Editing a group in Spond Club gives you full control over its settings and structure. You can easily update the name, add administrators, adjust group restrictions, and generally tailor the group to suit your club’s needs.
This ensures the group is well organised and ready for effective communication and administration.
How to edit a group
Go to Departments and Groups
Click on Create Group in the top-right corner
Once you’ve found the group, click the button with the three dots on the far right of the same row as the group name, then click “Edit”
Change department (this does not affect the members)
🇳🇴 Applies to Norway only.
Add, edit or remove an NIF branch for the group (visible if the club is NIF-integrated). If you choose to register an NIF branch, members in this group will be reported to NIF as active athletes.Edit the Short group name – this is what will be shown internally in Spond Club
Edit the Full group name – this is the name that will appear in the Spond app
Assign a different contact person (Read more here)
Add/remove group admin(s) — If you wish to add or remove one or more group admins, click the button “Manage group admins”
Scroll or search for the person you want to add or remove as a group admin, tick or untick the box to the left of their name, then click “Add” in the lower right corner when you’re done.
Change the type of activity the group is linked to, e.g. football, basketball, etc.
Change the age group. This affects whether guardians are included in the group. If the group is set to children/youth or mixed, guardians can be part of the group.
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Click on “Show optional options” to view additional available options for the group and make any necessary changes
Description, this will be visible to new members joining the group and to existing members if they access the group settings for the group
Membership Eligibility criteria, you can set group criteria based on gender and age (read more here)
Group capacity, you can set a group capacity if there is a maximum number of members allowed. ⚠️ Groups have a maximum limit of 1000 members
Block group admins from adding new members
This will result in the following:
Group administrators will no longer be able to add new members
Pending membership requests will be hidden
Any active group links or invitation codes will be deactivated
Select available payout methods, set the available payout methods – read more in the next section
12. Once all changes have been made, click Save in the bottom right corner
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a group need to have a group admin?
Does a group need to have a group admin?
Yes, every group must have at least one person assigned as a group admin.
When you are in group view and looking at the list of members and group admins, click the three dots next to a group admin’s name.
If you then select "Remove from group" on all group admins, or if there is only one group admin. A message will appear stating:
“Please assign a new group admin before removing the current one. A group must always have at least one group admin assigned”
To add a new group admin, follow the guide and step 9 at the top of this article.