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Pool Party Showdown! - Youth Week 2024

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Wai o Rua - Stratford Aquatic Centre
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FREE

Youth Week | 20 - 26 May

Stratford District Youth Council has been checking the rubber duckies for water tightness, cleaning the skates, and getting the crime scene tape ready, as youth councillors help to organise three big Youth Week events for teenagers and young adults.

This event's for people aged from 12 - 24.

Pool Party Showdown, at Wai o Rua – Stratford Aquatic Centre, will finish off Youth Week on Sunday 26 May from 1pm to 4pm. The free event will feature a sausage sizzle, water volleyball, and the highly anticipated rubber duckie and inflatable relay.

What's a rubber duckie and inflatable relay, you ask? Well, this fun team challenge will see teams push their duckie through a course only using the power of the waves they create, as well as completing a mega-inflatable obstacle course.

Prizes are up for grabs for the winning teams, and everyone will have the chance to enjoy a free swim.

Make a team with your friends, or even better, your frenemies. If you’re by yourself or you don’t have a full team, come to registration and we’ll put a squad together for you.

Important registration info

Team registration for the Pool Party Showdown is from 12pm to 12.50pm at Wai o Rua on event day.

  • Teams are made up of five people. You'll need a good team name for registration, so make sure you think of one before the day. We can have up to 24 teams at our Pool Party Showdown.
  • Teams can enter one or both events.
  • Don't have a team? No problem! Smaller groups and people floating solo will be put into teams by event organisers during registration.
  • Will there be time for a swim before or after the challenges? Yes! Once you're registered, you get your FREE entry into the pool and can swim until it's your time to compete.

Showdown details

Volleyball will be run by normal rules, but with a time deadline of around 3 - 5 minutes depending on how many teams we have on the day. The games will be short on time but big on energy and fun, so bring your A-Game! The winning team will get a $10 Prezzy Card each, with choccies and drinks for the runner ups.

The Rubber Duckie Relay will have four teams competing at once. Two teams start with the duckie relay and two teams start with the mega-inflatable obstacle course. All team members must complete the duckie relay or the obstacle course before they can switch over to the other challenge.

The rubber duckies have to get from one side of the pool to the other by wave power only. Team members have to generate waves to make their duckie move. The only time they can touch the duck is to reposition it directly in front of them if it goes way off course.

All team members must complete both the obstacle course and duckie relay and then get back to the judge. The full team that gets there first is the winner! Winning teams will play against other winning teams until there's an ultimate champion!

The winning team will get a $10 Prezzy Card each, with choccies and drinks for 2nd and 3rd place.

This is one of three big Youth Week events. Have you seen all of them?

  • Murder Mystery Night at the library is on Thursday 23 May. Don't forget to design your entry for the Badge Battle!
  • SDYC On the Bus is heading to New Plymouth for pizza and inline skating on Friday 24 May.

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