WellPath's 2026 MMGs + National Benefits Day Tug-of-War Registration

Tug-of-War Registration

Please register a Tug-of-war team for your department or multiple departments. Games are played on Employee's lunch break between 11 am and 12:45pm at Friendship Park on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, March 10th, 11th, and 12th.

Although participants in the March Madness Games, are playing on their lunch hour each will have an additional 30 minutes of administrative leave to get cleaned up, grab a bite to eat and prepare to return to work. The administrative time must be coordinated with the participants’ supervisor(s). This administrative leave has been approved by Bryan Meyers.

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Tug-of-war

For more information about Tug-of-war please visit: https://www.srpmic-nsn.gov/wellpath/march-madness-games/

Tug-of-War might not be for your department. It’s rough. It’s tough. In the trenches with your teammate trying not to get pulled around. But one team is going to get pulled around. One team is going to get dragged across the line and experience the old sport adage: “The agony of defeat.”

Departments will register a team and smaller departments can join with other departments to form a team. Teams can have as many players as you can fit on your side of the rope. Departments may have more than one team but no participant may tug on more than one team during MMGs 2026.

A large Tug-of-War rope will be divided in two by a flag tied around the rope. Each team’s players can take their position and grab their end of the rope. Each team member must be able to place two hands on the rope. When you run out of rope you can no longer add team members. On the whistle, each team pulls. The first team to drag the flag across their end zone line wins.

Tips:

- There is an optimal team size.

- Too few players and your team can’t pull with the most force.

- Too many players, and your team can’t get spacing and footing to pull with the most force.

- Pay attention to the rope.

- If your team starts losing, don’t get dragged into each other.

- Don’t let the rope move in your hand – you don’t want rope burn.

- Work as a team

- Pull together

- Stall together

- A team that is pulling at different times won’t pull with the greatest force.

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* 1. Please choose your employer

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* 2. Please tell us the name of your department or departments on your team.

Please provide 3 contacts for your team including e-mail address and phone number.

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* 3. Please provide the First contact for your Tug-of-War team

Name

Email Address

Phone Number

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* 4. Please provide the Second contact for your Tug-of-War team

Name

Email Address

Phone Number

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* 5. Please provide the Third contact for your Tug-of-War team

Name

Email Address

Phone Number

Participants must sign a waiver which will also provide your loyalty cup. Loyalty cup is good for a discount and free drinks at the Round House Cafe's Thursday Barbeques.

Thank you for participating. Don't forget there are other events in which you may want to participate: visit https://www.srpmic-nsn.gov/wellpath/March-madness-games for details and links to register. Participants only need to submit 1 waiver for all the MMGs games.

We will be in contact soon with the schedule of games. Please be prepared to play each day as winners will move on until teams qualify for the Medal Matches on National Benefits Day, Tuesday, March 31st, 2026. Your team could win Gold, Silver and Bronze medals for your Department. The department(s) winning the most medals wins the overall medal count and takes home the travelling trophy to defend next year.