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ITS TOPS OFF, TOWELS DOWN AND TAKEOVER TOLCARNE TIME!

TOLCARNE BEACH is one of Summer Break’s most impressive assets and its all natural baby! We take the cracking location and add a few little additions to ramp up the atmosphere. There’s a live beach stage where we host a horde of live artists and DJ’s. Plus, there’s the gloriously refreshing deep blue Atlantic Ocean to paddle, swim or surf in. Alternatively you can kick back and catch some rays on the warm golden sands. Or, enter your team into the Volleyball or beach football contests and make the most of our perfect pitches crafted by the best beachcombers in the business.

• Surf lessons
• Volleyball
• 5-a-side Football Tournament
• Daily DJ sets
• Blind date
• Mr & Miss Summer Break
• Prize giveaways
• Acoustic Artists
• Summer Break Beach Olympics

SURF IS CERTAINLY UP...

Just because all those major banking institutions couldn't stay afloat, doesn't mean you cant! Get up and get involved in the refreshing and envigorating sport of Surfing in its spiritual home. There's no better place to learn than at Summer Break and under the expert guidance of the best instructors, this could be your longest guaranteed ride of Summer Break 2009.

• 2.5 Hours on Tolcarne Beach
• Friendly instructors
• Board & Wetsuit hire

 

Mr & Miss SUMMER BREAK

The epic journey to find the boy and girl who most embody the Summer Break spirit continues each week on the beach stage. With the loosest of judging criteria as standard, we are looking for the best banter, party tricks, chat up lines or any other assets. With a huge crowd to keep you company, this is your chance to bring shame upon your family name and make your university proud. Excellent prizes, huge laughs and guaranteed good times, bring it on!

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SUMMER BREAK BEACH 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 sets out to test you 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.
CHECK OUT: The Summer Break Olympics Page and Sign Up Your Team

 

BLIND DATE

Romance is always blossoming at Summer Break, but the Blind Date on the beach is our official attempt at playing cupid. Prepare to laugh as a gaggle of fine young men attempt to impress a lovely young lady with their gallantry and chivalrous intentions. Your humour, personality and talents are laid on the line in the search for love. Represent your uni on stage in the quest for love and the lucky couple will win a delicious dinner for two that evening. And after fine feast who knows what you might be eating for dessert?!

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON RAVE

Over the final hours of each Wednesday afternoon we hand over the mixer, mic & decks to some of our lovely Summer Break resident DJ's & MC's. With a whole host of dirty dubplates and prizes to throw into the thronging crowd - Summer Break stages the best beach rave this side of Thailand. This is the best way to say goodbye to the beach and the perfect chance to warm up for the final night of Summer Break 2009.

 

 

 

THE SUMMER BREAK BEACH 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.