To create a new tournament:
Go to “Admin” in the main menu and select ”Tournament”
Then select ”Create new tournament”
As illustrated above here you will find a list of the tournaments you have access to as administrator (notice can be from several clubs)
You can play 5 different types of tournament
- A pair tournament (including card distribution import and Re-play); or
- A team tournament; or
- Teaching Games; or
- Shared games; or
- A reference tournament
- (you will be adding one or more tables to a already played (often well known) tournament).
For how to setup a pair tournament please go here
For how to setup a reference tournament please go here
You will have further general and/or specific options for each of these types later during setup:
Please notice
- You can go back and forth during the tournament setup; and
- You also have an option to change certain details later.
- Which details you can change depends of the stage of the tournament (started or not for example).
Please also notice the tournaments will always be playing Barometer style.
Tab 1.
Please give the tournament a name (Please notice that no name overlap is allowed)
Select ”Tournament Type” – Select “Team”
Select ”Number of Sections” – Current limit 5
Select ”Next”
Tab 2.
First select “Half per Match” – Current limit 1 half
Select “Board per round” from the drop down menu as illustrated below
Then select the number of “Tables” in the tournament (equal to the number of B+M’s to be used) from the drop down menu as illustrated below
Select ”Next”
Tab 3.
Please notice the information given about your tournament.
Select ”Number of sessions” – from the drop down box.
There is a limit of 3 sessions. It is a limit chosen by us which can be expanded if needed.
Further session alternatives than equal rounds per session can be added if we experience a need. The current limit is chosen to avoid an high increase in the data exchange requirements from federations.
Select ”Next”
Tab 4.
Select ”Select Card distribution”
“Random” creates randomly the necessary number of boards.
“Select a public card distribution” describes the option where you can select from a list of previous played public available card distributions.
This should be regarded as either:
- An alternative to a reference tournament as several federations only offer access to card distribution information. We will add information (URL) for the card distributions historic result presentation.
- As access to the popular public available card distributions easily shared for many to play and compare results -often labelled “simultaneous tournaments”. With a delay (for all to play) results are made public.
Notice – “If you would like to import a card distribution you have on a file then select random and then after the tournament have been created select each session and select the file to import” – hereby we offer an option to import for example a BRI file with your card own distribution.
As you need might to import different card distributions per session the import takes place here – Click “Import” and select your file with a click on the “Browse” button.
Of you would like to use the import option -please select “Random” at tab 4 – hereby you also generate card distributions to be used if your import file have to few card distributions the required by the tournament.
Select ”Next”
Tab 5 – Matchpoint.
Please Select “Matchpoint as “Scoring type”
Notice you need to make a selection at the bottom of the page
Select either
- Zero as Bottom; or
- Zero as Center
We here show you the future option for scoring of a section – currently sections are score separately.
Select ”Next”
Tab 5 – International Matchpoint option.
Please Select “IMPS” as “Scoring type”
Notice you need to make a selection at the bottom of the page
Select either
- Across the field; or
- Butler
We here show also you the future options for scoring of a section – currently sections are score separately.
Select ”Next”
Tab 6 – Other settings.
Please select the wanted “Contract entry type”
You can read more here – including see how the above options screens look at the tablet
Please decide if you want to “”
This setting lets you can choose between if the tablet or the dealer controls the information shown and when the cards are ejected
This illustrate one of several ways we show a delays in registration see below
You can further details here about this setting and it’s consequences
Remember to select ”Finish” to have the tournament created
Please notice – after you have created a tournament you still have an opportunity to change certain parts of the tournament – to change click “Edit” in the menu below after you have selected the tournament you want to change.
You will see a similar menu as shown above when you click “Edit”
