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Newquay to Host the Inaugural Cornwall Corporate Games

Cornwall Corporate games launch

Photo: Vicki Gregory (Marketing & Communications Officer, Cornwall Sports Partnership), Rachel Marriott (Workplace Development Officer, Cornwall & Isles of) Scilly PCT) and Ben Sedgemore (Director of Sport, Corporate Games ) at the Official Launch

On Tuesday 22 April 2008 at the stunning Eden Project, before a high profile audience of Cornwall and UK sports, corporate and media leadership, the Official Launch of the 2008 Cornwall Corporate Games took place .

Originating in San Francisco in 1988, the Games is a much travelled event. Games have been held in such diverse places as Budapest and Bilbaro, Johannesburg and Geneva, Malaysia and Hawaii, Stuttgart and The Hague. Cornwall is expected to attract thousands of participants from every corner of Cornwall, making it the biggest ever multisport participation event in Cornwall of any kind.

Dr Maureen Johnston, President and Founder of the Worldwide Corporate Games Community, which has more than 20 national and regional Corporate Games in progress globally, said at the launch this week:

“The Cornwall Corporate Games is the first of its kind in Cornwall and a very exciting time for us. It will bring together from every size and kind of organisation the everyday athletes who play sports for the fun, health and fitness it provides. All are there to represent their company, institution or workplace. They are not elite, but they play hard and enjoy the camaraderie and respect that real competition in sport and life can offer.

“Newquay is an ideal and beautiful site for the Games. It is at once a business and tourism city with vibrant mix of the old and new, and a great business, lifestyle and sporting ambience set in spectacular ocean scenery of great beauty. It is perfect for the many visitors who will come from corporate sports region-wide and beyond.”

There are 13 sports on the programme which includes a Grand Parade of Athletes, an Opening Celebration, a Great Games Party and the Closing Awards Celebration.

Large teams from Cornwall, both multinational and national organisations, will challenge one another in sporting competition. However the Games is not just for the huge and mighty of Cornwall’s elite organisations. It has provision even for the tiniest business or group to participate and become a winner.

Games Director, Ben Sedgemore, said that the Games grasps the spirit of earlier times in sport when the key was playing for the very joy of it and winning was not everything, just an important part of the whole.

“It is rather like the original vision of Baron de Coubertin in a different age,” Sedgemore states, “the Games respects the participants as much as the winners and seeks to provide a memorable and worthwhile experience for all entrants regardless of age or ability.”

Vicki Gregory, Marketing & Communications Officer for the Cornwall Sports Partnership, the host organisation commented, “We are delighted that Newquay will host this fascinating sporting event this year. We would like to see as many teams as possible enter and hopefully enjoy it so much that they take up sport and join a local club. I’ve no doubt that the Games will put Cornwall on the map as a dynamic centre for sport, business and tourism.”

For more information about the Cornwall Corporate Games please contact Camilla Swain on 01733 380 888 or email Camilla@corporate-games.com

Visit www.corporate-games.com

Notes to Editors

About the Cornwall Corporate Games

The Cornwall Corporate Games is a member project of the Worldwide Corporate Games Community. The multi-sport festivals for businesses of every size and kind attract many thousands of competitors from hundreds of organisations to build team spirit, enhance health and fitness, and create enthusiasm and togetherness at every level.

There are 13 sports included in this years first ever Cornwall Corporate Games:

Badminton, Beach Volleyball, Bellboat Racing, Cricket 8s, Golf, Netball, Rounders, Touch Rugby, Running, Football 6s, Football, Squash and Tennis.

All sports are open to everyone. Cost to enter £34 per person +VAT (supplement applies to Golf)

The Cornwall Sports Partnerships Community Sports Coaches will be running taster sessions for many of the sports around the county in the summer on the build up to the Games. All companies that enter can book onto these sessions (included as part of their entry fee). Contact Vicki Gregory vgregory@cornwall.gov.uk or 01872 323344 (CSP website: www.cornwallsportspartnership.co.uk )

For more information please contact the Games Office:
T 44 (0)1733 380 888
F 44 (0)1733 380 890
www.corporate-games.com
cor@corporate-games.com

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