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Originally Posted by mike
Knowing where to get the prefered carpet and timing gear would be a good thing, stuff like track marking could be cobbled together in the first instance.
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For new stuff, the carpet everyone uses is GT Track, available from the manufacturer
Eco Track and Access, a cheaper alternative is the Eco event carpet from the same company.
Timing gear, the standard equipment used at most clubs is the AMB system, just make sure you are sitting down before clicking the link
http://www.bbksoftware.com/pricelists/amb-bbk-sales.htm At Stockport we developed our own system because of the cost. A cheaper alternative is the iLap system
http://www.rclapcounter.com/page1/page1.html
To get you started really all you need is any old computer, a copy of the free lap counting software from RCTiming
http://www.rctiming.com/index.shtml and someone to press the number keys on the keyboard. Some people will moan about manual lap counting, but anyone decent can manually count laps almost as accurately as an automatic system and should be perfectly acceptable for club meetings.