Over the past years there has been a trend toward bigger and more extreme sports events attracting thousands of people. Up until last spring, there were many big events like city runs, cycling tours and family style survival runs. Although they fulfilled a certain demand in attracting crowds, they were very much commercialized and often […]
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Organize a Covid-19 proof competition
How to organize a Covid-19 proof competition. Ideal for time tria racing and small competitions with manual timing.
RaceGorilla: nieuw, innovatief wedstrijdmanagement van hardloopwedstrijden
RaceGorilla is ontstaan uit de wens om kleine wedstrijden te organiseren met dezelfde beleving als een groot evenement. Het is een innovatief en veelzijdige platvorm wedstrijdmanagement van hardloopwedstrijden
Setting categories in your competition
Via the dashboard it’s now possible to set your own categories. Previously it was only possible to make use of the default categories for a competition or ask us to set this in a custom way for you. Now you can freely add categories to your own liking in the ‘Categories’ view in the dashboard. […]
KeyPad timing for iOS
Since the last release of our iOS sport timing app the KeyPad timing view became available to our iPhone and iPad users. In parallel we also made the app to better adept to iPad screens. The KeyPad timing view is ideal for mass start races like triathlon, open water swimming, cycling or running.
Thrilled to be chilled
It’s not a race for the faint hearted, definitely not considering the temperatures during the first open water swimming race timed on the CloudTimer platform in Scotland. Vigour Events organised ‘Thrilled to be Chilled’; a race over 450m, 1k or for the acclimatised the ‘ice mile’ (a skins/standard swimwear only swim). Participants could enjoy a stunning […]
Dutch Triathlon Federation
The Dutch Triathlon Federation is enthusiastic about the possibilities offered on the CloudTimer platform. The app, with software platform, offers an excellent tool to collaborate between race organisation and volunteers on timing and present live results online. For the organisation of regional races, youth races or club triathlons it’s possible to -with little cost- offer […]
Organising a Triathlon using RaceGorilla
When organising a triathlon (or duathlon, or run-bike-run etc.), using RaceGorilla is a very good option. Manual timing however, as provided when using RaceGorilla is not a substitute for chip-timing when it comes to high density events. This article provides some guidelines when you can use RaceGorilla and how it should be used. The warm-up […]
Trail Running the Grizzly 100
Last saturday a group of 116 runners started for 100k of trail running in the south of the Netherlands. The Bear Sports Grizzly 100 is a new milestone for the CloudTimer sports timing app, as it’s the first official running event run on our platform! In long trail running events like this, CloudTimer proved its […]
Introducing the KeyPad view
During the last months we have been designing, coding and field testing our brand new KeyPad view. This timing view allows for much quicker time recordings when participants are finishing close together or in groups. Therefore it’s ideal for mass events. The first feedbacks from the field are positive and we are now working on […]
