Corporate Challenge Scoring
What is a Challenge Cup Anyway?
Challenge Cups were first started in California. They then moved to
Canada's
west coast and in 1979 made their way to Windsor Ontario. The concept has
two possibilities. The first is competitive and the second is classified
as a "Play Day" for adults. Windsor's approach is the latter. At
the present time there are other cities in Ontario running Challenge Cups.
Windsor, London, Oshawa, and Ottawa use this software to score the events in the "Challenge".
Who Takes Part?
Generally the challenge is made
to the "corporate" community but that is not really the only group who could take part.
Schools, scouting groups etc could benefit from a "Play Day" at any level.
The sky is the limit!
What Do They Do ?
The
strength of a challenge cup is the "off the wall" organizing committee.
The crazier the games the better the response. Windsor has tried everything
from serious "fitness type" challenges to the most successful "Play Days".
Why ?>
There are two basic purposes. The first
is a chance for employers and employees to get together in a non-stressful
situation. The second which is mind boggling is a chance to support local
charities.
What Do I Mean Support Charity
In the
1995 Challenge Cup in Windsor the 240 teams of 20 people each collected
more than 100,000 can goods, 8000 pints of blood, and raised more than
$90,000 for the local Hospice Society in there 3 pre-cup events which by
the way generally extend throughout the entire year prior to the day of
the actual "Play Day"! Windsor's challenge cup is I believe the largest in
the world.
So Why Computerized Scoring ?
Consider the process. About every 10 minutes a group of teams move to
a particular "game" site ... get instructions and then are scored on their
performance. Remember there are 240 teams in our cup. The best team
generally receives 240 points for that event and the worst team receives
1 point. Never mind the problem of ties .... but don't forget there will
be many because almost all events are timed or scored on the basis of a 3
minute performance.
Then at the end of the day with 13 events there are
about 3000 scores or times. These scores are entered into our computer
system all day long. Then at 5:00pm the fun starts. Check for missing
data. Correct the problems. Compile each event individually so that
the first five teams can be awarded medals. Compile the cumulative scores
for the first 3 PRE CUP events. Then compile the entire set of results
into a single set of scores by placings in each event for an overall cup
winner. The entire process takes about one half hour (mostly of
printing time) to complete this task after all the scores have been
entered. Since the scores are entered all day long the results process
generally is started 10 minutes after the final teams complete the last
set of "game".
