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Smålandskavlen |
Since 1999, the Smålandskavlen uses electronic
punching with SPORTident.
This is a large relay competition which is in Scandinavia
nearly as famous as Tiomila. In 1999, the attendance was
over 600 teams with appr. 3500 runners. It is exciting how this event
runs.
The first
two runners do not run a regular relay race but an individual night
race on Saturday evening. Afterwards the results of both runners will
be added.
The course distribution for all 6 runners has to be done like in a
regular relay.
To produce as much tension as in a relay race, there are some special
rules for the start list draw. Four runners start simultaneously at
intervals of one minute. Those four must not have the same course combination
nor are they allowed to be from the same club. „Start runners“ have
to be drawn in the first block, while the second runners have to start
later. During the race, current individual and overall team results
have to be available.
On Sunday morning, the third runners have a chase start. That means
that they start like they would have changed over at a regular relay.
The remaining event continues like an ordinary relay competition.
This had
been realised by special versions of the standard software. OS2000
for Smålandskavlen stems from OS2000, while OE2000
for Smålandskavlen is a descendant of OE2000, both from the Swedish
editions.
Both applications include all standard features as well as special
ones for Smålandskavlen.
Special features of OS2000 for Smålandskavlen:
- Import of the team entries which had been entered on a web page
- Import of the (later entered) runners' names and SI card numbers
from the web page
- Export of the first two runners together with their individual
courses for the night race to OE2000 f. S.
- Import of the night race results including all split times
- Calculating chase start times for the third runners incl. special
reports
- Extra handling of the late start
- Special SPORTident results
Special features of OE2000 for Smålandskavlen:
- Import of the runners together with their individual courses for
the night race
- Start list draw according special rules
- Special code checking on the individual courses
- Team results of the first two runners
- Export of the night race results including all split times
- Special SPORTident results
For the 2000 event, both applications had
been upgraded to the current versions 9.6 together with some small
enhancements.
For 2002, the software had been updated to the level of
version 9.8.
Also in 2003, the organisers had a benefit from the update to the current
version 10.0.
In 2005, the update to version 10.2 had
been done. As a new feature, classes will be supported which do not run
the night course but on Sunday only.
In 2007, the newest version 10.3 had been used.
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