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No Backache for Sydneysiders
posted: 19 May 2009 Sydney's keenest half marathoners enjoyed a rare treat at the end of The Sun-Herald Half Marathon this past weekend. At the conclusion of the challenging two-lap city centre course, weary athletes did not have to crouch down on cramping legs to remove their timing tag because, for the first time in Australasia, custom IPICO tags were being used.
They're off - 10,500 custom IPICO tags hit the streets of Sydney
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The absence of a tag recovery area allowed race organisers to cope with ever increasing numbers for Australia's premier half marathon in the beautiful but confined Albert Park finish area. Athletes also enjoyed an attractive memento of their achievement.
Almost 10,500 runners registered to race in what is now comfortably Australasia's largest half marathon event. The two lap route of downtown Sydney takes in some of the city's most famous landmarks, including passing under the Sydney Harbour Bridge and taking in an out-and-back section through the domain to Mrs Macquarie's Chair.
Timing Sports captured athletes times at the start and finish and also the 10km and 20km split points - the first time such detailed runner information has been captured for a half marathon in Australia. Athletes who logged on to the online results were provided with pacing information and 10km splits - a huge additional boon only available thanks to Timing Sports extensive investment in next generation IPICO dual frequency timing systems.
The Sydney Morning Herald Half Marathon tag
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About Timing Sports
Timing Sports provide electronic race timing services to almost all of Australasia's major running events including the Sun-Herald City2Surf fun run in Sydney (the World's largest electronically timed running event with over 70,000 participants), the Gold Coast Marathon (22,000 athletes and the largest full marathon field in Australasia), Bridge to Brisbane (40,000 - largest event in Queensland), Perth City to Surf (40,000 - largest event in Western Australia), Run For the Kids in Melbourne (30,000 - largest event in Victoria) and the Auckland Marathon (13,000 - largest event in New Zealand). For more information, visit www.timingsports.com. :: back :: |
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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