Author: Tim Whitfield

The past weekend saw a slew of major events taking place all round the country with FinishTime returning to action alongside some of the country’s top sportsmen and women in a variety of sporting codes. Starting the action-packed weekend was a new event for FinishTime, the MyLife Dusi Canoe Marathon on Thursday, Friday and Saturday in KZN, while our timekeepers were also ensuring competitors at the  SA Triathlon Championships in the Free State and SA…

Good news in 2021? Surely not? Of course there would not be any good news without a few setbacks along the road as well. Hot on the heels of the recent easing of the Covid-19 lockdown restrictions and the relaxing of alcohol restrictions, a slew of sports bodies have indicated that South African sportsmen, sportswomen, administrators and service providers are also able to cautiously begin some celebrations as events are reintroduced. However, the news that…

Well, 2021 has not had such a good start: Lockdowns, riots in Washington, loadshedding, flooding, volcanoes and a host of cancelled sports events means the start of the new year has not been the instant turnaround we hoped for. More importantly, for many, both in South Africans and overseas, the so-called second wave of the pandemic has turned personal with numbers and statistics becoming names and faces. However, it is not all gloom and doom.…

As we begin to enjoy the festive season, so we can also look forward to saying goodbye to 2020 – and for a lot of people there is probably a strong sense of “good riddance” mixed in with our cautious dose of festive cheer. Nobody needs to be reminded that the sports industry has been hit particularly hard hit by Covid-19 in 2020, and no matter what your personal feelings are on the pandemic and…

FinishTime have always prided ourselves on providing the latest in cutting-edge sports timing technology. We use the latest innovations, combined with the very best in race timing software, to ensure the quickest and most accurate results possible, as well as providing a host of optional extras to ensure race organisers and participants have the best possible experience at events. And FinishTime has just developed and added another valuable piece to the race-timing puzzle which makes…

Just as the green shoots of spring have started emerging from the brown winter landscape, so sportsmen and women are emerging out of pandemic hibernation with triathletes, trail runners and mountain bikers finally able to look forward to some racing again. September saw some signs of sporting life with a couple of mountainbike events leading the way, while triathlon and trail run organisers are confident they will soon get all the necessary approvals to restart…

As we attempt to negotiate 2020, there is a ray or two of hope that sportsmen and women will be able to compete in some real races in the not too distant future. Although there are still strict restrictions in place, approvals are starting to dribble through for cycling events while triathlon organisers are tentatively opening up entries, and of course there is no shortage of virtual events to ensure runners, cyclists and triathletes can…

The popular Durban City Marathon has followed the trend for 2020 and will join the growing list of virtual races, with athletes having a two-day window to complete the 42,2km, 21,1km, 10km or 5km options. The popular race on the Durban beachfront attracted over 5000 entries in April 2019, but at the corresponding time this year the event was postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic and was finally forced to be cancelled in early July.…

New York state governor Andrew Cuomo recently chastised Americans by pointing out that a mask pulled down below the mouth is nothing more than a chinstrap. His comments come as the debate about wearing masks becomes ever-more politicised in the United States. In South Africa a similar debate is raging among sportsmen and women. As we stagger through the ever-more confusing levels of lockdown, athletes are asking if there is any danger to exercising with…