Managing Start Groups

 

Before Competition -> Manage Start Groups

or

Competition Dashboard -> Manage Start Groups

or

PanelRecorder Dashboard -> Manage Start Groups

 

By default ScoreManager creates one start group of entries for each grade. However multiple start groups can be created for grades with large numbers of entries. The following screen shows the number of entries and start groups for each grade and has the buttons which can be used to create, edit or delete start groups.

 

Creating Start Groups

 

Before Competition -> Manage Start Groups -> Create Start Group

or

Competition Dashboard -> Manage Start Groups -> Create Start Group

or

PanelRecorder Dashboard -> Manage Start Groups -> Create Start Group

 

The following figure shows the screen used for creating start groups. The creation of extra start groups for a grade is achieved by specifying either : the maximum number of athletes to be included in each group; or the number of start groups to be created.

 

The current number of entries and start groups for the grade.

Enter the number of start groups you wish to create

Enter the maximum number of athletes you would like in each grade.

The number of groups with the number of entries in each group are shown

Button to calculate the number of groups and their sizes

 

The following screenshots show the process of creating 3 start groups for the 15-16 Womens Trampoline grade in our competition.

 

          1. enter the number of start groups required

 

 

 

          2. click on the button to calculate the number and size of the groups which will be created

 

In this example, 2 groups of 9 athletes and 1 group of 7 athletes will be created.

 

                    

 

 

          3. click on the button to create the start groups

 

 

The new number of start groups is now shown in the screen used to manage start groups as well as being shown in the Competition Dashboard.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The new number of start groups is now show in each of these screens.