Divisions
The Divisions tab of the Tournament screen allows you to setup each division individually. Select a division in the left list to see the details of each division. On the right are various items you can set for each division.
Add Division
Click the ADD DIVISION
button to add a division to the tournament. The right side of the screen changes to add a division. Select the class of the division. Click the Create
button to create a new division. The new division is added as the last division of the tournament.
CanAm Format
Click the CanAm Format
button to automatically create 5 team divisions for all the teams in a class. The format of racing for all divisions is set by default to be 1 round robin with 3 out 5 format.
Delete Division
Click the DELETE DIVISION
button to remove a division from the tournament. Select the class of the division to delete. Click the Delete
button to delete the division. The Division deleted is the last division of the tournament. As en example, if there are 3 Regular divisions in the tournament R1, R2, and R3, when the delete button is clicked, the R3 division will be removed from the tournament.
Team Count
Updates the number of teams in the selected division.
Racing Format
Round Robin
The racing format section of the division allows setting up the details of how the division will race. Set the number of round robins the teams in the division will race as well as the heat format. It is possible to have 2 different round robin settings per division.
The total heat count for the division is calculated based on the selections made for the Racing format.
Single Elimination Bracket (in development)
Click the + Single Elimination
button to enable a single elimination bracket for the division. Select the format for the heats of the bracket. Single elimination bracket formats are limited to 2 of 3 or 3 of 5 formats.
1 Race Bracket
This is a special bracket that should only be used for 1-day tournaments and divisions with 4 teams. Teams in these divisions will race 3 times with 1 round of round robin racing. This results in sub-optimal number of total heats for the division.
Refer to the Bracket Racing in the Flyball Manager documentation for more information on brackets.