The
Tournament Software Features List
Major Features: Allows for up to 999
events per tournament Allows for access of
multiple tournaments Does single elimination
draws up to 1024 players
Allows the selection of a default printer for the tournament program
Does round robin groups from 3 to 26 player groups. Users can setup up round robins by number of
groups and will show the breakdown of all options on an onscreen
grid. Tracks single, doubles and team events. Seeds Round Robins by snake or straight
methods Players in Round Robin (RR) or
Single Elimination (SE) draws can be swapped between
groups, deleted or inserted Round Robin
Group advancers can be imported into Single Elimination draws
or Final Round Robin Groups Seeding and
placement into draws is done following ITTF and USATT regulations A Results
file/Tournament Report can be generated to be sent electronically to
USATT, which includes all tournament players and matches played in USATT
Report Format. A
USATT internet import option will insert as
well as update existing players in the database with
all players viewable on the USATT Website (www.USATT.org), This import will
update the players database with their latest ratings, expiration
dates and state they live in Player Numbers can be generated for each player in the
tournament USATT
Membership Types List can be added/updated with current USATT fees which
will be used in player entry for charging proper membership
fees
Added the ability to add SMTP Data so emails can be sent directly from the software
Added the abilitly to upload tournament players and results to the internet for player viewing
Tournament Setup
Module: Tournament Event fees can be
charged by individual event or by a table of fees.
(This table has Adult and Junior Fees separated) A Late fee amount can be set up for use in the
player entry module A Ratings fee amount can
be added for use in the player entry module A Registrations fee amount can be added
for use in the player entry module A Junior
birthdate can be setup to specify for use with Adult or Junior Event
table fees (not used with fees done by individual event) A player event flag can be setup
not to allow removal of events entered per player once a draw is
made Tournament Dates can be be added here
for length of the tournament which will be used in time schedule
calculations Miscellaneous fees can be
added for up to 10 different user specified categories which will be
used in player entry for miscellaneous purchases.
Player Entry
Module: Tracks player information
including address, financial and events entered Allows for Adding
or modifying of player information Allows for the adding of events to each player
and will flag events when eligibility is in question Keeps Track of event costs and will total
all charges for each player entered into the tournament Allows for the checking and charging of USATT
Membership of any player Allows for adding
of charges for extra items (miscellaneous sales items) Allows for payment amounts to be added and
adjustments to be made to a players total amount due A check box for player checkin is available
which will show in round robin and single elimination draws if
a player has checked in A signature box can be checked if a signature is required
and notes can be added A gender flag is
available per player and will be checked for event gender
eligibilty A late fee box when checked
will add the late fee to a player's total due A membership check box will be used to add
USATT membership to a player and to generate the
membership report and membership receipts. Email information can be entered to be used
for email reports and bulk email distribution Ratings will be used for seeding in all
draws.
Event Entry
Module: Allow for the
addition/modification of tournament events Allows for entry of event days and time which
will be used in the time schedule module calculations Allows for an event price to be added which
will be charged in player entry if that event is added to the
players total events entered Allows for
selection of type of draws either round robins or single
eliminations or round robin preliminary to a single elimination
final Round robins can be set to
have one or more advancers advancing to single elimination
draws Allows for selection either 11 or
21 points to win each game. This is used to calculate
match winners and break ties Allows for
selection of the number of games to win a round robin match Allows for selection of the number of games to
win a single elimination match Allows for
selection of the number of advancers for round robin groups
winners Allows for selection of the number
of players to seed out to single elimination draws if round robin
groups are selected Allows for selection of
the maximum number of entrants per event. This is used
in creating a time schedule if events have yet to be
drawn Allows for event criteria to be
selected: by rating; by age or sex A check box is available to have event
matches results generated to be sent to USATT through the USATT
export function Check boxes are available to
state if an event is a doubles or a team event
Doubles/Team
Module: Allows for the pairing of
doubles and team partners for doubles / team events
Round Robin Draws
Module: Shows all events that are setup
as round robins Will create round robin
groupings based on the snake or straight draw methods Will show groupings in rating order
Shows the number of players in the event on the screen
Allows for swaps, inserts, deletions of players
between groups Allows for selection of
up to 26 players per group
Is able to show all duplicated round robin group matches for easy user modification (will save lots of time checking draws and player frustration)
for easy Player info is shown on screen to help the control desk
check for player conflicts: by club; by rating; by city; by state; by
events entered; and if a player has checked in Allows for printing
of all groupings as well as changing the font
size of the print outs Allows for
printing of all or specific match sheets - match sheets
will show whether a player is checked in or not Allows to print groupings with event info
included for control desk conflict checking or without for
wall postings Allows for match scores to be
entered by groupings Allows for
advancers to be calculated and selected for
each round robin group Calculates tie
breakers if two or more players are tied using the USATT
tiebreaking method Allows for retires and
defaults to be recorded
Single
Elimination Module: Shows all
events that are single elimination including round robin events that
have advancers to single elimination draws Creates single elimination draws based on
players ratings and seeds by ITTF and USATT standards Allows for player swaps, inserts, deletions Player info is shown on screen for
conflict checking: by club; by rating; by city; by state Allows for match scores, retires or defaults to
be entered Shows and prints draws Prints individual or complete round match
cards
Print match cards four to a page or one per page
Allows for import of round
robin group advancers, if not all groups are done the
program will show which groups have not yet finished Redrawing can be done Shows player match ups and match scores by
rounds and allows for navigation through all rounds in an
event
Master List
Report: Shows a complete list of players
in the players database whether entered into the tournament or
not
Events List
Report: Shows all events and event info
for the tournament and allows for printing of event list
Desk Copy Report: Shows and allows for printing of all
players in tournament with financial and event info
Players List
Report: Shows and allows for printing of
all players in the tournament without financial or event info Allows for listing in name or rating order. Allows for listing of players by event
Player Registration
Report: Shows all player info in
alphabetical order Allows for printing of
individual registration sheets for each player entered un the
tournament Registration sheets contain all
information for each player entered in the tournament
Tournament
Players Report: Shows all player info in alphabetical
order Allows for printing including selection of font size
and complete lists or selected events
lists of player information Allows
for quick
linking to player entry for player data modification Allows for selection of players with balances or
refunds, membership checked or checked into
the tournament.
Allow for sorting of the viewed player list by any of the header buttons both in ascending and descending orders
Shows totals
for players by event Shows totals for
players by membership type Shows totals for
rating fees due USATT Allows to list players by specified events Shows total paid, total due and total owed for each
player in the tournament and totals for the whole tournament.
Shows all
players checked in status Is able to export all reported player
data to a
CSV file Allows for the quick selection for
checking in a player Keeps totals of
players checked in Allows to specify
events for listings of players checked in.
Allows for a word merge of all
players requiring membership receipts Allows
for the listing of all players that have the membership box in
player entry checked Allows for exporting to
a file of emails of players on list for bulk emailing
Allows for specification of players by
event Allows the operator to send
email confirmations including complete
registration info directly
to each player
Export Labels
Report: Allows for a text file of player
name and address information to be created for use in merge
documents Selection by State(s) can be used
as well as by expiration date A clubs only
check box can be checked to set export list for only
clubs USATT Life members can be included or
excluded from all lists generated
Letter Printing
Module: Shows a list of all players
entered in the tournament Allows for player
info to be modified by linking to player entry Shows each player financial info Allows for the listing of players by specified
events Allows for document merging
of lists for tournament entered players A set of player info fields is available
for the setup of merge documents Merge
documents can be selected by specifying file location using drive,
folder and files list boxes
Time Scheduling
Module:
(Use this module to show how a tournament
will run based on entered parameters, such as number of players
per event, number of tables and length of matches)
Allows for
the setting up of each days time schedule, can be regenerated on the
fly for updated tournament parameters such as tables, number of
players or events Allows for the
listing of player conflicts based on the last created time
schedule Allows for printing of detailed
(player) or summary time schedules by day Allows for the selection of length of time and
number of tables used by players per group, team match length,
or individual match length Total number of
tournament tables available can be specified If draws are created the view schedule will
show the actual time needed to complete each days schedule If draws have not been created the
maximum entrants per event will be used to calculate each days
schedule Individual player schedules can be
viewed or printed Player schedules will dipslay all
matches by time and table if draws have been
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