Sport Manager Update - 5th April 2020

Summary of the latest updates to Sport Manager:

Tournaments

• When adding players to a tournament grade, they are now listed alphabetically
• You can set the colour of matches in the tournament schedule by editing the grade settings
• Tournament match results can be submitted to Squash Levels with a custom event name - if not specified, then the tournament name will be used
• Tournament schedule will display a summary of the last match to be played on that court - useful if the marker of the match is the previous winner on that court
• Tournament public page allows you to filter by grade - allows individuals to customise their current view to be more relevant to them

Sport Manager Update - 27th March 2020

Time that I write up the updates to Sport Manager since the last bog entry.

Tournaments

• During a tournament, you can print a summary of the draw. It is delivered in a PDF format and provides a handy summary of the state of the draw with match results and a view of the remaining matches for the grade. From any of the grade views, you will find a "Print Draw" button in the actions box.
• The tournament public page can display the court schedule and/or the draw summaries. This can be configured in the Tournament Edit page. On a tournament by tournament basis you can select whether you want the live court schedule and/or the draw summaries to be displayed on the public page carousel. Note that only 8 & 16 draw monrads currently supported for the live draw summaries but other formats will be supported soon. 
• We have introduced a couple of new tournament formats:
• 9 Draw Format
• 3 boxes of 3. The finishing position determines which box you are in for the next round. So, 2 matches each in the first box, then 2 matches each in the second round to determine 1st, 2nd and 3rd; 4th, 5th and 6th; 7th, 8th and 9th. - Each player has 4 matches
• 12 Draw Format
• 4 boxes of 3. The finishing position determines your draw position for the final two matches - each player has 4 matches. Alternatively, each player could have 3 matches each with just the finalists playing their 4th match.

Fixtures

• When sending an availability email, you now have the option to customise the email content. The standard email template has a section for further information which will be populated with the rich text content that you enter when selected the Custom Email option when sending an availability email.

Leagues

• The list of leagues are now displayed in date order with the current league displayed first.

The next set of updates (which will all be tournament based improvements) will be ready very soon and a blog entry detailing the changes will be posted.

Sport Manager Update - 21st September

It has been a busy few months with numerous changes for Sport Manager. Unfortunately there have not been any blog entries to accompany each release so this will summarise the recent updates.

Fixtures

There is now an option to print a score sheet for a fixture. This applies to both Squash and Tennis fixtures - just click the "Score Sheet" button on the fixture result page.
Updates to the support for managing multiple teams.

Tournaments

There is now an option to hide the times for a tournament schedule which can be found in the edit tournament screen.
A new tournament format with 3 matches guaranteed for 7 players - 7 Draw MonRobin. The format relies on an 8th "guest" player for the first round. For the winners of the first round the 2nd and 3rd matches follow the usual monrad format. The remaining 3 players who lost their first match will play a round robin to determine their finishing position.
Players can now be added to multiple grades in a tournament.
Tournament public page now scrolls through the draw summaries for each draw in the tournament so that players can see progress through the draw.
Public draw summaries are available via mobile devices.

Leagues

Fixes to the process of moving players between divisions to ensure that the correct matches are maintained for each division.
Players can opt out of having their league match results being sent to Squash Levels. A player can "opt out" in their Settings screen. When a league match result is entered the result is only sent to Squash Levels if neither player has opted out (i.e. match result only sent if both players agree).

Sport Manager Update - 21st June

Below are details of the latest updates to Sport Manager.

Club Details

Club details has had a make over. You can now add name, address and phone number contact details for the club and also for each individual team for the club. The address feature has been made a lot smarter (replaces the previous "Map Location" value) using search functionality to find the club in a map using partial address information. For example, setting the address as "Winchester Racquets and Fitness" will be enough to locate the actual location of the club in Bereweeke Road, Winchester. You can test the address using the pin icon button.

League Divisions

Divisions within a league can now have their relative orders adjusted. In the league summary screen you can now move a division up or down with the league:

Bug Fix

A bug has been fixed when displaying results for a Monrad tournament when one of the matches includes a bye.

Sport Manager Update - 24th April

Below are details of the latest updates to Sport Manager.

Club Player Contact Details

Club players can now update their contact details.
Select the Settings option from the menu when you click your username in the top right corner.
You can update your contact telephone number and your email address.
If you change your email address you will be logged out and will need to verify your email address using the link that will be sent to the new address. Until you verify the new email address you will not be able to log back in.

League Changes

• A reported issue with automatic league promotions has now been resolved
• Changes can now be made to a league even if the league has started

Tennis!

In addition to the original Squash support, it is now possible to change your view to support Tennis. The sport view is set by changing your Selected Sport option in account settings.

As part of this additional sport support, it is necessary to set the number of players in a team when creating a team Fixture.

Sport Manager Update - 26th March

This latest update brings a few changes worth mentioning (in addition to various minor updates):

Flexible Match Format

The variable match formats have been replaced with a more flexible match format.
Now instead of choosing from a list of predefined match formats, you can define your match format including any combination of "Best Of", "First To" and "Sudden Death" settings. This flexible match format is now available for fixture, tournament and league matches.

League Bonus

It is now possible to configure bonus points for league players who play all of their matches in a league. This option is available if you edit the League details.

Player Data

Player records now include a contact phone number and a junior flag.

League Club Player

When a club player logins in to see the league, the grid now includes player telephone and email contact details.

Club Registered Players

In the latest Sport Manager update one of the main new features is the option for league players to register as account associated players. Once a player is registered with the account registration code, they will be able to login to using their Sport Manager account and be able to enter match results for their (and only their) league matches.

You can view your account registration code by viewing your account settings page - the code is a unique 8 character alphanumeric value.

To register as a club player, go to "Register" and select the Club Player option (https://www.sportmgr.co.uk/Account/RegisterPlayer).

Having created the account the player will be sent an email to confirm their email address. They will not be able login until they have confirmed their email.

Once the player logs in they will be routed directly to the active league that they are a part of. They will be able to see the full league, but will only be able to enter results for their matches.

When entering match results they will need to select the date of the match and enter the full match results.

Registration Invitation

There are 3 ways to get players to register. The first is to let players know your registration code and ask them to create an account.
The second, if you edit a player record, you can click the "Send Registration Code" button. This will send an email to the player asking them to register.
The third, having created a league, the league summary page will confirm the number of players, and of those how many have yet to register. There is also a button "Send Invites" which will send an email invitation to all division players that have not registered (and have not already had an email invitation sent). Note that you will need to invite players for each division as required.

Whenever a new user registers using your account registration code, you will be notified by email. The registration process will have created a player record, however you will need to complete missing information. You will be able to use Squash Levels look up data to speed up this process and ensure that the player is associated with their Squash Levels record.