In-Person Event Attendee

Without a single calendar, attendees rely on federation PDFs, club Facebook posts and word of mouth, missing events entirely or arriving on the wrong day. The live-status indicator solves a uniquely petanque problem: terrains run in parallel and matches finish unpredictably, so a fan can be 200 metres from a decisive final without knowing it.

Location filtering lets a weekend traveller plan a route through three nearby tournaments rather than committing to one. Ticket links collapse the gap between discovery and attendance, particularly important for paid finals or hospitality events.

Aggregated tenant calendars expose events with geo-coordinates, start times and ticket URLs. The mobile app filters by radius, date range and competition tier, and a live-status badge updates from the scoring backend so attendees see which events have matches actively being played.

Petanque formats vary wildly: poule play, swiss, single-elimination, mixed disciplines, doubles versus triples. A first-time attendee watching a national championship has no way to know whether they are watching a meaningless group-stage match or a tense quarter-final.

Without context, the visit becomes confusing rather than captivating, and casual attendees do not return. The match guide bridges spectator intuition and competition mechanics — knowing a team needs one more point to advance transforms passive watching into invested watching.

Per-event microsites surface format diagrams, current bracket position and what each match means for advancement. Tapping a terrain shows the live score, format explanation in the user's language, and a one-line stake summary like "winner advances to semi-final".

Large tournaments occupy hundreds of terrains across multiple zones, sometimes spanning several hectares. Paper maps go out of date the moment a referee reassigns a match.

Attendees waste time walking the wrong direction, miss the start of matches they came to see, and skip events because navigation feels overwhelming. Accessibility routes matter for older fans and wheelchair users — petanque has a notably senior demographic.

Food, toilets and first-aid locations affect dwell time and willingness to stay for evening matches.

Venue maps render terrain numbers tied to live match data, so tapping a terrain reveals which match is in progress. Amenities, food and accessible paths are layered toggleable overlays.

Match reassignments from the scoring system propagate to the map within seconds.