How to organize a Covid-19 proof competition. Ideal for time tria racing and small competitions with manual timing.
Races
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 […]
Triathlon Velky Biel
Last weekend a great Triathlon event was held near Bratislava, the capital city of Slovakia. In Velký Biel the CloudTimer sports timing app was used to do the timekeeping for about 80 participants. We have worked closely together with the organisation to test our new Keypad view and we are now finalising this new feature […]
Alge Timy Bluetooth integration at Holland Cup 2
The integration of the Alge Timy (over bluetooth) with the CloudTimer platform was introduced in May during Holland Cup 2 in Waalre (Netherlands). This major timing innovation connects the chronometer of one of the major timing equipment manufacturers (Alge Timing) to the CloudTimer platform. It’s again a huge step forward in making race timing another […]
Glacier Breaker
The NRC Glacier Breaker celebrates the beginning of the spring paddling season in Bryson City, NC (USA). It combines both the canoe slalom and downriver disciplines in an action packed weekend for all ability levels. This year the Nantahale Racing Club started using CloudTimer for the timing, scoring and results management and we’ve received great feedback […]
Winter Cup 1: 2220 gates judged within 90 minutes
The latest CloudTimer race was all about fast results. At the Theiner Canoe Slalom Wintercup, 37 paddlers did a four-run training race. Just one year ago, the first race of this Dutch winter race series was the first official event where CloudTimer was used. In one year the confidence in the CloudTimer platform has grown enormously. […]
Dutch and Belgian Championships
Last weekend a major step was taken for the CloudTimer team: the first officially timed national championships. The organisation was executed by a group of volunteers of both the Dutch and Belgian national canoe federations. The venue of this event was the Royal Mava Club Sauheid near the Belgian town of Liège. The Royal Mava […]
Bollen Boys Dutch Coast Race 2016
Last Saturday the Dutch Coast Race was held and timed with the latest version of CloudTimer. The Dutch Coast Race is an international surfski event, organised by Surfski Holland. About a hundred competitors from fifteen countries paddled from Castricum to Schoorl, a distance of about 22 KM. It took the winner, Sean Rice from South Africa, […]
MTB mini downhill cup
Last weekend we visited the MTB mini downhill cup in Wijchen (NL). This race is held on an artificial ski slope and is the second race in a series of 5 races in The Netherlands. The best way to get to know the MTB Downhill sport is to do a real time test along with […]
Holland Cup 3: Alge Timy vs CloudTimer
Last weekend, during Holland Cup 3 in the Netherlands, we did an important parallel test between the Alge Timy with start/finish beams and CloudTimer in manual timing mode. After a lot of lab & field testing, and development iterations we achieved great results in this competition. The competition setup The Holland Cup is a Dutch national race […]
