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Papago FITA Archers Club Selects Compete-At for Online Registration and Event Management for All 2008 Archery Tournaments

BETHESDA, MD., PHOENIX, AZ. – November 27, 2007 – Compete-At, the leading innovator of sport event management software, today announced that Papago FITA Archers Club (PFA), the largest target archery club in Arizona, has selected the Compete-At Event Manager solution for all 2008 tournaments.

Papago FITA Archers Club, recently the host club for the 2007 AZ State JOAD Outdoor Championships, will benefit from online registration and event management via the Compete-At Event Manager solution in the upcoming year. Event Manager is a 100% hosted solution that helps them configure, promote and accept online registrations without additional IT resources or technical staff. Archers will be able to simply point and click to register for any of the 11 events scheduled for the 2008 season. The first event is scheduled for January 2008 and registration is currently open here: http://www.Compete-At.com/papago

“We were looking for an online solution to enable simple registration for archers and help us streamline our event management for tournaments in 2008”, explains Mike Cullumber President and Level II coach at PFA. “We had several options including building our own system or using one of the many generic registration systems on the market. Once I saw a demo of the Compete-At system, I realized that not only did they provide a robust system, but they also understood archery at a much deeper level than anything else on the market.”

“As a JOAD Olympian myself, I’m excited to have PFA as a customer and look forward to a long-term relationship,” says David Ross, CEO at Compete-At and former Junior State Champion in Texas. “I’m delighted to bring to market a solution that addresses the specific online event management needs of archery clubs and archers worldwide.”

The Compete-At Event Management Platform

Compete-At Event Manager is a secure online platform tailored to meet the unique planning needs of competitive sports. Unlike “league based” or one-size-fits-all registration solutions, Event Manager is specifically designed and tailored to alleviate the headaches of sport event management while handling all sport specific disciplines at local, regional and international levels.

Event Manager addresses the following areas of running a successful event online:

• Online registration with configurable requirements and forms
• Pre-event planning and promotion: Event staff roles and responsibilities, access rights and privileges, scheduled notifications and tasks
• Administrative tools: Registration set-up, registrations requirements and approval, open and close registration dates, multiple fee structures, disciplines and class structures
• E-commerce store with customizable categories and reporting to sell event apparel, social or event tickets, etc.
• Promotion: Event website and calendar listings on Compete-At.com and partner web sites
• Communication Tools: E-Mail notification tools with manual or rules-based triggers
• Event cloning for rapid deployment and increased efficiency
• Entry Payment Options: Secure credit card processing, check, at event site, member account
• Multi-currency capabilities; USD, EUR, CAD, AUD, NZL, ZAR
• Financial budgeting and reporting
• Online Forums and photo galleries

Compete-At Passport for Athletes

Passport allows competitive athletes to register, store and maintain a competitive profile online. Once registration is completed, athletes then use their stored profile to enter events with just a few clicks. Passport account holders benefit from social networking features such as “My Clubs”, “My Events”, “My Invitations”, and more.

ABOUT PAPAGO FITA ARCHERS CLUB

The Papago FITA Archers club was established in 2003 and is currently the largest target archery club in the state of AZ. For more information, visit http://www.papagoarchery.com .

ABOUT COMPETE-AT.COM

Compete-At.com is the sport event management expert providing tailored solutions to meet the unique needs of individual sport disciplines. The Compete-At product suite is based on the robust and widely adopted Regatta Manager platform and helps National Governing Bodies, sport event organizers and athletes, coordinate, promote, and manage events through a robust, yet easy to use online system. For more information visit http://www.Compete-At.com