Enter several divisions in one registration, with a classification for each

Hi everyone,

Many of you run events where shooters compete in more than one division: Target Rifle in the morning and F-Class in the afternoon, or F-Open and F-TR across a league. Until now, a shooter could only pick one division per registration, and one classification for the whole entry. That never matched how shooting works. A shooter can be a Greenshot in Target Rifle and a Master in F-Class at the same event.

Two changes fix this:

1. A shooter can now enter several divisions in one registration.
2. Each division gets its own classification.

This post explains what changes for your club, what you may want to set up, and what your shooters will see. Please share it with your members.

1. Several divisions, one entry

The Division field on the entry form is now a set of tick boxes. A shooter ticks every division they are shooting and registers once.

It stays one entry:

• One competitor number, one confirmation email, one invoice and one waiver.
• The participant list shows the shooter once, with all their divisions in the Division column. The division counts at the top of the list count them in each division they entered.
• Approving, withdrawing or recording a payment applies to every division of the entry.

Each division is still scored and ranked on its own:

• Enter Scores has a row for each division, the results list the shooter in each division, and club records are checked per division.
• Squadding gives the shooter a firing point in each division and keeps them in different relays where it can. The Adjust screen tells you when it can't.

Fees and places

• The price option is charged once per division, and the invoice shows a line for each ("Standard entry — F-Open", "Standard entry — F-TR"). Add-ons are charged once per entry.
• Each division takes a place on a capped event. If the whole entry doesn't fit, the whole entry goes on the waitlist. An entry is never half in, half out.

Changing divisions later

To add or remove a division, edit the entry. While nothing has been paid, the invoice is re-issued for the new number of divisions. Once a payment has been recorded, the shooter can no longer change how many divisions they shoot, but you still can. In that case the invoice is left as it is and you collect any difference yourself. A division that already has scores, a firing point or a team can't be removed until those are cleared.

Read more: Entering more than one division.

2. A classification for each division

In your club settings

A classification can now belong to a division. Open Club > Club Classifications and you'll see your classifications grouped: All Divisions first, then one list for each of your divisions.

• All Divisions classifications are offered in every division. All of your existing classifications start here, so nothing changes until you decide to move one.
• A classification under a division is offered only in that division. The same name can be used under several divisions, each with its own order. For example, add "Master" under Target Rifle and again under F-Class.
• A name can't be used for All Divisions and for one division at the same time, because that would offer two "Master"s in the same division.

To add a classification under a division, click the + beside that division, or choose the division at the top of the Add Classification form. To move an existing one, edit it and pick its division.

Read more: Club Classifications.

On the entry form

When an event's form has both Division and Classification, the shooter ticks a division and picks the classification right under it. The choices are that division's own classifications plus the All Divisions ones. Ticking a second division shows a second picker.

• If your event has only one division, it is ticked for the shooter from the start. They only pick their classification.
• When Classification is required, every ticked division that offers classifications needs a pick.
• An event whose form doesn't include Division offers only the All Divisions classifications. The form builder warns you about this when some of your classifications belong to a division.

Division and Classification are on every event's entry form by default, new and existing, as soon as your club has them set up. If an event doesn't need one, untick it in the Custom Entry Form under System Fields.

Read more: A classification for each division.

In results and lists

• Results: classification tables are worked out within each division, in that division's own order. The Greenshots in Target Rifle and the Masters in F-Class each get their own table, in the right place.
• Combined Results (the awards sheet): each division's classification tables follow that division's order.
• Participant list, entry details, organiser emails and the waitlist show one classification when it's the same in every division ("Master"). When the classifications differ, they show each division's ("Target Rifle: Greenshot, F-Class: Master").
• Importing participants from a spreadsheet: a classification cell is matched in each of the row's divisions, so "Master" lands on Target Rifle's Master and on F-Class's Master. See Import Participants.

Your past results stay exactly as they are

We made sure none of this rewrites history:

• All of your existing classifications become All Divisions classifications, and every existing entry keeps the classification it has.
• Moving a classification to a division never changes entries that already hold it, and past result tables keep their order.
• Deleting a classification or a division that entries already use doesn't take it away from those entries. It is retired instead: it disappears from your lists and entry forms, while the entries and results that use it keep showing it. If you add the same name again in the same list, the old one comes back. Anything no entry uses is removed for good, as before.

What to do now

1. Nothing is required. Your entry forms, classifications and past events keep working as they are.
2. If your classifications differ by division, open Club > Club Classifications and move each one under its division. Where the same class exists in two divisions, for example "Master" in both Target Rifle and F-Class, add it under each division.
3. Check your upcoming events: Division and Classification are already on their entry forms. Open the Custom Entry Form only to untick a field an event doesn't need.
4. Tell your shooters: share this post, or the short section below.

For your shooters

• When you register, tick every division you are shooting, then pick your classification under each division. One registration covers them all.
• You pay the entry once per division, on one invoice. Add-ons are paid once.
• You get one competitor number, and you show up in the results of every division you entered.
• To add a division later, edit your entry before the club's deadline for changing entries. Once you've paid, contact the organiser to change how many divisions you shoot.

Questions?

If something doesn't look right, or you'd like help setting up your club's classifications, email us at support@targetscore.com.

Thanks, and good shooting!

Avtar