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Valiant Ski Scoring 2009
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There are numerous ways to score a ski meet and everyone I talk to seems to run them a little differently. I believe that Valiant Ski Scoring is the most flexible ski scoring program you will find. · Score tournaments with 4 person teams up to 96 person teams. The number of team members who count in the scoring is up to you. · Score tournaments with individuals only (no teams). · Team Scoring by total finish position, total time or total points (Minnesota). · Teams may be penalized (by points or time, depending on your team scoring option.) · Team tournaments can be broken down into the component dual meets. The dual meet results can be saved within the file. Each dual meet pairing is saved on its own worksheet. · Up to 8 events can be scored in a single race file. You can name your events whatever you like. Cross Country and Nordic Ski events, a bicycle race or a cross country track meet can be scored. You might run Boy’s and Girl’s varsity on two sheets, and Boy’s and Girl’s JV on two other sheets. The default setup for 8 alpine events is: Men's Slalom Women's Slalom Men's GS Women's GS Men's Super G Women's Super G Men's Downhill Women's Downhill The first 3 events may be run with 1 or 2 runs per event. The fourth event may be run with either 1 or 2 runs independent of events 1 through 3. The actual event names are an option. For other race types they may be "Men's 5K" or whatever you might need. If you require "classes" of racers for either Cross Country or Alpine, you may have up to 8 classes of racers in a single race file. You event names might be "Men Over 30", "Men Over 40" etc. · “Qualified Individuals” may be removed from consideration for team scoring. The scores for these persons remain in the file, but are ignored by the program when calculating team scores. If you find it necessary to re-calculate the individual scoring, the racers are once again included. · Utilize extra flights for your qualified individuals. · Handicap teams by limiting the number of "finishers" that each team is allowed. All racers receive scores in Individual Scoring, then you limit the racers and Valiant counts down from the top and when it reaches the maximum you set, the rest of a teams racers will receive a DNS. The score for a DSQ/DNF is recalculated and then you run Team Scoring. Example: You are running teams of 12 persons but a small school only fields 8 persons. You can handicap the rest of the teams to the top 8 finishers on each team. Team members not among the fastest 8 would receive a DNS prior to you running the Team Scoring command. · There are 8 ways to sort the score sheets to determine run order. Additionally, you may manually sort the sheets if that is your preference. The run order for any event can be uploaded to a supported timer according to the way an event score sheet is sorted when the upload occurs. · Print on letter or legal size paper (With either paper size, Valiant checks to insure that those spreadsheet forms that group the racers into their teams never split teams between two pages. The results are always easy to understand.) · There are three options to resolve ties between individuals. o Lowest (best) position. 2 racers tied at position 4 will both receive a 4. o Average position. 2 racers tied at position 4 will both receive a 4.5. o Highest (worst) position. 2 racers tied at position 4 will both receive a 5. Tie scoring for Minnesota races works the same way. · A maximum run time can be imposed. If either run is over the max time limit the racer will receive a DSQ. An "over-the-limit" run time is changed to bold font so people who read your results will know why a DSQ was awarded. The max run time is entered by the Chief of Calculation as an option when the race file is set up, and can be changed at any time. For Cross Country scoring, the "net" time is checked to see if it is over the limit. · In any type of events, blind draws are automated using the Visual Basic random number generator. · When manually entering times into the sheets, you do not have to enter any colons or decimals. This cuts down on typographical errors. Every entry you make into a time column is checked to insure that the number can format correctly as a race time. When the <Individual Scoring> command is run, your first place racer is checked to insure that both of the racers times are valid (one run cannot be only half the time of the other run. That condition results in a dialog box coming up to inform you of a possible error in data input.) · There are two options for scoring your DNS/DSQ/DNF’s. Option two is compatible with Michigan High School Athletic Association rules. · If you choose Cross Country scoring, the start times are subtracted from the finish times. This is compatible with non-skiing events (bicycle or cross country). Cross Country events may utilize "Time of Day" timing. o You may start cross country racers at intervals. The size of the start groups is up to you. Valiant can insert the start times as a blind draw. · A “Hand Times” worksheet is included. If the timing equipment misses a racers time, you can fill out the hand time worksheet, and the average deviation is calculated for you. The hand times worksheet is calculated using only formulas on the sheet (no computer code is involved). · Direct timer communication is accomplished by selecting your timer model from the list in the Timer Commands menu and then following the on-screen instructions for starting communication between the timer and the computer. Your race results are clear and easy to understand. One or two clicks of the mouse are all that is required to score a meet. |
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