How the Lanier Canoe and Kayak Club - Southern Winter Games work!
Each Person entering the gate will receive a hand stamp of either a Polar Bear or a Penguin. Tickets for the Games can be purchased either at the ticket booth outside the fence or at the Lanier Harbor Trailer inside the venue. Tickets are $1 each and can be redeemed for Food and for THE SOUTHERN WINTER GAMES.
Each GAME has a Story Board describing the game and how many tickets are needed to play.
In GAMES that require teams, the game official will call for the number of Penguins and the number of Polar bears needed. Penguins and Polar bears will give the game official the required number of tickets. The rules will be stated and the game official will "LET THE GAME BEGIN". Some of the GAMES are timed and some have goals, others are head to head races. The OFFICIALS' ruling on all games is final. If you or your team wins, you will be given a winners chit that can be redeemed at the Lanier Harbor Trailer for a prize.
1. CROSS COUNTRY SKIING - two to four teams of six to twelve will race to the finish line. It takes teamwork since there is only one set of skis per team. One ticket per person to play.
2. BOWLING FOR PENGUINS - Those rascal penguins are marching to raid the fish pond. You want to scatter them! You must make three snowballs and roll them toward the penguins. Scatter all of the Penguins. Knock them all over and win a chit! One ticket to play.
3. CHICKEN CURLING - In the Olympics, they use a hack on ice, here we use a frozen rubber chicken on plastic snow! Like shuffleboard - take turns sliding your chicken toward the Olympic Rings. Each person has two chickens to curl. You can knock your opponent out. Count up the points in the ring and try another round. Two rounds determine a winner. One ticket to play.
4. FLATTEN THE FORT - The polar bear has climbed on the fort and dares you to knock him off! Two teams make five snowballs each, they alternate scooping them up with a paddle and tossing them at the bear. if you knock off the bear without destroying the fort, you score 200 points. If you knock down the fort you score 100 points. At the end of five snowballs the tem with the most points wins a chit! One ticket to play.
5. ICE BLOCKING - Like a down hill racer, only you will slide on your bottom not skis! sit on the ice block, grab the ropes, lift your legs and try to slide down the hill. When you get the hang of it, race against your opposing team. One ticket to play. Non-competitive unless game official calls for a race!
6. ICE FISHING - We can't cut holes in the ice here, but we can cut holes in pine. Cast for the hole in the floating ice3 berg, reel in a big fish! This is a timed event. Hook and reel in five fish in five minutes and win a prize chit! Two tickets to play.
7. IGLOO BUILDING - The Inuit Indians and the Eskimos live with their families in these warm ice houses. Four team members have ten minutes to put this together. The team with the best time wins the event. One ticket to play.
8. POLAR BEAR TOSS - Your polar bear needs some fish. Two teams get four fish to toss to the bears, alternating throwers. After all eight fish are tossed, the score is tallied: two points if the fish goes into the hole (polar bear hands) one point if fish is on the ice berg. The team scoring the highest on the round goes first on the next round. Three rounds are played. One ticket to play.
9. SNOWBALL TOSS - Each team makes 10 snowballs. When the official indicates 'go' teams throw snowballs at the snowboards. When the snowballs are all thrown and the snow beards have stopped spinning, the score is added from the numbers on the boards. The highest score wins the prize chits. One ticket to play.
10. BEAR TIPPING - It is a well tester Southern tradition to go "cow tippin" but do bears sleet standing up? Try your skill at tippin' the sleeping bear. Each team must fill 10 ice bags. A team may trhow ice bags at the bear over their shoulder while facing away from the bear. All three parts of the bear must be tipped to score. A tipped bear is 100 points. After 10 ice bags are thrown points are tallied and the nest team tries. The team scoring the most points (tips) wins the prize chits. One ticket to play.
11. SNOW PALACE MAZE - Little people must find their way out of the maze before the snow palace melts. Moms and Dads can see in the maze and help them out. Get out before the bell rings and win a prize chit. One ticket to play.
12. WACKY RELAY - This is a relay race to dress your team mascot as a penguin or a polar bear. At "go" the teams race to the costume pole, put on one piece of the costume - run back to give the next team member the piece. This team member must now run to get piece two and bring both pieces to the next team member and so on. The first team to go back fully costumed as their mascot, penguin or polar bear, wins prize chits. One ticket to play.
13. SNOWMAN BUILDING - Snow piles and discs are available for families to build a snowman. Snow imported from the North Pole. Free - no tickets to play.
14. BONFIRES AND S'MORES - Toast a marshmallow and put it on a graham cracker, then put a chocolate bar on the hot marshmallow. Put on a graham cracker top and mmmmm you will have a delicious treat and will want s'more! Two tickets.
15. ESKIMO KAYAK RACING - Try racing on a dry land kayak to see if you can catch the whale! One ticket to play.
Prize Exchange list!
Penguin Mask 2 Chits
Gold Medals 2 Chits
Snowman Balls 2 Chits
Snowman Kalaidescope 2 Chits
Cowboy Hat 2 Chits
Eskimo Bracelet 2 Chits
Stuff Polar Bears with Hats (Small) 5 Chits
Stuffed Arctic Animals (BIG) 8 Chits
Snowball Toss Game 15 Chits
T-shirts 15 Chits
Flip Flops - 2003 15 Chits
Other LCKC Merchandise See Lanier Harbor Trailer for other items!