19.1 What you need to set up a new Competition

Setting up a new competition requires the following:

1. the details for the competition (including the start and end dates, the points for each match, competition formats);
2. the grades;
3. the teams involved (competition entry forms); and
4. the players involved (competition entry forms).

19.2 Setting up a new Competition

The Competition Wizard is provided on the Competition menu screen to assist you through a number of steps required for setting up a competition. Each of these steps can be accessed separately, although by using the Wizard you will be guided through each step in the correct sequence.

It is recommended that first-time users use the Competitions Wizard.

19.2.1 Using the Competition Wizard

1. From the Main Menu, choose the Competitions tab
   
   
2. Click the Wizard button which is next to the Competitions button. You will see a short introductory screen explaining how to use the competition wizard.
   
   
   
   
3. Choose Next to bring up the next step
   
   
   
   Tip: The new competition wizard can be dragged around the screen to allow you to view details it is overlaying. Simply click on the title bar (where it says New Competition Wizard) and drag it to a new location.
   
   
4. Enter the details for the new competition.
   
   Tip: Develop a standard ID system for coding your Competitions. E.g. 95-01-SX. This shows the Competition was the first comp in 1995. By placing the year first, the most recent Competitions show up in selection boxes at the top of the list. By including S for a Saturday and X for Mixed etc, it is easy to distinguish the type of Competition. This will allow the interchange of results of specific categories of Competitions.
   
   
5. When all competition details are entered, the next step is to enter the grades that this comp has. Choose Next to show the grades.
   
   
   
   
6. If you know all the grades, enter them. If you are entering the teams before the Comp has started and the committee does not know how many grades it is going to have in the competition, just enter one grade called 'unallocated', as shown below.
   
   
   
   
7. Enter the teams from the competition entry forms. Choose Next when all the teams are entered.
   
   
   
   
8. Select the club and the computer automatically enters the next available team number for that club. The computer suggests a team name based on the club and team number i.e. Forestville Club 1. The team name can be changed if a different name is required.
   
   Enter the grade that the team requested on the entry form. This will be printed on later reports (i.e. Report 155), so the committee can verify if a team is not given their requested grade and there have been no oversights.
   
   The Home Court field is used to produce a draw by allocating the court on which home matches are played. It is essential that the court location be inserted for generation of the draw.
   
   Tip: At this stage just the teams are entered not the players in each team. If you prefer to add the team and the players together you can leave out this step; click next and go straight to the next step. However please note that Grade Requested field and Home Court field are not available when using that method.
   
   
9. When players have been entered for all the teams choose Next to move to the next step.
   
   
10. Select the players using either the number or name selection boxes.
    
    'No. in team' is used in competitions where players are given an order in the team eg 1, 2 or 3. Enter as appropriate. You can also put ‘C’ for Captain or ‘R’ for Reserve.
    
    When all players for one team have been added, enter the player number of the captain at the top of the screen
    
    Tip: You can copy the number from the player in the lower half of the screen and paste it into the Captain field at the top of the screen).
    
    
11. Move to the next team by either selecting it from the green Find box or using the navigation buttons at the bottom left of the screen to move to the next record.
    
    
12. Reports can now be printed which will assist the selection committee to place the teams into appropriate grades for the competition.

You have completed the first section of entering a comp. Any changes to Grades or Teams can be made by using the Competition Wizard again and following the steps.