Student programming contest The Ada Way

Ada-Europe, an international organization that promotes the knowledge and use of Ada in European academia, research, and industry, organizes an annual student programming contest, The Ada Way, to attract students and educators to Ada in a form that is both fun and instructive. The project theme for academic year 2010-2011 is 'Software simulator of a football (soccer) match'. The specifications for the contest includes that the software system shall support some features such as users must be able to play a single game, support for playing a series of matches, with fixtures and associated rules, is optional and can be omitted. The chosen variant of the game shall be configurable in all relevant parameters, allowing for any of 5-a-side, 7-a-side, and the canonical 11-a-side formats. The software must include a software core, whether centralized or distributed, implementing all of the logic of the simulation. The software core shall be programmed in Ada and the graphical panels can be programmed in any language that the participating teams will consider fit for purpose.