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CIGNA HealthCare and Elliot Health System presents the CIGNA/Elliot Corporate 5K Road Race Date: Thursday, August 9, 2007 Start Time: 6:20 p.m. Distance: 5K Location: Veterans Park, Elm Street Manchester, NH |
Team Information
The Fourteenth Annual CIGNA/Elliot Corporate Road Race is a 5K (3.1 mile) race open to corporate teams, individual runners, walkers and wheelchair entrants. Companies of all sizes are encouraged to field teams to represent their organizations. Proceeds from the race will support Easter Seals New Hampshire, Inc. and their mission to ensure that individuals with disabilities have an equal opportunity to live, learn, work and play in their community.
Everything that you need to get your Corporate Team started is included in this information packet. If you are interested in entering the race, but are not part of a Corporate Team, click here to download an individual entry form. Come join the fun!
For all other general information not related to teams, please click here!
REGISTER ON-LINE
On-line registration is fast and easy, simply click
here. Team Captains can set-up and manage their team on-line
and will receive electronic confirmation of all transactions. Please
note that when registering on-line it is best to submit one check
for all team members made payable to CIGNA/Elliot Corporate 5K Road
Race at PO Box 2041, Concord, NH 03302- 2041.
Be sure to include your team's name on your check. Credit card payments will not be accepted on an individual basis for team members.
ENTRY FEES & DEADLINES
The entry fee for corporate team members is $12 per person.
ONE check for your team should be made payable to CIGNA/Elliot
Corporate 5K Road Race. Applications and full payment must be
received by July 25th. Corporate Teams interested in receiving
corporate branded t-shirts must submit their company,s logo,
Company Team Roster and payment by July 18th. Corporate team
add-ons will be accepted through July 25th. After July 25th,
any add-ons will be entered as individuals and will not be eligible
for corporate branded t-shirts.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
The CIGNA/Elliot Corporate 5K Road Race is open to individuals
and teams - information contained in this packet is for team
registration only. If you are interested in entering the race
as an individual, please call 1.800.554.1664 to request an
individual entry form.
The team competition is not open to athletic clubs, social or like organizations.
Team members must be at least 18 years of age on race day and be employed at the company since June 1 or before. Nonemployees (family and friends) may participate on the team, but must be listed separately on the Company Team Roster under "NON-TEAM MEMBERS". Non-team members can not score for the team.
Teams must consist of at least five (5) employees.
TEAM CAPTAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
As Team Captain, it is your responsibility to organize
and manage your company's team.
- Please carefully read all information contained in this packet. Make duplicates of the enclosed forms as necessary.
- Be sure that each member of your team reads the Runner's Health Tips on the flap of this brochure.
- If you are registering your team on-line, please confirm that all team members have accepted the on-line Release/Waiver. Team members will not be added to your team until the Release/Waiver has been accepted. If you are not registering on-line, you must obtain hard copies of dated and signed Team Runner Application and Release Forms (enclosed in this packet) for each member of your team. Team members who do not have a Team Runner Application and Release Form on file will not be permitted to enter the race.
- Collect the entry fee from each participant and submit ONE check with the original Application & Release Forms and the Company Team Roster before the team entry deadline (deadline is July 20th for teams requesting corporate branded t-shirts, July 27th for generic team t-shirts). Teams requesting corporate branded t-shirts must submit their company's logo in accordance with the guidelines outlined in the Team Captain letter included in this packet. The guidelines have been established to ensure the quality of your Team's t-shirts. Mail forms, fees and logos to: CIGNA/Elliote Corporate 5K Road Race, PO Box 2041, Concord, NH 03302-2041.
- Please be sure to indicate the "Total Number of Employees at Your Facility" on the Company Team Roster in order to be considered for the "Highest Percentage of Participation" award.
- Pick-up your team's t-shirts, pins, bib numbers and chips at Veterans Park between noon and 6:00 p.m. on race day. Bib numbers and chips are not transferable. For your convenience, Team Captains can pick-up their team packages the evening before the race at Logo Loc at 540 Commercial Street, Manchester.
- Remind your team members that all chips must be returned after the race. Any individual who does not return the chip will be charged $35.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Team Designations
Male and Female Open Teams
Any team with at least five male team members will
automatically be entered into the Male Open Team
category - there is no sign-up or special designation
required. Likewise, any team with at least five
female team members will automatically be entered
into the Female Open Team category. Open Team members
must be employees. Family and friends are not eligible
for Open Team competition and can not score for
the team. The best five age-adjusted times will
determine the overall team score (low score wins).
The top ten teams win awards.
2006 Male Open Team Winners
- Raytheon Company
- Liberty Mutual/Liberty Life
- BAE Systems
- Elliot Hospital Emergency Room
- BAE Systems
- Elliot Health System
CO-ED TEAMS
Co-Ed Team designation is OPTIONAL - your team
is not required to participate as a Co-Ed Team.
Any team that wishes to compete as a Co-Ed Team
must make that designation on the Co-Ed Company
Team Roster included in this race packet. Those
team members designated as Co-Ed will not score
for your team in the Male and Female Open categories.
There is a limit of one Co-Ed Team per company.
Co-Ed Teams must have at least five members
(more is fine), a minimum of two men and two
women. All individuals must be at least 18 years
or older on race day. The best five members
of your Co-Ed team will score for the team (two
best men, two best women and the next fastest
runner). Co-Ed Team members must be employees.
Family and friends are not eligible for Co-Ed
Team competition. The top five Co-Ed Teams win
awards.
2006 Co-Ed Team Winners
- BAE Systems
- WPI Faculty/Staff
- NH State Liquor Commission
TEAM AWARDS - SCORING
Male and Female Open Teams as well as Co-Ed
Teams will be scored on an age-adjusted
basis, which means that each runner's chip
net time will be adjusted according to established
performance tables. Each company may score
once in each of the three team categories.
CORPORATE TEAM PARTICIPATION
COMPETITION
Teams must have at least five participants
to qualify for Corporate Team competition.
Each Team will compete for Corporate Cups
based on the size of their company - Small
Team (5-15 employees), Medium Team (16-99
employees) and Large Team (100+ employees).
Corporate Cups will be awarded to the
top Small, Medium and Large Teams in two
categories; "Most Participants" and the
"Highest Percentage of Participation".
NOTE: Please be sure to indicate the "Total
Number of Employees at Your Facility"
on the Company Team Roster in order to
be considered for the "Highest Percentage
of Participation" award.
2005 Most Participants Award
| Small Team (5-15 employees) | Mehan Orthodontics |
| Medium Team (16-99 employees) | Triangle Credit Union |
| Large Team (100+ employees) | BAE Systems |
2005 Highest Percentage of Participation
| Small Team (5-15 employees) | Craig & Gatzoulis Law Office of Amy G. Wolfson Northern New England Benefit Trust Bernstein Shur |
| Medium Team (16-99 employees) | Brennan, Caron, Lenehan & Iacopino |
| Large Team (100+ employees) | Rockywold Deephaven Camps |
“CIGNA HealthCare” refers to various operating subsidiaries of CIGNA Corporation. Products and services are provided by these subsidiaries and not by CIGNA Corporation. These subsidiaries include Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, Tel-Drug, Inc. and its affiliates, CIGNA Behavioral Health, Inc., Intracorp, and HMO or service company subsidiaries of CIGNA Health Corporation and CIGNA Dental Health, Inc. In Arizona, HMO plans are offered by CIGNA HealthCare of Arizona, Inc. In California, HMO plans are offered by CIGNA HealthCare of California, Inc. In Virginia, HMO plans are offered by CIGNA HealthCare of Virginia, Inc. and CIGNA HealthCare Mid-Atlantic, Inc. Elliot refers to Elliot Health System and all of its subsidiaries and affiliates.
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