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  • Available when a superadmin enables Bonspiels for your club. Without it the Bonspiel choice does not appear in the program editor (CCM clubs ran bonspiels as ordinary leagues, and still can).
  • Three formats: Double knockout (A and B events) — drawn in full up front, Triple knockout (A, B and C events) — drawn round by round, and Schenkel — every team plays every round, no elimination. There is no single-knockout or round-robin bonspiel format.
  • A bonspiel is a program, so it has the usual registration, price, capacity and waiver settings — but entries are teams, not individuals.
  • New view only; there is no classic twin for the Bonspiel tab.
Create one from Registrations → Leagues → Add League by setting Type to Bonspiel (teams enter as units, knockout draw). It then gets a Bonspiel tab on its detail page with four summary tiles — Teams entered, Events drawn, Games played, Champions — and four cards:
  • Teams — Team, Skip, Roster, Entry, Division. Teams arrive through online registration, or you can Add team by hand (this records no fee).
  • Draw — pick the Format, review What will be drawn, Adjust seeding, then Draw bonspiel (double knockout) or Draw round 1 (triple knockout and Schenkel).
  • Schedule — First draw date, First draw time, Minutes between draws, Fill from start, Save schedule: this places games on dates, times and sheets.
  • Brackets — click a game to enter its result; Schenkel shows a Running table (W-L-T, Pts, Ends, LSD).
Once scheduled, bonspiel games behave like league games: they appear on the Draws tab, the public schedule, Today’s Ice and the rink TV board, with undecided sides shown as Winner of … / Loser of …. Related: How do I draw a bonspiel? · How do I enter bonspiel results? · How do I create a league? · What shows on the board?