Competitions - Handicaps
There is a Bridgewebs option for the calculation of handicaps
When the competition are created
First (this is regardless of the competition)
For each month, a handicap is calculated which is the average of all
uploaded
percentage results for the previous 12 months. Non standard pairs
events, such
as Teams are ignored. This is taken away from 50 to give the handicap
for that
month. Handicaps are calculated for each player, not a pair. Good
players would
get a negative handicap, weaker players get a positive handicap.
e.g.
- The handicap for Dec 2008 will be the average for all results
from Dec 2007 - Nov 2008
- The handicap for Jan 2009 will be the average for all results
from Jan 2008 - Dec 2008
Second: (for each event included in the competition)
For each result in the competition, the result is taken and the
handicap for
that month for each player is added together and the average is added
to the
percentage and this is used for the competition. Note, a different
handicap can
thus be used for each event, this is as if the handicap is applied at
the time
that the event took place.
- Non Members have -5 (uses player database)
- New Members start on -5 until they have played 5 games.
e.g.
- Player with handicap of 2 and Non Member, use -3.5
- Player with handicap of 2 and partner with handicap of 3, use 2.5
- Player with handicap of 2 and partner with handicap of -3, use
-0.5
Manual Handicaps
You can choose "Manual" handicaps and enter them yourself.
You need to create a list of players and handicaps, one name per line,
percentage and cut and paste to Manual box. If cut and paste from
spreadsheet, can be a "Tab" separator. e.g.
Alan Smith,5.17
John Smith, -0.2
Any missing players will be given the "Must have played x times"
handicap, ignoring the "Must have..." aspect.
For each result in the competition, the result is taken and the
handicap for each player is added together and averaged and applied to
the result.