Preparing the ladder schedule

  1. Run Create a schedule
  2. View the schedule
  3. Sort the schedule by the Travel column. You need to sort it twice to have all the travel profiles at the top.
  4. Scan the profiles, identify special requests and determine who should travel together.
  5. Switch the groups to make couples who travel together be in groups that play in the same time slot. Do not forget to take into consideration special requests (Edwin at 7:30).
  6. If there are still difficulties, consider switching individuals between time slots. Important here to make sure the switched individuals are about the same skill level
  7. Once you are satisfied that the schedule is as good as you can get it, take a look at the schedule for each time slot and double check that it is indeed as good as you can get it.
  8. Print the schedule sheets and bring them to the court for the players to record scores.
  9. When all the games have been played, scan the scores using the proper menu item.
  10. Create rank calculations and an override column from the proper scores
  11.  Add fine tuning to the rank calculations by entering an override rank in that new column
  12. Publish the results.

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