To create a new tournament – Reference 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 pair tournament; or
- Teaching Games; or
- Shared games; or
- A reference tournament (read below)
- (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 team 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 “Reference”
Select ”Number of Sections” – Not relevant and therefore not shown
Select ”Next”
Tab 2.
Howell is pre-selected
Further pair movements types will be added with Mitchell movements as the next. If you have specific requirement please let us know.
Please notice – you can stop a tournament after a finished round and still be able to see detailed results – see here or here how to end the game correctly
Select “Board per round” from the drop down menu as illustrated below and 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 7 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 due to increase in the data exchange requirements with federations.
Select ”Next”
Tab 4.
Select the ”Card distribution” tab:
Here you will have a number of special reference tournaments to choose among.
Select the wanted tournament from the drop down list and select “Next”
Tab 5 – Matchpoint.
Please select “Scoring type” – example Matchpoint
Notice you need to make a selection at the bottom of the page
For example select either
- Zero 0 as bottom; or
- Zero 0 as average
Select ”Next”
Notice – Your tournament as well as the reference tournament will be (re-)calculated after your chosen scoring principle.
Tab 5 – International Matchpoints option.
Please Select “IMPS” as “Scoring type”
Notice you need to make a selection at the bottom of the page
Select Across the field
Select ”Next”
We at the right show you the future option for scoring of a section – currently sections are score separately.
Notice – Your tournament as well as the reference tournament will be (re-)calculated after your chosen scoring principle.
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”
