diff --git a/notifications.py b/notifications.py
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+import sys
+import requests
+
+def send_notification(app, target_user, mapname, old_replay, new_replay):
+    '''Build notification and handoff to dispatcher'''
+
+    url =  app.config["DISPATCH_SERVER"]
+
+    if not url:
+        return
+
+    # send to event dispatcher #
+    message = "Trackmania: Record broken on {}".format(mapname)
+    message += "Old time: {}".format(old_replay.get_human_readable_time())
+    message += "New time: {}".format(new_replay.get_human_readable_time())
+    message += "by {}".format(new_replay.clean_login())
+
+    payload = { "users": [user], "msg" : message }
+
+    r = requests.post(app.config["DISPATCH_SERVER"] + "/smart-send",
+                    json=payload, auth=app.config["DISPATCH_AUTH"])
+
+    if not r.ok:
+        print("Error handing off notification to dispatch ({})".format(r.status_code), file=sys.stderr)