History
The scrutineering computer program scrutelle was written under the direction of
Estelle Grassby and was first released in 2002
The scrutelle system provides all that is required in order to scrutineer a competition,
with a core module to process the judges marks and determine the recalls and final
results. There are extra modules to manage the whole competition and to post-process
the final results
The birth of scrutelle was the natural sequel to the publishing of The A-Z of
Scrutineering. This book was produced as a consequence of a request made by
the BDC to Estelle to update the available literature on the Skating System and
ancillary rules appertaining to the scrutineering systems to be applied at all
Ballroom Dancing events held under the auspices of the BDC The same rules apply
worldwide
scrutelle has been used at many competitions within the UK and abroad including the International and
United Kingdom Championships and has been used at the Blackpool Dance Festival since 2002
scrutelle Version 8 brought additional functionality including presentation
of placing and ranking values in a format that will facilitate data transfer to
the various ranking systems in use within the dancesport world
There were also improved facilities to upload results to the web for presentation
in a format that can be customised to match the look and feel of the promoter
organisation website
scrutelle Version 9 implements VB.NET, which Microsoft are committed to supporting for beyond the forseeable future
The general structure is basically similar to V8, except that the opportunity has been taken to make some re-arangement of the modules.
For example, Marksheet printing has been moved from CM to the main scrutelle program, together with the new Tablet Control Panel.
VB.NET has many advantages. Not only is the code more robust and easier to maintain, but it means that the scrutelle installation procedure
is much simpler than before. It has also made it possible to introduce many improvements in the user interface
scrutelle is recommended by the World Dance Council and we have developed a
way of transmitting the ranking results produced by RM back to WDC for inclusion
in their ranking systems
