2012 BOILERMAKER CORPORATE CUP TEAM RULES

1. Each team member must have submitted a Boilermaker Official Entry Form to be eligible as a team member.
2. Each team entry must be submitted on a 2012 Boilermaker Corporate Cup Team Entry Form by JULY 1, 2012.
3. No team entries will be accepted over the telephone.
4. Only one team may be entered per Boilermaker Corporate Cup Team Entry Form.
5. No amendments to a Team Entry Form will be accepted after the Race Committee has received it.
6. Corporations may enter an unlimited number of teams, and team size is unlimited. There is no fee for entering a team. The minimum team size is determined by the scoring criteria listed in items 10 through 12.
7. A Corporation is defined as a profit or nonprofit business or service, including state and municipal organizations. Also included are professional organizations, (for example, engineering society, medical associations, etc) however, runners must be full members of the organization. Please refer to rule 14 - runners may only participate on a single team.
8. Each team runner must be a full-time or part-time employee of the Business/Corporation since May 31, 2012. A full-time employee is one who regularly works, and is paid through the regular company payroll, a 40 hour week. A part-time employee works no less than 20 hours regularly each week, and is on the company’s regular payroll. Employment must be verifiable through the company’s human resources or personnel department, and that contact must be given on the entry form. Physicians and Medical Professionals who have privileges to practice at a hospital or medical group may form a team, or be included on a team with employees of the hospital or medical group.
9. Teams must be entered in the competition category appropriate for the size, or employee count, of the company. If a team is entered with runners coming from a single office location, then the team may enter in the competition category based on the size of the single office, branch, or division that the roster is taken from. If the roster contains runners from more than one office location, then the size of the entire company is used as the basis for the team category. (see item 10)
10. Team scoring will be based on the average finish time, based on net, or chip time, of:
    
    MALE TEAMS:
    Large Corporation (over 1000 employees) - First 5 finishers
    Medium Corporation (251 to 1000 employees) - First 5 finishers
    Small Corporation (1 to 250 employees) - First 3 finishers
    FEMALE TEAMS:
    All Corporations - First 3 finishers
    
    COED TEAMS:
    Large Corporation (over 1000 employees) - First 5 finishers
    Medium Corporation (251 to 1000 employees) - First 5 finishers
    Small Corporation (1 to 250 employees) - First 3 finishers
    MASTERS TEAMS:
    All Corporations - First 3 finishers
    OPEN DIVISION TEAMS:
    All Corporations - First 3 finishers
    Minimum team size is 5 for large and medium teams, or 3 for small, female, masters, and open teams, as indicated to complete the scoring.
11. Scoring for Coed teams will include the first 3 finishers composed of at least 1 male and 1 female runner for small corporations, and the first 5 finishers composed of at least 2 male and 2 female runners for medium and large corporations.
12. Scoring for Masters teams will include the first 3 finishers. Masters runners must be forty years old (40) on or before the day of the race. Note that runners over 40 may compete in other categories, but a Masters team can only include runners that are at least 40 years old.
13. The Open Division Teams may include any age, and any sex participant. Scoring for the Open Division will include the first 3 finishers regardless of sex or age or size of company.
14. Awards will be given to the First, Second, and Third Place Finishers in each Team category. Awards will also be given to the Fastest Male and Fastest Female Corporate Cup runners.
15. An individual cannot be entered as an official member for more than one Boilermaker Corporate Cup Team. This includes Male, Female, Coed, and Master’s teams.
16. The Team Captain will be responsible for the completion and accuracy of the Team Entry Form. Any correspondence from the Race Committee will be with the Team Captain - not with the individual team members. The Team Captain should provide their address and telephone number in case of any problems.
17. The Team Entry Form must include the name and telephone number of the employee personnel department or responsible individual for the purpose of verifying company size and employment status of team runners.
18. Teams will designate a recognized charity, and a drawing will be held to select up to three charities that the Boilermaker Road Race and our sponsor will make a donation to.
19. The Boilermaker Race committee will interpret all rules and any disputes or suggestions must be made in writing to the Corporate Cup Committee Chairman.

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