Feb 2008

RFID Race Timing Systems held it's first timing conference in Coral Springs, Florida USA on January 24-25. Most of our US timers attended the 2 day meeting which covered all aspects of sports timing. The brand new HiDefinition Digital System was unveiled to the participants boasting a single 4 x 2m mat and sixteen individual read antennas. Some participants then finished off the weekend with a run in the ING Miami Marathon.

 

The latest High Definition Digital single mat system boasts 16 receivers per 8 square metres and is designed for all start and finishing densities

Timing around the world for February

The RFID Race Timing System was recently purchased by Mr Price Group Ltd. (South Africa) to time the biggest open water swim in the world, the Midmar Mile. Almost 17,000 swimmers competed over two days and race organisers were impressed by the ease and power of a dependable RFID system.

On the same weekend, SportsTiming NZ timed the prestigous Coast to Coast which traversed the south island of New Zealand. Despite a freak wave on an exceptionally high tide swamping the finish line, backup mats continued to time participants as they sprinted in 1 foot of seawater.

Back in Australia, Multisport Australia timed the Geelong 70.3 half ironman triathlon that boasted almost 1000 finishers.

Competitors finish the gruelling 35km mountain running section of the Speights NZ Coast to Coast