Individual Finals

The Individual and Team Finals, or Elimination and Final Rounds, are one of the most important stages in a tournament. Though they can seem hard to be managed at first, once the user will learn the basic management method, organizing national competitions will be much easier and flawless.

Setting the Elimination Round

Before starting the Elimination Round, the user has to check for any tied scores, mainly, in the last place granting access to the Finals. When there are tied archers, the user can check their ranking through the windows that can be opened clicking on:

Individual Finals → Check shoot-off before final rounds

All the tournament Divisions and Classes highlighted in red concern tied archers (as in the first row of both the Individual Finals menu, and the Team Finals one; see Figure 4.1). This is not a mistake in the data management, it simply points out the shoot-offs to be broken before starting Final Rounds.

<placeholder: Figure 4.1: The menu highlighting shoot-offs to be broken before starting Final Rounds>

To break shoot-offs and proceed to Elimination and Final Rounds, the user has to click ‘OK’ on each screen, after choosing All (or the wished Division) in the drop-down menu (meaning that the user has to confirm each selected Division and Class), so that the program will save that there are no shoot-offs to break. In case of shoot-offs, matches will be highlighted, and, once ties are shot, the user can simply input the scores of the shooting athletes to break them (on the right) and modify the relative position in final rankings (on the left).

<placeholder: Figure 4.2: Shoot-offs to be broken, with tie scores and Final Ranking position.>

Once scores are entered, the user can click on ‘OK’ and break the tie (see Figure 4.2). To view the last updates in the rankings and check for shot-offs, the user can click on the second item in the menu, Shoot Off/Coin Toss Status Printout, which will print a document with the names of tied archers (see Figure 3.11).

Setting the Field Layout

Before explaining how to manage matches and the related printouts, the user has to set up a quick, but important, section, related to the Field Layout for Finals, which could rise planning issues, as organizing committees perfectly know. To manage the Field Layout setup, the user should open the page:

Competition → Individual Finals Setup.

In this section, the user can set a list of parameters that enable organizing committees to manage all the tasks related to Individual and Team Finals (see Figure 4.3).

<placeholder: Figure 4.3: Individual Finals Setup menu>

Manage Events: this option shows the list of all the Individual Events that can be edited row by row. Obviously, the most important item is the Initial stage. Using the drop-down menu, the user can customize the first event (Session) in the Elimination and Final Rounds (see Figure 4.4).

<placeholder: Figure 4.4: Managing Individual Events>

Archers on Targets: clicking on this item, the software will open an empty page, where the user can choose the wished event. Clicking, then, on ‘OK’, the software will enable the user to manage the number of athletes per target (see Figure 4.5). By clicking on Field of Play Layout, the user can print the Layout of the Final Matches Field. This view is really useful for organizing committees, since it enables the user to intuitively arrange targets for the final rounds in a fast way.

<placeholder: Figure 4.5: Managing Targets (after choosing Division and Class).>

Arrows per Set: generally, this screen is used only as informative reference, since the number of arrows and ends doesn’t change from tournament to tournament, but it’s always defined by the existing rules (see Figure 4.6).

<placeholder: Figure 4.6: Managing the number of Arrows per Set (after choosing Division and Class).>

Targets Number: it enables the user to manage the Targets Number (in Grid View mode) for each event. Starting from the first step, the user can input the Targets Number to arrange the Finals Field Layout for each set of matches (see Figure 4.7).

<placeholder: Figure 4.7: Inputting the Targets Number (after choosing Division and Class).>

Scheduling: from this section, the user can create the tournament agenda (Scheduling) for the Elimination and Finals Rounds. It is a major step, but it is not vital for the tournament management (see Par. 5.5).

Warm Up Schedule: in this section the user can manage, if needed, the number of targets on which archers can shoot the scheduled Warm Up Ends (see Par. 5.5).

Manage Running Events: this section is meant for managing Running Events.

The description sequence is based on the events order, or, following the explanation of each command, the user can create a schedule for a tournament in a simple, complete and fast way.

Inputting results

Inputting results of Elimination and Final Rounds is a simple task. In the Individual Finals/Team Finals menu (see Figure 4.8) the software offers the following options.

<placeholder: Figure 4.8: Individual Finals menu>

Scorecard Printout: as per its title, this command enables the user to print Scorecards for the Final Rounds (see Figure 4.9). The software upholds two types of scorecards: Single score with all matches (on the left) and Score for single match (on the right). These two types of scorecards only differ for their convenience. The right templates combine all Elimination and Final Rounds for a single athlete on a single sheet, as the archer will have to keep the scorecard up to the last match shot, the other templates are divided per match, as shown by columns divisions. From the graphic point of view, it is recommended to print a blank scorecard each time, without previous scores from shot Elimination and Final Rounds. It is, then, suggested to avoid using these scorecards, except for tournaments in which electronic scoring devices are in use, or when enough volunteers are available to collect and rearrange scorecards, for the data inputting before proceeding in the tournament might be significantly time consuming. As for the previous printouts pages, the software offers all the needed files, divided by Matches in the first row, Division and Class, in the second row, and for the user selection in the scroll-down window in the lowest part. The user can also print Labels for each single athlete for the Final Rounds, just as for Qualification Rounds. Similarly, in the single scorecard area, the user can print scorecards with all the values from single arrows (available for tournaments in which electronic scoring devices are in use). Scrolling down the page, the software offers other printouts, including blank scorecards without names and, eventually, the chance of printing participants to Elimination and Final Rounds, by choosing to print all the archers, or just the wished athletes.

<placeholder: Figure 4.9: Finals Scorecards Printout page.>

Athlete Numbers: similarly to the Qualification Rounds, the user can print Athlete Numbers for the Final Rounds (see Figure 4.10).

<placeholder: Figure 4.10: Athlete Numbers Printout for the Final Rounds.>

Data insert (Bracket view): this is the most efficient way of inputting data for Elimination Rounds. Clicking on this command, the software will open a drop-down menu, from which the user can manage the wished event. After choosing and confirming the selected option, the application will display a bracket template, with the same framework of Elimination and Final Rounds, but with names and boxes for inputting scores (see Figure 4.11).

<placeholder: Figure 4.11: Data insert in Bracket view.>