Competition Corner's default registration form captures the standard information needed to process athletes for your event. If you need to collect anything beyond that — dietary requirements, experience levels, or anything specific to your event — you can add custom fields to your registration form.
How to Create a Custom Registration Field
From your event dashboard, navigate to Registration > Custom Registration Fields
Click Create New Custom Field
Fill in the field details (see below)
Save your field
Your custom field will appear on the registration form for athletes to complete when they sign up.
Field Configuration
Field Name
The label athletes will see on the registration form. Be clear and specific — for example, "Emergency Contact Phone Number" rather than "Phone."
Apply To
Choose whether the field applies to:
Individuals — the field appears for individual athlete registrations
Teams — the field appears for team registrations
Both — the field appears for all registration types
Required or Optional
Set whether athletes must complete the field before they can proceed through registration, or whether it's optional.
Field Type
Choose the type of input that best suits the information you're collecting:
Field Type | Best used for |
Text | Short open-ended responses — names, affiliations, links |
Text Area | Longer open-ended responses — notes, descriptions |
Date | Date inputs — date of birth, membership expiry |
Time | Time inputs — preferred start time, check-in window |
Number | Whole number inputs — age, jersey number |
Decimal | Decimal number inputs — body weight, qualifying scores |
Select | Single choice from a dropdown list |
Multi-Select | Multiple choices from a list — selecting multiple preferences |
Checkbox | A single yes/no tick — acknowledgements, opt-ins |
Radio Button | Single choice from visible options — yes/no, preference A/B/C |
Division Visibility Conditions
You can control which divisions see a custom field by setting visibility conditions. This means a field can be shown to athletes registering in specific divisions and hidden from others — useful when a question is only relevant to certain categories of your event.
Good to Know
Custom fields appear on the registration form in the order you create them — you can reorder them as needed
For team events, the default registration form already collects teammate information (name, email, affiliate, apparel size) — there is no need to create custom fields to capture this
Custom fields can be added or updated at any time, including after registration has opened
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