Use Spond to sign up for play - Invermere Pickleball Club

Spond App

We use Spond to manage sign ups to our sessions. Spond is completely free to use and has a mobile app and web version. Members and non-members can use Spond to sign up to play.

Below you'll find information about using Spond:

How to create a Spond account as a first time user
How to join Invermere Pickleball Club on Spond if you already have a Spond profile
Navigating the Spond app
How to sign up for a club session
How to volunteer/sign up to host a session
How to use Spond to communicate with club members

If you need help with Spond, please contact Angie.

How to create a Spond account as a first time user

You can create a Spond profile either in the web version or in the app. The Spond app is available for iPhone (iOS), Android phones, and web browser version. The user experience via the mobile app is an easier and more seamless experience than via web browser. However, the web browser option is available to those that prefer it.

Creating a Spond account in the app

Download the app
Open the app, Select “get started”
Select “Join an existing group”
Fill in the fields
You'll receive a verification email with a code
1. Please check your spam/junk folders if you don’t see the verification email in your main inbox
Enter the code, press “Next”
Enter your first and last name, press “Next”
Add a profile picture either by taking a picture, selecting a picture from the camera roll, or uploading a picture from Facebook. If you do not want a profile picture, you can select “Skip” at the bottom of the page.
Enter your month and year of birth, select “Get started”
Select “Enter group code” and enter the code for Invermere Pickleball Club: POENG.
1. An administrator must approve your request before you get access to the group (may take up to 24 hours)
Follow the instructions

Creating a Spond account on the web

Please email Angie at ang.duong@icloud.com with the following information:
1. Your first and last name
2. Phone number
3. Email address
You’ll receive a verification email from Spond (may take up to 24 hours)
1. Please check your spam/junk folders if you don’t see the verification email in your main inbox
In the email, click on “Respond to group invite”
This will take you to a confirmation page that says “You are now a member of Invermere Pickleball Club”
Go to Spond’s login page: https://spond.com/landing/login/
Follow the instructions to login and complete your profile

How to join Invermere Pickleball Club on Spond if you already have a Spond profile

All Spond groups are private, so you’ll always need a group code to join. An administrator must approve your request before you get access to the group (may take up to 24 hours).

How to join a group with a group code

Open the app
Select “Groups”
Select “Enter code”
Enter our club code: POENG
Select what type of member you are:
1. Member
Fill in the fields

Navigating the Spond app

Home

The Home screen acts as a central hub, displaying a chronological list of your upcoming events, recent posts, and activities from all groups that you are a member of.

Notifications

See all of your notifications in one place on the Notifications screen. You can toggle alerts on or off for events, posts, and comments. You can also customize settings globally or for specific groups and/or subgroups.

Groups

The Groups screen lists all the groups that you are a member of.

Select “Invermere Pickleball Club” from this screen to see all of our club programming, sign up to attend a session, and/or volunteer to host a session.

Messages

The Messages screen allows you to initiate group or private chats with members of your groups directly within the app. This enables club members to communicate with one another to self organize gameplay and/or drilling sessions outside of club programming.

Select the "+" icon to create new chats.

How to sign up for a club session

Sessions are open for registration at 5pm MT seven days prior to the session’s scheduled time.
Sign up to play by selecting Attending.
If the session is full, you can select Join Waitlist to be notified if there is an opening.
If you can no longer make it to a session that you’ve signed up for, please make sure to go into the session and select Decline. This opens up the spot for another player to sign up or lets anyone on the waiting list to be automatically invited.
If you’re on the waiting list for a session and receive a notification that a spot has opened up, you must respond by selecting Attending or Decline. If you decline then the next person on the waiting list will receive the invite.
- Note to Hosts: If a waitlist person hasn’t confirmed their attendance, you’re able to move to the next person on the waitlist.
All communications pertaining to a specific session will be done within the Comments section of the session.

How to be a host

Anyone can be a host! We rely on club members to volunteer as hosts to run all of our sessions. Outdoor play takes place at Mt Nelson Athletic Park (a multi-use court) using our portable nets. Nets are stored in an on-site locked storage room. Indoor play takes place at the Invermere Curling Rink which is a private secured facility. As such, hosts are needed to open and close all sessions.

Hosting is quite simple and there are many helping hands to set up/tear down. Hosts can sign up in pairs and co-host sessions too.

We provide a mandatory host training session at the beginning of the season and on-demand throughout the year. Please reach out to Jennette if you're interested in being a host. All hosts will be added to the Host subgroup in Spond.

How to volunteer/sign up to host a session

Sessions are open for registration at 5pm MT seven days prior to the session’s scheduled time.
By default, the app assigns Angie as the host for all sessions (as the event creator) so assume that there is no host unless it's otherwise stated in the Comments section.
Sign up to host by indicating in Comments that you will host.
Co-Hosting is welcomed! Two people can partner to share the hosting responsibility for any session.
An administrator will assign you as the host for the session (may take up to 24 hours). You’ll receive a request to host that you must respond by selecting Accept or Decline.
Once you’re assigned as host, you’ll be able to easily send messages to the session’s attendees (e.g., moving from Mount Nelson to the curling rink if bad weather) and manage the waitlist.
Attendees will also be able to easily direct message the host.
Hosts are responsible for staying up to date with the comments and messages related to the session that they are hosting in the app.
If you can no longer host, please find a replacement host and notify Jennette or Angie who the replacement host will be.
Then go into the session and select Decline as host. This will allow us to reassign the host.

Host communications & subgroup

We’ve created a Host subgroup in Spond to make it easier for us to communicate with hosts, as well as for hosts to communicate with one another. We’ll use this to highlight which sessions may need a host. Hosts can also use this communication channel to find a replacement or backup host. Hosts can also use this to ask questions about hosting duties or anything that may come up while hosting.

In-app messaging

From the Messages screen, select the "+" icon in the top right corner to create a new chat.
Select “Invermere Pickleball Club”, then “One or more subgroups”, then “Hosts” and click “Next”.
This will bring up a list of all hosts. You can use “Select all” to message everyone or select specific people to message individually.
Select the individual(s) that you’d like to message, then click Next.

How to connect with other club members in Spond

In-app messaging

From the Messages screen, select the "+" icon in the top right corner to create a new chat.
Select Invermere Pickleball Club, then Main Group to bring up a list of all members.
Select the individual(s) that you’d like to message, then click Next.

Personal contact info (phone and email)

You can control what contact information is visible to other club members. By default, all members can see each other’s phone number and email. You can hide this information if you prefer and still maintain the ability for members to message with you in-app.

To hide your personal contact information:

Open the Spond app
Select Groups, then Invermere Pickleball Club
Select the “...” icon
Select Your Contact Information
Select Only Visible For Administrators