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Tournament Manager - Help

Learning croquetscores.com

If you are new to croquetscores.com then it is recommended you use the try site first. The try site is exactly the same as croquetscores.com except there is a warning message telling visitors that the data is fake.

Register an Account

The first step to becoming a tournament manager on croquetscores.com is to register an account.

After completing the registration form a confirmation email will be sent you. You must click the link in the confirmation email before being allowed to sign in into croquetscores.com.

Admin

Now you have registered and confirmed an account you are ready to create and update tournaments via the Admin link found at the top right corner of your browser.

The admin home page lists the tournaments:

  • You have created.
  • or been granted manager privileges.
  • or been granted scorer privileges.

New Tournament

Click the New Tournament button to add a new tournament to croquetscores.com.

Complete all fields and click Add Tournament button. You will be redirected to the tournament administration page.

Tournament Type

For singles and doubles tournaments select Standard tournament type and skip to New Competition in this help page.

If the tournament is a teams event then select one of the following types:

  • Teams
  • Eire Cup
  • Interstate Shield
  • GC World Team Championship

If your teams event is not in the list then use the Teams type.

If your tournament is a teams event then skip this rest of this help page and read the Teams help page.

New Competition

Currently croquetscores.com supports three competition types within a tournament: Block, Knockout & Swiss.

New Block

Click the New Block button to add a block to the current tournament.

Conventionally the block name is Block A, Block B, etc. When just one block the convention is Block.

New Knockout

Click the New Knockout button to add a knockout to the current tournament.

Conventionally the knockout name is Finals, Knockout, KO, X, Y, Z, etc.

See New Player for adding players in the correct order and byes.

New Swiss

Click the New Swiss button to add a Swiss competition to the current tournament.

New Player

You must specify the players in a competition before adding scores. To add players to a competition:

  • Click the Admin link.
  • Click the Tournament.
  • Click the competition.
  • Click the New Player button.
  • Complete the new player form. The Representing field is optional.

The player name field is enabled with auto-complete. As you type the player you will be shown a list of matching player names. You may ignore this list and enter the name in its entirety or select one of the names with your mouse or keyboard.

Player Order

For knockouts the order players appear in the list is important. They must be in the order as they would appear in a knockout grid. e.g.

  1. Seed 1
  2. Seed 8
  3. Seed 5
  4. Seed 4
  5. Seed 3
  6. Seed 6
  7. Seed 7
  8. Seed 2

You can change the order by using the drag and drop icon.

For all other competition types the player order is used for the order they appear in grids but is not important to the system. Convention is to list players in ranking order.

Byes

Byes should only be added to knockout competitions. Use the player name Bye and leave the representing field blank.

New Scores

To add new scores:

  • Click the Admin link.
  • Click the tournament.
  • Click the match.
  • Click New Game button
  • Complete the details.

If the event is a best of simply add multiple game results. croquetscores.com knows how to combine the scores together.

Peeling

Peeling scores entered them in the score field with the number of hoops. eg. 26tp, 26qp, 26sxp, etc. The convention is to enter peels in lower case without spaces.

If it is a doubles event then the convention for peels is 26tp (FL). F for first name, L for last name. croquetscores.com knows how to determine the number of hoops from the peeling information.

Managers

You may designate additional managers for the tournament. Managers have the same privileges for the tournament as yourself:

  • Add/Edit/Delete Competitions.
  • Add/Edit/Delete Players.
  • Add/Edit/Delete Scores.

To add new managers:

  • Click the Admin link.
  • Click the tournament.
  • Click Managers tab.
  • Enter the managers email address.
  • Click Add Manager button.

The manager must have a croquetscores.com account before you can them to you tournament.

Scorers

You may designate additional scorers for the tournament. Scorers may only Add/Edit/Delete scores.

To add new scorers:

  • Click the Admin link.
  • Click the tournament.
  • Click Scorers tab.
  • Enter the scorers email address.
  • Click the Add Scorer button.

The scorer must have a croquetscores.com account before you can them to you tournament.

Editing

While in Admin mode you'll see an menu icon, , next to every entry. To edit an entry:

  • Click the icon.
  • Click the Edit option.
  • Make required changes.
  • Save changes.

Deleting

While in Admin mode you'll see an menu icon, , next to every entry. To edit an entry:

  • Click the icon.
  • Click the Delete option.
  • Confirm deletion.

Withdrawals

A player cannot be deleted from a competition if they have played one or more games. Instead the player must be withdrawn.

  • Click the Admin link.
  • Click the tournament.
  • Click the competition.
  • Click the Players tab.
  • Click the icon next to player to be withdrawn.
  • Click the Withdraw Player option.

Rankings

AC

  • Click the Admin link.
  • Click the tournament.
  • Click the Rankings button.
  • Open the downloaded text file.
  • Update the Winner line for each competition.
  • Send the updated text file to acresults at wcfcroquet dot org.

Please see http://www.croquetrecords.com/rank/sending.htm for more help if required.

GC

  • Click the Admin link.
  • Click the tournament.
  • Click the Rankings button.
  • Open the downloaded spreadsheet file.
  • Update tournament winner to bottom of spreadsheet.
  • If there are any players new to the system please also supply their GC handicap
  • Send the updated spreadsheet file to gcresults at wcfcroquet dot org.

Please see https://www.croquet.org.uk/golf/gcrankings.html for more help if required.