Creating Teams Within a Meet

Introduction

Teams can be created directly within a meet, as part of setting up a team event. You choose the gender, age groups and events you want a team for, create the team, and then add your athletes to it — all without leaving the meet.

Each step below has its own screenshot, so you can follow along on screen as you go.

What This Document Covers

1. What a team event is, and how teams are named
2. What you need before you start
3. Creating a team, step by step
4. Adding and removing members as you build the team
5. Changing a team after it has been saved

Feature Explanations

What is a team event?

A team event is an event where athletes compete as a group rather than individually — a relay, for example. Instead of nominating athletes one by one, you create the team that will compete and add athletes to it.

Before You Start

1. The meet must already exist in your calendar. Create it first if you haven't.
2. The athletes you want in the team must already be in your centre.
3. Know which gender, age groups and events you need. You must choose at least one of each.

Step-by-Step Guidance

Step 1: Open the Meet Calendar

Go to Meet Management › Meet Calendar. This lists every meet in your current season.

Step 2: Open your meet

Find the meet you want to add a team to and select the view icon on its row. This opens the meet and its list of events.

Step 3: Open Meet Options

On the meet page, select Meet Options. This opens the panel holding the settings and tools for this meet.

In the Meet Options panel, select the Results & Entries tab.

Step 4: Open Team Events

Select Team Events. This opens the screen where teams are set up for this meet.

• Under Gender, choose Male Only, Female Only or Mixed Gender. At least one is required.
• Under Age, choose the age groups you need. You can pick more than one. At least one is required.
• Under Event, choose the events you need. You can pick more than one. At least one is required.
• Click on Create Event to create the event.
• And click on Create team to create the team. 
  • While clicking on it a new screen opens where you add the athletes who will make up the team.

Step 5: Add your members

Select the Add button in front of each athlete you want in the team. As you add them they move to the top of the screen, each with a Remove button so you can take anyone out again if you pick the wrong athlete.

Select Save. The team is saved and now appears in the team list on the Team Events screen.

Changing a Team Later

Once a team has been saved you can still change it. There are two routes, depending on what you want to change.

Adding or removing members

Under Team Events, select Members or Edit in front of the team. You can add more athletes or remove ones already in the team.

Editing the team's details

Under the team list, select Edit in front of the team to change the team's own details rather than its members.

For intstructions on how an invited centre can nominate into team events, click here.