Contest

Score a #TRYfecta with our Twitter & Instagram Contest!

CANADA SEVENS #TRYfecta TWITTER & INSTAGRAM CONTEST DETAILS

The World Rugby Sevens Series will descend on Vancouver in March 2016 and Canada Sevens is ready to party. But are you ready? First step to a fun time at the World Rugby Sevens Series is to rally a group of friends to go. Second step is to pick out a hilarious group costume theme – but we’ll leave that one for later. So, we’re asking sport fans to enter our #TRYfecta Twitter and Instagram contest by posting a tweet or a photo and tagging three friends you’d like to join you at Canada Sevens Vancouver 2016. In return we are graciously giving you a chance to win four tickets. Fair trade? We think so. Enter to win by posting a tweet or a picture with the hashtag #TRYfecta and tag three of your friends! Creativity is encouraged (we’d love to see your costume plans, or rugby themed photos).

Spread the word on Twitter or Instagram for your chance to win four tickets to Canada Sevens in 2016. Tweet or post a photo including the hashtag #TRYfecta and our handle @CanadaSevens to enter.

 

 

 

 

 

OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES AND REGULATIONS

The CANADA SEVENS #TRYfecta Twitter and Instagram Contest (the “Contest”) is brought to you by Canada Men’s International Sevens Limited Partnership, as represented by its general partner, Canada International Sevens GP Ltd. “Canada Sevens” (herein after referred to as the “Contest Sponsor”). The Contest starts on March 27, 2015 at 12:00 a.m. PT and closes on April 2, 2016 at 4:00 p.m. PT (hereinafter, the “Contest Period”).

  1. ELIGIBILITY

The Contest is open to all Canadian residents having reached the legal age of majority in their province or territory of residence prior to the Contest Period (an “Eligible Participant”). Employees, representatives or agents of Canada Sevens or Rugby Canada, and each of the foregoing entity’s subsidiaries and affiliates, media partners, advertising and promotional agencies, and members of the immediate family (parents, children, siblings and spouse, regardless of where they are domiciled) of any of the aforementioned and persons with whom any of the aforementioned are domiciled are not eligible to enter the Contest.

  1. HOW TO ENTER

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY

Although online access and a Twitter or Instagram account are required in order to participate, no purchase is necessary. Many public libraries, retail businesses and other establishments allow patrons to access the Internet for free, and a number of Internet service providers and other companies offer free email accounts, including Twitter and Instagram which offer the public free accounts. To enter, post a tweet on Twitter or a photo on Instagram, including the hashtag #TRYfecta in the post, and tag three other Twitter or Instagram users by including their account name (eg. @_______). Each tweet or photo from an Eligible Participant’s single account containing the #TRYfecta hashtag will count as one Contest entry (an “Eligible Entry”). A minimum of one tweet or one Instagram photo from an Eligible Participant’s single account must be tweeted or posted in order to qualify as an Eligible Entry. Those Eligible Participants who fail to properly include the #TRYfecta hashtag will not qualify their tweet or photo post as an Eligible Entry. By retweeting or posting the hashtag #TRYfecta, participants agree to all the terms and conditions relative to the Contest’s respective prizes as well as the Contest’s Rules and Regulations. .There is no limit to the number of tweets or Instagram photos a Participant posts. It is recommended that Participants use our @CanadaSevens handles in their posts. Participants must follow our @CanadaSevens Twitter and Instagram accounts.

Automated tweets or tweets and Instagram posts sent via a bot will be disqualified. Automated and/or repetitive electronic submissions (including but not limited to entries made using any script, macro, bot or Contest service) will be automatically disqualified and transmissions from these or related Twitter or Instagram accounts may be blocked. Participants acknowledge the non-responsibility of Twitter© and Instagram, LLC, its officers, directors, employees and agents with regards to all aspects of the Contest. This Contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with either Twitter© or Instagram, LLC. Participants understand that all contest information is provided to the Contest Sponsor and not to Twitter© or Instagram, LLC

  1. GRAND PRIZE

There is one grand prize to be won consisting of four single day tickets to the 2016 Canada Sevens rugby tournament.

The estimated total value of the prize is CDN $400.00 .. The prize must be accepted as awarded and may not be sold, transferred or converted to cash and will not be refunded if unused. No substitutions, changes or extensions are permitted. Contest Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to substitute the prize for one of equal or greater value.

  1. PRIZE DRAW

The random draw from all Eligible Entries will be held at4:00 p.m. PT on April 2, 2015. The odds of winning the grand prize will depend upon the total number of Eligible Entries received during the Contest Period.

  1. CLAIMING OF PRIZES

In order to be declared a winner and be able to claim the grand prize, the Eligible Participant whose Eligible Entry was selected by random draw will be contacted by a Twitter Direct Message (DM) or Instagram Direct Message originating from the Canada Sevens Twitter and Instagram accounts (@CanadaSevens, twitter.com/canadasevens, , https://instagram.com/canadasevens/) by the Contest Sponsor or one of its agents or representatives, shortly following the draw and must confirm acceptance as a selected Eligible Participant within five (5) calendar days of contact. If the selected Eligible Participant whose Eligible Entry was drawn cannot be contacted, another Eligible Entry will be selected by way of random draw. Before being declared a winner, the Eligible Participant will be required to answer time-limited mathematical skill-testing question and sign a release and waiver form confirming, without limitation, that:

  • He/she complies with the eligibility requirements;
  • he/she has read the Contest rules and regulations and complies completely;
  • he/she accepts the grand prize as awarded;
  • he/she acknowledges the Contest Sponsor’s right to publish his/her picture, name and city of residence without compensation other than the prize offered;
  • he/she successfully answers a time-limited mathematical skill-testing question; and
  • he/she releases and agrees to hold harmless of all liability the Contest Sponsor, its subsidiaries and affiliates, media partners, advertising, promotional agencies and each of the foregoing entities’ directors, officers, employees, contractors and agents.

No correspondence will be undertaken except with the selected Eligible Participant whose Eligible Entry was drawn. Once an Eligible Participant is declared a winner by Contest Sponsor, Contest Sponsor will send the Eligible Participant a letter containing the details on how to redeem the prize (i.e. reservation of the flights).

  1. GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

All Eligible Entries, and all information provided by Eligible Participants must be complete and accurate. Contest Sponsor will not be held responsible for any and all telephone or internet problems, unclear telephone or e-mail messages and any late/incomplete/erroneously prize claims or release and waiver forms.

All entries are subject to verification by the Contest Sponsor and may be disqualified if they are received outside of the Contest Period, are incomplete, illegible, irregular, photocopied or otherwise reproduced, submitted through illicit means or if they contain any false statements, or do not conform to or satisfy to any condition of these Contest rules and regulations.

By entering the Contest, Eligible Participants agree that the Contest Sponsor reserves the right to publish without compensation the full name, city of residence and photograph of all winners and Eligible Participants waive all rights with respect to printed, broadcast and other forms of publicity. Eligible Participants further agree that all entries (tweets and photos) submitted and their content become the property of the Contest Sponsor and will not be returned.

Eligible Participants agree to be bound by all decisions of the Contest Sponsor regarding the Contest which shall be final and binding in all respects.

Eligible Participants agree that the Contest Sponsor is not liable for any incorrect or inaccurate transcription of entry information or for any error or malfunction of any kind in connection with the Contest. If the Contest is not capable of running as planned for any reason, including tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other cause, the Contest Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to, without advance notice, terminate or suspend the Contest, in whole or in part, or modify it in any way, without any further obligations to Eligible Participants. Furthermore, if the Contest Sponsor determines, at its sole discretion, that any entry compromises the integrity of the Contest, the Contest Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify the entry at issue or terminate the Contest in its entirety without any further obligations to Eligible Participants. The Contest Sponsor further reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual from the Contest and to ban the individual from any future contest of the Contest Sponsor who it finds or believes to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest; to be acting in violation of the Contest rules and regulations or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person.

By entering this Contest, Eligible Participants agree to release and hold harmless the Contest Sponsor, its subsidiaries and affiliates, media partners, advertising and promotional agencies and each of the foregoing entities’ respective directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, successors and assigns from any liability in connection with the Contest or, if declared a winner, the Prize awarded and use thereof.

The Contest is subject to federal, provincial and local rules and regulations.

By entering this Contest, Eligible Participants expressly consent to the Contest Sponsor, media partners, advertising and promotional agencies, storing, sharing and using the personal information submitted with his/her entry only for the purpose of administering the contest and in accordance with the Contest Sponsor’s Privacy Policy.

Any litigation respecting the conduct or organization of a publicity contest may be submitted to the boardfor a ruling. Any litigation respecting the awarding of a Prize may be submitted to the board only for the purpose of helping the parties reach a settlement. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these official contest rules, or the rights and obligations of an Eligible Participant in connection with the Contest, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of British Columbia and the laws of Canada applicable therein.

Eligible Participants may obtain the Prize winner’s name between April 6, 2015 and April 30, 2015, by addressing their request, accompanied by a self-addressed envelope with sufficient postage to:

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