For parents & guardians

Managing your junior official, from your phone.

If your child umpires or referees and is under 18, you can choose to manage them from your own Time, Umpire! account. You enter their availability, confirm their shifts and get their messages, so they don't need their own email address or phone.

STEP 01

Create your own account.

Everything runs through your account, so start by setting yourself up in the free Time, Umpire! app. There's no special parent sign-up. Every adult account can manage children.

  1. Download Time, Umpire! from the App Store or Google Play.
  2. Tap New here? Create an account and enter your own name, email and a password.
  3. We'll email you a code. Enter it on the Verify your email screen, then sign in.
Use your own details, not your child's. If your child signs up with their own name, they get an adult account that's separate from yours, and you won't be able to see their shifts.
Sign up as yourselfYour name, your email
STEP 02

Add your child.

Add each child who officiates. All you need is their name and date of birth, with no email or password. Their shifts, reminders and messages all come to you.

ProfileMy childrenAdd a child
  1. Open the Profile tab and tap My children.
  2. Tap Add a child, enter their first name, last name and date of birth, then tap Add.
  3. Repeat for each child. Each one gets their own card on the My children screen.
Your child doesn't log in. A child you add is managed only from your account. They can't sign in to the app themselves, and association chat stays with you.
Profile › My childrenWhere your kids live
Add a childName and date of birth only
STEP 04

Join your child to their association.

Your child needs to belong to the association they officiate for. You join them from their card. You don't have to join yourself.

My childrenYour childJoin an association
  1. On My children, tap your child, then tap Join an association.
  2. Search for the association and tap Join.
  3. If the association gave you a Join PIN, enter it and tap Join with PIN. Your child is in straight away.
  4. No PIN? Tap Send join request. An association admin will review it, and your child is added once they approve.

Repeat for each child. Siblings can belong to different associations.

Open your childTap Join an association
PIN or requestPIN joins instantly

👤 You're not an official yourself

You don't join anything. Your app shows only your children's dates and shifts, so there's never any question of who you're answering for.

🙋 You officiate too

Join your own association from Profile › My associations. The app then asks "Who's this for?" whenever you enter availability. Pick You or your child's name, and take care to pick the right one.

STEP 05

Enter availability for each child.

When the association opens a date, you'll get a notification and a pink Availability is open banner on the home screen. Each date shows a tag for every child who can answer, so you can see at a glance who still needs a response.

  1. Tap the Availability is open banner.
  2. Tap a child's tag on the date, e.g. Mia · Respond. If you officiate too, tapping the card asks Who's this for?
  3. Choose Available or Not available. If the association asks for times, switch off any timeslots your child can't do.
  4. Add a comment for the allocator if needed, then tap Save availability.
  5. Go back and do the same for your next child. Their tag turns green once saved.
One tag per child"Who's this for?" if you officiate too
Save for each child"Availability saved for Jack."
STEP 06

Confirm each child's shifts.

When the roster is published, you'll get a notification. The Shifts tab lists every shift for all your children in one place, and each card is tagged with the child's name.

  1. Open the Shifts tab. Shifts waiting on you are marked To confirm.
  2. Tap a shift to see the court, time and role, then tap Confirm shift.
  3. Do the same for each shift and each child. The badge turns to Confirmed.
  4. If the association changes a confirmed shift, it comes back as To re-confirm. Open it and tap Re-confirm shift.
Can't make it? Shifts can be confirmed in the app but not declined. If your child can no longer attend, contact the association directly as early as you can so they can find a replacement.
Every child, one listTagged by name
Confirm shiftOne tap per shift
Questions

Parents often ask.

Does my child need their own email or phone?

No. A child you add in the app has no login of their own. Their shifts, reminders and messages all come to your account.

Do I need to be a member of the association myself?

No. You can join your child to an association, enter their availability and confirm their shifts without being a member yourself. Only join if you officiate too.

My child already has their own account. Can it be linked to mine?

Yes. Use the form in Step 03 on this page. You'll need a code from your email and one from your child's. Their history is kept. While it's linked, your child can't sign in to that account themselves and everything is managed from yours. To give them their access back, switch on Allow independent login for them under My children in the app.

Can I decline a shift for my child?

Shifts can be confirmed in the app but not declined. If your child can no longer attend, contact your association directly so they can find a replacement.

Can I remove a child from my account?

Yes. Open the child under My children and tap Unlink child. To leave just one association, tap Leave next to it instead.

Still stuck?

Email us and we'll sort it out, whether that's linking an account, merging a duplicate or anything else.