1. An athletics club, Progress Harriers, organises a monthly competition. The competition includes a variety of sporting events.

The results of the competition are posted on the club website and sent to all competitors as an email attachment.

Progress Harriers uses a database to store and process data such as event results, club event records and the

contact details of each competitor. The database is stored on a laptop. The database is protected by a

password.

At the start of each monthly competition, the laptop is used by club officials to record the names of the

competitors in a database table.

During each competition, a desk is set up at the side of the events field where the competition is being held. The

results of each sporting event are brought by club officials to the desk. This data on the position and time for

each competitor is input into the database using the laptop.

Progress Harriers uses a database to process data about the competition results.

Explain two reasons why Progress Harriers would use a database rather than a spreadsheet to record event results, club event records and the contact details of each competitor.​