School Sports DayAt some point in the distant past, someone at my school had built a large concrete tank behind the sheds and called it a swimming pool. Proud of this, they had a "Swimming Sports Day" in which everyone had to participate, even those who couldn't swim (they got to walk across the shallow end of the tank).
This would probably have been OK if the pool hadn't turned a deep opaque green the night before due to lack of maintainance. Even the school sports stars didn't want to go near the gloopy mess in the pool. We were practically pushed in. I'm sure some of the younger kids never surfaced again and the non-swimmers looked petrified.
Tell us your sports day horrors.
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chthonic, Thu 30 Mar 2006, 11:13)
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At the same school who had the green swimming tank...Their main Sports Day was equally odd. The headmaster kept cows on the sports field, so most of the events had the added peril of cow-pats. The quick shoulder-barge into cow poo was an accepted tactic and those unfortunate enough to hit a big fresh one could end up browny-green from head to toe.
The strangest event of all, though, was called "It's a knockout". Vaguely related to the 70s Euro-TV hit of the same name, it involved the youngest kids trying to transport jugs of water from one end of the field to the other through some big metal cow feeders and other farm equipment whilst the rest of the school flung wet sponges at them.
It was the best fun ever.
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chthonic, Thu 30 Mar 2006, 11:51,
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