For sports clubs

A POS system for your club bar: a till your volunteers can work

A POS system for football, tennis and hockey club bars and every other sports or community club: bar shifts that change every week, a rush after the match and no time for explaining. 20Tabs is plain enough for whoever has just walked in.

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The till screen of a club bar with beer and snacks on the bill
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A member card in someone's name with their balance and recent bills
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Member card

Members tap in and the cash drawer stays shut

After the match nobody wants to wait for change. Members pay with their card, from their balance or on account, and at the end of the month you send out what is outstanding in one go.

Physical or in Apple and Google Wallet

A member shows their card or scans it on their phone. Nobody has to be looked up and whoever is behind the bar has nothing to work out.

From a balance or on account

Top a balance up in advance and let every drink come off it, or let the tab run to the end of the month. Less cash in the drawer behind the bar.

A rate of their own for members

Members, juniors and visitors can each have their own price, without your volunteer having to think about it. The card decides the rate.

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Volunteers

Every Saturday there is someone else behind the bar

Your bar shifts change weekly and most volunteers are not hospitality people. That calls for a till that explains itself, while you still know who rang what in.

Everyone signs in with their own code

At the start of the shift your volunteer taps in their PIN and at the end they sign out again. Every bill shows who rang it in.

Not everyone needs access to everything

Who may give discounts, change prices or get into the back office? You set that per role, so a stand-in can simply serve without being able to touch anything else.

No briefing beforehand

A main screen with no hidden menus, so whoever is behind the bar for the first time can ring things in straight away. That saves your bar coordinator the same explanation every week.

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Revenue per day, where the home matches stand out immediately
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Why sports clubs choose 20Tabs for the club bar

A rate that suits a club

With 20Tabs Go, clubs and foundations pay 1% of revenue instead of 2%, or you pick a fixed amount per month. No setup fees and cancel monthly.

Only open when there is a match on

A club bar is full on Saturday and dead midweek. You pay according to your revenue, so a quiet winter break does not cost you the same as a busy spring.

Runs on what the club already has

A tablet behind the bar is enough. No fixed till with a drawer and cables for someone to maintain, and no investment that has to go past the members' meeting first.

A sales report showing the quantity per product over the whole period
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What makes a POS system for a sports club bar genuinely good?

A sports club bar runs on volunteers, and that is where most POS systems fall over. They are built for trained hospitality staff, not for a parent standing behind the bar between two and five on a Saturday because it is their turn. A complicated interface then means errors in the till, long queues after the match and grumbling from members. So a good club bar till is first and foremost made for someone standing behind it for the first time.

That starts with a main screen that explains itself: no hidden menus, no buttons you have to think about. Payment can simply be taken by card or in cash, and if you work with members you can give them a card, physical or in Apple or Google Wallet, to pay on account or from their balance. That way there is less cash going round after a match. And with permissions per role you decide who may change prices or give discounts, so not every volunteer has access to everything.

For the committee something else counts: financial insight without a spreadsheet. Who worked which bar shift, which evening took the most, and does the till add up at the end? 20Tabs has reports per bar shift and per person, so the treasurer pulls the figures themselves without bothering the bar coordinator. And because a club is not a commercial hospitality business, the rate suits it: with 20Tabs Go, clubs and foundations pay 1% of revenue instead of 2%, or you pick a fixed price per month.

For buying in, it helps that you can see per product what went through. How many crates go on a home match and which snack sits untouched is simply there to read back, so the bar committee is not ordering on a hunch for the coming weekend.

Frequently asked questions about a POS system for sports club bars

What is a good POS system for a sports club bar?

A volunteer-friendly club bar till: a plain interface you need no training for, permissions per role, and clear reporting for the committee. Payment can be taken by card or in cash, and if you work with members you can give them a member card to pay on account or from a balance.

Does 20Tabs work with a changing pool of volunteers behind the bar?

Yes. The interface is deliberately plain, so a new volunteer is behind the bar within ten minutes without training. Everyone signs in with their own PIN, and with permissions per role you decide who may do what, so not everyone has access to everything.

Can members pay on account or from a balance?

Yes. Members tap in with a card, physical or in Apple or Google Wallet, and pay from their balance or on account. At the end of the month you send out what is outstanding in one go, so there is less cash going round after a match.

What does a POS system for a sports club cost?

From €25 a month for a complete till for the football, hockey or tennis club bar, with no setup fees. With 20Tabs Go, clubs and foundations pay 1% of revenue instead of 2%, or you pick a fixed amount per month. Everything is unlimited in your subscription.

Further reading

See reports, staff and loyalty & customer cards. Other clubs and associations: the POS for golf clubs, the POS for event venues or for cafes & bars.

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