Apple Raceberry JaM

Computer Services for Road Races and Triathlons

Apple Raceberry JaM is a complete results service. We post entry information for your race on the Internet before the event, enter names and addresses in our computers, score the race with our equipment on or off site, and post your results on the Internet afterwards.

We also supply services for cross country and track meets.

Current Rates: Conventional Timing

Your total cost is the sum of charges for registration and results processing.

Registration

Includes data entry of name, age, sex, and full address; alphabetization for packet pickup; labels (with bar codes for ID tags, and, if you want, addresses for packets and post-race mailing); lists (numerical and alphabetical).

Basic Fee

Surcharges

5 cents per entrant if previous best time is recorded (and PR's noted in results)
5 cents per entrant if shirt size is recorded (and printed on packet labels)
5 cents per entrant if entries are mailed to us and we open them and separate checks

Results Processing

Includes complete results (individuals in order of finish overall, top age/sex class finishers, teams). Alphabetical results are also available, at no extra charge. Runners can be ranked by WAVA age-graded factors. Also includes use of our multi-lane timers and sending results by modem or fax to local newspapers.

Results At Race Site

Results Off Site

Finish Line Clock

Base Charge

Chip Timing

Apple Raceberry JaM now offers chip timing services. We use the IPICO Sports Tag, the timing device used at the Bolder Boulder mega race. We don't own 47,000 tags, but we can probably handle your race.

Advantages of chip timing include speed, accurate times, and a much simpler chute system; all you have to do is to retrieve the chips before the runners get to their cars; you don't have to try to collect bar codes from the runners in the same order as they cross the finish line. The hardware is relatively expensive, and so entails higher charges. Race numbers are usually unnecessary (unless you want them for backup or for a photographer), so you can save some money there.

Registration

Includes data entry of name, age, sex, and full address; alphabetization for packet pickup; labels for post-race mailing); lists (numerical and alphabetical). Also, complete preparation for chip distribution. You just hand them out by ID number.

Results Processing

Fee

$1.75 per entrant covers almost all the charges listed above for conventional timing, including a finish line clock, except for the following:

$1000 per split (including the start if the mats cannot be moved from there to the finish)
$10 per lost tag (tag recovery id the responsibility of the race!)
50 cents for race-day entries
5 cents per preregistered mail-in entrant if entries are mailed to us and we open them and separate checks
travel expenses

Minimum charge is $750 plus travel and other surcharges listed above.

Results Production

After the race, Apple Raceberry JaM will print one copy of your results in a form suitable for mailing to your finishers or entrants. They will be put on the Internet the evening of the race (for sample results, see our home page).

Post Cards

Performance Guarantee

Unless otherwise agreed upon in writing before the race, Apple Raceberry JaM guarantees that

When we supply results on site, age-group results for your awards ceremony will be complete within half an hour after your last finisher arrives. If we miss this deadline despite having the data from the finish line in time, the results portion of the fee will be reduced by 1% for every minute we are late.
If we do the results off site, your results will be complete within 24 hours after our receipt of the data.

Data Base Service

Apple Raceberry JaM maintains a large data base of runners who have participated in the races it services (generally about 15,000 in all) and keeps track of the number of times the runners enter a race and the distances that they run. Labels are available in zip-code order on a single-use basis for 8¢ apiece generally and for 4¢ apiece to Apple Raceberry JaM customers. We can select runners by age, sex, number and type or distance of races run as well as zip code area, and pare the list down to your budget. For a flat fee of $30 we will combine lists of your entrants from the last few years and update their addresses from our data base.

To discuss the possibility of our scoring your race, contact Jack Moran. ARJ software is also available for purchase.