On 12 Jul 2006 10:07:20 +0100, Mark Patterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
BD, I may not be a first team player but it does seem rather stange that there is all this fuss about schedules when I would have thought the simplest thing would be to have UKUA produce template tournament schedules for all numbers of teams between 8 and 40 say in 2 or 3 different formats (triple elimination, crossovers and a straight knockout) and for different numbers of available pitches and then put these on the UKUA website.
There's whole books on this subject--I imagined they were being used already. e.g. Organizing Successful Tournaments, by John Byl, see http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0736059520 "... More than 1,000 Microsoft Word templates provide the framework for virtually any tournament format and are programmed to automatically create draw sheets for competitions based on your input of divisions, seeds, locations, dates, and times. Every major type of competition—single elimination, double elimination, multilevel, round robin, ladder, pyramid, and level rotation—is thoroughly explained to help you determine the type that best suits your needs. You'll also find information on assigning seeds, awarding byes, and establishing proper tiebreaking procedures. ..." Also, "Procedures for structuring and scheduling sports tournaments: Elimination, Consolation, Placement, and Round-Robin Design", by Francis M. Rokosz, see http://www.ccthomas.com/details.cfm?P_ISBN=0398070504 --M. -- http://beebo.org +44 78 2118 9049 __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
