Corporate Challenge returns this Sunday

The Saipan Chamber of Commerce will hold its 3rd Annual Corporate Challenge event this Sunday, August 22, at the American Memorial Park and Micro Beach, and this year may be the best one yet.

Beginning at 9am, teams gathering to participate in the Corporate Challenge will prepare for the approximately six-hour competition. Composed of members of a business, agency or organization, teams will compete in a number of events to determine the overall winner.

This list of events includes the ever-popular obstacle course, egg toss, a Best Tent contest, and fear-factor eating contest, among others. Co-workers and family members are free to join the cheering squad of each team.

Emerging victorious from a field of 17 teams last year was the Bank of Guam, followed by the Pacific Islands Club and Dai-Ichi Hotel in third.

The best tent award went to Verizon for its creative use of natural materials, while Hyatt amazed the crowd and won the Spirit Award. The PIC Team won the best-dressed award with one of its female participants donned in a mermaid suit.

On the opposite side of the spectrum, Moylan’s placed last in the games competition, while Safety 1st was named the worst tent, and Tan Holdings was selected as the worst dressed team.

This year’s event will be even more interesting because there is a guaranteed new champion, as the Bank of Guam will not be participating. The U.S. Navy will also be a part of the games as there will be a team from the USS Vincennes competing in the Challenge as well.

Although the team that accumulates the most points in the challenge is awarded the annual trophy, the real winners of the event are the students who are granted scholarships by the SCC.

Proceeds go to our Educational Scholarship fund, which supports local students who want to further their education at an accredited two-year or four-year institution.

Newly named Executive Director of the Saipan Chamber of Commerce, Christine Parke, said that she believes that this year’s Challenge will be something special.

“I think that it’s going to be a really fun event and it will be really unique to Saipan.”

The Corporate Challenge is set to start at 10am on Sunday, but it is recommended that teams arrive as early as 9am to prepare for the daylong event. The public is encouraged to come down to the park for all of the fun and games.