Purpose:

Club Championship Ladders (CCL) allows a managing organisation to set up a combination of regular ladders (RL) across multiple grades so that each individual club within those grades can be ranked accordingly. The currently calculated points of the dependent RLs are used to calculate the total points for the CCL.

Features:

• Any number of CCLs can be set up for a particular season.
• Each CCL can include all grades within the managing organisation, or optionally a sub set of grades.
• Each included grade can be assigned a weighting, and if multiple RLs have been set up in that grade, can use any one of these ladders.
• Each CCL can optionally include or exclude any bonus points or adjustment points of dependent RLs.
• Adjustments can be added separately for each CCL.
• CCLs will calculate when any dependent RL calculates (e.g. overnight) or can be calculated on demand.

Adding a new CCL:

• On the Club Championship Ladders Management screen, click the Add New Club Championship Ladder link.
• Complete the details as listed.

Deleting CCLs:

• On the Club Championship Ladders Management screen, click the Delete link of the ladder you wish to delete.
• Ladders that have had ladder adjustments entered cannot be deleted. In this case the adjustments must first be deleted.

Editing CCL configuration:

• On the Club Championship Ladders Management screen, click the Edit link of the CCL you wish to edit.
• Title - this is the descriptive title of the CCL and will appear in drop-down lists and as the heading of the publicly displayed CCL.
• Description - extra descriptive text of the CCL and will appear below the heading of the publicly displayed CCL.
• Ladder Calculation Method:
  

  • Method 1: Points earned for each team in a club (as per the current ladders) are multiplied by the grade weighting factors.
    The points are then added across each team in a club to give the total for that club.

  • Method 2: Points earned for each team in a club (as per the current ladders) are multiplied by the grade weighting factors.
    This figure is then divided by the number of matches played by each team. The points are then added across each team in a club, then divided by the total number of teams in the club to give the total for that club.

• Sort order - optional, this controls the order in which CCLs display on public sites within the season.

• Visible on public sites - this controls whether the CCL is visible on public sites. If unchecked the ladder will not be visible.

• Include adjustments from dependent ladders - if checked, any ladder adjustments that have been made to dependent RLs are included

• Include bonus points from dependent ladders - if checked, any automatically calculated bonus points that have been added to dependent RLs are included

• Grades - The list of grades for the selected season are presented.

  • Check or uncheck any grades to include or exclude from the CCL

  • The default weighting factor for each grade is 1.0, which means the calculated points for that grade is multiplied by 1.0. However, different grades can be give more or less weighting (from 0 to 99.9999) if required. Each CCL can have different weighting factors for each grade. All points - including all adjustments - are weighted by this factor.

  • Usually Ladder Number 1 can be selected for each grade. However, if multiple RLs have been setup for that grade (withing the selected season), a different number can be entered. The system does not validate this number, so if a number is entered that doesn't exist, the grade will effectively be excluded from the calculation.

  • Note: Any grades that have a disabled season setting of Ladders & Fixture are published for this grade will not be included in the calculations.

• Click the Update button to save changes, or click the Back to Club Championship Ladder Management link to return to the main management screen.

Other Actions:

From the main ladder management screen it is possible perform the following actions for each ladder (provided the grade/season is not locked):

• Recalc - Immediately recalculate the CCL.
• Adjust - Enter an adjustment for this CCL

Adjustments

The points for any club within a CCL can be adjusted up or down as necessary.

Note - adjusting the CCL is not the same as adjusting a regular ladder, although adjustments from the RL can optionally be included within the CCL. Adjustment information is available on the publicly displayed CCL.

Managing Adjustments:

• On the Club Championship Ladders Management screen, click the Adjust link of the CCL you wish to adjust (or access via the main menus).
• On the Club Championships Ladder Adjustments Management screen, ensure that the correct season and CCL is selected in the selector bar.
• Any Adjustments for this CCL will display in a table, and these can further be filtered by each grade within the CCL by selecting a grade from the selector bar.
• To add an adjustment, click the Add New Adjustment link and complete the details below.
• To edit an adjustment, click the Edit link within the table and complete the details below..
• To delete an adjustment, click the Delete link within the table.

Adjustment Details:

• Grade - Select the grade that the adjustment applies to. Select 'No Specific Grade' if you don't wish to specify a particular grade - in this case a weighting factor of 1.00 will be applied. Only the grades that have been included in the CCL will be shown.
• Club - The list of clubs within the selected grade is displayed. Select the club that the adjustment applies to.
• Points - Enter the number of points for the adjustment as either a positive or negative number (eg 4, -3, 5.5 etc). Enter the 'unweighted' points - that is, the points before any applicable grade weighting factors are applied.
• Comment - Enter the reason for the adjustment
• Click the Update button to save the adjustment. Note that adjustments aren't included in the CCL until it is next recalculated.