Free Court Queue Board — Who's On, Who's Up Next

Retire the whiteboard and the megaphone

Every open-play night and small tournament runs the same ritual: names scrawled on a whiteboard by the door, somebody squinting at it between games, and an organiser shouting "NEXT ON COURT THREE" over the noise. It works — until the queue is fifteen matches deep, two people swear they were next, and the shouting stops carrying past court one. A queue board fixes all three problems at once: the order is public, the call is visual, and nobody has to guard the whiteboard.

One queue, many courts

This board runs the classic open-play model: a single shared queue feeding every court. Matches wait in one visible line; whichever court finishes first calls the next match. That keeps waits fair — no one picks a "fast court" — and it is how busy pickleball open play, club night tennis ladders, and casual table tennis halls already run on paper. If the plan changes, drag the order around with the arrows; if a pair leaves early, remove them with a tap and the line closes up.

The call moment

Tapping CALL NEXT on a court does three things: the top of the queue moves into that court's NOW PLAYING slot, a whistle plays, and the board takes over for a beat with REPORT TO COURT 2 and the match name — big enough to read from across the gym. Players stop hovering over the desk asking "are we up?" because the answer is on the wall.

Courts, mats, lanes, tables, rings, stations

The board is vocabulary-aware because venues are not all courts. Pick Mats and a judo or BJJ comp calls bouts to Mat 1 and Mat 2. Pick Lanes and a swim gala queues heats — "Heat 3 — 50m Free" — to lanes. Pick Tables for table tennis or a pool hall waiting list, Rings for boxing, Stations for a PE circuit. One board, relabelled everywhere, including the call announcement.

The fullscreen venue display

Tap fullscreen and the entry controls disappear: each court becomes a column with the current match huge, and the next two or three matches sit dimmed underneath so players know to warm up. Put it on a TV by the desk, or add it to the free GOGO dashboard next to a bracket and a live scoreboard — where a call also interrupts the announcement ticker with a scrolling NOW CALLING strip.

Frequently asked questions

How many courts can I add?

Up to twelve playing areas, each with its own NOW PLAYING slot and CALL NEXT button — enough for a full club night or a multi-mat competition.

Does the queue survive a refresh?

Yes — the courts, the queue and who is playing all save in this browser's local storage. Close the laptop between rounds and the board is exactly where you left it. Nothing is uploaded and there is no account.

Can players' phones see the queue?

The board is a single-screen display — put it on a TV or projector where everyone can see it. That is deliberate: one public screen beats twenty phones asking for refreshes.

Is it really free?

Completely — no ads, no signup, no team cap tricks. It is part of the free GOGO tool set that sits alongside the bracket generator and the online scoreboard.