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Timing Sports utilise brand new RFID timing equipment from IPICO Sports as well as legacy digital systems from ChampionChip. Please read on to find out more about our timing equipment.
IPICO Sports
 Several years in development, the IPICO Sports dual frequency RFID system came of age in 2007 when it was used to successfully time 50,000 athletes at the Bolder Boulder in Colorado, USA. Despite teething problems in handling the deluge of athlete data, the system was such a success that the Bolder Boulder entered into a multi-year deal with IPICO Sports. Since then, the system has made significant sales throughout North and South America, Europe and Australasia and has been successfully deployed at many major events worldwide.
The IPICO system offers significant advantages for race organisers, including:
- Wider uninterrupted timing lines: two IPICO Elite readers can provide up to 19 metres width for major event start lines without the need to place any equipment in the middle of the line. Previously, Timing Sports start line capacity was limited to 8 metres of clear width. The new start line configuration will be used at the 2009 City to Surf and what a sight it will be!
- Attractive Timing Tag: compared to the ChampionChip, the IPICO IP-X RFID Tag is a thing of beauty. Slightly heavier than traditional plastic coated chips, the IPICO tag is a stiff, thin laminated plastic square, about half the size of a credit card, with four holes in it. The tag can be tied into shoe laces or secured to laces with twist ties. Custom tags make excellent collectables and many events are now offering this as additional sponsorship collateral with the added advantage of no chip retrieval at the finish line. Please contact us for pricing information for custom tags.
ChampionChip
 In addition to our new IPICO Systems, Timing Sports continues to own a significant inventory of legacy ChampionChip timing equipment. Still the benchmark for timing accuracy and reliability, our ChampionChip systems are tried and tested and will continue to be used at smaller events for the immediate future. Most of our ChampionChip digital timing systems have been with us for over three years now and they continue to perform excellently for events where their additional weight and smaller width is not an issue.
Seiko Digital Clock
Available in New Zealand only, we have a high visibility SEIKO race clock. The clock is available for hire only to Timing Sports timed events.
Hire: $250+gst per weekend. (plus freight, ex Palmerston North).
Inflatable Gantry
Our inflatable gantry offers an eye-catching four metre wide finish line which no one could miss! The gantry is available for hire only to Timing Sports timed events.
Hire: $250+gst per weekend (plus freight, ex Auckland).
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Who Are We?
Based in Auckland, New Zealand and Brisbane, Australia, Timing Sports employ state of the art RFID technologies to record, time and rank almost half a million athletes per year in many of the biggest sporting events in the world. We use next generation IPICO dual frequency systems as well as legacy ChampionChip digital equipment for a service offering of functionality and reliability that is without equal. |
 Live Internet Results |
 Timing Sports pioneered seamless integration of race results with live webcasts and can offer a mature and tested product for major events |
Did You Know?
Each year, in the course of four frenetic months, Timing Sports Australia time six of the eight largest events on the contintent ... all of them having over 25,000 entrants!
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 Results on an iPhone? Who Else ... |
 Another world first for timing sports. We now provide race organisers and commentators with iPhones which show live finisher data |
Did You Know?
Timing Sports NZ provide a turnkey timing and registration service for New Zealand's two largest electronically timed events; the Auckland Marathon and Wellington Round the Bays.
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 Live SMS Results |
 Timing Sports can send customised SMS text messages - virtually instantaneously - when an athlete crosses one of our timing locations |
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