Group Announcements/Blasts
Send mass messages to everyone in your sports group

OpenSports has just launched our group announcements section so that you can have even more touch points with your group members! Whether you want to send weekly newsletters, tell all of your group members about an upcoming tournament or league and include links to join, or send a discount code to everyone, announcements have you covered!
Group Announcements, Defined
Simple text announcements that a group admin can blast to everybody in their group.
Who has control?
Group Admins
How do I make an announcement? Web & App
Web
There is a tab on your Group’s page, for sending out group announcements. This will only be visible to group admins (see below)👇

You can go back and edit your announcement at any time, and you can pin and un-pin announcements at any time.
Admins and Players can view pinned announcements on your Group’s Home page👇

Making an announcement: App
On the app, under your Group page, you can make an announcement by tapping on the ellipsis (…) at the top right corner.


On the app, pinned announcements appear on the Group’s home page, right above the group’s list of events.
How will players receive announcements?
App
On the app, players will be notified the same way they receive OpenSports event invites and event notifications: Through the notification bell. They will be notified with a push notification (if they have push notifications turned on). If they don’t have push notifications turned on, they will see the notification (a red dot on the notification bell) the next time they open their app.



Web
If players have web-accounts only (and have a connected email address), they will receive an email when you send out a group announcement.


Group members who prefer using OpenSports on the web can also see announcements on their web profile, by clicking on the notifications bell.


Overall Functionality
For the first version of group announcements, the functionality will have basic text only. This will become more customizable over time (i.e., gif’s, memes, template tags to make messages more personalized, ability to send announcements to specific group members only, etc.) Read below to learn about some upcoming add-ons!
Who can see my announcements?
Right now, announcements go to everybody who is a member of your group. For private groups, this means only members can see announcements. For public groups, this means that anybody who finds your group can see your announcements.
Can I filter my announcements to sub-groups within my group?
i.e., just to players who play at a specific level, or just to a certain gender, or just to players with a soccer sport card?
Not on the first release. We will update you when this is available.
Other upcoming add-ons
- A sidebar with upcoming events that you can drag into your announcements, so that the event is clickable
- E-mail template tags (first name, last name) to make it feel personalized, that way you can send a blast of announcements that say “Hey [First name] we have an announcement!…”
Yay to new features! We’d love to hear back from you about Group Announcements so that we can continue to make it amazing for you and your group. Email us with tips and suggestions at alicia@opensports.net :-)