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WAXY THE OFFICIAL MASCOT

CREATING A WATER BUCKET MEASURING DEVICE

Following is a rough idea of a Water Bucket Measuring device. If you do use it and have any suggestions, please let us know and send a photo! This is only an idea and is not necessary to run the Championship.

WAYS TO RUN THE GAME

The following ideas are not set rules, but rather ideas that others have come up with that you are free to use if they help. If you have any good ideas, send them in and we can include them in later editions: Create a sense of hype amongst the teams If you can create a lot of excitement around the competition by playing loud music and treating this as the serious competition that it is, the children will enjoy the spectacle that it is.

Playing with a large Number of teams

Option 1 - If you are playing with many teams, a good idea is to play it as a “knock-out” competition. Below is one alternative to play the game with only a few rounds. Make sure there is a referee and measuring jug for each group of teams.

Option 2 - Alternatively you can have all teams playing one or more rounds and then having the best 3-6 teams from the whole group compete in a Grand Final.

Option 3 – Have a qualifying game on a day prior to the Closing Ceremony and then have the winning teams only competing at the Ceremony.

Option 4 – If you have a smaller number of churches or groups involved, you could arrange the pools so that each church has a team in the Grand Final. This would keep every child’s interest until the end as they wait for the scoring of their team.

Build the Water Bucket Mascot

• You might like to build the Water Bucket Mascot from cardboard or foam rubber. This could serve to make the whole event more fun and visual.
• In very large events you could have several mascots that are different colors and act as cheerleaders.

Fun Ways of Scoring

• If you have some technical or handy people available, you could build a Water Bucket measuring device (like the one at the end of this chapter). It should be saved just for the Grand Final – all other rounds should be scored quickly.
• Towards the end of the awards part of your Ceremony, bring the buckets to the Scoring Table. One by one score the teams. You could do this immediately after one another, or have a creative presentation in between each scoring. Build the tension as each team wonders who has won.
• If you have a large crowd, have a group of children to be the “score board” by holding huge sheets of cardboard with the score on it so that everybody can see the scores as they happen.

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