Guest cache_ninja Posted March 5, 2001 Share Posted March 5, 2001 just passing this on... CONTACT: Laura Layton FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sarah Howell 404-231-0812 MBNA FOXHALL CUP ANNOUNCES GEOCACHING CHALLENGE $5,000 Grand Prize Buried in Suitcase ATLANTA, March 5, 2001 - Hide and seek is going techno, and it's not just for kids anymore. The MBNA Foxhall Cup has added the first competitive Geocaching Challenge to its activity roster during the four-day event being held May 3-6th. The MBNA Foxhall Cup National Championship equestrian competition at Foxhall Farm, 15 miles from Atlanta's Hartsfield Airport, will host the Geocaching event, a technology-enhanced treasure hunt with the largest grand prize offered in the sport - a suitcase of $5,000 cash. For game details and to register for the MBNA Foxhall Cup Geocaching Challenge, log onto www.foxhallcup.com. Geocaching combines technology and physical sport. It involves using a hand-held global positioning satellite (GPS) device to find hidden "caches" or prizes. Individuals or organizations set up the caches and post the location coordinates on the Internet. Participants can then download the coordinates and search for the treasure. Once found, a cache may provide the visitors with a wide variety of rewards. The sport's popularity is rapidly growing around the nation, and Georgia boasts the highest number of hidden caches in the southeast. "The MBNA Foxhall Cup Geocaching Challenge will be the first venue to take the new sport of Geocaching to a competitive level," said Jim Richards, MBNA Foxhall Cup chairman and owner of Foxhall Farm. "For a couple of days in May, everyone can be Indiana Jones searching for a hidden suitcase of cash." GEOCACHING CHALLENGE: The Game Participants register online at www.foxhallcup.com and check in at the primary waypoint -more- MBNA Foxhall Cup Geocaching Challenge / page two at Foxhall Farm during the MBNA Foxhall Cup May 3-6th. At the primary waypoint, challengers are provided with GPS location coordinates to find numerous caches each day. During the four-day Challenge, caches become increasingly difficult to find, with luck always adding a new dimension to the game. Prizes range from music CDs, tee-shirts, gift certificates and Rocket Cash to the grand prize - a buried suitcase filled with $5,000 cash. At each day's end, challengers return to the primary waypoint. Caches are tallied based on random coded scoring of each cache. On Saturday and Sunday, GeoCache challengers are presented a higher scoring threshold making the game more competitive. On Sunday, challengers still in the game will receive coordinates for the $5,000 grand prize. Additional activities on-site during the MBNA Foxhall Cup four-day event will include The International Disc Dog Handlers' Association 2001 Canine Disc Championships, Shepherd Center Derby Day festivities, Concours d'Elegance exotic car show, a skydiving demonstration, 6K cross-country Fun Run, 24-foot climbing wall, and Retail Village. MBNA America Bank, N.A. is the title sponsor and official financial service products provider of the MBNA Foxhall Cup. The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C. is the official hotel and Star level sponsor. WSB-TV will air pre-event coverage and be on-site to provide closed-circuit coverage of the equestrian event, so spectators won't have to miss a moment of the action. Atlanta-based Shepherd Center, known internationally for its successful work with acquired brain and spinal cord injuries, is the beneficiary of the MBNA Foxhall Cup. For more information on the MBNA Foxhall Cup Geocaching Challenge, log onto www.foxhallcup.com. To find out more on Geocaching, visit www.geocaching.com. Grand prize photo available in electronic version by request through e-mail, please contact Sarah Howell at datelinecohowell@aol.com. ### Quote Link to comment
Guest BigFig Posted March 5, 2001 Share Posted March 5, 2001 There goes the negiborhood .... Anybody interested in some plain old geocaching in KY??? Doesn't look like we are well represented here (I thought we were in the midwest??). Have fun and good luck in GA! Quote Link to comment
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