournament Directors

  • Ability to unassign a match from a court and place that match back in the queue. See View All games and select a match.

September 2023

Club Managers

  • Improved ladder league prioritization for players within a step.

Tournament Directors

  • New coupon code ability to limit the number of players who can use the coupon code (e.g. First 25 players receive the discount as an incentive to register).

August 2023

Club Managers

  • Reservation module now supports Reservation Manager access to be assigned to specific club members who help with managing reservations.

  • Reservation module now supports online payment for reservations.

  • New reservation module to handle court and ball machine reservations.

Tournament Directors

  • Players will no longer be able to register more than once for the same event type (e.g. Men's Doubles) on the same day.

July 2023

Players

  • Timeline posts honor new line formatting.

  • Add & Remove friends can now be accomplished from Friend Circle card (instead of having to navigate to Timeline).

Club Managers

  • When a player joins a club, the managers of the club are notified of the new member joining.

  • Reformatted Advanced Club Settings for easier viewing and moved Club Agreements Management from menu option to Advanced Club settings (see Advanced Club Settings).

  • Players will now be prompted for payment of their initial club dues when joining the club. This makes it possible for clubs to fully automate onboarding of new members via Den.

Tournament Directors

  • Tournament Director may now delete a player wait list entry (as long as an invite has not already been sent out).

  • Reformatted Tournament Settings for easier viewing (see Edit Tournament).

  • Added the ability to limit tournament registrations to active club members only (see Edit Tournament).

  • Added the ability to provide active club members a discount off the tournament fee (see Edit Tournament).

  • Added a Contact option on main menu for Tournaments.

  • Added court filter for Activity Log report (see Reports).

  • Player's no longer have to enter their phone number during check-in. The phone number from their account is used by default.

  • A new FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) link available to players to help answer common questions players have asked.

  • When adding tournament staff to the tournament, you may now add a player by their Den Member #. A player may find their Member # by logging in and going to the Account settings.

June 2023

Club Managers

  • If an existing club player has an expired Club Membership, the player will be prompted to purchase their club membership or unsubscribe from the club.

  • A new external direct link has been added for clubs that includes a link that will navigate the player directly to the sign-up sheets after signing on (see Club Direct Links).

  • When paying membership dues, the player will no longer be able to select multiple years. Only the current year will be available.

  • A new Grace Period option is available for clubs to manage their membership dues (see Advanced Club Settings).

May 2023

Players

  • It is now more convenient to share information in individual and club Group Chats! Now when clicking on links sent by your friends, the website will automatically open.

Tournament Directors

  • NEW tournament waitlist system allows players to join the waitlist for brackets in your upcoming tournament and automatically invites players to register as space becomes available. As tournament director, you can view who has joined the waitlist, if they have been invited to register, and when the invitation expires.

  • When using the tournament simulator, tournament directors can now export a history of simulator log. With this update, all directors for the tournament can see a log of a simulation.

  • Tournament directors can now duplicate their previous tournaments when creating a new tournament with similar courts and brackets. This is also a great way to test changes for your existing tournament.

  • The description for the Double Elimination (Consolation) event format has been updated to better reflect the format.