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USA Curling Signs Exclusive Partnership Agreement with Compete-At for Online Sporting Event Management USA Curling to Provide 15,000+ Members with Compete-At Passport Accounts to Facilitate Online Registration and Promote Curling in the United States BETHESDA, MD. – June 20, 2007 – Compete-At, the leading innovator of sport event management software, today announced its exclusive partnership with USA Curling, the National Governing Body for the Winter Olympic sport of curling, to provide an end-to-end sport event management platform to its membership. USA Curling will use Compete-At’s comprehensive Event Management platform to manage playoff and championship events, camps, and clinics. USA Curling will extend the benefits of the Compete-At Platform to over 140 clubs and 15,000 members by providing Compete-At Passport Pro Accounts at no cost to new and existing members. Compete-At Passport will provide the association’s members with a secure online solution to manage their competitive profile, maintain a history of past events, store required entry documentation, register for open bonspiels and social events at local clubs, regional, or national tournaments with a few short clicks on the www.Compete-At-Curling.com or the www.USAcurl.org websites. “Our partnership with Compete-At is a winning combination for both USA Curling and all of our members” says Rick Patzke, USA Curling chief operating officer. “Besides helping with management of our national-level events, through this partnership Compete-at will also provide extensive event management and promotional tools and solutions to USA Curling’s 145 member clubs. The fact that Compete-At is tailoring a management solution for us is also important, as the needs and requirements for curling are not necessarily the same as for another sport.” Brian Parsons, Director of Market Development for Compete-At explains, “We’re very excited to be associated with one of the Winter Olympics’ most popular sports and an organization the caliber of USA Curling. As a competitive curler myself, I know my fellow athletes will appreciate the point-and-click simplicity of event registration on our platform, and clubs all over the country will be able to attract more members and teams by using built in Email notification and promotion tools”. About 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 solutions, Event Manager is specifically designed and tailored to alleviate the headaches of event management while handling all sport specific disciplines at local, regional and international levels. Compete-At functionality addresses the following areas of running a successful event:
About the Compete-At Passport Product The Compete-At Passport product is a secure user account used to manage profile information, maintain a history of past events, store required entry documentation to allow for quick and simple online registration. Once an athlete has created a Passport Account, registering for any event is a simple process by which the stored profile information is ported over to the event registration forms making sure to only the pass the information necessary for that event. A history of all past events is stored as well as past payment and billing information. ABOUT USA CURLING ABOUT COMPETE-AT.COM |
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