For Immediate Release: Durban, 19 November, 2018 FinishTime and SS Timing Events join forces FinishTime, South Africa’s fastest growing timing company with 180 events in the year nationwide, have joined forces with Spectrum Sports Timing (SST) to extend their footprint to races around the country. SST have for a number of years been the official results company for events such as the Joburg2C, Sani2C and Berg&Bush amongst others. With this integration into FinishTime, competitors will…
"FinishTime and SS Timing Events join forces"Author: FinishTime
FinishTime will be found wherever there are events to cover, be it in the middle of the Bush, your suburbs or in the townships, no venue is to far or too difficult to get to, epitomizing the work ethic of crew and the company. One of the most scenic races is the Harrismith Mountain Race held on 20 October. On the same day, FinishTime were busy timing the Dischem Sun City Swim. While a…
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"Records galore in Durban"1 September is officially the first day of Spring and Spring brings in Spring Marathon Season with Finisthime recording no less than 15 events in the month. From Triathlons, to Mountain Races to the only IAAF Gold Label event on the continent, the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon, Finishtime will once again ensure that results will be accurate, easily accessible and in the case of Cape Town Marathon, once again will have Live 5km splits, taking…
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