For martial arts tournament organizers

Run your tournament on time.

Bowin takes a club or regional martial arts tournament from the entry spreadsheet to published results: registration, divisions, brackets, ring schedules and scoring in one place, built for the event day.

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The Bowin ring board: each ring's divisions in running order, with what is up next and how far each ring is behind. — The ring board on event day. Invented example data.

The event-day problem

Tournaments are lost on the day, not in the bracket.

Bracket software is easy to find. What organizers tell us costs them their next event is losing control of the day: rings running late, the delay cascading, and families who waited all day deciding not to come back.

Running late

One ring backs up while another sits idle.

Nobody at the head table can see it, and moving a division to another ring means rewriting paper. Bowin shows every ring's queue, how far it is behind, and moves a division in one action, warning you if a competitor would be in two places at once.

Late entries and thin divisions

The night before, the brackets break.

Late registrations, no-shows and a division of one force merges that look unfair. Bowin suggests divisions from your rules, checks the age, weight and belt spread before you merge, and slots a late entrant into an open place without a full redraw.

Paper fallback

When the software fails, the day falls apart.

Many events still run on printed brackets, and they should be able to. Bowin prints bracket sheets and each ring's running order from the same data, so paper is a plan, not a panic.

"When is my kid up?"

Parents ask the head table all day.

Publish results when you choose. Families follow brackets and placings on their phones for free, and children appear by first name and last initial by default.

How it works

From your spreadsheet to the podium.

Bring your entries as they are.

Import the Excel or CSV file you already use, or open online registration where parents and coaches enter several children at once and agree to your waiver. Fix problem rows before they land, and save a half-finished import to come back to.

The online registration form on a phone, asking for the competitor's name, school, belt and events. — Online registration on a phone. Invented example data.

Divisions you can explain to a coach.

Set your rules once: age bands, weight classes, belt groups and the smallest division you will run. Bowin suggests divisions grouped by age band, flags the small ones and shows who would move where before you commit.

Suggested divisions grouped by age band, with the number of competitors in each and small divisions flagged. — Suggested divisions, ready to review. Invented example data.

Score at the ring, publish for families.

Scorekeepers see only what scoring needs. Winners advance automatically, byes are handled, and patterns can run as a scored final or head to head. When you publish, families see the brackets and placings with no account and no paywall.

Public results on a phone: the organizer's name, a division's bracket and the champion. — Public results carry your name, not ours. Invented example data.

Set up your next event today.

Create your organization, invite your staff and import your entries. See current pricing.

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