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RACE DIRECTORS! Reserve your crew for your 2024 event NOW!

Pretzel City Sports is now taking timing reservations for 2024 events. Don’t’ wait, book us now! In the fall of 2023, we had dates that were 100% booked and for which we had to turn work away, despite us having more crews than almost any timer in the East. Be SURE to get your reservation… Continue Reading

Race Director Tools

W-9 for Pretzel City Sports:

Race Application Templates: can be used to create a race application quickly and easily
1 Sided 1 Column App            1 Sided / 2 Columned App        Trifold App Fit      Trifold App    Mailable Trifold App     Single Sided App           Virtual Race Only App- no shirt    Example for Virtual Race App   Adding a Virtual Component to your Live Race

Are you having Online Registration Only, But are offering Day of Registration? You might be interested in this Day of Registration Template, cut in half, save $$

Virtual Race Options: We now offer 2 new Programs, Adding a Virtual Component to your Live Race, and Standalone Virtual Races

Virtual Race Results Template: You can use this template to record your Virtual Results.
                       
Race Sponsorship Templates: approaches and material that others have used to attract sponsors; some can even be used as templates.  Cover Letter for Sponsorship 
Sponsorship with Response Form       Sponsorship Letter with Response Form      1 Page Sponsorship Letter
Comprehensive Sponsorship no Cover Letter        2 Page Sponsorship Letter with Short Form

E-Blast Examples: see examples of good eblasts here before you write yours. You get 1 free one or 2 free ones if using chip timing. Goes to 35,000+ runners. You may buy extra eBlasts at $50/eblast; multiple eBlast campaign are even more effective.
Full Page         Orienteering Event             Making Bear Tracks      Birdsboro Santa Run  

eBlast Guidelines    When to Send out your eBlast?   

How to Estimate the Number of Shirts you will Need for Your Race: This methodology might help you get closer to what you’ll probably need.

Where to get Bibs and Pins: cheapest source we know of for generic bibs

How to get Affordable Race Insurance : Again, the cheapest source we know; race day insurance for about $200.  

Low Costing Place for Awards and Medalsif local providers seem high, we’ve used this online source and were very happy with their service and prices. 

Template for Tracking Entries: This template matches our online registration form exactly and allows you to cut and paste sections of entries right into the file.  

Frequent Asked Questions:  These are the topics that, despite being answered in our service agreement (sometimes, MULTIPLE times) people still write us and ask questions about them. 

Volunteer Needs & Duties – Pretzel City Sports sends a 2-person crew to every race it times, other than real large or complex races that require more. For those races, we may send more people but that is also reflected in a higher fee. We send only 2 people so we can keep our fees low to races. We ask for 3 volunteers for every race, regardless of size, and 1 or 2 more if your race is larger or more complex. 

List of Regional Running Shops, Clubs and Newspapers : This list of run clubs, run stores and newspapers for our region will be helpful to you once your application is done.