diff --git a/mock/src/main/java/seng302/Model/Event.java b/mock/src/main/java/seng302/Model/Event.java
index 11043145..2b55a0bf 100644
--- a/mock/src/main/java/seng302/Model/Event.java
+++ b/mock/src/main/java/seng302/Model/Event.java
@@ -35,7 +35,69 @@ public class Event {
         new Thread((newRace)).start();
     }
 
+
     public void sendRegattaData() {
+        try {
+
+            DocumentBuilderFactory docFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+            DocumentBuilder docBuilder = docFactory.newDocumentBuilder();
+
+            //root element
+            Document doc = docBuilder.newDocument();
+            Element rootElement = doc.createElement("RegattaConfig");
+            doc.appendChild(rootElement);
+
+            //regattaID element
+            Element regattaID = doc.createElement("RegattaID");
+            regattaID.appendChild(doc.createTextNode("3"));
+            rootElement.appendChild(regattaID);
+
+            //regattaName element
+            Element regattaName = doc.createElement("RegattaName");
+            regattaName.appendChild(doc.createTextNode("New Zealand Test"));
+            rootElement.appendChild(regattaName);
+
+            //courseName element
+            Element courseName = doc.createElement("CourseName");
+            courseName.appendChild(doc.createTextNode("North Head"));
+            rootElement.appendChild(courseName);
+
+            //centralLatitude element
+            Element centralLat = doc.createElement("CentralLatitude");
+            centralLat.appendChild(doc.createTextNode(Double.toString(32.293039)));
+            rootElement.appendChild(centralLat);
+
+            //centralLongitude element
+            Element centralLong = doc.createElement("CentralLongitude");
+            centralLong.appendChild(doc.createTextNode(Double.toString(-64.843983)));
+            rootElement.appendChild(centralLong);
+
+            //centralAltitude element
+            Element centralAlt = doc.createElement("CentralAltitude");
+            centralAlt.appendChild(doc.createTextNode(Double.toString(0)));
+            rootElement.appendChild(centralAlt);
+
+            //utcOffset element
+            Element utcOffset = doc.createElement("UtcOffset");
+            utcOffset.appendChild(doc.createTextNode(Double.toString(-3)));
+            rootElement.appendChild(utcOffset);
+
+            //magneticVariation element
+            Element magneticVariation = doc.createElement("MagneticVariation");
+            magneticVariation.appendChild(doc.createTextNode(Double.toString(14.76)));
+            rootElement.appendChild(magneticVariation);
+
+            TransformerFactory trasformerFactory = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
+            Transformer transformer = trasformerFactory.newTransformer();
+            DOMSource source = new DOMSource(doc);
+
+            //print XML object to check for correctness
+            StreamResult result = new StreamResult(System.out);
+            transformer.transform(source,result);
+
+        } catch (Exception e){
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
 
     }
 
@@ -132,11 +194,13 @@ public class Event {
             Transformer transformer = trasformerFactory.newTransformer();
             DOMSource source = new DOMSource(doc);
 
+            //print XML object to check for correctness
             StreamResult result = new StreamResult(System.out);
             transformer.transform(source,result);
 
-        } catch (Exception e) {}
-
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
 
     }