Sides Play Basics
By convention in Chartroom two sides play a match.
In a match each team in side A plays the corresponding team in side B in the same round of the competition.
Thus if a side comprises a single, pair and fours team, all 3 game scores will be available together as a match score, e.g. 25-24,10-20,18-18. Not all sides competitions are like this, see Sides Playing as Teams.
Our example is loosely based on Bowls Wellington Premier Interclub, where club sides comprise a singele, pair, and a fours team.
Match points accrue as follows:
- a game win is worth 7 points
- a draw 4 points
- 1 bonus point for a win by 11 or more shots
- 1 bonus point for a loss by 1 or 2 shots
Chartroom handles the scoring in accordance with the sheet's Sides Policy, with the rest of the chart's operation left to formulas under your control.
If column A is set to pool rank you can sort the pool using Pool play > Sort pool by column A.
To initialise Lives Play ensure your lives policy is set and the qualifiers are identified (by a Q in the Q column), then go Lives play > Initialise qualifiers above.
Typical sides policy json for lives play would be {"sidesPolicy":{"sidesOf":3,"livesPlay":{"wldField":"gamesFor"}}}.
For more information on Sides policy contact your Chartroom technical support.
As with all charts entering scores is very convenient on a mobile device using the Sheets app. Be sure to "Freeze" columns 1–4.
Chartroom's random scoring is not possible for Sides Play.
Forfeits
A forfeited game can be entered in the usual way as "F" or "WF", e.g. 25-10,f,17-13 or wf,14-14,12-22.
Be sure to specify the default score for a forfeit in the sides policy, e.g. "forfeit":"0-10".
Initialising sides play
In Settings > Scoring policy set the format to Sides.
You can initialise sides lives play from sides pool play, just ensure qualifiers are marked by a Q in the Q column.