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It is all very simple ! First thing is - never panic! If
you are worried about anything, contact Anna either by
email or by phone on 01787 881920 and she will do her best
to help. So, first of all score your heat using either our
program or one
of the many that now work with our Scoring System.
When you are done, log onto Internet using your own internet connection and send the files directly to us if you are using the ECats program you use the button that says “Send Results”. If you are using either of the other programs, then they will either send the files automatically through your email client, or you need to find the four files, called p.txt, r.txt, e.txt and c.txt and email them to results@simpairs.com - please do NOT include any correspondence as we don't actually read those emails, they just drop into the scoring system directly.
Regulations: Please note that it will be assumed that you have obtained a copy. If you cannot get it, please let me know and I send you a copy by post, but it would be very helpful if you could manage to download it.
Scoring the event: Details are here
If you are worried about your telephone number being displayed as part of the URL with the results when they are on the site, then please put a random number in the telephone number place in the scoring program, and put your “real” number in the fax place (that isn’t displayed). We need a number in there though as it helps ensure that your club is unique.
If you go to the main pages now, you will see the results of previous events that have been scored in this way. Your club members can see their local club result (which will, of course, be exactly the same as the result you have generated locally for your club notice board). They can then easily find out how they are doing in the overall ranking. It is really good fun to watch this change as more results come in over the days after the event.
For those of you with Duplimate machines –I have the files as Duplimate files … I am sure you will be delighted! Get in touch and I will arrange to get them to you if you want them.
General instructions: There is a new version of the scoring manual in Acrobat format
Adobe Acrobat is on the CD so you can install it if you haven’t already got it.
| Before you start, run the Admin Program to clear all previously entered data. This is very important. Go to the Start Button, go to programs then to Sims and you will see it there … click on it and choose the “clear all user data” option. That will delete everything so you can start again. |
| Number of Tables: The minimum number of tables in play should be 4 (but see the special regulations for the World Wide Bridge Contest) |
| Number of Boards: The minimum number of boards played by each competitor should be 20 |
| Movements: You can use any movement you like. The program has a number of simple movements (Mitchells) from 4 – 16 tables already in it. If you use a different movement, you just bypass the movements button, key in the pair numbers and names and then key the numbers into the travellers. |
| Non Competing Pairs: we cannot cope with non-competing pairs. I am sorry |
| Single Winner: Please note
that the end result will be a single winner, so you may
prefer to use a scrambled movement … it isn’t
essential, but the result from within the program will
be scored as single winner, not with a N/S & E/W winner.
If you are using one of our Mitchell movements, you will
need to change the pair numbers manually if you switch
any of the rounds. About arrow Switches |
| Practice Sessions: If you want to practice scoring and sending a set of results before the event, please use session #9999 |
| Clearing old Data: If you have used the program to score another event, or for practising, please be sure to use the admin.exe program (if you go to the Start Button, you will find Sims in the Programs section … click on it, and you will see the program Admin. This will clear all the data for you so that you have a clean version of the program to work with. |
| Sitouts … very important this. If you have a “sit out” pair, or if pairs don’t play a board for any reason (for example you run out of time) NO SCORE OR PAIR NUMBERS must appear on the travellers – if you put the pair numbers in, then the score will appear as a Pass, which is obviously wrong. Just don’t put anything in at all. If we notice that you have scored this, we will remove the sitouts and inform you by email that we have done so. |
| Session Number. Please make sure you get it right. It is on the travellers. If you don’t, when your results are sent in, they will not appear on the site. |
| Fouled Boards – these DO NOT COUNT in the competition. If a board is fouled and then noticed, please put it right, and give an average plus (A6060) to the pairs discovering the problem. Then it can, of course, be played and scored as normal. If it is fouled throughout the evening, please do not include the scores when you key in the results. |
| Entering an Average – on the Enter Results screen, use the mouse to click into the right hand column and type in A6060 or A5050 or whatever you want to give as the average – the NS average is first so it could be A4050 for example. Then use the mouse again to click onto the main part of the “on-screen traveller” |
| Need more boards to complete the movement ? – well, you can score using the ECats program and include all the boards, but if you upload the results with more than the competiton boards, then we will remove all the extra ones as they are not part of the competition. |
| Timings: If you are sending in travellers or diskettes,
please make sure they reach us no later than 4 days after
the event. In the case of the World Wide we can ONLY accept results by email and they MUST be here within 24 hours of the end of play. If you are uploading, please do so as soon as
you can (there is usually a race to see who can get it
up first !), but no later than 48 hours after the event,
please. The sooner it is all in, the sooner we can start
checking the frequencies and the faster you will get the
final results. |
| What you need to send us:
a cheque payable
to the correct payee for the entry fees
. AS LONG AS YOUR EMAIL IS entered on the Club Details
screen, and we can contact you easily if there are any
queries about the scores, you don’t need to send
the travellers .. the vital thing is that we must be able
to get in touch with you if the frequencies show any “odd” scores,
so that you can check them for us. Often these scores are
correct, but they still have to be checked and I am sure
you will understand the necessity for this. Whatever happens,
please keep the travellers at least until the website tells
you that the event is finalised and make sure that you
check your email regularly until then as well. When we
email with queries, we need an answer as soon as possible. |
| Checking the Scores: Please please please check your results carefully before sending them – score and print them out but if you subsequently find a mistake … follow the instructions below. Once you have uploaded them, please check that they appear correctly on the site. |
| Changes to the Scores: If you find an error after uploading, please change it locally and re-upload the scores to the server – the original set will then be over-written. Please DO NOT change the Club details though, as these are used to identify your club. If you change them, then your results will appear twice. If we cannot contact you or if we do not have the travellers here we reserve the right to alter a score that is obviously the wrong vulnerability or to remove obvious sitout pairs that have been scored,. This is why we need an email address for you, or the travellers. |
| Changes we may make to the Scores: if we find obvious cases of “sitout” pairs entered (they show as “Pass”) we will remove them; obvious vulnerability errors (e.g. 50 when it should be 100) may be changed to the same score at the correct vulnerability; results uploaded containing more than 32 boards will have the higher number boards removed; we reserve the right to make changes to any scores if they are impossible. If it is obvious these will be changed to the correct score but if this cannot be determined we will delete the result. We will always endeavour to contact the heat organiser to advise of any changes made or of any queries. |
The General Regulations and the Conditions of Contest are here - please check them carefully!
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At the end of the event we will send you |
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Your club result showing the position of each pair in the overall ranking |
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Any master points awarded to your club members |
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Heat winner Prizes |
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Overall prizes to the top 20 pairs over the whole field |
Finally – have fun and enjoy !!! That’s the object of the exercise!
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