Competitions

A competition is not a separate system.

Fescue runs club competitions from the same record as the tee sheet, the member account and the app, so an event does not have to be copied between seven separate systems to get from entry to results. Today it touches an entry sheet, the tee sheet, the handicap system, a card printer, a spreadsheet, the sweep tin and a noticeboard. The competition itself never moves, only the seven places somebody has to carry it to. Entries become tee times, handicaps are read from the member, scores are entered once, and the sweep settles on the statement, which removes the paper entry sheet, the Thursday evening copy job and the tin of cash that is counted later. That record is also where the app, the noticeboard and the accounts look, so a result is published once and the sweep is settled without a tin of cash or a second spreadsheet.

Three outputs, one source. The board, the app and the members' accounts are views of the same record rather than three documents somebody produces afterwards.

StageTodayWith one record

PostedA notice on the board and a paper entry sheet in the hallPosted to the app; entries open, and the field size is known from the first minute

EntriesSomebody copies the paper sheet into the tee sheet on ThursdayThe entry is the tee time. There is nothing to copy.

HandicapsLooked up in another system, occasionally out of date by the weekendRead from the member record on the morning of play

CardsPrinted the night before from a list that has since changedPrinted from the field as it stands, or scored in the app

ResultsTyped into a spreadsheet, pinned to the board, emailed separatelyPublished to the board and the app at once, from the record

SweepCash in a tin, counted later, reconciled in a fortnight if at allHeld against member accounts and settled on the statement

Order of merit, board competitions, knockouts and eclectics are the same record counted differently.

Questions

Asked by secretaries.

Do members enter competitions themselves?

Yes. A competition is posted to the app, entries open, and the entry is the tee time, so nothing is copied from a paper sheet into the tee sheet afterwards.

Where do handicaps come from?

From the member record, read on the morning of play, rather than looked up in a separate system that may have moved since the cards were printed.

How is the sweep handled?

The entry is held against the member account and prizes are credited to it, so the sweep settles on the statement rather than in a tin that is counted later.

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