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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I did the obstacle course at my primrary schooland there was an area of the course which you were supposed to get on your knees and crawl under, consisting of a stick balanced on the top of two traffic cones.
I've always been a tall fella, and despite everyone's expectations, I took a running jump over the stick and cleared it. It was glorious, although parents started booing me.
It's the only sporting event I ever won, and in the end they had to give me the stickers even though I'd technically cheated. I came last in every other event but I didn't care after that :)
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Reid got it going on like Donkey Kong, Thu 30 Mar 2006, 12:11,
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