County Cup Update By: Tim Moubray, Director, Orange County Parks & Recreaiton and Orange County Communications Department Orange County Parks & Recreation has hosted the first three events in the 2025 County Cup, and it has been quite an exciting start. The first event, held in honor of George Washington Day (also recognized as President’s Day) tasked employees with accurately guessing the amount of money in a jar (no, the winner did not get the money 🙂 ). A confusing mixture of bills and coins, as well as considerations regarding which pieces of currency actually feature a former President, made this even more challenging. Peggy Helmuth from Development Services took the gold. Peggy’s guess was $137.54, only 26 cents off from the actual total of $137.28. Jase Lawson, from Public Works, and Page Higginbotham, Commonwealth’s Attorney, were also within one dollar of the actual amount! May’s event was a blend of cornhole and baseball we dubbed, “Cornball.” Competitors scored points by landing hacky sacks in holes representing singles, doubles, triples, and of course, homers. Running the cycle (getting one of each), earned the team an extra inning. As the seventh inning stretch approached, several departments even broke out into renditions of Take Me Out to the Ballgame . Team Finance took the win in this event with help from new Director Andrew Oliver (batting average: 0.625), who may be in consideration for County Cup “Rookie of the Year.” Current team standings are below. The next event was our traditional March Madness Bracket Challenge. As Florida defeated Houston 65- 63 to secure the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship, Susan Turner from Fire & EMS took first place by a much greater margin! Scoring 100 out of a possible 120 points, she was 9 points ahead of her closest competitor.
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