About
Padel in Porto, with Douro Bats.
Our story
Douro Bats Padel is the padel section of Associação Desportiva Douro Bats, a non-profit sports association founded in Porto in 2021. It started with futsal, volleyball and running. Padel followed as more members picked up a racket.
This app is where the section runs its games: players sign up, the draw splits them into tiers, results go in, and the ranking follows. Members play here, and so do players from other associations we invite to play with us.
The association
- Founded
- 2021
- Status
- Non-profit, open to every level
- Sports
- Futsal, volleyball, running and padel
- Motto
- Anda bater, tu bats bem!
How padel works here
The same rules for everyone, written down. The FAQ has the details.
- Points
- Fixed for every match: 3000 plus 200 a set in Masters, 2000 plus 150 a set in Explorers. No ELO, and no bonus for beating a stronger team.
- Tiers
- Set again for every game. Whoever signs up is sorted by rating and split into Masters and Explorers, so your tier can change from one week to the next.
- Sign-ups
- Free, and open until 24 hours before the game. After that the list is frozen, and dropping out counts as a sanction.
- Court
- The association books it, and the players split the cost at the club after the game. There is nothing to pay online.
Want to play?
Playing is by invitation. Ask for one and tell us a little about how you play. Padel is for everyone here. Want to be part of Douro Bats itself? Membership of the association is a separate step.