The GEC Sports Day 2012

The "Every Decade" GEC 2012 Sports day took place last night full of excitement and was an extravaganza indeed.

With exciting events like, longest french fry, 180 degree long jump and the water relay it was truly a night of heart wrenching fun and a few suprises.

The Longest French Fry Challenge
The first event that took place was the Longest French Fry challenge. A competition with a long history within the GEC that started with this event, the first ever event.

The tournament french fries bowl was passed around and the competitors skillfully threaded their fingers to fish out the longest fry.

After some feverish moments, clammy fingers and slight confusions, the french fries were chosen. And lengths were tabulated. It was a close challenge all round.

Some confusion ensued as well as Harper was disqualified for confusing this game with the most French Fries Challenge that is traditionally held on New Years.

In the end, Terence aka kuta was the eventual champion, edging out by a burnt tip of potato, Desmond aka Desso.

Harper is slightly confused with the rules of the competition.
Terence's fry edges out Desso's by a tip.

The 100 Percent Backward Dash
This event was the highlight of the day. The glamour event of the night. And unsurprisingly we saw many competitors vie for the top spot. All in all we received a record number of entrants for this race. With three heats being held to eventually streamline the numbers to an impressive field of the top four backward runners. Michael aka 34, Matt aka the singer, Alicia aka duck and Warren aka spacecow.

As expected the race was fast and furious, with some controversy and competitive jostling for the lead. We saw Matt take the top spot, dark horse Michael crept into second place, while Alicia jostled her way to the third spot. Warren got confused and came in a close fourth.
At the starting line of the final heat for the race.

2 x 1 "wind-up toy" Relay Race
This race, unique to the GEC Sports Day Extravaganza, requires man and machine to work together as one. We see the symbiotic union of man and a semi autonomous android, work hand in hand to try and win this very grueling race. A thinly veiled social commentary of modern life in Singapore today.

Due to the extreme complexity of this event, there were not many takers. But with the teams that did take part, we saw an almost futuristic amalgamation of man and machine.

And there were two eventual winning teams Matt and Jacky and Warren and Vivian.

Suprisingly, the Matt and Jacky collaboration initially saw a mix up with an android malfunction as the android that they were using just refused to take the orders from, the head team android programmer, Matt. Apparently they were using an older model android. This problem was rectified as they were given a reprieve and took part in their second race and managed to come up tops.Matt and Terence here neck to neck, persuading their androids to move faster.

180 Degrees Turn Jump
Terence just as he gets ready for his record jump.

This is another event that is unique to the GEC Sports Day. A highly specialised jumping method that requires months of conditioning before it can even be attempted. We saw some exciting action here. Alicia aka duck and Desmond aka desso's early lead was usurped by a late surge by suprise of the night Terence aka kuta. Still recovering from a bout of flu, he still found it in him to give the leap of his life and astound all around with a record breaking jump. This giving him his second medal for the night. .
Chief Official Harper records Terence aka kuta's record breaking jump in the 180 degree Turn Jump.

Water Relay Race

Alicia is slow but steady and not letting the sneaky Sher-Ann trick her by asking her to smile for the camera.

The final event for the night, and some say the most sought after win at this event. This relay race is steeped in tradition. After an initial mix up with the first race, the second race gave us our champions. The team of Warren, Karen, Alicia and Michael came up tops. Great form and concentration in the face of much taunting and attempts at distraction by the other teams. "The trick is in the water and not way" said a very philosophical Warren aka spacecow after the race.

The winning team of the Water Relay Race pose proudly after a close finish for the top spot.

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