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The Rink Scheduler.
An overview in the form of a user's guide.

Initiating, first run only. Facility Information. This sets up a template for editing.
Most important is the number of sessions as this cannot be changed once a book has been set up.
Init
Move the curser over the items to edit and overwrite them.
Template
Changes made to the start time of Monday Session 1, telephone numbers entered.
Adjusted
Enter 's' to save. This information can be edited from within the programme.

Book Initiation - Set the start and finish dates (maximum 1 year).
Book Ini
An empty book is written based on the number of days, sessions and rinks.
The number of rinks is preset, the facility in this example and the demo have nine.

The Main Menu is the Entry and Exit point for all future runs.
Main Menu

CASUAL BOOKING
Press Enter for Casual to book the dates the facility is closed.
Casual
Type in 25-12-7 and press Enter.
The date being addressed is displayed in the top left corner.
Select Rinks
Use the arrow keys to enlarge the range of highlighted rinks and press 'e' for Edit.
Type 'Xmas' at the text prompt.
Xmas
All rinks are booked.

Note the navigation shortcuts:- press 's' for the start date, then 't' for tomorrow.
To book a small range of rinks.
Press the 'End' key to start a new range corner, pressing the left arrow bring the highlight to r4.
Press the 'End' key, expand the highlight to r1, press the up key so session 4 is highlighted.
Press 'e', type in 'Coaching' and press Enter, it should look like this:-
Coaching

REPEATED BOOKINGS
Press 'm' to return to the Main Menu, press 'p'.
Repeated Booking1
Set the period between bookings.

Localise Repeated days, sessions
Localise the day(s) and session(s) for the repeated booking.

Repeated Localise Accept
Accept, otherwise re-edit or return to Main Menu

Repeated Set Rinks
Set the range of rinks.

Repeated Coaching
Type in the text and confirm.

Look at it in casual.
Navigate to a Friday then keep pressing 'n'. The booking will show every two weeks.
Repeated in casual view

Repeating it with the following changes:-
Repeated Alternate

Ensures they change rinks on alternating weeks.
Repeated Alternate casual view

Back to the Main Menu, the 'V' is highlighted in FILES/save.
FILES
Save
Press ' v ' to save the updated book.

While in the files bit, under Save is LOad.
Three books are kept, the one worked on, the last saved and the previously saved.
Load Last
If recent placements were incorrect, the last book can be loaded to save re-editing them.
If that was wrong your last chance is the previously saved.

To move the start or finish dates forward, press 'a' for Alter Book Date.
Alter

For a completely New Book, press 'n'.
New Book
Book initiation - same as when the programme was first run.

LEAGUE SCHEDULING
Routine attempts to minimise the number of times teams play on each rink.

From the Main Menu press 'L' then 'p' in the sub menu to place a league.
League Menu

Localise the day/session.
League Localise

The league booking form:-
League Form
Provide details by moving the highlight over emphasised characters and overwriting them.

Pressing enter after an alteration will update the summary.
League Done
Pressing enter again will offer a prompt to accept or otherwise.

The league is placed into the book, looking at the first three meetings in casual:-
Single League in casual

A deeper look at the league booking sheet:-
Overtyping a new number of divisions expands the form to provide templates for each of them.
League multiple
Booking two divisions of a league with continuous numbers whose labels will not be published
and a single division labelled 'A' in Mixed Mode.

Divisions can be loaded Separately, Mixed and Full.
League modes
In the Full Mode if rinks are unavailable for all possible teams to play in a session, none will.
18 teams can play on nine rinks giving a maximum of 19 teams in the division.

Looking at the Mixed Mode placements in casual:-
Multiple League in casual

Two divisions have been booked with the same label: Monday 9:30 and the 'A' division above.
To change one of them, Main Menu / L / Alter label.
League change label
And the result

If a mistake has been made in booking a league it can be deleted using the D option.

Exporting league fixtures: Main Menu / L / Export
If the league tabulator is installed in the same folder, league fixtures can be exported
to it and assist in tracking down games that have not been played.
League fixtures export filename
The tabulator's data folder is read so the league can be selected by its filename.

Identify the league whose fixtures are to be exported.
League export localise
The fixtures are retrieved and passed on to the tabulator's Games Folder.

COMPETITIONS
Routine attempts to avoid a team playing on the same rink for two rounds.
From the Main menu press K, enter a code, press I to initiate it.
Comps Code
The Finals Day may be different to the weekday used for playing earlier rounds.

Provisionally, rinks are earmarked working back from the Final and may be adjusted.
Comps prov search
Moving game 1 of round 0 (24 Nov) to the previous free session.
The result, prelims and 1st rounds are separated.
Comps adjusted

On acceptance the reservations are placed into the book and an offer to draw the competition made.
Comps draw

Retrieval, after entering the name of the competition press ' r '
Comps draw

If a game has been accidentally overwritten or deleted, the competition is incomplete.
Comps draw
Return to this routine, re-enter the competition code and press ' D ' to delete the remains.

Making the draw.
Comps draw

The draw is a simple one, preliminaries followed by the first rounders
and drawn in similar fashion to drawing out of a hat.
A name may be attached to a number if a csv list resides in the Entries Folder.
Examples can be prepared in Excel or Note pad
Comps name files

The Actual draw for Printing and Publishing, with names merged.
Marks IBCMens Singles Competition
46 W. Butcher
Sat10Nov 7:30r3
35 L. Butcher


Sat 24 Nov
7:30 r3

 
Sat 1 Dec
7:30 r2
Sat 8 Dec
7:30 r6
Sat 15 Dec
7:30 r5
Sat 22 Dec
1:30 r8
13 M. Armstrong
Sat10Nov 7:30r2
44 U. Butcher
8 H. Armstrong
Sat10Nov 7:30r1
40 Q. Butcher


Sat 24 Nov
7:30 r1

 
23 W. Armstrong
Sat10Nov 7:30r8
21 U. Armstrong
16 P. Armstrong
Sat10Nov 7:30r7
31 H. Butcher


Sat 24 Nov
7:30 r4

 
Sat 1 Dec
7:30 r1
34 K. Butcher
Sat10Nov 7:30r9
5 E. Armstrong
25 B. Butcher
Sat10Nov 7:30r6
63 M. Curtain


Sat 24 Nov
7:30 r9

 
29 F. Butcher
Sat10Nov 7:30r4
9 I. Armstrong
11 K. Armstrong
Sat10Nov 7:30r5
4 D. Armstrong


Sat 24 Nov
7:30 r8

 
Sat 1 Dec
7:30 r9
Sat 8 Dec
7:30 r2
3 C. Armstrong
Sat 3Nov 7:30r7
57 G. Curtain
33 J. Butcher
Sat 3Nov 7:30r8
2 B. Armstrong


Sat 24 Nov
7:30 r2

 
6 F. Armstrong
Sat 3Nov 7:30r9
45 V. Butcher
26 C. Butcher
Sat 3Nov 7:30r1
28 E. Butcher


Sat 24 Nov
7:30 r5

 
Sat 1 Dec
7:30 r5
38 O. Butcher
Sat 3Nov 7:30r2
39 P. Butcher
41 R. Butcher
Sat 3Nov 7:30r6
52 B. Curtain


Sat 24 Nov
7:30 r6

 
54 D. Curtain
Sat 3Nov 7:30r4
37 N. Butcher
 
Marks IBCMens Singles Competition
58 H. Curtain
Sat 3Nov 7:30r3
24 A. Butcher


Sat 24 Nov
7:30 r7

 
Sat 1 Dec
7:30 r3
Sat 8 Dec
7:30 r4
Sat 15 Dec
7:30 r7
 
59 I. Curtain
Sat 3Nov 7:30r5
14 N. Armstrong
19 S. Armstrong
Sat27Oct 7:30r1
42 S. Butcher


Sat 17 Nov
7:30 r8

 
53 C. Curtain
Sat27Oct 7:30r8
51 A. Curtain
48 Y. Butcher
Sat27Oct 7:30r6
7 G. Armstrong


Sat 17 Nov
7:30 r9

 
Sat 1 Dec
7:30 r4
17 Q. Armstrong
Sat27Oct 7:30r9
36 M. Butcher
27 D. Butcher
Sat27Oct 7:30r7
55 E. Curtain


Sat 17 Nov
7:30 r5

 
32 I. Butcher
Sat27Oct 7:30r3
56 F. Curtain
60 J. Curtain
Sat27Oct 7:30r2
20 T. Armstrong


Sat 17 Nov
7:30 r1

 
Sat 1 Dec
7:30 r6
Sat 8 Dec
7:30 r3
61 K. Curtain
Sat27Oct 7:30r4
1 A. Armstrong
12 L. Armstrong
Sat27Oct 7:30r5
22 V. Armstrong


Sat 17 Nov
7:30 r2

 
50 A. Butler
Sat20Oct 7:30r1
10 J. Armstrong
30 G. Butcher
Sat20Oct 7:30r6
18 R. Armstrong


Sat 17 Nov
7:30 r3

 
Sat 1 Dec
7:30 r7
15 O. Armstrong
Sat20Oct 7:30r8
47 X. Butcher
62 L. Curtain
Sat20Oct 7:30r7
49 Z. Butcher


Sat 17 Nov
7:30 r4

43 T. Butcher
 
 
 
 

Let's recap on what we have done.
Press 'b' from the Main Menu for 'Booking Info' (under UTILITIES).
Booking Localise All
The curser was placed at the start of each session line and the 'End' key pressed to select all the days.
The result:- A summary of free rinks
and a catalogue of the start dates and session of leagues and competitions.
Booking result
Leagues are identified by their label, each unique label is displayed.

The search can of course be restricted by the selection.
Booking Localise Session
Casual bookings are not catalogued. The summary of spare rinks helps with future scheduling.

Also under UTILITIES
Edit Club Details
Displays the form seen on first run for editing individual session times and main club details.

and Screen Colours
Edit Colours
Press enter to accept, 'A' to abort, keeping the current scheme and 'R' to redo it.

Outputs

DAYSHEETS

Daysheet Range
Daysheets are printed to separate pages.
 
Marks IBCDAY SHEETMon 30 Apr 2007
  Time
Rink  
10:0011:30 1:30 3:30 5:30 7:30
1
Rcd
 
£
 
£
 
£
Coaching
£
Coaching
£
Coaching
£
2
Rcd
A 4- 9
£
 
£
 
£
Coaching
£
Coaching
£
Coaching
£
3
Rcd
A 5-10
£
 
£
 
£
Coaching
£
Coaching
£
Coaching
£
4
Rcd
 
£
 
£
 
£
Coaching
£
Coaching
£
Coaching
£
5
Rcd
A 2- 7
£
 
£
 
£
 
£
 
£
 
£
6
Rcd
A 3- 8
£
 
£
 
£
 
£
 
£
 
£
7
Rcd
A 1- 6
£
 
£
 
£
 
£
 
£
 
£
8
Rcd
 
£
 
£
 
£
 
£
 
£
 
£
9
Rcd
 
£
 
£
 
£
 
£
 
£
 
£
TOTAL
£

£

£

£

£

£

£


(This is the gap created by the number of line breaks referred to in Edit Facilities) Linebreaks



NameTel No.Rink TimeWanted For√P √CY / N
        
        
        
        
        
√P=Provisional National or County √C=Confirmed National or County
Yes/No Leave blank. 
Used by Indoor Manager if the same rink has more than one booking
 

LEAGUE GRIDS

Grid

Marks IBC Games for League Monday Mixed Fours page 1
TEAMAWAY

HOME
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 Date
Rink
7 May
r4
11 Jun
r2
14 May
r9
4 Jun
r8
30 Apr
r7
28 May
r3
25 Jun
r3
21 May
r1
18 Jun
r1
2 9 Jul
r6
Date
Rink
14 May
r7
18 Jun
r2
11 Jun
r5
4 Jun
r1
30 Apr
r5
28 May
r8
25 Jun
r9
21 May
r6
3 13 Aug
r7
16 Jul
r4
Date
Rink
21 May
r3
18 Jun
r5
7 May
r8
4 Jun
r9
30 Apr
r6
28 May
r4
25 Jun
r1
4 16 Jul
r5
20 Aug
r1
23 Jul
r3
Date
Rink
25 Jun
r8
11 Jun
r6
7 May
r1
4 Jun
r4
30 Apr
r2
28 May
r7
5 6 Aug
r6
13 Aug
r2
20 Aug
r6
27 Aug
r7
Date
Rink
28 May
r6
21 May
r2
14 May
r1
7 May
r9
30 Apr
r3
6 2 Jul
r2
6 Aug
r8
9 Jul
r1
13 Aug
r9
30 Jul
r4
Date
Rink
25 Jun
r7
21 May
r5
18 Jun
r3
14 May
r4
7 30 Jul
r7
2 Jul
r3
6 Aug
r2
9 Jul
r5
23 Jul
r1
27 Aug
r4
Date
Rink
18 Jun
r4
14 May
r8
11 Jun
r9
8 27 Aug
r9
30 Jul
r9
2 Jul
r9
6 Aug
r1
16 Jul
r3
23 Jul
r2
20 Aug
r7
Date
Rink
11 Jun
r7
7 May
r2
9 23 Jul
r8
27 Aug
r3
30 Jul
r5
2 Jul
r6
9 Jul
r7
20 Aug
r2
16 Jul
r6
13 Aug
r4
Date
Rink
4 Jun
r5
10 20 Aug
r5
23 Jul
r7
27 Aug
r8
30 Jul
r8
2 Jul
r4
16 Jul
r9
13 Aug
r6
9 Jul
r8
6 Aug
r3
Date
Rink
 

TEAM FIXTURE SHEETS

Team Sheets
Entering 'a' at the Print prompt prints all team sheets on separate pages.
Marks IBCNamesIssue
Monday Mixed Fours
Games for Team A 1





           
MthDayDteRnkOppForAgn
AprMon30 7 6            
MayMon 7 4 2            
 Mon14 9 4            
 Mon21 1 9            
 Mon28 3 7            
JunMon 4 8 5            
 Mon11 2 3            
 Mon18 1 10            
 Mon25 3 8            
JulMon 2 2 6            
 Mon 9 6 2            
 Mon16 5 4            
 Mon23 8 9            
 Mon30 7 7            
AugMon 6 6 5            
 Mon13 7 3            
 Mon20 5 10            
 Mon27 9 8            
SepMon 3 3 6            
 Mon10 4 2            
 Mon17 6 4            
 Mon24 2 9            
OctMon 1 4 7            
 Mon 8 1 5            
 Mon15 9 3            
 Mon22 4 10            
 Mon29 8 8            
NovMon 5 5 6            
 Mon12 3 2            
 Mon19 7 4            
 Mon26 1 9            
DecMon 3 9 7            
 Mon10 2 5            
 Mon17 5 3            
 Mon24 6 10            
 Mon31 7 8            
Tel: Office 01234 567890 Members 01234 212567 Lge Sec. Fred 01234 123456
 

RESERVATION SEARCH / SESSION SHEETS

This will extract sessions with at least one rink matching the search string.
Session Sheet define search
After localising the search a request to Show or Hide Rinks.
Session Sheet Localise
Answered 'h' for hide rinks, typed in a more pertinent title.

The Extracted Rinks, only A league bookings are displayed, the remainder are hidden.
Marks IBCRinks Reserved for Monday Morning Mixed Fours
Mon 9:30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
30 Apr  A 4- 9A 5-10 A 2- 7A 3- 8A 1- 6  
7 May A 4- 7A 8-10 A 1- 2   A 3- 6A 5- 9
14 May A 5- 8  A 6-10  A 2- 3A 7- 9A 1- 4
21 May A 1- 9A 5- 7A 3- 4 A 6- 8A 2-10   
28 May   A 1- 7A 3- 9 A 5- 6A 4-10A 2- 8 
4 Jun A 2- 6  A 4- 8A 9-10  A 1- 5A 3- 7
11 Jun  A 1- 3  A 2- 5A 4- 6A 8- 9 A 7-10
18 Jun A 1-10A 2- 4A 6- 9A 7- 8A 3- 5    
25 Jun A 3-10 A 1- 8   A 6- 7A 4- 5A 2- 9
2 Jul  A 6- 1A 7- 2A10- 5 A 9- 4  A 8- 3
9 Jul A 6- 3   A 7- 4A 2- 1A 9- 5A10- 8 
16 Jul   A 8- 5A 3- 2A 4- 1A 9- 7  A10- 6
23 Jul A 7- 5A 8- 6A 4- 3   A10- 2A 9- 1 
30 Jul    A 6- 5A 9- 3 A 7- 1A10- 4A 8- 2
6 Aug A 8- 4A 7- 3A10- 9  A 5- 1 A 6- 2 
13 Aug  A 5- 2 A 9- 8 A10- 7A 3- 1 A 6- 4
20 Aug A 4- 2A 9- 6  A10- 1A 5- 3A 8- 7  
27 Aug   A 9- 2A 7- 6  A 5- 4A10- 3A 8- 1
3 Sep  A 5-10A 1- 6A 4- 9A 3- 8  A 2- 7 
10 Sep A 3- 6  A 1- 2A 4- 7A 8-10  A 5- 9
17 Sep A 7- 9 A 5- 8 A 6-10A 1- 4A 2- 3  
24 Sep A 2-10A 1- 9A 3- 4    A 6- 8A 5- 7
1 Oct  A 4-10 A 1- 7A 2- 8A 3- 9A 5- 6  
8 Oct A 1- 5A 3- 7    A 4- 8A 9-10A 2- 6
15 Oct A 8- 9 A 7-10 A 2- 5A 4- 6  A 1- 3
22 Oct  A 2- 4 A 1-10A 6- 9A 7- 8 A 3- 5 
29 Oct   A 6- 7A 4- 5  A 2- 9A 1- 8A 3-10
5 Nov  A 8- 3  A 6- 1 A10- 5A 7- 2A 9- 4
12 Nov A10- 8 A 2- 1A 6- 3 A 9- 5 A 7- 4 
19 Nov  A 9- 7A10- 6  A 3- 2A 4- 1 A 8- 5
26 Nov A 9- 1A 8- 6A 4- 3A10- 2A 7- 5    
3 Dec A 6- 5   A10- 4A 8- 2A 9- 3 A 7- 1
10 Dec A 7- 3A 5- 1 A 8- 4   A10- 9A 6- 2
17 Dec   A 5- 2A 9- 8A 3- 1 A10- 7A 6- 4 
24 Dec A 4- 2 A 9- 6A 5- 3A 8- 7A10- 1   
31 Dec  A 9- 2   A 7- 6A 8- 1A 5- 4A10- 3


Another search.
Session Search lower case labels
Pressed Enter to show all rinks, accepted the title offered.
Notice the lower case league labels are not published.
Marks IBCRinks Reserved for Tue 10:00
Tue 10:00 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 May 1- 613-17D 2- 7D 1- 6 3- 811-1512-16D 3- 8 2- 7
8 May D 1- 2D 4- 9D 3- 6D 5-1014-18 1- 2 5-1011-12 4- 9
15 May 8-10 3- 613-1514-16 4- 7D 5- 9D 8-1017-19D 4- 7
22 May D 6-1011-14 2- 3 1- 4D 1- 412-13D 2- 3 5- 9 6-10
29 May 3- 415-19 5- 8D 7- 9D 5- 8D 3- 4 7- 913-1416-18
5 Jun 11-18D 6- 8D 1- 9 6- 8 1- 9D 2-1015-17 2-1012-19
12 Jun D 5- 7 5- 7 4-1013-18D 3- 9 3- 914-19D 4-10D 2- 8
19 Jun 12-17 2- 811-16 9-10 5- 6D 1- 7D 5- 6 1- 7D 9-10
26 Jun 13-16D 3- 7D 4- 8 3- 718-19 4- 8 2- 6D 2- 614-17
3 Jul D 8- 9 7-1017-1812-15D 7-1016-19 8- 9D 1- 5 1- 5
10 Jul 14-15D 2- 5D 4- 6 2- 511-13D 7- 8 1- 3 4- 6D 1- 3
17 Jul D 2- 4D 1-10 6- 911-1916-17 1-10D 6- 915-18 7- 8
24 Jul D 3- 515-1612-14D 1- 8D 6- 7 6- 7 2- 4 1- 8 3- 5
31 Jul 2- 912-18D 3-10D 4- 5D 2- 9 4- 511-17 3-1013-19
7 Aug 7- 2 8- 3 6- 1D 8- 317-13D 6- 1D 7- 216-1215-11
14 Aug 10- 5 9- 4D10- 5 2- 112-1118-14D 9- 4D 2- 1D 6- 3
21 Aug 6- 316-14 7- 419-1710- 8D10- 815-13D 7- 4D 9- 5
28 Aug 14-11 4- 1 9- 5D 3- 2 3- 213-12D 4- 1D10- 610- 6
4 Sep 8- 5D 4- 314-13 4- 319-15 9- 718-16D 9- 7D 8- 5
11 Sep D 8- 6D 9- 119-12D10- 210- 217-15 8- 618-11 9- 1
18 Sep D 9- 318-13D 7- 5 7- 5D 8- 219-1410- 4 9- 3D10- 4
25 Sep D 7- 110- 9 8- 217-12D 6- 5D10- 9 7- 1 6- 516-11
2 Oct 19-18D 6- 2 7- 316-13D 8- 4 6- 2D 7- 3 8- 417-14
9 Oct 10- 7D10- 719-16 9- 8 5- 118-17D 5- 1D 9- 815-12
16 Oct 6- 4 5- 2 3- 1D 6- 4D 3- 1D 5- 213-1115-14D 8- 7
23 Oct D 4- 219-1118-15D 9- 6 9- 610- 1D10- 117-16 8- 7
30 Oct 8- 1D 7- 6D 8- 1 7- 616-15 5- 314-12D 5- 3 4- 2
6 Nov 9- 2D 5- 4D 9- 218-12D10- 317-11 5- 419-1310- 3
 

COMPETITION EXTRACT

As Competitions can be spread over a number of days or sessions, its best to select all of them.
Comps Extract
Best to type in a title than accept the one offered here!

Marks IBCRinks Reserved for Men's Singles
Date    Time 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Sat 20 Oct 7:30 $MNS g59    $MNS g60$MNS g62$MNS g61 
Sat 27 Oct 7:30 $MNS g50$MNS g56$MNS g55$MNS g57$MNS g58$MNS g52$MNS g54$MNS g51$MNS g53
Sat 3 Nov 7:30 $MNS g44$MNS g45$MNS g48$MNS g47$MNS g49$MNS g46$MNS g41$MNS g42$MNS g43
Sat 10 Nov 7:30 $MNS g34$MNS g33$MNS g32$MNS g39$MNS g40$MNS g38$MNS g36$MNS g35$MNS g37
Sat 17 Nov 7:30 $MNS g28$MNS g29$MNS g30$MNS g31$MNS g27  $MNS g25$MNS g26
Sat 24 Nov 7:30 $MNS g17$MNS g21$MNS g16$MNS g18$MNS g22$MNS g23$MNS g24$MNS g20$MNS g19
Sat 1 Dec 7:30 $MNS g9$MNS g8$MNS g12$MNS g13$MNS g11$MNS g14$MNS g15 $MNS g10
Sat 8 Dec 7:30  $MNS g5$MNS g7$MNS g6 $MNS g4   
Sat 15 Dec 7:30     $MNS g2 $MNS g3  
Sat 22 Dec 1:30        $MNS g1 
 
Finally to Quit the programme, press 'q' at the Main Menu.

And that's it. You may Download a Demo Here.
Click the link, your zip utility will ask where to extract SCHEDULR.EXE to.
Create a shortcut to it.
Double click the shortcut. Sub folders are created on first run, outputs will be in the folders.
Pictorial guide to installing
This demo version is the full working programme but..........
all league matches are between teams 10 and 12 and tabulated draws always on rink 1.
Any files created may be read by a specific trial version available below.

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