SEPTEMBER 27-30, 2012REGISTRATION PACKAGE

What is the Wood Buffalo Corporate Challenge?

REGISTER TODAY!

Corporate Challenge is a four-day event promoting health and wellness in the workplace in a fun, team-oriented and supportive series of inclusive sport challenges. The event will be centered on MacDonald Island Park at the Suncor Community Leisure Centre and will take place September 27-30, 2012.

Corporate Challenge brings the spirit of the Olympics to a local and more intimate playing field. We offer eight different team events and many social networking opportunities throughout the four days of competition.

Corporate Challenge is a healthy way for local companies and their employees to stay active in the community while adding a social component for those that want to cheer on their colleagues. In a busy work-oriented community like Wood Buffalo, employees need the opportunity for unity, togetherness, and camaraderie. Corporate Challenge

Teams can register online at www.wbcc.ca or at Guest Services at the Suncor Community Leisure Centre

Registration is confirmed upon payment and all teams will receive a confirmation e-mail. Team captains will receive notifications of a team captains’ meeting that will be held in September prior to the event. The attached registration and

waiver forms are required to be completed and returned at the team Captains’ meeting.

Cost: Non-profit $1000 +GST Corporate $1500 +GST

promotes, enables, and supports teamwork, company pride and corporate health and wellness.

Some of today’s most successful companies understand the real business benefits of being involved in corporate health and wellness activities. Well-structured events are an excellent way to encourage initiative, reward the commitment of staff, improve morale, inspire cooperation and team spirit, and motivate staff to take a positive outlook on health in the workplace.

Now more than ever, Wood Buffalo businesses, our working staff, and our families need healthy activities to share. We need to be reminded of health and wellness in all areas of life including the workplace.

For more information about the Wood Buffalo Corporate Challenge, please see the website at www.wbcc.ca

WOOD BUFFALO CORPORATE CHALLENGETEAM EVENTS

DodgeballIf you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball! Get your fastest “dodgers” out of the office and put your team together for this classic sport. Dodge ball is a game in which players try to hit other players on the opposing team with balls while avoiding being hit themselves.

Innertube WaterpoloJust like a day at the beach! Except add the task of competing on the water and staying afloat on innertubes at the Canadian Dewatering 54m Pool at the Syncrude Aquatic Centre. Innertube waterpolo is a variation of the sport waterpolo with the important difference that players, excluding the goalkeeper, are required to float in inflatable inner tubes.

Beach VolleyballEnjoy the sunshine outside in the new beach volleyball pits at MacDonald Island! Bump, volley and spike your way into some point for your company! Beach volleyball, or sand volleyball, is a sport played by two teams of three players on a sand court divided by a net.

Muddy Buddy Obstacle CourseThis event isn’t for the faint of heart and those afraid to get a little dirty! This obstacle course is a series of challenging physical obstacles individual members of teams must navigate usually while timed. Obstacle course includes running, climbing, jumping, crawling and balancing elements with the aim of testing endurance in a fun and positive environment.

TV TriviaFinally the time wasted watching countless hours of television comes in handy! Choose your team wisely as they will need to be masters in five different television categories. From sitcoms to sports and everything in between is it even possible to even know it all? Bus PullShow just how strong your company really is! In this part of the challenge, your company will need more than just athletic ability and brains; they will need to dig down deep as they try to pull a bus 24 feet and over the finish line. Not only do they need to get it over the finish line they also have to do it with the fastest time!

Relay TriathlonIs your company up for the challenge? The challenge of selecting three employees (swimmer, cyclist, and runner) to compete in the relay triathlon! The team relay triathlon promotes teamwork, a healthy workforce, corporate health, and work/life balance. Start hosting your try-outs today and get those top three athletes that will bring your company across the finish line first!

Human BonspielHURRRRRRYYYYYY HAAAARRRDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!As you try to slide your body closest to the button in this fun twist to the classic game of curling. The bodies of your team members will be replacing the curling stones in the hopes that you can maneuver bodies to get the best position in the house!

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***Please note that Wood Buffalo Corporate Challenge

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Corporate Challenge FAQ

1. Where do I find details about the events?All event information is posted under the Events section at www.wbcc.ca. Information such as schedules, participants, location & rules are included in this section.

2. Where do I find schedules?A preliminary schedule is attached to this package. Final team schedules will be created within the master schedule and be posted online and e-mailed to team captains by September 20, 2012.

3. How are the schedules created?Teams will be randomly divided into groups of 10 teams. Each group will be competing in each of the eight events against each other. Teams will be ranked both in their respective divisions and as a total of all divisions.

4. How does the point system work?Each team will compete in each of the eight events. Events are either timed or head to head competition. After each event each team is ranked 1 thru 10 in the respective division. Scoring for each event is as follows:

Place Points1st & 2nd Place 503rd & 4th Place 405th & 6th Place 30

Place Points7th & 8th Place 209th & 10th Place 10

All WBCC participants that commit to the CIBC Run for the Cure (promo code “Wood Buffalo Corporate Challenge”) will receive 5 bonus points toward their final score, to a maximum of 60 points per team.

5. When are results posted?Our games managers will post results from each event two hours after the final team(s) have completed the course or game. We have a master results board that will be displayed in the Suncor Community Leisure Centre where you can follow your progress.

6. How do I sponsor the event?If you are interested in sponsoring the Wood Buffalo Corporate Challenge you can contact Mike Walsh at 780-880-7937 or mike.walsh@mnp.ca. There are a variety of different options that will fit your budget.

7. Does every team member have to be present for each event?No. Each event has a required number of participants from each team. It is important for team captains to review the rules of each event so that they can allocate team members appropriately. The rules are posted online at www.wbcc.ca. The games managers will be sure to schedule games so that it is possible to participate in all events.

8. Do all team members have to be from the same company?No. Although team names are in conjunction with the company they represent it is possible to fill your roster with spouses or family members. Each team must have eight employees of their 12 person roster from the company represented.

9. How many participants per team?Each team is required to have a minimum 12 or a maximum of 16 participants.

Registration Form Company Name: Address: Team Name: Contact Name: Contact Telephone: Number of Participants: Participants Names:

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How did you hear about the Wood Buffalo Corporate challenge?

Completed forms are required by the team captains’ meeting in September

WAIVER AND RELEASE AGREEMENTSuncor Community Leisure Centre at MacDonald Island Park Please read carefully before signing. If you have any questions please ask our staff for clarification. The Suncor Community Leisure Centre strives to provide a safe and healthy environment for all guests; however as with any activity an awareness of possible risks must be acknowledged. It should be understood that there are risks and dangers inherent with participation in any physical activity and use of the Suncor Community Leisure Centre come with a personal assumption of risk.

The undersigned agrees as follows:

1. I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT Suncor Community Leisure Centre programs and activities require a minimum level of fitness and physical, mental, and emotional health. I FURTHER UNDERSTAND AND ACKNOWLEDGE that the probability of an injury occurring depends in part on MY level of fitness and health as well as on the awareness, care, and skills with which I conduct myself.

2. I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE ARE RISKS AND DANGERS inherent with participation in a physical activity. I will participate in physical programs and utilize equipment and services at MY own risk. THESE RISKS AND DANGERS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: the possibility of embarrassment, physical injury, concussion, soft tissue damage, infectious diseases, cardiac arrest, even including the possible risk of severe or fatal injury.

3. I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MY participation in any Suncor Community Leisure Centre program or activity is purely voluntary and such participation is done at MY OWN RISK and I am free to withdraw at any time. I release and discharge the Suncor Community Leisure Centre, its agents, and/or employees from any and all claims, suits, legal demands, or actions, based on performance of due diligence in management of the Suncor Community Leisure Centre.

4. I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT IS MY PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY to ascertain where I have any health conditions which make it inadvisable to participate in any Suncor Community Leisure Centre program or activity. A failure to divulge important health information will result in an increase in risk.

5. I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT the Suncor Community Leisure Centre is not responsible for any lost, damaged, or stolen property.

6. I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I unconditionally acknowledge that MacDonald Island Park Corporation may publish, or otherwise use any image taken of me for any communications medium be it for promotion, advertising, publication, the use of trade, and/or for any other purpose.

Adult Participant (Print Name):_________________________

I declare that I have read and understood and agree to the contents of the above WAIVER AND RELEASE

AGREEMENT form in its entirety this ____day of ________, 20___. Signature: _________________________

Completed forms are required by the team captains’ meeting in September