Oxy Oman Crowned Champions of the OER Corporate Challenge

The two-day long OER Corporate Challenge ended on a high note as Occidental of Oman (Oxy) emerged as victor of the body and mind games that comprised the event. 26 corporate were pitted against each other in games that were specially formulated to test their endurance and team-spirit. Teams participated in challenges like Five-a-side Soccer, Beach Volleyball, Relay Race, Tug-of-war, Camp Up, Towering Objectives, Memory Check and Quiz. The spirit of sportsman was evident as teams fought valiantly to win the much sought after Corporate Challenge trophy.

A festive atmosphere permeated the Oman Dive Center as contestants encouraged each other – especially on the last day of the contest. Each team put in their best efforts. In the end, it was Oxy Oman who emerged as overall winners with 315 points, followed by Mohsin Haider Darwish in second place with 295 points and Falcon Oil Fields in third place with 272.5 points. National bank of Oman came fourth with 265 points followed by Shell Oman in fifth place with 255 place. The grand Champions Trophy was awarded to the proud team by Dr. Amer Rawas, Managing Director, Oman Mobile and H.H. Sayyid Tariq bin Shabib, Editor-in-Chief, Oman Economic Review.

The teams participating in the OER Corporate Challenge used every skill possible to try and reach the pinnancle of success. The spirit of competition was strong and teams displayed high levels of energy, innovativeness and team-buliding – each trying to outdo the other. The never-say-die attitude was clearly demonstrated as teams fought tooth and nail to keep their corporate flag flying high.

Apart from the champions Trophy, prizes were also given away to winners of individual challenges. Mohsin Haider Darwish won the prize for the Memory Check, Quiz. The Zubair Automotive Group won the award for Towering Objectives. Oxy Oman emerges as winner of the interesting Camp Up challenge and volleyball. The Shell Marketing team carried away the prize for Tug-of-war, Towell Auto Group won the award for soccer while the relay events were won by Port of Salalah.

According to Mr. Sandeep Sehgal, General Manager, United Media Services, “The OER Corporate Challenge has been a wonderful platform for the corporate houses in Oman to come together and compete on a different kind of turf. It provided an opportunity for teams to try their skills at games of body and mind. All in all it has been an experience to remember. The tremendous success of this event can be attributed to the unstinting support received from key corporate houses especially Oman Mobile and Jeep. Our vision is to see this event go from strength to strength with each passing year.”

The prize-giving ceremony was held to the loud cheers of the audience and was followed by a scintillating evening of entertainment. As night fell with a full moon reflecting resplendently on the shimmering water, participants and senior personnel from participating companies came together to celebrate the evening

Belly dancers regaled the audience - young and otherwise - equally. The huge gathering drawn from corporate circles were drawn into a spirit of bonhomie with foot-tapping music and Salsa dancing. Women participants of the OER Corporate Challenge received special prizes from Damas as did one lucky woman in the audience who won a stunning diamond pendent through a raffle draw.

The OER Corporate Challenge was inaugurated jointly by H.E Maqbool Ali Sultan, Minister of Commerce and Industry and H.E. Eng. Ali Bin Masoud A’Sunaidy, Minister of Sports Affairs. A number of digitaries from the corporate and government sector attended this pioneering corporate event. Oman Mobile and Jeep were Associate Sponsors while Times of Oman and Al Shabiba were supporting the event as Media Partners. Hewlett Packard, and IMTAC were Technology Partners, AXA Insurance, Oman Printers and Stationers were Category Partners, Capital Stores LLC, Raymond Weil Watches, Zahara Holidays, Panasonic, Emart, Photocenter, OUA, MHD, Samsung and Damas were Prize Partners, Pocari Sweat, AVIS, DHL were Support Partners.

OER Corporate Challenge 2007 was presented by Applause Events and was supported by Tiger Sports Marketing.