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Olympics at New Brigden

4 Mar

On Friday, February 26, New Brigden School held their version of Olympics 2010. President Shields of the NBOC (New Brigden Olympic Committee) opened the games. The various teams and athletes entered the stadium led by flagbearers. The Mighty Meese, wearing Green and purple, were coached by Mrs. Herron. The Bodacious Bovines and their coach Mrs. Tye entered wearing blue. The black team, coached by Mrs. Meekins, were named the Foxy Baconeggers. The last team to enter were the Red Roosters coached by Mrs. Caskey and Ms. Pennett. The official photographer, Mrs. Foot, was introduced and then Josh Wilson gave the Athlete's Oath on behalf of all the athletes in attendance. Finally the torch entered the stadium and was carried by Morgan Kroker and Devon Hayworth. Let the Games Begin.
The first event was Human Curling. The four oldest members of each team took turns throwing rocks to the end of the stadium hoping to score points by crossing scoring lines. The rocks were younger team members sitting on scooter boards. The next event was the ski jump. Here we measured how far the entire team could jump. All the teams jumped the length of the stadium and then some. The third event was the biathlon. Competitors had to run around the stadium, then lay on their stomachs and throw a beanbag at the target in the center of the stadium. The last event was the skeleton relay race. In this event the competitors rode scooter boards and pushed themselves the distance of the stadium. They then passed off to their teammate.
After the final event the medals (manufactured by Tye Industries) were presented by President Shields to the Athletes. The Lead medals went to the Red Roosters, Bronze to the Bodacious Bovines, silver to the Mighty Meese and gold to the Foxy Baconeggers. Along with their medals the athletes received a candy cane (as no flowers grow here in the winter!) Everyone had a great time. The teams cheered their members and the other teams on to greater heights. There was much laughter and excitement. As typical of any Olympics there was also questionable judging and scoring. (We tried to make it authentic). At the end of the day you could safely say "We owned the podium."