Annually 85% of City to Shore participants ride with a team. Team Captains play an essential role in the ride's success each year, and we are here to support and recognize you!
As a Team Captain, you'll receive one-on-one help from your team’s designated Bike MS staff to: answer questions, meet with you and team leaders, provide guidance, visit your company for a Q&A session or sign up, and much more!
New this year City to Shore will be hosting a series of Virtual Team Captain Meetings to help keep you connected and apprised throughout the season. Receive firsthand important ride updates and build excitement with your fellow captains for Bike MS: City to Shore 2021! Visit the Pre Ride Events section of the Ride Details page for more information.
Visit the Teams page for additional team captain resources and information. Plus, keep reading for more information on City to Shore specific team perks and benefits.
Rider Number Packet Pick Up
Participants are encouraged to reach their $300 fundraising minimums by August 22 to ensure their rider number packet is mailed to them, saving them and your team time ride morning! Click here to learn more. Team number pick-up sessions will also be available in early September for teams with 25 or more members.
Team Housing (and Parties)
Staying over? Team housing offers a great opportunity and centralized location to celebrate your team’s collective success,come together and share experiences from the day while also building camaraderie between your team members (and it's fun!). It's also a great way to advertise your team/company.
- Many local restaurants will offer catering and delivery right to your team housing location.
- Ask your team members if they know anyone with an available house for the weekend or reach out to a local Ocean City realtor.
Team Parties: Many restaurants will host a private party ride weekend! This is a great opportunity to throw a memorable post-ride celebration for your team and supporters in one of Ocean City’s many great restaurants.
Team Photos
Team photos at both the PATCO start and Ocean City finish lines
Team Jersey Contest
Let’s see those awesome team jerseys! We have so many colorful and creative team jerseys on the route ride weekend, but which one will take home the ‘Best Team Jersey’ Award this year?
Enter your team's jersey into the Team Jersey Contest. Jerseys will be displayed and voted on at the Ocean City Finish Line. Submit your team's jersey with this form at the ‘check in’ tent at your start location Saturday morning or at the Team Jersey Contest tent at the Ocean City Finish Line.
The winner will be announced at the Awards Ceremony in January.
Create a meeting point for your team members, hand out rider numbers and/or team jerseys and more!
Who: Teams with 35 or more members by August 31 have the opportunity to rent a tent at the PATCO start for $150.
When:
- Reservation Deadline is August 31. No orders will be accepted after this date.
- Payment Deadline is September 1.
What: You'll receive one 10x10 tent, one banner printed with your team's name, one table and two chairs at the PATCO start.
How:
- Complete Reservation Form by August 31
- If your team wishes to offer rider number pick up at your team tent, your team must provide a minimum of two volunteers by August 31. Rider numbers & supplies will only be given to team tents with volunteers that have completed the following by September 1:
- Register as a Team Tent Volunteer.
- Complete and submit background check (sent to volunteers once registration is complete)
- Attended one of the following mandatory teleconference trainings. (Call information and details will be emailed to registered & approved volunteers 1 week prior)
- Saturday, September 18 @ 10:00am
- Monday, September 21 @ 7:30pm
- Submit payment of $150 by September 1 by contacting your Bike MS staff or Shelly Nightengale at 267-536-5408 to pay with a credit card, or send your check payable to the National MS Society:
National MS Society
Attn: Bike MS Team Tents
30 S. 17th Street, Suite 800
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Where: Team tent location will be posted the week of the ride.
Questions? Contact your assigned Bike MS staff or contact Shelly Nightengale at 267-536-5408.
With so many amazing teams, how can we not recognize them throughout the season!? Team recognition comes in many forms, such as:
- Special team incentives during each fundraising week throughout the season.
- Special fundraising and recruitment recognition throughout the season
- Team Awards: Team Achievement Awards and Top Team Award Winners are announced at the Awards Dinner each January. Captains honored with an award will receive an emailed invitation to the Awards Dinner in late October or November. Encourage your team members to aim high and win one of the coveted team awards.
2020 Team Award Winners
Congratulations to our 2020 Team Award winners!
Congratulations to our top fundraising teams for City to Shore 2020! The teams listed below went above and beyond in their fundraising efforts to support our mission, securing another successful year of City to Shore despite the move to a virtual space. Teams will be recognized for their achievements at our City to Shore Virtual Awards Ceremony on February 23rd. If you are a team captain and have requested your team achievement plaque, it will be mailed to you in the coming weeks so you can commemorate your success in 2020. Thank you again to all our teams for their hard work and determination in 2020!
Larry Kane's Chairman Cup - This traveling trophy is given to a team for its dedication to the goals of National MS Society and its mission.
Congratulations to our 2020 Award Winner: UPHS/PENN (Team Captain: Daniel Wilson)
Partners in MS Award – Given to the team or individual that displays deep commitment to the mission of the Society
Congratulations to our 2020 Award Winner: CRM Science, Salesforce & Friends (Team Captain: Ami Assayag)
Largest Friends & Family Team and Most Team Spirit
Team Ox (Team Captain: Larry Oxman)
Largest Corporate Team
UPHS/PENN (Team Captain: Daniel Wilson)
Top Fundraising Team
SCREENS ‘N’ SPOKES (Team Captain: Ian Harris)
Outstanding First Year Team - Team that exhibits outstanding recruitment and fundraising efforts in their first year with the event.
Congratulations to our 2020 Award Winner: Tweet’s Riders (Team Captain: Rick Ash)
Most Improved Team – Returning team exhibiting the most growth in fundraising & recruitment
Congratulations to our 2020 Award Winner: Tired Old Men (Team Captain: Doug Brubaker)
Best Team Jersey – Best team jersey as voted on by cyclists from City to Shore 2020!
Team Ox (Team Captain: Larry Oxman)
Special Shoutout to our City to Shore teams that were recognized at Bike MS: Inside Out October.
In it to Schwinn It (Team Captain: Aly Morris) won best team jersey as voted on by Bike MS: Inside Out participants.
Team Ox (Team Captain: Larry Oxman) finished as the runner up for best team jersey, earning the second most votes.
Roxborough Riders (Team Captain: Jeffrey Craighead) were also recognized as the winners of the Bike MS: Inside Out Mission Jersey national competition. This award was given to the team jersey that best represents the mission of the National MS Society. Roxborough Riders won for their design that includes the names of everyone they ride for on the back of the jersey!
Team Top Fundraiser Award – awarded to teams with at least 60% of their members reaching top fundraiser level
The Team Top Fundraiser Award will return for City to Shore 2021!
Team Safety Awareness – awarded to teams with at least 1 responsible cyclist for every 10 team members
The Team Safety Awareness Award will return for City to Shore 2021!
Most Festive Rest Stop
The Most Festive Rest Stop Award will return for City to Shore 2021!
2020 Team Achievement Awards
Mission Possible Teams $50,000 - $74,999
- SCREENS ‘N’ SPOKES
- UPHS/PENN
- Team Ox
Diamond Level Teams $20,000 - $49,999
Platinum Level Teams $10,000 - $19,999
Gold Level Teams $5,000 - $9,999