iainmac1 Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 End of the day and my brain is fried. I run a Ross Shire school football tournament and was trying to complie the fixtures. We have 20 teams in it this year so groups of 5. I was trying to sort out the groups so that no one was off for too long and that no teams plays twice in a row and that no one sits out for more than two games at once. Not sure if there is a way but let's see if anyone here can spot a way I'm missing. So far I have- 1 v 3 4 v 5 2 v 3 1 v 4 3 v 5 1 v 2 2 v 5 3 v 4 1 v 5 2 v 4 As you can see I have team 2 playing twice in a row and team 4 sitting out for 3 games. Here's some problem solving for you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverbear Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 1 v 2 3 v 4 5 v 1 3 v 2 5 v 4 3 v 1 4 v 2 3 v 5 1 v 4 5 v 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainmac1 Posted December 9, 2015 Author Share Posted December 9, 2015 Thanks! Was driving me insane! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverbear Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 I used to be a competition secretary. I love that sort of thing - sad but true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainmac1 Posted March 15, 2017 Author Share Posted March 15, 2017 New year, new problem. We now have 30 teams in our main tournament which is amazing, almost every school in Ross Shire now takes part. We are looking to do a seperate girls tournament and have 7 entries for that. I could set up a third pitch which would make the fixtures easier but going to try and do it over two pitches to keep it all in together. Having one more team would make things very simple but with groups and knockout but with 7 I think I will just do one big league where everyone play everyone once. I can't find any fixture generators online that will let me inout this sort of data, 7 teams over 2 pitches. The fixtures would run roughly like this with 11 fixture sets. Fixture set 1. 1 v 2 3 v 4 with teams 5, 6 and 7 not playing. Fixture set 2. 5 v 6 7 v 1 with teams 2, 3 and 4 not playing etc. This is frying my brain far more than the one above. Ideally I would only like teams to sit out one game, maximum two. It also creates a problem of the last fixture set only having 1 game. Anyone know a generator that would help or can work this out!? Might just go with the 3 pitches which makes things far more simple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest flumax Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 13 minutes ago, iainmac1 said: New year, new problem. We now have 30 teams in our main tournament which is amazing, almost every school in Ross Shire now takes part. We are looking to do a seperate girls tournament and have 7 entries for that. I could set up a third pitch which would make the fixtures easier but going to try and do it over two pitches to keep it all in together. Having one more team would make things very simple but with groups and knockout but with 7 I think I will just do one big league where everyone play everyone once. I can't find any fixture generators online that will let me inout this sort of data, 7 teams over 2 pitches. The fixtures would run roughly like this with 11 fixture sets. Fixture set 1. 1 v 2 3 v 4 with teams 5, 6 and 7 not playing. Fixture set 2. 5 v 6 7 v 1 with teams 2, 3 and 4 not playing etc. This is frying my brain far more than the one above. Ideally I would only like teams to sit out one game, maximum two. It also creates a problem of the last fixture set only having 1 game. Anyone know a generator that would help or can work this out!? Might just go with the 3 pitches which makes things far more simple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest flumax Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 (edited) No split, playoffs, come on! Edited March 15, 2017 by flumax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainmac1 Posted March 15, 2017 Author Share Posted March 15, 2017 Fixture Set 1- 11.00am Cromarty v Ullapool Pitch 1 Park v Tarradale Pitch 2 Not playing- Avoch, Craighill, South Lodge Fixture Set 2- 11.15am Craighill v Avoch Pitch 1 South Lodge v Park Pitch 2 Not playing- Cromarty, Tarradale, Ullapool Fixture Set 3- 11.30am Avoch v Cromarty Pitch 1 Tarradale v Craighill Pitch 2 Not playing- Park, Ullapool, South Lodge Fixture Set 4- 11.45am Ullapool v Avoch Pitch 1 Craighill v South Lodge Pitch 2 Not playing- Tarradale, Park and Cromarty Fixture Set 5- 12.00pm Cromarty v Tarradale Pitch 1 Craighill v Park Pitch 2 Not playing- Avoch, South Lodge and Ullapool Fixture Set 6- 12.15pm Ullapool v Tarradale Pitch 1 Cromarty v South Lodge Pitch 2 Not playing- Park, Avoch and Craighill Fixture Set 7- 12.30pm Tarradale v Avoch Pitch 1 Park v Cromarty Pitch 2 Not playing- South Lodge, Ullapool and Craighill Fixture Set 8- 12.45pm Avoch v South Lodge Pitch 1 Ullapool v Park Pitch 2 Not playing- Tarradale, Cromarty and Craighill Fixture Set 9- 1.00pm South Lodge v Ullapool Pitch 1 Cromarty v Craighill Pitch 2 Not playing- Park, Avoch and Tarradale Fixture Set 10- 1.15pm South Lodge v Tarradale Pitch 1 Ullapool v Craighill Pitch 2 Not playing- Park, Avoch and Cromarty Fixture Set 11- 1.30pm Park v Avoch Pitch 1 Not playing- South Lodge, Ullapool and Craighill, Cromarty, Tarradale There are teams playing 3 games in a row and teams off 3 in a row! Surley there is a way to do it so that you are only playing or off a max of twice in a row! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibelieve!!! Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Just make sure Craighill wins! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainmac1 Posted March 15, 2017 Author Share Posted March 15, 2017 13 minutes ago, ibelieve!!! said: Just make sure Craighill wins! We will be looking for volunteer referees for the big tournament in May... 6 pitches and a 4 hour + tournament. Reckon I'll need 12 refs so people can have a break and rotate on their pitch. You're involved in football in Tain aren't you? Reckon there'd be any volunteers from your club to help out with your next generation of players? ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishcumnock Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 stick in a guest team younger boys or auld duffers ,simples,. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibelieve!!! Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 17 hours ago, iainmac1 said: We will be looking for volunteer referees for the big tournament in May... 6 pitches and a 4 hour + tournament. Reckon I'll need 12 refs so people can have a break and rotate on their pitch. You're involved in football in Tain aren't you? Reckon there'd be any volunteers from your club to help out with your next generation of players? ? PM me the details and I'll ask around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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