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Record Winter Tour Ends
posted: 24 September 2009 Timing Sports’ six month long tour of the biggest and brightest running events in Australia came to an end this past weekend at the Sydney Running Festival, the traditional curtain closer for the winter fun run season.
Sydney once again turned on a spectacular day of sunshine and warm temperatures with record numbers across all events. For the first time in its history, the “house full” sign was erected on three of the four events during race week as the limited bridge closure window just couldn’t accommodate any more. Those lucky enough to compete, however, enjoyed what must be one of the most stunning race finishes anywhere in the world, completing their 4k, 9k, half marathon or full marathon journey at the foot of the Sydney Opera House with the famous “coat hanger” bridge for a backdrop.
Despite recessions, natural disasters and a reportedly aging and obese population, Aussies once again reaffirmed their love of sports and the outdoors by supporting marquee events in record numbers. Every one of the major events we service enjoyed record numbers in 2009.
Here’s a quick recap of Timing Sports’ stable of “big six” events:
- April in Melbourne: Run For The Kids
Despite being just a few years old, RFK bolstered entry numbers to reach the 30,000 person entrant limit a few weeks before the race.
- July on the Gold Coast: Gold Coast Airport Marathon
By far the most challenging event on our books, Timing Sports delivered live internet timing from 14 on course locations as over 4,000 entrants made it Australasia’s biggest marathon.
- August in Sydney: The City2Surf
The grand daddy of them all! More than 76,000 people registered to run the iconic 14km route from Hyde Park to Bondi. Timing Sports’ collected over half a million chip times to deliver final results within an hour of the final finisher.
- August Whopper Weekend: Perth City To Surf and Bridge to Brisbane
Massively increasing numbers swelled these two events to over 80,000 combined entrants and a massive logistical challenge for Timing Sports to cater for two huge events on the same day.
- September in Sydney: Sydney Running Festival
When we first timed this event in 2006, there were 17,000 entrants. Three short years later, there were over 32,000. Anyone who has seen the runners stream over the Sydney Harbour Bridge and finish in front of the magnificent Opera House will understand why.
So there it is, six races and 246,000 athletes.
And the best part of all? We get to do it all again next year!:: 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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