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SwimClubMeet

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Choose the algorithm used by SCM to calculate TTB

Options tab - AutoBuild.

 

Gender and lane count

If Seperate gender is checked then there will be seperate heats for each gender. ie. Boys will not race against girls. The order of the heats is slowest to fastest, with the girl swimming prior to the boys.

if Exclude outside lanes is checked then gutter lanes will not be used in events. If you have an eight lane pool, lane 1 and 8 will not be filled with swimmers. Helpful if your club is small and you want to run more heats, or if ladders obstruct the gutter lanes. It should be pointed out that all your pools lanes still appear in the lane grid, gutter exclusion on or off.

Group by ...

Currently only two group types are defined.

👉 Entrant's age. Swimmers are placed into heats based on their age (calculated using the members DOB). Depending on club size, this may result in many heats with few participants in each heat.

👉 Entant's membership type. The membership table is inspected and the members are organised into heats based on type. This is one way to collectively gather swimmers into broad categories based on age. It's dependant on keeping the member's membership type up-to-date. An audit at the start of the each swimming season would be needed. Useful option for club championships.

Need a little bit more information on the membership types? Follow this link.

Selecting Don't group disables grouping.

Seed Method ...

A topic that has it's own page. To learn what seeding is and how it works, follow this link.

Other miscellaneous notes ...

Changes made in this dialogue are remembered next time you use the tool. Individual events don't store snap-shots of these settings when auto-build is enacted. There is only one set of parameters and it's up to you to manage its state.