A club is the entity that organizes one or more championships of tourneys. It can also have a list of associated players.
A club may also be a national federation, which usually coordinates the clubs of a particular country. Often the international tourneys are hosted by this or that federation in turn and usually it is mandatory for a player to be affiliated with a particular federation before she can participate to an event.
Each club has a description, that must be unique: there cannot be two distinct clubs with the same description.
The nationality, the web site URL and the email are optional. The latter may be used to send email messages to the responsible of the club.
A club may be marked as a federation: to be accepted at international events it is often mandatory for a player to be affiliated with a national federation.
The coupling method and the prize-giving method are used as default values when new championships are added to the club.
The emblem field may contain the name of an image file (either a .png, a .gif, or .jpg) that will printed on the Badges. Although it will be scaled as needed, it’s recommended to put there a reasonably sized logo (the application imposes a 256Kb limit).