WO2001089640A2 - Handicapping and grading in bowls - Google Patents
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
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- A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
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- This invention relates to technology for use in handicapping and grading in the game of bowls.
- Bowls is an old game played on a smooth lawn, a "bowling green” with a wooden or polymeric/composite ball weighted or cambered on one side to give it a bias when it is rolled, in an attempt to make it stop near another stationary ball, the "jack”.
- Bowls is usually played on an approximately forty meter square green, on the green several rinks can be set up alongside each other, each taking approximately five meters width and the length of the green. Strings of five or six games can therefore be played at the same time on a green. Games can be played in teams of singles, pairs, trips and fours. Singles, where there is one player on each side and fours, in which there are four players on each side, are usually more important formats of play. Trips is usually not played at a competitive level in world bowls.
- the individual players can be handicapped, i.e. given a rating expressed a number, by which their individual performance is adjusted, to compensate weaker players, as compared with stronger players.
- the solution of the problem described which is offered by this invention, is a method of handicapping players who play in the game of bowls, enabled by suitable computer technology, comprising the steps of entering particulars into a computer including an identity of a player, a denomination, a grading and a handicap or level of competitiveness of a game, a result of that game, and a grading position in which the player played in the game.
- the initial entering of this data will constitute the first set up of the data in the computer which provides a technical result of storing the data, maintaining its updated values, providing access to it subject to required security, transmitting it to other localities subject to firewall protection as may be required and subsidiary facilties.
- the invention further provides a computer loaded with data in memory including initial designations of grading and handicaps of registered players made by clubs, merit values of games to be played in a season or other period, and other data selected from factors or multipliers related to playing out of graded position and other considerations together with software establishing algorithms for calculation of a handicap and/or grading adjustments for each player following on the entered result of a game, storing that updated handicap and/or grading in memory and other optional steps. This will thus maintain the current handicap of the player.
- the method of the invention thus further comprises the steps following on the entering steps described above, carried out by use of the computer according to the loaded algorithm, for calculation of a handicap and/or grading adjustments for that player following on the entered results of successive games, storing that updated handicap and/or grading in memory and other optional steps.
- the stored handicap is made accessible to any player including the player whose handicap it is and others.
- Peer pressure is an important component of the system using the invention, to realise a higher level of integrity of total results and other data entered in the computer. This feature of the invention facilitates that pressure.
- the computer according to the invention may be characterised by a provision for score-cards to be entered into the computer by club officials, with suitable access security. ⁇ Adjustment of handicap ⁇
- the software algorithms of the computer are adapted to allow, with suitable access security, entering of modifications and adjustments of handicap, grading and/or other data which may result from appeals, reviews or other adjudication processes which may be carried out according to the rules of the game and of this handicapping system, carried out at various levels of the game.
- the invention includes the further step of publishing ranking of players in or on suitable media, like club notice boards, e-mail sites, web site clip boards, notices, newsletters, circulars, telephone enquiry service, etc.
- the ranking can be used to assist in selection, for example, apart from the fact that it can plot and display a player's form over a period.
- the ranking forms an integral part of the handicap algorithm.
- the merit level of games to be recorded in the computer which can be adopted could, for example, be a graded value from social games or tabs-in games, to internal club games, to inter-club games, to provincial games, to national games and to international games. Hence success in a higher graded game would more greatly benefit a handicap than in a lower graded game.
- the levels will be refined and adjusted according to the bowls associations and their competitions.
- the computer algorithm is adapted to add a decay factor to each result for any given player.
- the algorithm calculates the result of the decayed value per game, for all games in any given period.
- the difference between the score of the winner and the score of the loser will determine the shot differential. This indicates by what margin the winner has won, i.e. whether it was a close game or a convincing victory.
- the shot differential is also a factor that influence the number of points allocated to each player or team of players.
- the capacity provided by the invention to store initial handicap and/or grading assessments by clubs and certain other aspects facilitates an important element of the system to make it acceptable to club administrators and other vested interests in the game, to buy in to the system and commit to it.
- the clubs may retain their roles in the game and indeed it is necessary that they do so, using the system of the invention.
- the computer of the invention will have a feature of its algorithm which permits or requires input from officials of the game who may be defined as required, e.g. club administrators, captains, etc. for the grading of players.
- the computer algorithm will require club committees to grade players, i.e. their positional abilities, using the handicapping status established by the computer as a yardstick.
- the method of the invention thus further comprises the steps following on the entering steps described carried out by use of the computer according to the loaded algorithm of for calculation of a handicap and/or grading adjustments for that player following on the entered result of a game, storing that updated handicap and/or grading in memory and other optional steps.
- the positions in a team are also weighted according to the level of influence on the game that that player had. This is factored in by dividing the points scored for the result between the individual players in a team based on the weighting of the position played.
- Club size is preferably another factor or multiplier to be loaded into the computer factor or multiplier to be loaded in the computer, according to the invention.
- the position on the ranking list will determine the magnitude of the handicap assigned.
- the ranking list is divided into sections and all the players in that section have the same magnitude of handicap.
- a decimal value added to the section value indicates the relative position as a percentage of the player in the section on the ranking list.
- magnetic strip and/or smart bowls handicap cards adapted and/or programmed to interact with the described computer.
- the cards also are adapted to perform functions additional to handicapping and/or grading, one is to record and update information about the payment of green fees by the player.
- Handicapping and/or grading can be influenced/suspended by information relating to defaulting on green fee payment, or the like.
- the cards are readable and updatable at terminals at any location, for example, there are some 44 000 registered bowls players in about 700 clubs in the country where the cards are preferably readable.
- a national handicapping system is aimed at using the invention as well as controls on fees. Over a period of time the handicap for a player will be refined and continually updated.
- the computer algorithm is adapted to regard a package of the last twenty entered results for any given player, to select the best ten results in that package and to compute the handicap/grading adjustment from them.
- the computer database will store a moving frame of twenty results for each player.
- the computer of the invention may have software suites which allow club administration and management, bar inventory and similar functions attended to. This and other enhancements of the value to clubs can be provided.
- the computer of the invention may also have other enhancements of value to the player in regard to his card. These may include credit card, debit card, cash card, shopping club card, flight ticket booking, insurance and other commercial facilities not directly connected with the game of bowls or the clubs or other components of bowls organisation.
- Handicapping and/or grading can be influenced /suspended by information relating to defaulting on green fee payments, or the like.
- the computer of the invention may have software suites that allow club administration and management, bar inventory and similar functions attended to. This and other enhancements of the value to clubs can be provided. These value-adding services can conveniently be separate modules, or alternatively, they can be integrated into a single package.
- a significant technical result of all the features thus far described relating to the invention is the provision by the invention of a means of transmitting the information stored, updated and processed by the computer, to other computers or devices.
- This transmission can include local area networking (LAN), wide area networking (WAN), landline and radio transmission facilities, etc.
- the invention will provide protocols for establishing transmission, either on demand or automatic, for dial-up and other connections and hand-shake protocols, for access security and fire-wall facilities, etc., all adapted to the unique requirements of this invention.
- This technical aspect satisfies the requirement described above, of providing a handicapping and grading system which is applicable across-the-board, of clubs, regions and nationally, giving comparability to the handicapping and grading of players and teams in different clubs and regions.
- the player's national bowls handicap is factored into the computer, with his full names and identity number, as soon as the player registers at a club as a bowler. Each bowler is required to register at the green fee point by using his national handicap card. At this point all the necessary fees will be paid for the player to participate in a game, competition or tournament.
- Green fees, subscriptions and any other costs can also be entered and monitored by the computer. Different ways of handling the money for the fees can be catered for like on account of the club, on account at the bank, cash, prepaid systems or any loyalty system.
- the registered players are then assigned to the various tournaments or competitions, whether is a social tabs-in game or a round in a stage of a tournament.
- the draw for a tabs-in game is more impartial than when it is done by hand.
- the list of the games that is going to be played per competition is then printed and posted on the notice board or tabs board.
- a scorecard or games list is produced which reflects: a) - the player's identification particulars, b) - the player's national bowls handicap, c) - the team's combined handicap as reflected by various factors, d) - a score reflecting a win, lose or peel (a peel is a draw), e) - a merit level of the game played, e.g., club social, outside social or tournament, club competition, inter-club (league) game, inter provincial game, national game.
- a peel is not taken into account due to the assumption that the handicap I based on the results of any game. If a peel is to be assigned the points given to each player or team would be half of the available points as determined by the merit level and other factors. Normally a peel is applied only on a head and not on a game.
- the computer may print a card reflecting a), b) and d), the player/his peers, club official may enter c) after the game and this is entered into the computer.
- Green fees, subscriptions and any other costs can also be entered and monitored by the computer.
- the result c) can be entered by an official, skip (a team leader) or the player at the registered terminal.
- the preferred method of handicapping may include the following steps : - International, national, provincial and club authorities will determine the merit or value of bowls competitions at various levels of competitive play, as mentioned above. The points value for each level is then set and made uniform nationally. The result of each match is then processed by a multiplier according to these standards.
- the shot differential is firstly computed to determine the degree in which one player beat another player. The same factor is used to deduct points from the half of the loser and add points to the winner. In short it can be described that the loser gives points to the winner by the same factor as the shot differential.
- Points value may also be allocated for the stage achieved in major games or tournaments, e.g. last 32, last 16, quarter finals, semi finals and finals, in addition to wins. Also factored in is the size of the club, number of the players in the province, etc. This is factored into the computer computations to fairly evaluate the worth of a result, in particular the proportional value relative to other clubs, provinces, districts, etc. The position in which the player played in fours, trips or pairs is also taken into consideration by the computer configured by the software according to the invention. Playing out of position can either be considered as a plus or a minus. Hardware terminals sited at the clubs and other venues for games are connected to a mainframe for a province and/or directly nationally.
- the shot differential would be 7.
- the factor would be 7 over 21 or 0.3 repeated.
- the points affected by the shot differential factor are 33.
- the winner will get 133 points and the loser will get 66 points.
- the position weighting will play a role.
- the position weighting for fours can be skip 50, third 35, second 35 and lead 50. This means that the players on the winning team would get skip 67, third 47, second 47 and lead 67 points. This means that the players on the losing team would get skip 33, third 21 , second 21 and lead 33 points.
- the decay factor will determine the period for which the score will be used in the handicap and the grading value. If the decay factor is eight periods and a period is set to be one month, the points for the score for the winning skip will be 34 points. All these points are summarised for a player to determine the total points for that period.
- the total number of points for the period will determine the ruling handicap for the next period once the handicap list is released.
- the players are sorted on the number of total points and other indicators if the points are the same to get the ranking list.
- the ranking list is then divided into sections based on the number of players as a percentage of the total number of players on the ranking list. Each section holds a percentage of the players on the list. An example is the first 5% players on the ranking list all have a section handicap of 14. The second section will consist of the next 10% of players and will have a section handicap of 13, and so forth.
- each player will be assigned a percentage value of his position in the section on the ranking list. Lets say the skip is number 10 from above in a list of 200 players in section 14, he will have a handicap of 14 plus 10 divided by 200 which is equal to 14.05. This will be his final handicap that will be distributed.
- the value of the match result/bowlers achievement is assessed against the number of registered bowlers in the club, i.e. the size of the club, relative to the number of registered bowlers in the province or district in which the club is situated.
- discount arrangements for users of the card can be arranged. These benefits can be used to justify initial cost of acquiring a card, or can be used to finance free issuing of cards.
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