The Purpose & How It Works:

The purpose of the ERC Health Cleveland Corporate Challenge is to create a healthy and recreational event that builds company pride, morale and camaraderie among employees and companies. Businesses compete within a division of companies of similar size. Divisions may vary from year to year based on the number and size of companies entering the Corporate Challenge.

Each company selects a Company Coordinator as the liaison between the company and the Corporate Challenge Office.

• Attends Corporate Challenge Coordinators meetings
• Selects event team captains

The Team Captain

• Prepares the team to play
• Secures practice times
• Coordinates practices with individual work schedules
• Assures that the team is on time for each game
• Checks in at the check-in table the day of the event
• Handles the company registration and participant waiver forms

Participation Requirements

• Minimum age is 18
• You must be an employee or a spouse/significant other of an employee to compete
• Employee is defined as full time, part time, temp, or intern
• Please Note: If your company and your spouse/significant others company is participating in the Corporate Challenge, you must play ONLY for your company.

Company Size

All companies will compete in divisions based on number of employees.

Divisions

• Corporate Cup- Full Fledged Competition in all 14 events
• Independent- Participation in select events

Corporate Cup Entry Fees

• By May 1st - $1,300
• By June 1st - $1,450
• By June 9th - $1,600

Checks to be made payable to: Hermes Sports & Events.

By paying the above fee, the company can enter a team in each of the Corporate Challenge Events listed below, accumulating points toward the Corporate Cup. (If there is an event you cannot field a team in, it will not adversely affect you other than the loss of a participation point for the event.)

Events & Independent Entry Fees

Competition runs throughout the months of June, July and August. Weeknight competition begins as early as 6:00pm and Weekend competition starts as early as 8:00am.

Individual event participation is also available by paying the appropriate fee for that sport, but you will not earn points towards the Cup. The individual fees printed to the right of each event only apply to the independent division.

Charity

The official chairty of the 2008 ERC Health Cleveland Corporate Challenge is the Jennifer Ferchill Foundation. Each company entering the Corporate Cup Division will be able to pick the charity of their choice to compete for. The top 3 places in each division will have a donation made in their name to the charity they choose. The following are just a few charities that have benefited from the ERC Health Cleveland Corporate Challenge:

• Bobby Tripodi Foundation & Cornerstone of Hope
• Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
• Ronald McDonald House
• American Cancer Society
• United Way
• Cleveland Public Schools
• Make A Wish Foundation
• University Hospitals of Cleveland - Ireland Cancer Center and Rainbow Babies & Children
• Cleveland Hearing and Speech
• Cleveland Food Bank
• United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation
• YMCA
• Juvenile Diabetes Foundation
• ALS Association
• American Red Cross
• Acievement Centers for Children
• USO of Northern Ohio
• Volunteers of America
• Applewood Centers

Corporate Cup Points

• Points will be awarded to those teams entering the Corporate Cup and not for individual event entrance. Individual entries are eligible for awards issued for the individual events only.
  
  Scoring System
  
  Bowling, Miniature Golf, the Obstacle Course & 10K Relay (Non-Elimination Events)
  
  1st place - 10 points
  2nd place - 8 points
  3rd place - 6 points
  4th place - 4 points
  5th place - 3 points
  6th place - 2 points
  1 for participation
  
  
  Soccer, Billiards & Dodgeball (Single Elimination Events)
  1st place - 10 points
  2nd place - 8 points
  3rd place - 6 points
  4th place - 4 points (There is an elimination game to determine 3rd and 4th place)
  
  If you play 2 games, win one and lose one - 2 points
  If you play one game and lose - 1 point
  A forfeit is counted as a win
  
  
  Softball, Kickball, Cornhole, 3 on 3 Basketball, Sand VB & Tug of War (Double Elimination Events)
  
  1st place - 10 ioints
  2nd place - 8 points
  3rd place - 6 points
  4th place - 4 points
  
  If you win only 2 games and don't place - 3 points
  If you win only 1 game - 2 points
  If you don't win a game - 1 point
  A forfeit is counted as a win
  
  

Independent Division

• Any company can enter an individual team in the Independent Division. Corporate Cup teams may add additional company teams in the independent division. Your team will be placed in a division of Independent teams only.
  
  
  
  Softball, Basketball, Soccer, Kickball, Dodgeball, Sand Volleyball, Cornhole, the Obstacle Course & 10K Relay.
  All teams, no matter the company size, that are in the Independent Division (not Corporate Cup), will compete in the same division.
  
  These sports will be contested on the same dates of competition as listed in the entry material. Teams will be grouped together into one division. If there are less than three (3) teams that are scheduled to play, each tournament will be cancelled and a refund issued.
  
  
  Billiards
  All Independent teams will compete on Thursday, June 26. If there is less than three (3) teams that are scheduled to play, billiards will be cancelled for the independent division and a refund issued.
  
  Mini Golf & Bowling
  Independent teams will play in an independent division based on company size.
  
  Tug of War
  There is NO independent division for this event.
  
  
  

Event Awards

• The top 3 teams in each event receive an award for their achievements.
• The top 3 companies in each division competing for the Corporate Cup will have a donation made on their behalf to the charity of their choice.
• The winner of each division will have their name engraved on the Corporate Cup.