{"id":7602,"date":"2023-09-05T15:42:29","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T14:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/?p=7602"},"modified":"2025-10-28T09:48:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T09:48:53","slug":"vice-chancellors-cup-highlights-garden-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/vice-chancellors-cup-highlights-garden-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Vice Chancellor&#8217;s Cup highlights: Garden Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">As we enter the final stage of the VC&#8217;s Cup, teams gathered for the penultimate battle, taking to the Library lawn for Garden Games!<\/p>\n<p>Games were played over two days, with the second day seeking cover in the Sports Hall, following a bout of poor August weather. However, teams didn&#8217;t allow the rain the dampen their spirits or their firey determination to win!<\/p>\n<p>Day 1 took place on Tuesday 29 August, teams each submitted one team member to play four different lawn games. These included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><u>P\u00e9tanque<\/u>: A game which involves throwing balls to a jack. The team with the closest ball(s) win.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/files\/2023\/09\/Petanque.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7612\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/files\/2023\/09\/Petanque.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><u>Molkky<\/u>: This game is played by throwing a wooden pin to knock down a group of Skittles numbered 1 &#8211; 12. The first team to score 50 points wins.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/files\/2023\/09\/Molkky.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7611\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/files\/2023\/09\/Molkky.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><u>Ladder Golf<\/u>: Each player has a different coloured bolas (two golf balls attached by a nylon rope). The object of the game is to wrap your bolas around the top, middle or bottom ladder rung.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/files\/2023\/09\/Ladder-Golf.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7610\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/files\/2023\/09\/Ladder-Golf.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><u>Bat and Trap<\/u>: Here, teams split into batting and fielding. The batters hit the ball between the posts, whilst the fielding team return the ball and hit the trap target.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/files\/2023\/09\/Bat-and-Trap.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7608\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/files\/2023\/09\/Bat-and-Trap.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rotating around, teams took on new opponents each game. After a successful run of events, <em>Campus Sporting Exploits<\/em> came out strong, winning all their games. With teams <em>DoNATS<\/em> and <em>Marlowe\u2019s Marauders<\/em> winning three of their four games.<\/p>\n<p>Returning for day 2 on Thursday 31 August, teams attempted to better their standings, taking part in another five games.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><u>New Age Kurling<\/u>: This version of curling is played indoors on any smooth, flat surface such as a sports hall rather than on ice.<\/li>\n<li><u>Jenga<\/u>: Teams took turns removing and stacking blocks. The team that caused the tower to fall, lost.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/files\/2023\/09\/Day-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7609\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/files\/2023\/09\/Day-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><u>Quoits<\/u>: Players have five rope rings, which they must throw over a pin. Each pin was worth a set number of points.<\/li>\n<li><u>Bowling<\/u>: Who hasn\u2019t played bowling before?! Roll the ball and knock down the pins to score points.<\/li>\n<li><u>\u2018Sports Throw\u2019<\/u>: This game consisted of throwing small dodgeballs, frisbees, hula hoops, big dodgeballs and Nerf Vortexes into various buckets to score points.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Following the second round of events, <em>Happy Ravers<\/em> delivered an impressive four wins out of the five games. With <em>Super Human Sciences <\/em>close behind them, taking three out of five wins. Overall, team Happy Ravers finished 1st with 20pts, Campus Sporting Exploits were a close 2nd with 19pts and Marlowe\u2019s Marauders came 3rd, only 2pts behind the leaders, with 18pts.<\/p>\n<p>This was a lighthearted, fun event that saw many teams self-scoring, so a huge shout out to all teams for their fair play and honest team spirit!<\/p>\n<p>Our next and final event of the VC&#8217;s Cup 2022\/23 is The Quiz, on Monday 4th September in the Darwin Conference Suite. It&#8217;s time to engage those brains!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we enter the final stage of the VC&#8217;s Cup, teams gathered for the penultimate battle, taking to the Library lawn for Garden Games! 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