Run the day properly.Not a spreadsheet.
Democratising sports event management: a club of eight runs the same system as a national body.
A printed bracket with crossings-out. Three tables asking who is next. A result lost between the referee and the laptop. That day is over.
The day, as it runs.
- 07:30
Desk opens.
Badges printed the night before. Scan, weigh, done. Waivers signed on the tablet.
- 09:00
Brackets freeze.
Entries became brackets on their own. Tables assigned. From here nothing shifts under anyone.
- 09:15
Tables run.
Each table sees its bout and its next. Athletes see how far away they are. A result is one tap.
- 16:40
Final call.
The last result lands. Placings are on every athlete's page. The poster prints. The club ladder moves.
Every table knows who is next.So do you.
One board for the room. One button to run the tables. The decisions that need you, in a list.
What goes wrong.What happens instead.
The venue's wifi drops.
Every tablet keeps working and sends when it can.
Somebody weighs in heavy.
The entry moves class on the spot. The bracket follows.
A referee taps the wrong name.
Undone exactly. The bracket is a running total, not a state.
A bracket has two entrants.
It waits in your list of decisions, with the fix beside it.
Two brackets want the same athlete.
The schedule keeps a person on one table where it can, and tells you where it cannot.
The results are wanted on a wall.
The poster prints. The board is a link.
Wifi dies.Tournaments don't.
Every device keeps its own copy. Check-in, results and the draw keep going with no signal.