For venues & hosts
Put the space you already have to work
MeetYourMatch plans to start across two London locations, bringing people to venues for a specific game at a specific time. These are local operating catchments, not two individual venues; hosts keep full control of their own prices.
The business case
Four reasons a host would take part
These are the intended benefits of the model. They are not guarantees, and no results have been measured yet.
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Table tennis, four players
Camden Ping House · 54 Kentish Town Road, Camden Town, London NW1 9QX
A quiet Tuesday table becomes a standing game nightAn illustrative example: the venue already has the space and the equipment. We bring a matched group who have agreed the game, the time and your own charges before they arrive — and who have a reason to come back next week.
Relevant new visitors
People arriving for a specific game at a specific time, rather than untargeted footfall.
Better use of existing and off-peak space
Quiet weekday afternoons and early evenings are exactly when a coordinated game is easiest to place.
Repeat custom and community
A standing night is worth more than a one-off visit. Groups that settle somewhere tend to keep coming back.
Simpler game coordination
Who is coming, for which game, at which table, is agreed before anyone walks in.
Where it fits
A place for every kind of venue
The model is designed to suit spaces that already have room, equipment or a willing welcome.
Sports venues
Padel and pickleball courts, table tennis halls, snooker and pool clubs.
Cafés & bars
A pool table, a dartboard, or simply tables where boards and cards work.
Hotels
Guest-facing games space that is idle for much of the week.
Coworking & community rooms
Evening and weekend hours in rooms that empty out after work.
How taking part would work
Three steps for a host
A venue describes what it can host and when, and games arrive already organised.
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Describe what you can host
Which games, how many courts, tables, boards or seats, and the hours you would like filled.
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Games are matched to your space
Players are assembled around what your venue can actually support, with your prices and any minimum spend stated up front.
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Host the game
The group arrives expecting to play. You take your own charges as usual, and the group has a reason to return.
Responsibilities
Who does what
The host supplies
- Space and playable equipment for the games it chooses to host.
- Times it can honour, and a welcome for people arriving for a game.
- Its own prices — court or table time, or any minimum spend — set and collected directly by the venue.
MeetYourMatch coordinates
- Finding and matching players, and confirming who is coming before the day.
- Telling players plainly what each game needs and what the venue expects.
- Supporting result confirmation so each game's measure of level stays honest.
Equipment: fixed and portable games
- Fixed games use the venue's own courts, tables, boards and oches (the throwing line for darts).
- Portable games — chess, backgammon, Texas Hold'em and gin rummy — are planned to arrive as a MeetYourMatch kit with its own equipment identity, so a café only needs a table and a welcome.
Fees and minimum spend, kept separate
The MeetYourMatch service fee covers matchmaking and booking coordination. Each player pays their own. The approved assumption is an average of £4.50 per player per game; actual per-game and per-city rates are still to be set, and the amounts shown here are illustrative demo prices. Anything the venue charges — table or court time, any minimum spend — is separate from this fee.
Example venues
The kind of place that fits, in London
Soho Cue Club
Pool hall & bar · Soho
18 Greek Street, Soho, London W1D 4DL · illustrative London address
Eight certified pool tables, two full-size snooker tables and a proper oche downstairs.
Shepherd's Bush Padel Club
Padel club · Shepherd's Bush
42 Uxbridge Road, Shepherd's Bush, London W12 8LP · illustrative London address
Six panoramic padel courts beside the flyover, floodlit until midnight.
Islington Chess Café
Café & board room · Islington
7 Upper Street, Islington, London N1 0PN · illustrative London address
Twenty weighted sets, digital clocks and the best flat white on the network.
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Hackney Wick Sportshub
Sports centre · Hackney Wick
25 White Post Lane, Hackney Wick, London E9 5EN · illustrative London address
Six tournament tables, two pickleball courts and a rooftop padel deck.
Strike Stratford
Games & entertainment · Stratford
3 Montfichet Road, Stratford, London E15 2GD · illustrative London address
Ten pool tables, two snooker tables and eight oches with league nights all week.
Chelsea Social Club
Members club · Chelsea
88 King's Road, Chelsea, London SW3 4TZ · illustrative London address
Card rooms with gin rummy tables, social poker nights and a quiet backgammon corner.
Camden Ping House
Bar · Camden Town
54 Kentish Town Road, Camden Town, London NW1 9QX · illustrative London address
Four tournament tables, cheap beer and the loudest doubles nights in town.
Battersea Riverside Courts
Riverside club · Battersea
12 Battersea Park Road, Battersea, London SW11 4NB · illustrative London address
Riverside courts with lights, showers and a very forgiving crowd.
Questions a host usually has
What a game needs, how results work, and what players are told before they arrive.
Interested in the business model behind it? Read the investment case.