THE WEALD RURAL GAMES A sleepy Kent town is about to be awoken.
The Weald’s finest superhero’s will descend on Cranbrook to accept the challenge, and save the Weald from boredom. Feats of incredible strength and cunning. Supported by energy giving fluid and solid-fuel filling stations all with music that’s out of this world. Capes and wearing pants on the outside are optional. Come along, challenge family and friends or look on and laugh. It’s a chance to show us your special powers, whilst having fun being a superhero for a day. Come and rule the Weald!
Date : 20th May – 1pm until 5.30pm
Venue @ Cranbrook RFC, Angley Road, TN17 2PN.
Admission by donation at the gate.
Live music from the duo Crooked Style 1pm. Dougal and the Blue Cats 4.30pm
Bars by Larkins, Real Ale, Prosecco & Pimms Bar, Turners Cider Bar, Anno Rum & Gin Bar, and the CRFC Club bar
Food Quarter offering – Paella and burgers and marshmallow and strawberry kebabs
Winners presented WRG cups at 5.00pm
WEALD WAR II, the ultimate superhero endgame, will you be there to compete or laugh?
MAIN SPONSORS
PROFITS WILL BE SPLIT BETWEEN
EVENTS
MAD PANTO DERBY DASH
The Ridge Novices Handicap Hurdles will be held for the first time at the Weald Rural Games. 12 Riders and their steeds will be put through a gruelling course of sponsored hurdles over a two furlongs course. The going, it’s going to be tough!
TUG OF WAR TEAM EVENT
Tug of War
- FREE to enter, max 8 per team.
- Register your team before the event – email chris66bb@gmail.com
- ENTER TO WIN THE WEALD RURAL GAMES TROPHY
SPOOFING
SPOOFING
- The current WORLD SPOOFING CHAMPION JOHN PEMBLE will be taking on all challengers
- Enter One Crane with the chance to beat a World Champion and double your money.
- Three coins and simple Spoof rules
- You will find John near the bar!
AIR BASEBALL
Air Baseball
- Just for fun – Smash the floating ball into score targets
- 5 Balls for One Crane
- Hits for the highest score, record it on your scoresheet
DEATH ROW
- Furthest row in one minute
- Entry one crane dollar per go
- Three categories mens /ladies/ children under 14
- Winners win a WRG Egg Cup
- One minute Death row challenge, current one minute indoor record 19-29 age group 431m in 2020
CROSSBOW CHALLENGE
Crossbow Challenge
- One Crane for 10 bolts
- Hit the targets and score, just for fun
- Record your scores on your scorecards
- Fun for all ages
GOLDEN EGG / COCONUT SHY
Coconut shy
- 5 Balls for One Crane
- Knock a coconut off to win, a coconut
- Knock the golden egg off, to win two coconuts
FOOTBALL DARTS
- 5 Balls per go for One Crane
- Football Darts / Kick n Stick Inflatable
- Its huge 30ft x 23ft and 23ft High!
- Highest adult and highest U14 at the end of the day win The WRG Egg Cup
WELLY WANGING
- Three attempts for one Crane
- Men’s, Ladies and mixed U14 WRG Egg Cup to be won
- Furthest distance, within the lines, wins
- Current world records
- Men – 63.98m by Teppo Luoma (Finland)
- Women – 40.87m by Sari Tirkkon (Finland)
CHUCKY EGG
Catchy Egg
- One crane gets an egg
- Longest throw and catch, wins
- Winning team win the WRG Egg Cup
- Rules : 2 person teams consisting of catchers and tosser’s.
- Start at 2metres, then 2mtr increments spreading after each successful catch.
- Drop the egg or break it and your out! Caution flying eggs
EGG ROULETTE
- Half a dozen Eggs for One Crane
- Five hard boiled, one raw !
- Smash the egg against your head, before egg timer times out
- Done in pairs, whoever gets the raw egg first, loses.
- Challenge your friend, parents, grandparents, coach.
- Danger – Yolks on you
- Just for Fun
EGG AND SPOON RACE
- One Crane per go – challenge your gran, mum, dad, Uncle, Coach
- Eggs must make the winning line intact
- First three across-the-line win
- Winners get a Superheros Slapband, entrants all get a WRG sticker
- DANGER – RUNNY EGGS
HAY BALE TOSSING
- One crane per three attempts
- Throw a sack of hay with pitchfork over a bar.
- Highest at the end of the day wins
- Three categories mens/ladies/ children under 14
- Win the WRG Egg Cup
BOTTLE WALKING
- Entry one crane dollar per three attempts
- Three categories mens/ladies/ children under 14
- From your feet on the ockey, you reach out with a bottle(wooden skittle) in each hand, the idea is to reach out as far with one bottle and without touching the ground return with the other bottle.
- The furthest bottle at the end of the day wins a WRG Egg Cup.
BOWLING FOR THE PIG
Whats bowling for the pig?
It’s a game of bowling or skittles, in which in history the prize for the best player is a pig, or joint of pork/ham.
The Weald games is slightly different with only eight skittles in a scrum formation, the winner will be the one who knocks the most skittles with limited balls.
- Three attempts for one Crane
- Bowl down the pigs
- If you knock all down within three balls, you get a spare ball
- Challenge your family and friends, just for fun.
- Please Note: No Pigs have been harmed in the making of this game!
GOLF BUCKET CHALLENGE
25-second bucket challenge, to see who could chip the most balls into a bucket in the time limit
Buckets are numbered, record your score on score card. Just for fun
Challenge your family and friends, get the bragging rights
TARGET RUGBY
Just for fun, challenge your family and friends to get the highest score and bragging rights
Pass a rugby ball between different-sized rings, all with different values
One crane per 5 balls
AUNT SALLY
Traditional game, in which players throw sticks to try and knock Sally’s head off.
Free stick every time you succeed.
Highest score at the end of the day wins the WRG Egg Cup
One Crane for 6 sticks
SPLAT THE RAT
- One Crane per 3 attempts
- How quick is your judgment, are you quick enough to splat the rat?
- Just for fun, test your timing.
CALYPSO LIMBO CHALLENGE
- One crane for 3 attempts, if successful, lower the limbo, and repeat.
- Continue to challenge the bar, hand down does not count.
- The winner with the lowest level by 4.30 pm wins a WRG Egg Cup.
- Why not take on the pin and balloon challenge??
BUZZ LINE
- Test your nerve, stay calm, get to the other end without getting shocked
- Entry one crane = 3 attempts
- Just for fun
- Challenge your family and friends
STOCKS AND SHARES
- Why not put your parents, grandparents or coaches in the stocks?
- Throw soaking-wet sponges at them
- Take a selfie, share it with the world
- Enjoy, just for fun
HORSESHOE PITCHING
Just for fun – One crane equal 6 shoes
Family & friends challenge – record your scores on your own scorecards
Players attempt to throw six horseshoes so as to encircle a stake or to get them as close to the stake as possible.
Record three points for a horseshoe that landed around the stake, also known as ringers.
Record one point for horseshoes touching or leaning against the stake as well as horseshoes that land within 6 inches of the stake.
LADDER BALL
- Just for fun –
- One crane buys you 3 twin balls
- The challenge is to score the highest points, each rung has a different value, Yellow score 3 Red score 2 Green 1
- Beat the family/friends
HANG TOUGH
- Simply hang for 100 seconds to win a WRG Egg Cup
- One crane dollar per attempt
- All ages welcome to the challenge
- Have you got what it takes to hang around?
EXHIBITION RUGBY
- Exhibition touch rugby being played at various times of the day
- Various age groups
- Why not ask to play, get involved, better still visit the CRFC stand and join this great club.