USA Archery Signs with Compete-At for Online Registration, Event and Membership Management Solution

(PRWEB) July 22, 2008 -- Compete-At, the leading innovator of sport event management software, today announced that USA Archery, the governing body for the sport of archery in the United States, has signed an exclusive partnership agreement with Compete-At to provide online event and membership management.

USA Archery will use Compete-At's comprehensive Event Management platform to manage the 124th US National Target Championship. USA Archery will extend the benefits of the Compete-At Platform to all member clubs and archers. Event Manager, a 100% hosted application, will provide USA Archery with a hosted solution to manage all event logistics including a comprehensive calendar, online registration and payment processing, archer notifications, results posting, photo galleries and more. Archers will benefit from a simple registration process for tournaments at local, regional and national tournaments with a few short clicks on the http://www.Compete-At-Archery.com or www.USAArchery.org websites. Through Compete-At's Membership Manager product, USA Archery will have immediate insight into the strength and growth of its membership. Event Manager shares data seamlessly with Membership Manager so that local clubs can manage individual members while providing an omniscient view of members from the top down to USA Archery.

"This partnership with Compete-At fills a huge technology gap that provides us with a robust Event Management platform and also a turnkey solution for managing our members," says Bradley Camp, Chief Executive Officer of USA Archery. "Compete-At's knowledge of archery, coupled with their use of technology to move us forward was immediately apparent the first time we viewed a demo of their solution. The bottom line is that we can be up and running our National events with a solution that was built to meet the specific needs of archery."

Event and Membership Manager provide local clubs and national organizations a technology upgrade path without additional IT resources, staff or additional infrastructure upgrades.

"As an archer myself, I'm thrilled to provide our suite of products to USA Archery and look forward to a long-term relationship," says David Ross, CEO at Compete-At and former Junior State Champion in Texas. "Organizations expect more than a do-it-yourself web registration form these days. This partnership with USA Archery is affirmation that our unique approach to sport event management is resonating in the marketplace."

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.

?    Registration: Online registration with configurable requirements, fee structures and forms

?    Administrative tools: Registration set-up, registrations requirements and approval, open and close registration dates, multiple fee structures, disciplines and class structures

?    Store: E-commerce store to sell event and club merchandise online

?    Communication Tools: E-Mail notification tools with manual or rules-based triggers

?    Event cloning for rapid deployment and increased efficiency

?    Payment Options: Secure credit card processing, check, on- site, member account

?    Multi-currency capabilities; USD, EUR, CAD, AUD, NZL, ZAR

?    Financial budgeting and reporting

?    Online Forums and photo galleries

The Compete-At Membership Management Platform

Compete-At Membership Manager is an online 100% hosted member database. Seamless integration with Event Manager provides an omniscient view of members from the top down. Member profiles are updated with each event entry to provide a constantly updated member database. Membership levels, fees and custom attributes are flexible enough to meet the needs of local clubs as well as large organizations. A tiered membership structure allows local clubs to manage members and, if needed, pass relevant data of members up to regions and national organizations.

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.

ABOUT USA ARCHERY

The vision of USA Archery is to foster the sport of archery as a national pastime from which we can develop interest and abilities at all age levels to include international sports superiority in archery programs and athlete performance.

The mission of USA Archery is to develop and promote the sport of archery with the ultimate goal of producing Olympic, Pan American and World Archery Champions. For more information, visit http://www.USArchery.org .

ABOUT COMPETE-AT.COM

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

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