Drawsheet 1.0
is a tournament management software application. It allows one
individual to single-handedly run a tournament which uses either knock-out or round robin draw
formats, regardless of number of events. Here are the steps involved for 1
person to run a tournament using the drawsheet system and the
time required for each step. Drawsheet will save you
time and money ! Reduces tournament overheads by 90%
| step | to do | time | comments |
| 1 | add your tournament details | 1 min | a once off preparation of this text. copy and paste into drawhseet |
| 2 | upload to our server | 1 min | 1 click |
| 3 | define events | 1 min | import from a file |
| 4 | upload to our server | 1 min | 1 click |
| 5 | wait while players make their entries online | 2 months (will vary) | nothing for you to do |
| 6 | download those entries | 1 min | 1 click, direct into drawsheet |
| 7 | define seeding | 10 min max | depends on number of draws, very easy |
| 8 | generate the draws | 1 min | 1 click will do all of them |
| 9 | define courts | 1 min | point and click |
| 10 | schedule the matches | 10 mins | point and click, number of matches won't make any difference, very simple |
| 11 | make website | 1 min | 1 click, player times, schedule and draws and any results, automatically pulled in |
| 12 | upload the website | 1 min | 1 click,no technical knowledge required, no passwords, all built into drawsheet |
| 13 | players check online for their times | na | |
| 14 | players arrive and play their matches | 1 day | |
| 15 | input results | 1 hour (cumulative time) | may vary depending on number of matches ,but inputting is point and click and very simple. |
| 16 | new matches will emerge, back to point 10 | continue till tournament is over |
Advantages
1) 1 person runs the tournament
2) no handling of entry forms, no paper work
3) paperless office
4) no staff, only 1 person who is skilled in drawsheet is needed
5) no need to rely on volunteers
6) no matter how big the tournament is,1 person could still run it,
the only overhead that could go up would be the inputting of the results, other than that,
there is very little work to do. Inputting results is still only point and click
7) no need to spend money designing entry forms
8) no need to spend money printing entry forms
9) no need to type player names into the pc, the players themselves do that online
10) no need to pay somebody to build a tournament website and update it
11) players save money from having to mail in their entry forms
12) eliminates tournament overheads
13) SAVES YOU TIME AND MONEY