Seasons, the points race and awards
How a session scores
A season is two calendar months: January and February, March and April, and so on. Each finished club session in it is treated as a small tournament. Everyone who played is ranked by their win rate in that session, and their finishing place earns a fixed number of points. Every finished game counts, singles included. The season standing is the running total.
| Finishing place in that session | Points |
|---|---|
| 1st | 10 |
| 2nd | 8 |
| 3rd | 6 |
| 4th | 5 |
| 5th | 4 |
| 6th | 3 |
| 7th | 2 |
| 8th or lower | 1 |
The rule
Within a session, players are ranked by win rate, and the difference between points won and lost breaks ties (in padel, games won and lost). Players who are still level share the points of the places they cover. Every place below eighth scores 1, so turning up and playing is worth a point whatever the results. Missing a session scores nothing.
This replaced a season-long rating ladder after a review in 2026, for three reasons. The best possible session is capped at ten points, so one exceptional session cannot decide a season. Missing sessions costs you. And "four points behind with two sessions left" can be read at a glance at the side of the court.
Every season is ranked this way, including seasons played before the race was introduced in 2026. Season awards already given stay as they were awarded.
The club's all-time board ranks by skill rating. The two answer different questions and are never combined.
A session played as a visitor at another club earns no points in that club's race.
Season MVP
At the end of a season the top eligible player gets a permanent Season MVP award on their profile. The eligibility bar is there so the award cannot be won with a handful of well-chosen appearances.
The rule
To be eligible a player needs at least 10 games in the season and must have attended at least 40% of the club's finished sessions that season, with a minimum of 2 sessions so a short season still has a real bar. The award goes to the eligible player highest in the race; ties are settled by wins, then skill rating, then games played.
The season board shows everyone who has earned points in a session. Players below the bar are still on it; they just cannot take the award yet. The 10-game bar is the same in both sports, and a padel match or a badminton best of 3 counts as one game, so the bar takes longer to reach at sessions that play longer matches.
Eligibility is judged on the whole season, not on recent form. Someone who qualified and then stopped coming can still win it, and a past season's winner keeps the award even if they no longer play.
See also Attendance, activity and session historyClub management overview
Ever present
One other award sits alongside MVP: Ever present, for attending every finished session in the season.
The rule
Everyone who qualifies wins it. There is nothing to rank and no tie to settle: three people with full attendance have all done the same thing.
It is deliberately the only companion award. Most improved and best win rate were both tried and dropped because they kept landing on the same person as MVP. Attendance is the one measure that reliably picks someone else.