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For league and tournament directors

Run league night from your phone.

Post your league and take sign-ups. On the night, check everyone in, draw the cards and send them out. The cards score themselves, the board runs live by division, and one tap posts the payouts and moves the bag tags. Free for directors.

We’ll talk before your first event.

League night on a laptop, nine holes in: four cards out on holes 1, 5, 10 and 14, the live leaderboard by division with Marcus and Cole leading MA1 at minus 4, and the finish ready with each division's payouts, closest to the pin and the ace pot.
The same night on a phone: night 1 live, the four cards and how far each has got, and the leaderboard.
Tuesday league night at 6:20, nine holes in. Random doubles, four cards out as a shotgun. The board moves as each card scores, on a laptop at the pavilion or a phone on the tailgate.
One Tuesday

From the draw to the payouts.

Seventeen players at Peninsula Park, two divisions, random doubles. The players are made up. The night runs just like this.

The draw: random doubles within each division over all 18 holes, four cards with their teams, Ruby on cali, Reshuffle, and Send 4 cards.
6:16 PM The draw.

Everyone who’s paid is checked in. Random doubles, the odd one out on cali, four cards on four holes. Send, and everyone gets a push with their start hole and cardmates.

Card 5 on hole 13, par 3: Theo and Sam at plus 1 and You and Kofi at minus 3, each with minus and plus to score, and the card so far below.
6:20 PM The cards score themselves.

Anyone on a card scores it from their own phone, and you can fix any card from yours. The leaderboard moves with every score.

The results: you finished second in MA1 at minus 3, $23, collect from the director; Kofi took closest to the pin for $17; and the places and payouts in each division.
8:05 PM One tap, and everyone knows.

Places and payouts for each division, closest to the pin and the ace pot go out together. Players collect from you, like always.

Fair cards

Nobody scores a round you didn’t play.

On a card with friends, everyone with the app says they’re playing before any score on it is theirs. One phone can still keep the card for the group. Friends without the app are scored on it like always.

  1. I’m playing

    A friend you put on your card waits until they say so on their own phone. Until then, what you keep for them is only kept: it isn’t their round, and it doesn’t touch their rating.

  2. Kept by Dani

    A score someone else enters for you is marked on your card. When you join, you see what was kept for you, and you can fix any of it.

  3. Signed

    Finishing shows you what others kept for you, then signs your line. If anyone changes a signed line, the signature comes off.

Bag tags

Your league’s tag, in metal.

Pick its look once: the shape, the metal, the enamel and the art. Every player’s tag matches, drawn like the real thing with their number struck big, and Blackbird keeps the standings. Drag one to spin it.

#1 · RoundNumber one, in gold
#12 · ShieldSugar Bottom, in steel
#4 · IowaThe river at dusk
#23 · HexagonPines, in Tampere
#9 · PillBeef League, in steel
First aceEarned: the hole, on it
8 weeksEarned: a week streak
Six shapes, four metals.

Round, shield, hexagon, pill, dog tag or the state of Iowa, in gold, steel, copper or black nickel, with a basket, the wing, pines or the river at dusk.

When tags swap is yours to say.

League nights only, by the night’s scores. Or any round holders play together, the lower score taking the lower tag.

Start with the tags you have.

Deal them one to the last in sign-up order, or type in the numbers your players already carry.

It flips when your number changes.

League night ends, the best round takes the lowest tag, and yours turns over to its new number. Number one comes up gold.

Tags you earn, for good.

Your first ace with the hole’s number on it, a round under par, courses and rounds by the dozen, weeks in a row.

Sign the ace post.

Ace a hole and sign the course’s post with your finger. Everyone who opens the course sees it, with the friends who saw it.

The whole night

Everything league night needs.

The clipboard, the cash box’s notebook, the group text and the spreadsheet, in one place.

Days beforeSign-ups

Post it

The course, the night, divisions, fees and a cap. Players near it see it on Home and sign up in the app.

Who’s paid

Cash, Venmo, PayPal or card at the course, marked as they pay. Walk-ups go on the list by name.

PDGA events too

List it in Blackbird and send players to your Disc Golf Scene page to register.

6:00 to 6:16 PMCheck in, draw

Check in

Everyone who’s paid in one tap, or one at a time as they show. Someone off the waitlist plays when you check them in.

The draw

Random doubles with a cali for the odd one out, or singles. All the holes or the front nine. Reshuffle until it looks right.

Shotgun cards

Each card gets a start hole. Everyone gets a push with theirs and who they’re playing with.

6:20 to 8:00 PMPlay

Live scoring

Each card scores itself, walk-ups included. The leaderboard runs by division, for you and for every player.

Side pots

Closest to the pin, and an ace pot that carries week to week until somebody hits it.

A word to everyone

Rain delay, a course change, see you next week: a push to everyone signed up.

8:05 PM and afterPay out

Payouts

The top third of each division, paid from its own pool. Ties split. The math is done before you open the cash box.

Bag tags

Your league’s own tag, in metal. On a singles night the holders who played swap by score, and each tag flips to its new number.

The books

The whole list as a spreadsheet, for the event report or the club’s treasurer.

Directors

Questions

What does it cost?

Nothing. Running leagues and events in Blackbird is free, and so is playing in them. No money moves through Blackbird, so there’s no cut either.

How do players pay?

The way they do now: cash, Venmo, PayPal or card, at the course or before. You mark who’s paid and how. Blackbird keeps the record and does the payout math, and players collect their winnings from you.

Do my players need the app?

To sign up, get their card and score it, yes: on iPhone, or in any browser at app.blackbirddiscgolf.com. Walk-ups without it go on your list by name, and their cardmates keep their score.

How do I start?

In the app, open Tournaments and choose Post an event: the course, the night, divisions, fees and a cap. Your first event gets a quick check before it’s listed, usually within a day. After that, your events go straight up.

We already have bag tags. Do they come over?

Yes. Enter each player’s tag once from the league’s page and Blackbird keeps them from there. Players who aren’t on Blackbird yet keep their tag on paper until they join.

Bring your league.

We’re starting with leagues around Iowa City and Cedar Rapids, and we’ll set up your first night with you.

One email to set up a time. That’s it.