Powerhouse Timing signs key deals with FISA World Masters and the Head Of The Charles®.

Cambridge, MA – August 16th, 2006– Powerhouse Timing announced today that it has signed agreements to do timing for the 2006 FISA World Masters' Regatta and the 2006-2011 Head Of The Charles Regatta®.

The Princeton National Rowing Association (PNRA), the host organization for the FISA World Masters Regatta, has turned to Powerhouse Timing to provide 500m split timing and finish results for the 2006 event, which takes place September 7-10 in West Windsor, NJ. PRNA and FISA anticipate more than 2500 competitors for the event. Results will be available at the race site and through the Powerhouse Timing website (http://www.PowerHouseTiming.com) in real-time as the races progress.

Additionally, The Head Of The Charles® has named Powerhouse Timing their Official Timing Provider. Having used Powerhouse's services for the past three years, the Head Of The Charles® today signed a long-term agreement with Powerhouse to remain in this role at least until 2010 with the option to extend the agreement further. Powerhouse Timing's exclusive technology uses the sport's only verifiable system to produce real-time results for the Head Of The Charles® that are the most precise in the industry.

About PowerHouseTiming
PowerHouseTiming was founded to provide professional timing software and services. Timing leadership shown at the Head of the Charles demonstrates PowerHouse Timing’s ability to create software which makes rowing regattas easier to operate. The PowerHouse Timing premier gold signature service assures a higher standard of race timing.

About FISA World Masters

The International Governing Body of Rowing (FISA) has selected Princeton, NJ and The Princeton National Rowing Association to host the FISA World Rowing Masters Regatta, September 7-10, 2006. More than 7,000 of the best rowers representing up to 45 countries, will travel to the United States to compete in the largest and most competitive masters rowing regatta in the world.

The 33rd Annual FISA World Rowing Masters Regatta will be held over 5 days at Mercer County Park, outside of Princeton, NJ in West Windsor. Hailed as one of the most prestigious regattas in the world, the regatta is the World Championships for masters (athletes over the age of twenty-seven) and will feature competitors well into their eighties and nineties.

About Head Of The Charles

The Head Of The Charles® regatta, the world's largest annual two-day rowing event, was first held on October 16, 1965. The race was established by Cambridge Boat Club members and assistance of Harvard University sculling instructor Ernest Arlett. Arlett proposed that a "head of the river" race, similar in tradition to races held in his native England, be held on the Charles River.
Today, 7,000 athletes (over 1,700 boats) from around the globe compete in 24 different race events. With the generous support of our sponsors and assistance from race managers, hundreds of volunteers, numerous local colleges and universities, and the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) we together produce a World Class event that attracts more than 250,000 spectators.

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