04/21/2001
Major Euro Firms to Time
the Games
When the world's best athletes
race against the clock at the 2001 Goodwill Games, two of
the world's top timing and scoring companies will be recording
their results.
Prestigious European high tech firms WIGE MIC
and Swiss Timing, have won one of the most significant appointments
for the 2001 Goodwill Games.
2001 Goodwill Games General Manager Event Direction
and Delivery Clint Flood, said the two companies had extensive
experience in providing electronic results for international
sporting events.
"Both WIGE MIC and Swiss Timing are involved
in more than 1,000 events each year, from major international
multi-sport events to small single sport events," Mr
Flood said.
"Swiss Timing is renowned for its excellence
in timing and has provided timing for the last two Summer
Olympics at Sydney and Atlanta.
"WIGE MIC was also involved in the Sydney
Olympics and has been contracted as a results service provider
to the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City."
The role of WIGE MIC and Swiss Timing working
in a partnership for the 2001 Goodwill Games will be to deliver
timing, scoring and local results for 13 of the 14 sports
and provide interface of results to the Host Broadcaster.
"It will be a very complex, high-tech,
logistical operation involving over 100 staff who will come
to Brisbane from Switzerland and Germany and work with our
Australian technical officials. Their teamwork will ensure
we capture the world records that are sure to be set in Brisbane.
"The amount of timing and communications
equipment they will bring over to Australia is expected to
fill almost 20 large freight shipping containers.
"The end product of all of these people
and equipment will be the seamless delivery of an efficient
results service to Games officials, media, our worldwide TV
audience and the spectators in the stands."
WIGE MIC is a subsidiary of German based WIGE
MEDIA AG and SWISS TIMING is a subsidiary of Swiss based SWATCH
GROUP SA.
Media information:
Lisa White, 2001 Goodwill Games Brisbane
Ph: 07 3233 2084 (direct) / Mobile: 0404 842 370
E-mail: lisa.white@2001gwgbrisbane.com.au
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