Members will now Join the Draw within 30 minutes of timesheet open and be allocated a ticket with a position number in a virtual queue when the countdown timer reaches zero. Check the images below.<\/p>\n
The ‘Lottery’ will send the first\u00a0five members into the timesheet to make a booking, all others will get a ticket in the queue to enter the timesheet when those ahead have completed their booking. \u00a0This may add a few minutes to the booking experience for those not in the first 5.<\/p>\n
Members Lottery Booking on a Computer<\/strong><\/p>\n Member enters draw via fixtures list and clicks Join Draw Timesheet opens and member is first in line<\/p>\n Booking as per usual process<\/p>\n Member Lottery Booking on a Mobile phone via Mobile Website<\/strong><\/p>\n Member enters draw via fixture list by selecting Details button<\/p>\n Member awaiting the timesheet opening<\/p>\n After timer reaches zero, members are placed in a queue for the lottery<\/p>\n When member is granted access to timesheet, bookings are made as per usual<\/p>\n Advantages of the Lottery system are:<\/strong><\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 No more fastest click wins\u00a0<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Your device or internet speed will not affect your entry in the draw<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Random draw for all<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fairer for all as resembles a traditional members draw here at the club<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 There’s less chance you will be rejected with ‘Row Taken’ How to use the Lottery system:<\/strong><\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Members should select \u2018Join Draw\u2019 within 30 minutes of the timesheet opening. The schedule of opening times is provided below.\u00a0<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Entries close 10 seconds before the ballot is drawn\u00a0<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 When the timer hits 00:00 the first five participants drawn in the lottery go into the timesheet to make a booking. All other members will get a ticket in the queue to enter the timesheet when those ahead have completed their booking.\u00a0<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 By only allowing 5 members in the timesheet at a time, members have a far better chance of selecting an available tee time. A member that has access to the timesheet has 60 seconds to select a teetime before the next person in the queue is admitted to the timesheet. Once the member selects a tee time, they have three minutes to complete a booking.<\/p>\n Day of Play<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n Book on<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n Lottery Opens \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Saturday<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Tuesday night 7.00 pm<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Tuesday night 6.30 pm<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Sunday<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Tuesday night 8.00 pm<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Tuesday night 7.30 pm \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Monday<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Thursday night 7.00 pm<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Thursday night 6.30 pm<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Tuesday<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Thursday night 7.00 pm<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Thursday night 6.30 pm<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Wednesday<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Sunday night 7.00 pm<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Sunday night 6.30 pm<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Thursday<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Monday night 7.00 pm<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Monday night 6.30 pm<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Friday<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Monday night 7.00 pm<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Monday night 6.30 pm<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n \u00a0<\/strong>Frequently Asked Questions<\/strong> Due to the popularity of our timesheets and as we have received a significant amount of member feedback on booking a round, the Match Committee have elected to implement a new ‘Lottery’ feature for the booking system. This will be implemented for the timesheet for golf on Saturday 10th of June, which opens to Members… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1436,"featured_media":25779,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[41,29,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gsc-pro","category-guests-news","category-latest-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.springvalleygolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.springvalleygolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.springvalleygolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.springvalleygolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1436"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.springvalleygolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25774"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.springvalleygolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25867,"href":"https:\/\/www.springvalleygolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25774\/revisions\/25867"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.springvalleygolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.springvalleygolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.springvalleygolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.springvalleygolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.springvalleygolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/lot1-1.png\")
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A. <\/strong>No sorry you will have to wait until the random lottery of members that also select Join Draw.
Q. When can I select Join Draw?<\/strong>
A. <\/strong>For PC users up to 30 minutes before timesheet opening. ie between 10 seconds and 30 minutes prior.
Q. I have a slow internet speed, will I miss out?<\/strong>
A.<\/strong>\u00a0No you have as much chance as everyone that enters the draw
Q. Previously I would get constantly get \u2018Row Locked by Another User\u2019 and that was frustrating.<\/strong>
A.<\/strong>\u00a0There are now only up to five members in the timesheet when it is your turn to book, if you were lucky you will have the whole timesheet to select. If not lucky you will be able to select the remaining available rows without being rejected.
Q. I\u2019m on a mobile device I can’t see Join Draw<\/strong>
A.\u00a0<\/strong>For mobile device users that have the optimised mobile website just select the timesheet and as long as you are within the 30 minutes of the draw closing you have Joined Draw
Q. I\u2019ve heard members using multiple devices and browsers to better their chance of getting a ticket in the draw.
A.<\/strong>\u00a0Before the lottery that was possible, not fair on others though. Now you can only Join Draw once, try it more than once and you or they might not get a ticket in the draw.
Q. Can I stay in and add more players after I have added my group.
A.<\/strong>\u00a0No you only get one ticket and group to book and there are others in the queue so please be mindful of your fellow members
Q. I got to number 1 in the queue then it pushed me way back, what happened?<\/strong>
A. T<\/b>his usually happens when someone is trying to log in on multiple devices, or get around the system with multi log ins.\u00a0 It doesn’t work.\u00a0 Granted, there may be unseen computer issues, and generally all browsers and devices all work in weird ways – you may have jumped on too early and your session timed out or your browser\/device wasn\u2019t compatible. We find lottery works best using the Google Chrome browser or clear your browsing history and start afresh next time. The browsers save cookies and try and use those cookies to load pages faster. Sometimes those cookies are older versions of the system.
Q. How long do I have to select a time?<\/strong>
A.\u00a0<\/strong>You have 60 seconds to select a tee time before the next person comes in, so the quicker you select a time the better your chances of getting a preferred time.
Q. How long do I have to complete a booking?
A.\u00a0<\/strong>You have three minutes to complete the booking of yourself and\/or playing partners.
Q. Can I use my playing partners and default list to book partners?<\/strong>
A.<\/strong>\u00a0Yes, no change there but if your club has only two names per time you will need to remove two names from the default playing group.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"