About The Silicon Cup
• About Us • Our Goals • Our Objectives • Committee Members
The 8th IT Regatta, now known as The Silicon Cup, took place in September 2007 and attracted 55+ yachts, 650+ attendees and again raised large amounts for charity. Several other industries host combination sailing and fundraising events, the most notable being The Little Britain Cup aka The Builders Bowl thanks to its sponsoring community - the construction industry. In 2004 The Little Britain Cup raised over £100,000 for charity, that said the event has now been in existence for 16 years. Entrants at the The Silicon Cup have been many and varied with the majority returning each year. Competing teams include; manufacturers, Channel Partners, IT departments and other related suppliers. The majority of the key industry players are represented albeit in a variety of guises. Logos from Hewlett-Packard, Intel, IBM, Microsoft and Oracle are all to be seen adorning the yachts. Growth in entries has been organic as illustrated in the table below.
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No of Entries
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No. of delegates
|
Funds raised
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|
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2000
|
11
|
88
|
£5,000
|
|
2001
|
34
|
272
|
£10,000
|
|
2002
|
52
|
416
|
£18,000
|
|
2003
|
65
|
520
|
£28,000
|
|
2004
|
71
|
680
|
£48,000
|
|
2005
|
72
|
710
|
£55,000
|
|
2006
|
56
|
690
|
£45,000
|
|
2007
|
56
|
700
|
£50.000
|
OUR GOALS ARE TO …
• HAVE OVER 100 ENTRIES IN 2008 • RAISE £60,000 FOR THE CHARITIES
OBJECTIVES
- The event has four core objectives:
• INDUSTRY NETWORKING
To create an event, and an environment, to better facilitate vendor independent
industry networking. There can be few better ways to bring so many players
together in a way that trade shows and partner conferences simply can't.
The format of the event provides opportunity to socialise broadly before
and after racing as well as the opportunity to compete safely whilst afloat.
•
CORPORATE HOSPITALITY
Sailing is a great corporate hospitality activity as it provides a compelling
focus in close quarters to a captive audience. By combining the racing activities
with the various shore-side events, entrants may tailor their level of hospitality
and indeed the associated costs. Professional skippers supplied with chartered
boats enable people to enjoy the stirring experience of close quarter yacht
racing in a large fleet despite their own levels of sailing prowess from
complete novice to hardened enthusiast. The event has and will continue
to prove to be a really excellent and highly memorable landmark event for
the majority of delegates.
In the current economic climate many companies have reduced the time and money they invest in teambuilding. The Silicon Cup offers significant value from a team building perspective which can benefit client / supplier relations as much as inter company relations. Yacht racing requires co-ordination and co-operation at every level.
• PUTTING SOMETHING BACK The fundraising element of the event is significant yet not the central focus. Our aim is to do something really worthwhile without the surrounding activities becoming distracting from the other 3 focus areas. Historically every penny raised by the various activities; entry fees, gala dinner, Irish raffle etc. is donated towards a small selection of charities.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Shaun Fröhlich - Chairman Chairman of Teksys www.teksys.co.uk Contact Shaun at sfrohlich@teksys.co.uk
Catrina Clarke Managing Director of KAN Ltd www.kan-do-it.com IContact Catrina at catrina@kan-do-it.com or on 07831 123 645
Other Committee Members include:
Alistair Beagley of Microsoft Mark Fowle of Attenda
Mike Pallot of Microsoft Simon Hansford of Attenda
If you have enthusiasm and would like to help us grow The Silicon Cup, by becoming a member of the committee please contact info@thesiliconcup.com
