Background

Background to SM
The first program developed was Senior Men, SM version 1.0 was devised by the author in 1992 as a result of difficulties observed and experienced as an athlete in a travelling British League team. The prime experience being the wait for final match results at the end of the meeting. Looking at other leagues the situation was frequently worse with teams often leaving without knowing the final match result. Results were often not received until several days later where there was considerable variation in the reproductive quality.

SM was devised with the main intention of removing this delay and creating a standard for match results production. The process to do this optimises the format of final match results for all leagues/divisions and removes the last minute rush to produce a final set of results.

This was trailed with BAL in 1993 and extended to the Northern mens league over the next two years where usage grew throughout the 1990's. Programs were made available for equivalent Midland, Southern, Welsh and Scottish mens league thereafter. The Northern (2004) and Midlands (2008) programs have been replaced by new programs which now include womens events.

Background to SW
Development of Senior Women, SW, has been parallel to that of SM from version 1.0. SW was originally withheld due to on going changes in league structure and events throughtout the 1990's. SW was made available from 2001 for UKWAL and the NWL from 2003.

Background to SA
The Senior Athletes, SA, program was developed to meet the needs of the change to joint men and womens teams in the Northern League from 2004. From 2008 the program supports the Midland senior men and women League

Background to JA
The Junior Athletes, JA, program was developed to meet the needs of the change to mixed gender teams in the National Junior League from 2006. As a result Junior Men (JM), Junior Women (JW) are obsolete from 2005 and no longer available.

Background to Knockout Men/Women (KM/KW)
These programs ran as pilots in 1994 primarily for the NoE, where usage has increased over seasons. BAL coverage was included at the start along with all the features of the senior programs where appropriate in 1997. KM and KW were adapted in 2007 for the new BAL cup competion.

Background to Knockout Athletes (KA)
This program was developed in 2003 to replace KM/KW where mens and womens teams score as one team. In 2004 has replaced KM/KW for the North of England and BAL. All the features of KM/KW are present.

Background to Young Athletes (YA)
This program was developed to meet the needs of the change for mixed boys and girls teams in 2003.

Background to YB/YG/RW
Development of YB, YG and RW began in 1994. All piloted in 1995, but due to ongoing event developments in the leagues were not made available. All offered nearly all the features of the senior programs with the appropriate age group where required. YB and YG are no longer available due to the merging of the boys and grils league in 2004 and have been replaced by YA. As a result Young Boys (YB), Young Girls (YG) are obsolete from 2004 and no longer available.

Background to Team Manager programs
Team Manager programs were created in 2003. These are intented to reduce and hopefully eliminate the delay in entering team declarations by having a club/team manager enter their team prior to arriving at the venue, via USB on the day or email before the match. There is an equivalent Team Manager program for all match programs. Over time these will be modified or enhanced to meet the requirements of users.



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