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2022-03-02:

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Starting Groups

Updated: 2022-03-02

Starting groups are used to indicate that certain runners want to start within a certain time interval or to group runners, so that runners from the same club start at about the same time. It is thus possible to either (in connection with registration) let the runners request a starting group, or automatically assign a starting group depending on club affiliation. It is also possible to have a mixture; some runners specify a starting group and others are assigned one.

You can manually define starting groups through Starting groups on the the page Classes. Each starting group needs an Id (which is a positive integer) and a time interval. All starting groups must have the same length, but there is no requirement for them to be connected. You can have one group in the morning, one in the afternoon and one in the evening.

To indicate that a participant requests a certain starting group, the field Starting group in the table mode for participants is set to the starting group Id. It is also possible to specify that two participants want the same (but not specified) starting group by setting the Family field to the same positive integer (each family needs its own unique family number).

Alternatively, you can define the start group for an entire club, using the table mode for clubs. The group is used unless some other group is specified explicitly for a club member.

Contents

1. Importing Starting Groups
2. Draw with Starting Groups