diff --git a/visualiser/src/main/java/seng302/Controllers/StartController.java b/visualiser/src/main/java/seng302/Controllers/StartController.java
index 4ad59de2..8daf5afa 100644
--- a/visualiser/src/main/java/seng302/Controllers/StartController.java
+++ b/visualiser/src/main/java/seng302/Controllers/StartController.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ public class StartController extends Controller implements Observer {
 
     @FXML private GridPane start;
     @FXML private AnchorPane startWrapper;
+    @FXML private Label raceTitleLabel;
 
     @FXML private TableView<Boat> boatNameTable;
     @FXML private TableColumn<Boat, String> boatNameColumn;
@@ -140,15 +141,14 @@ public class StartController extends Controller implements Observer {
     @Override
     public void update(Observable o, Object arg) {
         if(o instanceof StreamedCourse) {
-            if(((StreamedCourse) o).getBoats() != null) {
+            if(((StreamedCourse) o).hasReadBoats()) {
                 initialiseTables();
             }
-            if (((StreamedCourse) o).getZonedDateTime() != null) {
-                Platform.runLater(() -> {
-                    {
-                        setRaceClock();
-                    }
-                });
+            if(((StreamedCourse)o).hasReadRegatta()) {
+                Platform.runLater(() -> raceTitleLabel.setText(((StreamedCourse)o).getRegattaName()));
+            }
+            if (((StreamedCourse) o).hasReadCourse()) {
+                Platform.runLater(() -> setRaceClock());
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/visualiser/src/main/java/seng302/Mock/Regatta.java b/visualiser/src/main/java/seng302/Mock/Regatta.java
index a3785f68..8d080978 100644
--- a/visualiser/src/main/java/seng302/Mock/Regatta.java
+++ b/visualiser/src/main/java/seng302/Mock/Regatta.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import seng302.GPSCoordinate;
 
 /**
  * Created by jjg64 on 19/04/17.
+ * @deprecated use the RegattaXMLReader
  */
 public class Regatta {
     int regattaID;
diff --git a/visualiser/src/main/java/seng302/Mock/RegattaXMLReader.java b/visualiser/src/main/java/seng302/Mock/RegattaXMLReader.java
index 1c0e3fa2..0c275dad 100644
--- a/visualiser/src/main/java/seng302/Mock/RegattaXMLReader.java
+++ b/visualiser/src/main/java/seng302/Mock/RegattaXMLReader.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import org.w3c.dom.Element;
 import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
 import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
 import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
+import seng302.GPSCoordinate;
 import seng302.XMLReader;
 
 import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
@@ -15,6 +16,15 @@ import java.io.InputStream;
  */
 public class RegattaXMLReader extends XMLReader {
     private Regatta regatta;
+    int regattaID;
+    String regattaName;
+    int raceID = 0;
+    String courseName;
+    double centralLatitude;
+    double centralLongitude;
+    double centralAltitude;
+    float utcOffset;
+    float magneticVariation;
 
     /**
      * Constructor for Regatta XML
@@ -59,20 +69,93 @@ public class RegattaXMLReader extends XMLReader {
     }
 
     private void makeRegatta(Element attributes) {
-        int regattaID = Integer.parseInt(getTextValueOfNode(attributes, "RegattaID"));
-        String regattaName = getTextValueOfNode(attributes, "RegattaName");
-        String courseName = getTextValueOfNode(attributes, "CourseName");
-        double centralLatitude = Double.parseDouble(getTextValueOfNode(attributes, "CentralLatitude"));
-        double centralLongitude = Double.parseDouble(getTextValueOfNode(attributes, "CentralLongitude"));
-        System.out.println(String.format("central lat %s  long %s", centralLatitude, centralLongitude));
-        double centralAltitude = Double.parseDouble(getTextValueOfNode(attributes, "CentralAltitude"));
-        float utcOffset = Float.parseFloat(getTextValueOfNode(attributes, "UtcOffset"));
-        float magneticVariation = Float.parseFloat(getTextValueOfNode(attributes, "MagneticVariation"));
-
-        regatta = new Regatta(regattaID, regattaName, courseName, centralLatitude, centralLongitude, centralAltitude, utcOffset, magneticVariation);
+        this.regattaID = Integer.parseInt(getTextValueOfNode(attributes, "RegattaID"));
+        this.regattaName = getTextValueOfNode(attributes, "RegattaName");
+        this.courseName = getTextValueOfNode(attributes, "CourseName");
+        this.centralLatitude = Double.parseDouble(getTextValueOfNode(attributes, "CentralLatitude"));
+        this.centralLongitude = Double.parseDouble(getTextValueOfNode(attributes, "CentralLongitude"));
+        this.centralAltitude = Double.parseDouble(getTextValueOfNode(attributes, "CentralAltitude"));
+        this.utcOffset = Float.parseFloat(getTextValueOfNode(attributes, "UtcOffset"));
+        this.magneticVariation = Float.parseFloat(getTextValueOfNode(attributes, "MagneticVariation"));
     }
 
     public Regatta getRegatta() {
         return regatta;
     }
+
+    public int getRegattaID() {
+        return regattaID;
+    }
+
+    public void setRegattaID(int ID) {
+        this.regattaID = ID;
+    }
+
+    public String getRegattaName() {
+        return regattaName;
+    }
+
+    public void setRegattaName(String regattaName) {
+        this.regattaName = regattaName;
+    }
+
+    public int getRaceID() {
+        return raceID;
+    }
+
+    public void setRaceID(int raceID) {
+        this.raceID = raceID;
+    }
+
+    public String getCourseName() {
+        return courseName;
+    }
+
+    public void setCourseName(String courseName) {
+        this.courseName = courseName;
+    }
+
+    public double getCentralLatitude() {
+        return centralLatitude;
+    }
+
+    public void setCentralLatitude(double centralLatitude) {
+        this.centralLatitude = centralLatitude;
+    }
+
+    public double getCentralLongitude() {
+        return centralLongitude;
+    }
+
+    public void setCentralLongitude(double centralLongitude) {
+        this.centralLongitude = centralLongitude;
+    }
+
+    public double getCentralAltitude() {
+        return centralAltitude;
+    }
+
+    public void setCentralAltitude(double centralAltitude) {
+        this.centralAltitude = centralAltitude;
+    }
+
+    public float getUtcOffset() {
+        return utcOffset;
+    }
+
+    public void setUtcOffset(float utcOffset) {
+        this.utcOffset = utcOffset;
+    }
+
+    public float getMagneticVariation() {
+        return magneticVariation;
+    }
+
+    public void setMagneticVariation(float magneticVariation) {
+        this.magneticVariation = magneticVariation;
+    }
+
+    public GPSCoordinate getGPSCoordinate() {
+        return new GPSCoordinate(centralLatitude, centralLongitude);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/visualiser/src/main/java/seng302/Mock/StreamedCourse.java b/visualiser/src/main/java/seng302/Mock/StreamedCourse.java
index 7ee395c0..96d8e416 100644
--- a/visualiser/src/main/java/seng302/Mock/StreamedCourse.java
+++ b/visualiser/src/main/java/seng302/Mock/StreamedCourse.java
@@ -50,8 +50,18 @@ public class StreamedCourse extends Observable implements RaceDataSource {
 
     public void setRegattaXMLReader(RegattaXMLReader regattaXMLReader) {
         this.regattaXMLReader = regattaXMLReader;
+        setChanged();
+        notifyObservers();
     }
 
+    public boolean hasReadRegatta() { return regattaXMLReader != null; }
+
+    public boolean hasReadBoats() { return boatXMLReader != null; }
+
+    public boolean hasReadCourse() { return streamedCourseXMLReader != null; }
+
+    public String getRegattaName() { return regattaXMLReader.getRegattaName(); }
+
     public List<Boat> getBoats() {
         return boatXMLReader.getBoats();
     }
diff --git a/visualiser/src/main/resources/scenes/start.fxml b/visualiser/src/main/resources/scenes/start.fxml
index 637f34f8..aa417926 100644
--- a/visualiser/src/main/resources/scenes/start.fxml
+++ b/visualiser/src/main/resources/scenes/start.fxml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 <?import javafx.scene.layout.GridPane?>
 <?import javafx.scene.layout.RowConstraints?>
 <?import javafx.scene.text.Font?>
-<?import javafx.scene.text.Text?>
 
 <AnchorPane fx:id="startWrapper" maxHeight="1.7976931348623157E308" maxWidth="1.7976931348623157E308" visible="false" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8.0.111" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" fx:controller="seng302.Controllers.StartController">
     <children>
@@ -30,11 +29,6 @@
                 <RowConstraints maxHeight="191.5" minHeight="10.0" prefHeight="82.0" vgrow="SOMETIMES" />
             </rowConstraints>
             <children>
-                <Text fx:id="raceTitleLabel" strokeType="OUTSIDE" strokeWidth="0.0" text="Welcome to RaceVision" GridPane.columnSpan="5" GridPane.halignment="CENTER">
-                    <font>
-                        <Font size="36.0" />
-                    </font>
-                </Text>
                 <Button fx:id="fifteenMinButton" maxWidth="-Infinity" minWidth="-Infinity" mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#startRaceNoScaling" prefWidth="100.0" text="Start" GridPane.columnIndex="2" GridPane.halignment="CENTER" GridPane.rowIndex="4" />
                 <TableView fx:id="boatNameTable" prefHeight="200.0" prefWidth="200.0" GridPane.columnIndex="1" GridPane.columnSpan="3" GridPane.rowIndex="2">
                     <placeholder>
@@ -48,6 +42,11 @@
                 <Label fx:id="timeZoneTime" contentDisplay="CENTER" text="Local time..." GridPane.columnIndex="2" GridPane.halignment="CENTER" GridPane.rowIndex="3" GridPane.valignment="CENTER" />
                 <Label fx:id="timer" text=" " GridPane.columnIndex="2" GridPane.halignment="CENTER" GridPane.rowIndex="5" />
             <Label fx:id="raceStartLabel" text="Starting time..." visible="false" GridPane.columnIndex="2" GridPane.halignment="CENTER" GridPane.rowIndex="1" />
+            <Label fx:id="raceTitleLabel" text="Welcome to RaceVision" GridPane.columnIndex="1" GridPane.columnSpan="3" GridPane.halignment="CENTER">
+               <font>
+                  <Font size="36.0" />
+               </font>
+            </Label>
             </children>
         </GridPane>
     </children>