Results required for promotion display
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Results required for promotion display
I've added as per suggestion from Catherine Brown an extra line to paddlers records if they are near to Promotion. If promotion is possible in the next 2-3 events you will see something like:
Required: 1 win or 407 points from 1 race
Hope you find it useful. Any issues/bugs let me know.
Required: 1 win or 407 points from 1 race
Hope you find it useful. Any issues/bugs let me know.
Re: Results required for promotion display
Great idea - If I had a £1 for every time a paddler has asked me how many more points they need to achieve promotion I could buy and awful lot of gin/cake/champagne
Took me a while to find the info though, as I was looking at the ranking lists and not clicking through to the paddler details - doh!
Took me a while to find the info though, as I was looking at the ranking lists and not clicking through to the paddler details - doh!
Kit Washer, Entry Clerk, Chauffeur, Reluctant Organiser, Online Entry Advocate .....
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Re: Results required for promotion display
I do like it
The only downside is that paddlers and coaches don't need to practise their mental maths anymore!
The only downside is that paddlers and coaches don't need to practise their mental maths anymore!
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I agree, good idea, thanks Duncan!
If anybody needs extra mental maths practice they can always volunteer in control to add up penalties in a div 2/3/4
If anybody needs extra mental maths practice they can always volunteer in control to add up penalties in a div 2/3/4
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Just had a thought for extending this in a way that may be useful to organisers of events with no internet access at the weekend - would it be possible to furnish event organisers with a list of paddlers who are within 2 wins of promotion on the weekend of their event? I looked up a few people last weekend (where I had good wifi) in order to answer their queries about whether they had done enough for promotion or not.
Ironically the 2 div 2s that did get promoted on Saturday (and one was from my club) both forgot to explicitly tell me they had been promoted so I forgot to take them off Sunday's start list! Oh, they are probably going to want refunds too, they haven't asked yet....
Ironically the 2 div 2s that did get promoted on Saturday (and one was from my club) both forgot to explicitly tell me they had been promoted so I forgot to take them off Sunday's start list! Oh, they are probably going to want refunds too, they haven't asked yet....
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Jim
You only need to know those within 1 result of promotion so they only paddle Saturday and not Sunday.
If it was possible to do without much effort, there could be an option to display all paddlers within 1 result of promotion on a separate page on Canoe Slalom so organisers (and coaches and paddlers) could just look at this going into the event. This would also make it quite exciting for those nearing promotion to appear on this page too.
You only need to know those within 1 result of promotion so they only paddle Saturday and not Sunday.
If it was possible to do without much effort, there could be an option to display all paddlers within 1 result of promotion on a separate page on Canoe Slalom so organisers (and coaches and paddlers) could just look at this going into the event. This would also make it quite exciting for those nearing promotion to appear on this page too.
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A follow on thought, but if Duncan can add the "required" text to the database, then the entries for bibs close to promotion could be flagged on canoeslalomentries and perhaps I could even add the 'required text' to the output to Simply Slalom - I could just tag the text onto the sponsor field so that they appear in the start/results list, but don't get "in the way" of other stuff.
This would mean the paddlers would know what they are aiming at and organisers would not have an extra pre-check to perform.
Downsides:
- Approx 77% of div 3s and 95% of div 2s entries currently appear to enter in advance, so this would cover most, but not all paddlers.
- Info will only hold at time of download, so Sunday's info will not reflect results achieved on Saturday
This would mean the paddlers would know what they are aiming at and organisers would not have an extra pre-check to perform.
Downsides:
- Approx 77% of div 3s and 95% of div 2s entries currently appear to enter in advance, so this would cover most, but not all paddlers.
- Info will only hold at time of download, so Sunday's info will not reflect results achieved on Saturday
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Re: Results required for promotion display
Good idea.
I can make a list available to organisers. The best thing to do will be to download it as near as possible to your event so that all the previous weekends results are loaded.
It will take a bit of work and I won't have time for a couple of weeks but watch this space.
I can make a list available to organisers. The best thing to do will be to download it as near as possible to your event so that all the previous weekends results are loaded.
It will take a bit of work and I won't have time for a couple of weeks but watch this space.
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Strictly speaking yes, but paddlers ask organisers on both days - last weekend one of your club's paddlers wasn't sure and asked me on Sunday...
Thanks for looking into this Duncan!
Jim
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Paddlers just like asking you questions Jim
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Re: Results required for promotion display
Duncan
Just wondered if you'd made any progress on the organisers list you mention above, if there is anything now available I'd be interested in having it for our event at Cardington this weekend.
Patrick
Just wondered if you'd made any progress on the organisers list you mention above, if there is anything now available I'd be interested in having it for our event at Cardington this weekend.
Patrick
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Re: Results required for promotion display
Sadly not, had far too much on, its on my list of to do but not sadly a priority, what free time I have available for slalom related volunteering is being spent on issuing certificates, online bib applications, BC membership validation and a few other tweaks for various people. As well as helping with The Joy Davis Hull Canoe Polo International and organising Howsham Weir slalom.
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Are you calculating on the fly or is it recorded in the dB?
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Re: Results required for promotion display
As a quick fix I've added the paddlers points and total to the list all bibs option which you can use from Nick's web site under the more option.
load into a spreadsheet, move each division you are interested into a different tab and then sort by total.
You can then quickly identify those near promotion and at the event simply update their worst points to see if they are promoted.
load into a spreadsheet, move each division you are interested into a different tab and then sort by total.
You can then quickly identify those near promotion and at the event simply update their worst points to see if they are promoted.
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Re: Results required for promotion display
At the moment it is on the fly as it was only designed for individual paddlers. I need to move the code to the ranking update and store it in the database, then it will be available to you and I will make a report available to organisers.