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Clay shooting glossary

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The terms that appear on the screens, explained in plain language.

The match

Match: The whole event: one date, one location, a set of athletes and of rounds.
Modality: COMPAK, Skeet, Trap or Sporting. It defines the station layout the system suggests when you create the match.
Draft: The match while it is being built. It does not show up for athletes, does not accept results and publishes nothing.
Wizard: The step by step that builds the match: details, rounds, squads, judges and registrations. It can be interrupted and resumed.

Round: A full turn of the squad through the stations. A match usually has several, and the athlete total is the sum of them.
Station: The shooting spot within the round. Each position has a number of clays.
Clay: Each planned shot. On the screen it is a box you tap: broken becomes X, not broken stays O.
Strip: The sequence of marks of an athlete in the round — their line on the score sheet.
Squad: The group that shoots together, usually five shooters. It is the unit the judge scores in one go.
Firing order: The athlete's place within the squad.
Double: Two clays in the air for the same shooter, who has two shots. Each clay counts on its own: the double ends 0, 1 or 2. See details.
Count-back: Reading the strip backwards to undo a tie on the total. The system does it on its own, with nobody going back to the stand.
Shoot-off: A field tie-break, when not even the count-back settles it: the tied athletes go back to the stand, usually for 5 doubles. It does not add to the score — it only decides the place.
Sudden death: The continuation of the shoot-off when the tie holds: one double at a time, and the first to miss loses.

Judge (scorer): Whoever marks the clays and signs the round. Signs in with the club code, username and password.
Front desk / staff: Whoever organises: builds the match, handles registrations and payments, publishes the results.
Class: The level or group the athlete competes in, according to the club catalogue.
Category: Another cut of the standings (for example, by age or by a club management group).

PIN: The athlete's short password in the match. It is what they use to accept the result of their round — the signature on the sheet.
Closing the round: The judge signs after everyone has checked. From then on the round becomes a result and enters the scoreboard.
Station-by-station acceptance: The mode where the athlete confirms each station as it ends, instead of signing everything at the end.
No-PIN exception: Release from the front desk to close the round without the athlete signature, recorded with whoever authorised it.
Reopen: Bringing a signed round back to editing, stating reason and detail. It creates a new version and keeps the previous one.
Warning: Disciplinary record (safety, conduct, delay, equipment) tied to the station. It does not change the scoreboard.
History: The trail of what happened in the match: who changed what, when and why.

Match page: Public address with the details, the squad grid and the released links.
Big screen: Big-font version of the scoreboard that refreshes on its own — for the club TV.
Receipt: Registration document, ready to print, with the athlete, club and match details.
Score sheet: The traditional printed sheet, by round and squad, clay by clay.