Race Directors
From CoolRunning Australia
Race directing is a fairly difficult task, only attempted by those people with thick-skins and great patience. As race directors ourselves, CoolRunning wants to help prospective Race Directors get started, or provide further information for those who already are. (Another good article here, although mainly about Triathlons).
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All-in-one Shops
The easiest way of putting on a running event is let someone do it for you - the whole works - below is a list of organisations that provide the complete race package (most will also do bits and pieces if not the whole thing) :
- Pont3 (Sydney/NSW) - organisers of the Sydney Marathon
- Athletics NSW (NSW & National)
- Supersprint (National)
- Sporting Spectrum (National)
- Timing Australia (National)
- Event Alliance (National)
- Sold Out (NSW)
- Event Strategies (SA)
- Event Wizard (VIC)
- Xosize events (VIC)
- Timing New Zealand (National)
- The Right Angle (NZ)
DIY - Do it Yourself
If you decide to organise an event your self, then there is a good website from the NSW Government about who you need to talk to: There is a website here that has some good info:
If your event is on a road, or affects flow of traffic on a road, then you will need to contact the RTA:
In general you need to sumit traffic management plans that can only be submitted by a registered traffic-plan-submitter.
(The above 2 links relate to NSW but assume other Australian States have something similar).
Event Photography Services
The most common service is race photographers - where they turn up and photograph all your competitors and sell them the photos - this is generally free to the event:
- Marathon Photos
- Inside Athletics
- SuperSport Images
- Aus Pics
- Pixel Pics
- Abbey digital
- PB Photographics (QLD)
- Sporting Images
On-line Registration systems
- Active Network and many other tools & facilities
- Register Now
- IMG eCommerce (Events Online)
Timing Services
- MultiSport Australia - for Chip/RFID & other timing in Sydney/NSW
- ChampionChip in Australia
- My Accolades Timing
- Sport Timing Australia
- The Timing Guys - Sports Event Chip Timing - Sydney/NSW
- TriTimes.com - for timing services on the NSW mid-north coast
- RFID
Fundraising
It seems like the new growth industry within races is to assist runners in raising funds for charity:
- http://www.activesportstechnologies.com
- http://www.everydayhero.com.au
- http://www.gofundraise.com.au
- http://www.justgiving.com - think they are starting in AUS soon
- http://www.mycause.com.au
- http://www.onlinegiving.com.au
Other Miscellaneous services
- Victory Press - Race Bibs - for Race Bibs
- NZ Racenumbers - for Race Bibs
- Sportstiks - for Race Bibs
- Buckingham Pewter - for Medallions & Buckles
- Metropolitan Trophies - for Trophies
- RunningSigns.com - for finishing tapes and signs
- Hot Designs - for all Tshirts & clothing needs
- FinePrint - for all kinds of tshirts, trophies etc and printing
- Finish Tapes - for banners, finish tapes, km markers etc
- Wizid - Wristbands, Signs, Tickets, Barcodes etc
- Pocket Team Timer - Timing software
Other Race Directing Links of Interest
Other race-directing links you might find useful :
- Australian Ultra Runners Association - Race Directors Page
- CoolRunning USA Race Director's pages including:
- USATF Checklist for Race Directors
- How to put on a "Budget Event"
- Boston Marathon Race Director's checklist
- Dave McGillivray - Top USA race director's website - good articles
- Road Race Management
More ?
We don't know everything, so please pass any good race directing links by raising a helpdesk ticket.
