The Anchor Boy Potted Sports will be held on Saturday 23rd January from 2 pm to 4 pm at Newport Pagnell Baptist Church. Please arrive by 1.45 pm so we can get off to a punctual start.

Boys should come wearing Anchors blue polo shirt and/or red sweatshirt with suitable joggers, trainers etc.
Boys should wear a sticker or badge with their name and company so we know who's who.

Rules:

• Teams should consist of four boys.
• Companies may enter more than one team.
• Start begins on one blast of the whistle.
• End of the time will be indicated by two blasts of the whistle.
• Boys should take turns continuously until the stop signal is given.
• Score cards should be given to the marker to record final scores after each event.
• Each game will last for 5 minutes with 2 minutes break in between.
• The same adult is to stay with the same game throughout the competition to standardise scoring for each event.

Final scoring -

• The team with the highest points in a game will be given 1 point for that game.
• The team with the next highest points in a game will be given 2 points for that game.
• The next 3 points for the game and so on.
• The points for the team that comes last in a game will depend on the number of teams present.
• The game points for each team will then be totalled and the team with the lowest points will win.
• In the event of a tie the team with the highest number of 1st places will win.

Please confirm your company's attendance and the number of teams to Rob Ciantar by Friday 22nd January.

The games are:

1. Bean Bags in Hoops - see diagram - points gained by throwing the bean bags into the hoops, 1 point for large hoop, 2 for middle & 3 for small.
   
2. Burrowing beavers- 2 by 10 chairs, boys crawl under them and back to the start. 1 point is given for every time the course is completed.
3. Skittles - similar to 10 pin bowling - 1 point scored for each skittle knocked down.
4. Balls in Bucket - 1 point for each ball that lands inside the bucket.
5. Snakes and Ladders - sum of group for the spot a counter is on when the time is up.
6. Skip-a-roo - Each boy skips 5 times then passes onto the next. 1 point for every 5 skips completed.
7. Jumping - Each boy jumps sideways over a line 10 times then passes onto the next. 1 point for every 10 jumps completed.
8. Dribbling - each boy dribbles in turn around 5 cones there and back. 1 point for each completed dribble.
9. Jenga Tower - how high in centimetres can you build a jenga tower?
10. Cartoon characters - How many can you identify? Adults to write what boys say on answer sheet.
11. Jigsaw - the time taken to complete it / the number of pieces completed.
12. Put Playing Cards in Order - 1 point gained for each card in the correct order.