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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The sack race and 3-legged race practice...Participation in my primary school's sports day was compulsory. Us non-athletic types would be put into the sack race. I set off and was making a reasonable (for me) effort in 4th place of six racers.... Then I noticed my best friend had fallen over and was now last. For some reason I decided to stop and wait for him... He picked himself up and carried on, overtook me and left me in last place. I was not impressed.
Later in my primary school life it was decided that I was to partake in a 3 legged race. During the practice run they decided to pair me with the biggest girl in the class, she was nearly 5 foot tall at the age of 9... I promptly fell over after three steps and she dragged me the length of the track... I think we still won!
A happy ending though... I was paired with the girl I had a crush on for the actual day and we came second.
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beefandcheese, Thu 30 Mar 2006, 11:48,
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