Sports Technology

Online sports club management service Teamer, aimed at easing the administration of community sports teams, now has over 1.1 million signed-up members.

Launched initially in Dublin back in 2008, the service allows team managers to organise squads, keep a diary of upcoming games, discuss strategies and communicate with team members via its Web-based app, email and SMS.

With offices in Australia and New Zealand, in addition to its London, Dublin and Chicago hubs, Teamer, Sales & Marketing Director Robert Mattar explains "we passed one million members globally back in October and we've seen an even faster uptake of members over the (recent) months."

The Teamer app lets users access their member and event data pitch-side. While the app is free to download, continued use requires a subscription, which is available via an in-app purchase after a month - the price varies depending on whether the user wants a monthly or yearly subscription, and whether they are an organiser or a team member.

Teamer can still be used for free via the Web platform.

The app lets users create a team page, schedule games and select/invite people to play who can accept/decline accordingly.

While Teamer is aimed at the amateur market, it is also being used by professionals to help coordinate events. Celtic Football Club of the Scottish Premier League has been using Teamer to manage and coordinate its community-based teams, all 46 of them, for the past two seasons.

As for the future, Mattar adds "we have quite a lot of things planned.

"We have just launched the Teamer messageboard, which allows teams to message each other from the Teamer.net Web platform, but it's also fully integrated with our SMS and email notifications.

"With the messageboard and the app, this is our first foray into premium services and we'll continue to add new enhancements to the platform - both free and premium - but we will always ensure that the core Teamer offering remains free for Teams."

Mattar also tells me that another key addition will be payments integration, scheduled for launch in 2012, to allow sports clubs to collect club payments and fundraising.

In terms of growth, Teamer hopes to reach three million members by the end of 2012 based on its current growth trajectory.

For more information go to www.teamer.net/pages/demo