Sports Day Weekend

First Sports Day 1928 at Pool

Since 1928, Cedar Springs has held an annual track & field and aquatics event on the August long weekend. In recent years, some 80 children and grandchildren of members compete in a variety of events. 

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Itinerary

_7:00 a.m.    Meet at the Hall for the Wake-up Parade  - Food stations will be en route

8:30 a.m.    Registration desk opens at the Ballpark – Get your name tag, meet your team, get your team colour cloth ribbon

9:00 a.m.    Teams meet on the green bridge for pictures

9:15 a.m.    March in parade to the ballpark and National Anthem

9:30 a.m.    Let the games begin…..

12:00 p.m.    Lunch, nap, etc..

1:30 p.m.    Kids meet at the Hall to get into costumes for the Parade

1:50 p.m.    Parade to the beach

2:00 p.m.    Start of pool events

5:30 p.m.    Presidents’ Dinner and presentation of trophies

Come Ready to Sweat and Play!
Don’t forget to bring your runners and compete in the annual marathon.   Look for the registration table at the Ballpark.  Remember to bring your bicycle for the “Slow Bicycle
Race” – no flat tires allowed! There will also be the annual “egg toss” for adults, so no hard boiled eggs allowed either!

Come Ready to Eat!
Water will be provided at the ballpark and freezies at the beach to keep you cool.  Bring your loonies and toonies to sample some hotdogs, hamburgers and soft drinks at the ballpark.

Rain Day Plans
If it’s raining Saturday morning, we will reschedule track events to Saturday afternoon and cancel the swimming events.  If Saturday is rained out completely, we will reschedule the track events for Sunday, August 3rd at 2 p.m.

Swimming Plans
Based on water test results on Friday, we’ll give the final go ahead for swimming.  Let’s keep our fingers crossed!  

Celebrating Achievement!
Individual trophies will be given out at the President’s Dinner at the Hall on Saturday night. Only children and grandchildren of cottage owners qualify for the trophies.

Take-home Trophy Presentations:
Champion Girls Ages 4 & under
Champion Boys Ages 4 & under
Champion Girls Ages 5 & 6
Champion Boys Ages 5 & 6
Champion Girls Ages 7 & 8
Champion Boys Ages 7 & 8
Champion Girls Ages 9 & 10
Champion Boys Ages 9 & 10
Champion Girls Ages 11 & 12
Champion Boys Ages 11 & 12
Champion Girls Ages 13 & Up
Champion Boys Ages 13 & Up
 
Permanent Trophy Presentations:
Gardner Trophy to highest point-scoring Girl ages 11 & up
Brenholtz Trophy to highest point-scoring Boy ages 11 & up
The Neal McDowell Memorial Trophy to the highest point-scoring team

Presentation of Participant Ribbons to all

Please see the Sports Day Event Listing and Team List.   If you registered a child under 1 year of age, they were not included on the team list, but they may still participate in the crawling event. Participant ages for events are as at July 1st.

Event Listing

THE BALL PARK

Standing Long Jump
Boys    4 and under
Boys    5 & 6
Girls    4 and under
Girls    5 & 6

Running Long Jump
Boys 7 & 8
Boys 9 & 10
Boys 11 & 12
Boys 13 - 18
Girls 7 & 8
Girls 9 & 10
Girls 11 & 12
Girls 13 – 18

Track Events
10 meter crawl - Non-walkers
20 meter dash walkers - 2 and under
20 meter dash – Boys 3 & 4
20 meter dash – Girls 3 & 4
35 meter dash – Boys 5 & 6
35 meter dash – Girls 5 & 6
35 meter dash – Boys 7 & 8
35 meter dash – Girls 7 & 8
50 meter dash – Boys 9 & 10
50 meter dash – Girls 9 & 10
75 meter dash – Boys 11 & 12
75 meter dash – Girls 11 & 12
100 meter dash – Boys 13 – 18
100 meter dash – Girls 13 – 18

Novelty Events
Board Walk (a.k.a. “Schussing”) – teams of 4 or 5 adults
Water Balloon toss – kids of all ages
Slow Bicycle Race – all ages
Couples Egg Toss – adults
Couples Nail Board
Candy Guessing Game

Marathon – All ages –same points system and age groups as Track Events. All finishers earn a point for their team.

THE BEACH

Sand Castle Building: Each team does their own sand castle – points contribute to overall score

Swimming
(If swimming is cancelled, we will have at the Beach a Crab Walk for age 6 and under and Sack Races for age 7 and up.)
5 meter swim – Boys & Girls 2 and under
5 meter swim –Boys 3 & 4
5 meter swim – Girls 3 & 4
10 meter swim – Boys 5 & 6
10 meter swim – Girls 5 & 6
15 meter swim – Boys 7 & 8
15 meter swim – Girls 7 & 8
20 meter swim – Boys 9 & 10
20 meter swim – Girls 9 & 10
25 meter swim – Boys 11 & 12
25 meter swim – Girls 11 & 12
50 meter swim – Boys 13 - 18
50 meter swim – Girls 13 – 18

Beach Novelty Events
Tug-of-War
Canoe Jousting

 (There will be no diving this year and these events will take place whether or not swimming is cancelled).

MARRIED MEN VS SINGLE MEN BASEBALL
Monday 10:00 a.m. at the Ballpark