Introduction

See schedule for days and times for activities
Everyone will be allocated a Team and your personal points for each activity will go towards your teams points.
All activities will have some sort of points system; standard is 1st -12pts, 2nd -8pts, 3rd -6pts, 4th -4pts.

50FEST Got Talent!!

Location: Main Marque
Points will be allocated.
Put on your best or worst show or who gives one, do something that you enjoy and don’t give a toot what other people think.

Board Games

Location: Main Marque
We will make available a selection of games, including poker chips, but feel free to bring some games.
Points may be available for games which can have points and someone is aware enough to note them.
For poker, the usual PKS Home games points system will be used.

Boules/Petanque

Location: Paddock

REQUEST: If you have a set of boules, please can contact 50fest@velvetray.com.

Requirements: 2 teams of 3 from each Band, minimum 1 under 16s per team.
Points: Standard points system.

Boules is most commonly played in teams of three. To begin with players draw lots to decide who goes first. After the first leg, the player who threw the closet boule in the previous leg starts the next leg from the position of the cochonnet.

The player who starts the leg must first draw a circle around her feet with a diameter of between 35 and 50 cm. All players must keep both feet on the ground and within this circle when throwing. The player then throws the cochonnet which must land between 6 and 10 metres away and be at least half a metre away from any obstacle such as the edge of the pitch or a tree.

The nearest boule to the cochonnet is always called the “best boule”. Each player throws boules until that player runs out of boules or throws a boule that is best boule. Once a player achieves best boule, the next player on the opponents team plays in the same way. When a player runs out of boules, the next player in the same team takes over. Note that the first player therefore always throws just one boule before retiring from the throwing circle because the first boule is automatically best boule. When all the players in a team run out of boules, the opposing team finishes the leg by playing all their remaining boules in an effort to increase their score.

Scoring is the same as for Lawn Bowls – the winner of the leg scores one point for each boule that is closer to the target than the opponent’s best boule. The team that reaches 13 points first, wins.

Camping Decor Class

Location: Upper Garden
Points: everyone is a winner: xpts for each bottle

Request: If you want to bring some crafty stuff, colouring bits or whatever little ones do, bring it along.
Request 2: Remember to bring your empty bottles.

Held by Preeti – give your Bell-Tent a little glam and personal touch.
A craft table will also be set-up for access throughout weekend, this will be un-manned.

Carrom

Location: Main Marquee

Request: If you have a carrom board please contact 50fest@velvetray.com.

Requirements: 2 doubles teams from each band
Points: Standard points system.

• The game will be played as a doubles team.
• The tournament will be played in a best out of three.
• Usual rules apply for placing of strikers and carrommen.
• Shooting/Striking elbow must not cross the parallel base lines.
• To finish, you must cover the queen with your final FINAL piece (pocket the queen then pocket your final carrommen on the board).

Football

Location: Field 3

Requirements: 7/8 players (7 on pitch and one rotating substitute) from each band, minimum 2 under 16s
Points: Standard points system.

• The tournament will be played in a knockout format in teams of 7 with one allowable substitute.
• The winners from the heat round go through to the finals. The losers play-off for 3rd and 4th place.
• 10mins each way.
• Swap sides at half time.
• Substitute can be used in a rotating basis at anytime with a break in play and confirmation by ref.
• Yellow & red cards are in play and are at the discretion of the referee.
• Ref’s decision is final.
• If there score is tied after full time there will be 2 mins of extra time E/W.
• If there score is tied after ET then the game will go to penalties. Minimum of 5 pens then sudden death.

Go Karting

Location: Teamsport Go Karting Leicester. Unit 8, 2 New Start Road, LE4 9JD
You must register Teamsport.
All Go-Karting information is on it’s own page

Points: Kids race and adults races will each their own points.
Fastest four laps by each team will count towards your teams total time.
In the adult race only one time per racer (the fastest) can contribute towards your teams 4 times.
In the kids race, a racer can contribute 2 times (fastest and their second fastest).
If 4 times for your team are not available then racers can contribute more, but this must be done evenly.
1st place is the team with the lowest total time from their four fastest laps.
Standard points system.

Karaoke Disco

Location: Main Marque
Not sure how a Karaoke Disco works but hopefully it’s not what I’m visualising

Rounders

Location: Field 3 or Paddock

Request: If you have any rounders equipment please contact 50fest@velvetray.com.

Requirements: minimum 6 players from each band.
Points: standard points system.

The tournament will be played in a knockout format in teams of minimum 6, maximum 15 from each team.
The winners from the heat round go through to the finals. The losers play-off for 3rd and 4th place.
There will be only 1 batting round for each team per game.

• Uneven sides are possible but size of the smallest side determines how many fielders each side will have, up to a maximum of 9 fielders.
• All members can bat.
• We will be playing ‘6 out, all out’, which means if your team has 6 players that are ‘out’ then that is the end of your teams batting round.

A PDF of the Simplified Rules of rounders

Table Tennis

Location: Upper Garden

Request: If you have table tennis bats and balls please bring along.

Requirement: TBD
Points: TBD

Lots of experts around so don’t need to explain the game.

Target Golf

Location: Field 2

Request: If you have pitching wedges & golf balls, please bring along
Request: If you have any golf flags or pins, please contact us, 50fest@velvetray.com.

Simple really: hit a target in a field with a small ball using a golf stick

Update: I believe the below rules have changed already, will post when I understand them.
Points are scored by the 4 closest balls to the pin.
3 Rounds Closest to Pin in the heats.
Top 4 points scorers go through to final round.
If scores a tied in heats there will be a 1 hole playoff.
If scores are tied in final there will be a 3 hole playoff to resolve that position.
Bring your own clubs, but some will be available if required.

Team Quiz

Location: Main Marquee

Requirements: the whole band.
Points: Standard points system

Superstar or Spud format (I do not know what this means, will put up a description once I know).
Play in full bands.
5 questions per round.
Pen and paper provided for answers.
If wrong answer provided frozen out of round.
If all bands knocked out of round, the round is re-opened to all.

Track Races

Location: Field 3

Requirements: 3 teams from each band, consisting of 3 members each. From each band, one group consists of under 16s, one male, and one female.
Points: Standard points system.

3 heats per group, top 2 qualify, 6 racers in the final.
Races types still to be arranged.

Wellbeing Masterclass

Location: Upper Garden
Held by Nila – will put a little description here when I have one

Welly Wangling

Location: Field 1
I assume throwing wellies as far as you can?

Wine Masterclass

Location: Main Bar Area
Held by Raj – will add more details when available

Suggestions

All the activities in this section are suggestions from you. They can be added to the activities schedules if someone is willing to make it happen. Email us at 50fest@velvetray.com to tell how we can work together to make any of them happen.

Casino Games – Will be made available during board games – need an owner to run it.
Reiki – any free slot, Friday afternoon?
Aerobics – Saturday Morning?
Circuit Training – any free slot
Drinking Games – ?
Frisbee – anytime and equipment can be made available for duration. If people have frisbees bring them along
Hoopla – anytime and equipment can be made available for duration, If people have a hoopla bring them along
Races: Sack race, egg & spoon, obstacle course – during Sporty Saturday
Live Band/Musician – struggling to find slot
Garba session/class – Friday evening? Saturday Day or Evening?

Sorry if your suggestion is not here, some we thought were too similar to others and some we deemed too dangerous (yes some suggestions were a cause for concern).