RACE RESULT 14 will always attempt to assign a participant to an Age Group, these Age Groups are used in the default Rankings and Outputs. 

By default each template contains some default Age Groups or these can be adjusted to your requirements. It is possible to define age groups individually for each Contest, or create up to 3 Age Group Sets if you require additional Age Group Scoring definitions. 

When setting Age Groups you should first define how the Age Groups should be calculated. 

• Date of Birth  - Enter specific date ranges for each Age Group
• Age on Event Date - Enter the age ranges which should be calculated according to the Event Date defined in the Basic Settings. 
• Age on 12/31 (Previous Year) - Age calculated on 31st December of the previous year, according to the Event Date.
• Age on 12/31 (Current Year) - Age calculated on 31st December of the year of the Event, according to the Event Date. 
• Age on Arbitrary Date - Define a specific date on which ages should be calculated.

Each Age Group should be given a Name and can be assigned to a specific gender, or all genders. Each Age Group additionally has an ID however this is automatically assigned and cannot be edited. 

If copying an Event file from a previous year you can increase and decrease the Age Groups by 1 year at a time in the edit button, this is useful when using entry by Date of Birth.