Before you start

The scorer runs in any browser — Chrome, Safari, Edge, Firefox — on a phone, tablet, or laptop. No install. There are two ways in:

• The hosted app at gtpscorer.app — the normal way. Open the site and it asks for your hunt key (see below). One key unlocks one hunt.
• A single emailed file — used for demos and pilots. Double-tap it and you're running; no key needed.

The flow of a hunt, top to bottom: Setup → Judges → Hounds → score all day on SCORE ENTRY → check STANDINGS → enter BENCH SHOW → print everything from PRINT. The tabs across the top run left-to-right in roughly that order.

Hunt Setup ↑ top

You land here when you open the app. Fill it in once, before the hunt.

1. Hunt Name — e.g. 2026 Tar River Classic. Prints on every sheet.
2. Date — for a multi-day hunt fill in both boxes (start and end); the second box only shows when the hunt is more than one day. The range prints on every sheet.
3. Location / Pen.
4. Number of Days — pick 1 Day / 2 Days / 3 Days, or + Add for a 4th. You can add a day mid-hunt if the format changes. The Standard runs one-day hunts — it starts on 1 Day and you'll normally leave it there.
5. Class Days (multi-day hunts) — set how many days Derby runs; All Age always runs the full hunt. Default is 2 on a 3-day hunt (All Age 3, Derby 2). If a Derby hound later gets scored on a day Derby doesn't run, the app warns you and flags it for review — see the Faults & Fixing sections. AFHA note: AFHA Derby stakes run the full trial — set Class Days equal to the number of days.
6. Classes (this hunt) — The Standard's classes are yours to define per hunt. Add or remove classes on the Classes card: a single open class, Puppy / Derby, two puppy classes, Derby / All Age — whatever this hunt runs. Optionally give each class a hound-number block (the #s from–to boxes, e.g. Derby 0–199, All Age 200–999). With blocks set, typing a hound's number picks its class automatically at entry. Set the blocks to whatever this hunt uses — they're never the same hunt to hunt.
7. Classes are automatic — male numbers are even, female numbers are odd (the VOBA convention). There is nothing to set up: typing a hound's number picks Male or Female by itself.
8. Start & end time per day — to the minute, 24-hour time. If the cast is 06:02, enter 06:02, not 6:00. Interval throw-outs calculate off the exact time you enter, so this matters.
9. Night hunt that runs past midnight? Enter the real clock times — start 22:00, end 02:00 is fine. When the end time is earlier than the start, the app knows the day crosses midnight: scores entered after midnight (00:30) belong to the same night, sort after the pre-midnight ones, and intervals measure correctly across 12:00 AM (a 23:58 and a 00:01 crossing are 3 minutes apart, not 24 hours). Both boxes must be filled for this to work — a start time alone can't tell the app the hunt runs overnight.
10. Speed & Drive interval — see the box below.
11. Speed & Drive format — Standard (35-30-25-20, then 15 pack score for every hound 5th & back) or GTP5 (35-30-25-20-15-10-5 for 1st–7th, 8th & back score 0). Set it to whatever this hunt runs.Speed & Drive format — locked to AFHA's Top 7 ladder: 35-30-25-20-15-10-5 by position within class, 8th & back score 0. Each class scores its own top 7, so two classes on one crossing can score up to 14 dogs. Nothing to set.
12. Tiebreaker (this hunt) — hunts differ, so pick the rule this hunt breaks ties by: Placement count-back (the default — most 1st-place crossings, then most 2nds, and so on) or Latest time scored (the hound with the later last kept S&D score wins). The standings, tags, and prints all follow whichever you pick — see the Standings section.

When setup is done, tap Next → Register Judges.

Register Judges ↑ top

1. Type the judge's full name.
2. Leave Judge # blank to auto-assign, or set your own. That number is how you'll pick the judge fast during scoring — you type the number instead of scrolling a list.
3. Optionally add location / address, phone, and pick a role: Field Judge, Master of Hounds, Home Plate Judge, Trial President.
4. Tap + Add Judge. Repeat for each judge.

The roster shows each judge with their number, role, location, phone, and a live scores-logged count. Remove one with the × (you'll confirm). Tap Next → Enter Hounds when done.

Scan Sign-In Sheet (optional shortcut)

If your judges signed in on a paper sheet, don't retype it. Tap Take Photo or Upload Image of the sign-in sheet and it reads each judge's number, name, address, and phone. Always review what it read before adding — fix any misreads in the list, then tap Add All Judges. It skips any judge already registered by name, and if a judge number on the sheet is already in use it assigns a fresh one. Roles come in as Field Judge — change any that aren't afterward.

Enter Hounds ↑ top

1. Enter the hound's number (the painted number) and name — both required.
2. Optionally add Kennel / Owner, Owner City + State, Sire, and Dam. City/State print with the final results.
3. Pick the class: All Age or Derby. This is set per hound and is what the scoring uses — it is not guessed from the number.
4. Class: Male or Female — set automatically from the number (even = Male, odd = Female, per VOBA rules). Watch the buttons flip as you type. You shouldn't need to touch them.
5. Class: the buttons show this hunt's classes (whatever you set up on Hunt Setup). If you gave the classes number blocks, typing the number snaps the class automatically — watch the buttons flip as you type. A number outside every block falls back to whichever button is selected.
6. One Day Option: set Yes / No — is this hound in the paid Day-1 Speed & Drive pot? It defaults to Yes (most hounds are in). See the One Day Option section.
7. Tap + Add Hound. Hounds sort by number automatically.

Scan Entry Sheet (optional shortcut)

Instead of typing, tap Take Photo or Upload Image of a handwritten entry sheet. It reads each hound's number, name, kennel/owner, registration, sire/dam, and class, and One Day Option. Always review what it read before adding — including the 1-Day Option Yes/No toggle on each hound (it defaults to Yes, so just flip the few that are out to No right in the list — no accepting then editing later). Then it fills the list for you. Tap Next → Score Entry when the field is full.

Scoring — the four things you're trackingSpeed & Drive only ↑ top

At the top of SCORE ENTRY, first pick the Day you're scoring. Then you're recording one of four things — the app keeps each one differently, automatically. You never do this math; just enter what the judge calls.

VOBO scores one thing: Speed & Drive crossings.The Standard scores one thing: Speed & Drive crossings. There is no Hunting, Trailing, or Endurance — the whole hunt is the crossings, and a hound's total is simply its kept S&D points. Points per crossing run 35 / 30 / 25 / 20, then 15 for 5th and back, by position within class (or the GTP5 ladder if this hunt runs that format — see Hunt Setup). Everything else on Score Entry — judges, times, ghosts, faults — works the same as described in the next sections.

Recording a Speed & Drive crossing ↑ top

This is what you'll do most. On SCORE ENTRY, the S&D CROSSING button is selected by default.

1. Set the Judge — type their number (fastest) or pick from the list.
2. Enter the crossing Time (24-hour, e.g. 05:11).
3. Enter hound numbers in finishing order, 1st on down — one per slot. As you type, the hound's name and the points it'll earn show on the right.
4. Press Enter (or tap Record Crossing).

Points are set automatically by position within each class: 1st = 35, 2nd = 30, 3rd = 25, 4th = 20, 5th and back = 15 (or 15/10/5 then 0 under GTP5).Points are set automatically by position within each class: 1st = 35 down to 7th = 5; 8th and back score 0. Each class scores its own top 7 — a crossing with both classes can score up to 14 dogs. The app warns you if you enter the same hound twice in one crossing.

Hunting & Trailing scores ↑ top

Tap HUNT / TRAIL mode for individual scores (one hound at a time).

1. Pick Category: Hunting or Trailing.
2. Enter the Time.
3. Enter the Hound # — its name shows as confirmation.
4. Pick Points and the Judge.
5. Tap Record Score.

Remember the app keeps the best Hunting score per hour and the best Trailing score per 20 minutes — so logging two in the same window won't double-count; the higher one wins.

On HGA-format hunts, remember the keep rules: the app keeps the latest Hunting score in each hunting hour (capped by that hour's escalating max — 10/15/20/25/30) and the latest Trailing score in each hour (capped at 30). Logging two in the same hour won't double-count; the later one wins. Just enter every call — the app does the keeping.

Remember the AFHA keep rules: hunting keeps up to one score per 20-minute block (three blocks an hour), each capped by the hour's max — 10/15/20/25/30 for hours 1–5 — and a hound keeps at most one hunting score per hour from any single judge (scores from different judges in the same hour all count). Trailing keeps the best score per 20 minutes. Enter every approved call — the app does the keeping. Per AFHA procedure, hunting scores are approved at the daily judges' meeting before they're entered.

Running alone & the judge's-discretion override ↑ top

A hound that is the only one of its class on a crossing is "running a fox alone" and is capped at 20 points.A hound that crosses completely alone — no other hound of any class — is "running a fox alone" and is capped at 20 points. A lone Derby crossing with All Age company is not alone: everyone scores positionally within class (the rulebook's own example gives that Derby 35).A hound that crosses completely alone — no other hound of either sex — is "running a rabbit alone" and is capped at 20 points. A lone female crossing with males is not alone: she scores positionally within her own class (1st female = 35). The app applies this automatically when you save a genuine solo.

Ghost dogs — when you can't read a number ↑ top

Numbers are painted on the hounds and paint wears off over a hunt. If a judge clearly sees a dog cross in a position but can't read its number, use a ghost to hold that spot.

1. In the crossing, in the slot where the unknown dog finished, type ghost instead of a number.
2. If you know the dog's class (even though you can't read the number), pin it by typing ghost plus the class — ghost derby or ghost all ageghost male or ghost femaleghost plus the first letters of the class, e.g. ghost d for Derby, ghost p for Puppy.
3. Record the crossing as normal.

Resolving a ghost later

When the dog gets identified, look at the purple "Ghost Entries to Resolve" card on SCORE ENTRY. It lists every open ghost with its day, time, judge (number and name), and position. Tap the ✎ pencil to open that crossing and replace the ghost with the real hound number. You can also Print the open-ghost list to chase down numbers between casts.

Faults, probation & scratches ↑ top

Faults are logged in the Record a Fault / Scratch panel on SCORE ENTRY. Log each fault as a judge calls it — enter the hound #, the fault, the judge, the time, and the day, then tap Record Fault. The app decides whether that's enough to scratch the hound.

Fixing mistakes ↑ top

• Edit a score — tap the ✎ pencil next to it in the recorded list. You can change category, time, hound, points, judge, and day. (This is also where the running-alone override lives.)
• Edit a crossing — tap the ✎ on any recorded crossing to fix the order or swap a ghost for a real number.
• Delete an entire crossing — tap the ✎ to open the crossing, then tap the red Delete Crossing button. It removes every score and ghost in that crossing at once (you'll confirm first). Use this when a whole crossing was entered in error — no need to delete each dog one by one.
• Delete one score — tap the × next to a score or fault.
• Undo — after any change, an Undo bar appears at the bottom. It rolls back the last add, delete, or edit.

Finding a score fast — filter the recorded list

When a judge says "let me check my call around 8 o'clock," you don't have to scroll the whole list. On the recorded-scores card (Score Entry tab):

• Show: Speed & Drive (crossings, the default), Hunting, or Trailing. Pick Hunting or Trailing to see every one of those scores in one place — the easiest way to check hunting/trailing against the judges' sheets.
• Judge: pick a judge to see only their entries, earliest-first. Hit Clear (or All judges) to go back.

Tap the ✎ on any row to review or fix it.

Standings & special awards ↑ top

On STANDINGS, hounds are ranked by Grand Total PointsSpeed & Drive points (the app calls them simply Points), always within one class — the classes are separate competitions, so there is no combined view. Use the class toggle buttons to switch between Male and Female; the button for a class with no hounds entered is hidden, and a single-class hunt just shows its one class. Tap a hound to expand its day-by-day breakdown (Hunting, Trailing, S&D, Endurance). Standings show the Top 40.

Special awards (one hound each)

Enter the winning hound numbers for Best Mouth, Classiest Hound, Best In Show, and Best Opposite Sex — separately for Derby and All Age. Leave blank any you're not awarding.

One Day Option ↑ top

The 1-DAY OPTION tab is a separate paid side pot, scored on Day 1 Speed & Drive onlyDay 1 GTP points. Hounds opt in when you enter them (defaults to Yes). It's ranked and paid out on its own, independent of the overall standings.

• Per class. Like the standings, it's ranked separately — use the All Age / Derby toggle. Each class is its own pot.
• Day 1 Speed & Drive only. Only the kept Day-1 S&D points count — no Hunting, Trailing, Endurance, or later days.
• Day 1 GTP points. The whole Day-1 score counts — kept S&D + Hunting + Trailing plus that day's endurance bonus. Later days never count.
• Only hounds in the option appear (the ones set to Yes on entry). Hounds set to No are left out.
• Scratched hounds stay in. The pot is settled on Day 1, so a scratch later in the hunt does not remove a hound from the One Day Option result — its Day-1 run still stands.
• Top 40 shown per class, so the list covers however deep the payout runs that day.

Print it from the Print button on the tab, or from the PRINT tab (pick the class).

Bench Show ↑ top

On BENCH SHOW, enter the hound number for each bench placement, ranked separately by class (Derby / All Age) and sex (Male / Female), about 1–10 each. Leave a spot blank if it's not used. This feeds the Combination Award.

Printing — what each sheet is for ↑ top

Most printouts live on the PRINT tab; Standings and Bench Show print from their own tabs. Every sheet carries the hunt name, date, location, and judges. On VOBOThe Standard every sheet is Speed & Drive only — no empty Hunting/Trailing/Endurance columns anywhere.

End-of-day routine ↑ top

1. Resolve any open ghosts you've since identified.
2. Print the Leaderboard and/or judge sheets and verify against the judges' paper.
3. Fix anything off with the ✎ pencil.
4. On HUNT SETUP, tap Download Hunt to save a backup file for the day.
5. If you have signal, open the ☁ Cloud Sync panel on HUNT SETUP and tap Sync Now — see the box below.
6. Charge the device overnight and bring a battery pack for the next day.

Quick reference cards ↑ top