Send announcements to teams, parents and followers
Post a short message about the tournament, choose who gets a push notification in the Playlee app, and remove a message that is no longer right.
Reviewed 9 November 2026 · Verified for d466fd6
Before you start
- A tournament you own or help to run as a co-admin
The short answer
Select Announcements in the sidebar, write your Message, choose an option under Who is it for? and select Post announcement. The message shows on your public tournament page and in the Playlee app, and a push notification goes to the people you chose. Announcements are never emailed or texted.
On this page
What you will do
You will post a short message, such as a car park change or a later start, that everyone following the tournament can see.
Every announcement shows on your public tournament page under From the organiser and in the tournament in the Playlee app. Your choice under Who is it for? decides who also gets a push notification on their phone.
Before you start
- Announcements are app push only. They are never emailed or texted, so people without the Playlee app see them on the public page instead.
- A message can be up to 500 characters of plain text, with an optional title of up to 80.
- You can post up to 10 announcements a day for each tournament.
- The public page shows the three newest announcements from the last 7 days.
- Owners and co-admins can post. Support and Viewer helpers cannot.
How to do it
- 1
Open Announcements
Select Announcements in the sidebar. New announcement is on the left and Sent announcements on the right.
- 2
Write the message
Add a Title (optional), such as “Car park change”, then type the Message. Keep it short: it is read on a phone at the side of a pitch.
- 3
Choose who gets the push notification
Under Who is it for?, choose Everyone: team managers, parents and followers, Teams: team managers and parents, or Followers only.
Good to know: Leave Send a push notification to the Playlee app ticked to notify phones. Untick it to post the message on the public page and in the app without a notification. - 4
Post it
Select Post announcement. Playlee confirms it was posted and, if any phones were notified, how many. It then appears under Sent announcements with who it was for.
- 5
Remove a message that is no longer right
Under Sent announcements, select Remove on the message. It disappears from the public page and the app and is marked Removed. A push notification that has already been sent cannot be called back.
Check you are ready
- The message makes sense on its own, without the title.
- Times and places in the message match the schedule.
- You have chosen the right option under Who is it for?.
- The announcement shows on your public tournament page.
If something looks wrong
If something looks wrong
Check the message before you select Post announcement: a push notification cannot be edited or recalled. To correct a mistake, Remove the old message and post a new one, which counts towards the 10 a day.
Common problems
I cannot see Announcements in the sidebar
Announcements is part of Tournaments in the Playlee app and only shows where that is available. If you are a Support or Viewer helper, ask the owner for Co-admin.
Playlee said the announcement was posted but did not say how many phones were notified
Nobody in the group you chose could be reached by push: they may not have the Playlee app, may have turned off tournament notifications, or may have muted the tournament. The message still shows on the public page and in the app.
Will parents who are not in the app get it?
Not as a notification. Announcements are never emailed or texted. Share your public page link so they can read From the organiser there.
Does choosing Followers only hide the message from teams?
No. Your choice only decides who gets the push notification. Everyone who opens the public page or the tournament in the app can read every announcement.