- Event Overview > The Summer Break Olympics

Some people have been lead to believe that the Olympics is held once every four years; we say au contraire mon frere - it's actually held 4 times a year! The Summer Break Beach Olympics staged on Tolcarne Beach is the ultimate student sporting spectacular and one of Summer Break’s highlights. Our unique collection of events set out to test the competitors with spell-bounding feats of endurance, pain, awareness and fluke. Awesome prizes, medals, inflatable trophies and most importantly bragging rights will be dished out every week to the most impressive unis.

CLOTHING PEGS ON THE FACE

As with all the events staged during the Beach Olympics, the names of the tasks tend to explain exactly what happens in the event. So without having to stretch your brain power too much, it's quite easy to understand how the clothing pegs on face element of the competition works. Quantity not quality is king, as a team mate takes considerably more than one for the team! The current record holder exceeded 100 pegs; alas there remains a distinct resemblance between his face and a cheese grater all these months on!

SPACE HOPPER RELAY

The Space Hopper Relay encapsulates everything about the spirit of the Beach Olympics which makes them the greatest show on sand! The stakes could not be higher as inter-uni rivalry is gambled on the ultimate old skool toy. For some bizarre reason the space hopper relay tends to attract a large male audience around the amphitheatre, it must be something to with the way they bounce up and down.

FLIPPER SPRINT

Aside from pace, agility and skill, you'll also need some hands on team mates to whip the flippers off and get them onto the next runner as quickly as possible. One of the most intensely contested elements of the Beach Olympics, the flipper sprint makes for excellent viewing.

BLIND FOLDED SACK RACING

If you were to name a good trio then the concept of Neopolitana ice cream springs to mind, as chocolate, strawberry and vanilla ice creams are perfectly fused in one tasty tub. Alas, the same quality of mixology is not present in the Blind Folded Sack Race. The removal of vision, the crescendo of noise and the need to trust in your team-mates makes this one of the most entertaining relays at the Beach Olympics.

MELON-TOSSING

The one track minded of you might hope that this event is as good as the title suggests, yet in actual fact it's the closest thing The Summer Break beach Olympics ever gets to being a proper athletic competition. Armed with a juicy green melon, you must nominate the burliest beast on your team to hurl the poor unsuspecting fruit as far down the beach as they can humanly muster. In true Olympic fashion distance is key and the points win the prizes.

BEER CAN DASH

If you think you've got the Usain Bolt of the beach on your team then nominate them to represent your team in the beer can dash. It's like musical chairs, only there's no music or chairs! There are less beer cans than there are competitors,
so lying face down 30 ft away its a straight up sprint to grab a can and claim more points for your team.

MARSHMALLOW EATING

In every crew of mates there's always one with a big mouth and this event perfectly fits their purpose, plus it gives all the rest of your crew five minutes of peace and quiet! The game neatly incorporates quantity and quality, as the big mouthed one opens wide and prepares to receive their white fluffy load. The quantity of the marshmallows forced into the waiting orifice obviously wins, but the givers need to pack those marshmallows away with some quality precision.