Barefoot and EntryBoss, compared
EntryBoss is a purpose-built entry system for club racing. Barefoot is entries, timing and results on one platform, across running, trail, triathlon, cycling and hybrid, in Australia and New Zealand. Here is the honest difference.
Recognised bodies the technology has supported
EntryBoss and Barefoot solve overlapping but different problems. EntryBoss is an entry and race-admin system built around club racing, with grading, handicapping, waitlisting and self-serve scratching, and it is used across AusCycling clubs around the country. Barefoot Sport is registration and timing on one platform, covering entries, payments, chip timing, live results and race-day support across running, trail, triathlon, cycling, mountain bike, BMX and hybrid formats, in Australia and New Zealand. If your entries and your timing currently sit with two different providers, that is the difference this page is about.
The honest comparison
Grading, waitlists, handicapping, startlists, race templates.
Entries, payments, chip timing, live results, race-day support.
Collected as your agent, deducted from a final transfer, with timing set by their Agency Agreement.
Entry money reaches your account on a same-day basis.
Waves, categories and teams, with season standings built from chip times rather than entered results.
Waves, categories, teams and standings across rounds.
Running, trail, tri, cycling, MTB, BMX, hybrid fitness.
Cycling-first. Road, track, crit, MTB, BMX, gravel, with some triathlon and multisport clubs.
Priced in AUD, for Australian clubs.
Owned and operated in both.
Organisers arrange timing separately.
RFID proven to 50,000, or Lite you deploy yourself.
Timing results aren't part of the offer.
Results and tracking publish in real time.
Plus 1.2% + 30c card fees.
Pass fees on or absorb them — your choice. No cap on field size.
Your cash is locked up, often weeks past the event.
Entry money hits your account on the same.
Built by event organisers.
Trusted by race directors.
450+
Events delivered every year across Australia and New Zealand
50,000
Participants supported at a single event
75+
years
Combined event experience
2
countries
Australian and New Zealand owned, operated and on the ground
Why organisers choose
Barefoot over Race Roster
Your entries and your results stop being two systems.
Start with your numbers. We look at last season’s entries, your return rate, your entry curve and where your field came from. You get that picture whether or not you go ahead.
Registration can stay open later.
Entries do not have to close days out so a participant file can be cleaned and loaded into timing software, because the data is already there.
One team is accountable.
When something needs a call on race morning, you are calling one number, not two vendors who will point at each other on Monday.
You grow past club racing.
A club running a weekly crit series and an annual open event needs different things from each. Barefoot handles both, and the same platform covers a gravel event, a trail race or a hybrid round if the club’s calendar goes that way.
New Zealand
is covered.
Barefoot is owned and operated in both countries, with NZ cycling and cyclocross events running on the platform now.
Timing you can run yourself where a crew doesn’t fit.
Barefoot Lite is lightweight, self-deployable, live-tracked timing with reusable tags that no competitor in the region offers, which suits a remote round or a small club event.
Backed by people who’ve stood on the start line.
Around 10 local staff with more than 75 years of combined event experience, answering the phone in your time zone.
Who should switch?
Cycling, MTB and BMX clubs running regular racing who currently arrange timing separately
Clubs whose calendar has outgrown club racing — an open event, a gravel race, a tour
Event organisers running across more than one discipline who want one platform for all of it
New Zealand clubs and organisers, where EntryBoss is not the established option
Any organiser weighing entries-only against entries plus timing on one system
Features
Entries and timing on one platform
Entry data flows straight into timing and results, with nothing re-keyed between two systems.
Chip timing when you need it
Barefoot RFID on trusted European-engineered hardware, proven at events up to 50,000 participants.
Timing you can deploy yourself
Barefoot Lite for remote rounds and smaller events, lightweight and live-tracked, with reusable tags.
Series that carry across rounds
Standings, categories and participant records that hold across a whole season rather than resetting each fixture.
Live results and tracking
Results publish as riders finish, for the announcer, the spectators and the riders themselves.
Both countries, one team
Australian and New Zealand owned and operated, on the phone in your time zone.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can we switch to Barefoot mid-season?
Barefoot is independent and AU and NZ owned, does your registration and timing in one system, and keeps your data yours, where Race Roster is ASICS-owned and reg-only.
Does Barefoot handle grading and handicapping for club racing?
Talk to the team about your specific format.
Do we have to take Barefoot timing as well as registration?
No. Run registration on its own, timing on its own, or both. Most organisers start with one and add the other once they have seen a race day run on it.
Does Barefoot work for New Zealand clubs?
Yes. Barefoot is owned and operated in both Australia and New Zealand, with NZ cycling, cyclocross and downhill events running on the platform.
What does Barefoot cost?
Barefoot quotes per event, because a weekly club round and an annual open event are not the same job. Get a quote for your event.
What should a cycling club look for in a race entry system?
Start with the jobs your fixtures actually need: grading and category limits, waitlisting, handicapping if you run it, startlist publication, and a self-serve way for riders to withdraw before the cut-off. Then look at the things that cost you on the day — whether entries can stay open late, whether entry data reaches your timing without anyone re-typing it, and who you call when something breaks at 7am. Finally, compare the pricing model rather than the headline rate. A flat per-event fee and a percentage of entries behave very differently at $10 a head versus $90 a head, and the cheaper model depends entirely on your entry price and your field size.
Does a race entry system usually include timing?
Usually not. Most entry and registration platforms sell entries, and timing is arranged separately with a contractor or bought as equipment. The two then have to be joined by an export and an import, which is where most race-day results errors begin. A smaller number of platforms run registration and timing on the same system, which removes the join. Neither model is automatically better — it depends on whether you already have timing sorted and how much manual work sits between your entry list and your results.
Can we switch race entry platforms mid-season?
Usually yes, and the practical constraints matter more than the technical ones. Your entrant records are exportable data rather than something a platform owns outright, so check you can export full historical entries and not just names and email addresses. Check whether your contract locks you in for a season. Then pick the changeover point: between rounds of a series is far easier than mid-round, because riders already entered do not need to be moved. Tell your riders before you switch, not after, since the entry link is the one thing they have bookmarked.
How much does a race entry system cost in Australia?
Two models dominate. A flat per-event fee, sometimes tiered by field size, plus low card processing costs. Or a percentage of each entry plus a fixed amount per participant. On a $10 club criterium the flat model is usually cheaper. On a $90 open road race with a large field the percentage model can be, depending on the rate. Ask any provider to quote against your actual entry price and expected field, and ask separately what happens to card processing costs, because that is often quoted apart from the platform fee.
Who pays the card processing fee, the club or the rider?
That is usually the organiser’s choice, and both approaches are common in Australian club racing. Two things shape it. Under Australian Consumer Law, if you pass a fee on, the total single price including any unavoidable fee must be displayed at least as prominently as the entry fee, and it cannot appear for the first time at the final checkout step. Separately, the Reserve Bank of Australia is removing card surcharging on eftpos, Mastercard and Visa from 1 October 2026, following its 31 March 2026 Conclusions Paper. Ask your platform how their fee is structured and whether the change affects it. (Source: RBA, Review of Merchant Card Payment Costs and Surcharging. As of September 2026.)
Do we need chip timing for club racing?
Not for most club formats. A criterium or a club handicap with a judge on the line and a small field is timed accurately without chips. The trigger is finish density and the number of results you have to produce — once riders are arriving in bunches, or you are scoring several grades and a series standing off the same finish, manual timing starts producing errors and slow results. Lap-scored formats and cyclocross are where clubs most often reach the limit first.
Let’s make your next event your easiest yet.
Work with people who get the pace, pressure, and precision of endurance events and build platforms that match it.