Beginning of Fall Semester of 2016, we've been attending the state-wide event called Friendship Games. Friendship games is an event collaborated by Southern California Philipino Association Student Alliance. The event is held at California State University, Fullerton every year, where many colleges within and around Southern California come to attend and compete in little fun and friendly picnic games.
Friendship Games
At Friendship Games, we compete in 5 competitive picnic games. The following are the names of the picnic games we are planning to compete in:
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Alpine Green
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The Nasty
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Conveyor Belt
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Up and Under
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Big Groundhog Day
The Games
Each Filipino Organization come to Friendship Games to perform their role call dance that they've created themselves. For KALAHI, our external vice president creates the dance and teaches it to our members.
Role-Call Dance
OBJECTIVE
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A team will consist of 4 people who identify as a man and 4 people who identify as a woman but only 7 people may be lined up (alternating genders) on the ground width-wise to act as the conveyor belt. The conveyor belt will then log roll from one end of the field to the other end all the while having their 8th teammate (either gender) on top.
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The “Package”, which is the 8th teammate, is rolled continuously atop the team made conveyor belt to reach the finish line located on the opposite end of the field. • The last person of the conveyor belt continuously switches quickly to the front of the conveyor belt, which is heading towards the finish line. If they do not switch the transported teammate will fall off the conveyor belt and will have to start at the point where he/she/they fell off.
RULES
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Those who compose of the conveyor belt may not use their hands to transport their teammate along the length of the field. Hands must be out of the conveyor belt and above your head.
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Propelling a teammate is illegal and is very unsafe in transporting a teammate to the finish line.
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The transported teammate who falls during the conveyor belt will have to start at the point where he or she or they fell off.
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The transported teammate must lay on his/her/their back with arms crossed and cannot move while being transported. He/she/they can only move when they are dropped.
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Players who compose of the conveyor belt must be lined up on the ground in an alternating order of head, feet, head, feet, etc.
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The use of hands, the failure to fix alternating positions, or the failure to fix rolling into other lanes can result in a warning from referees. Three warnings will result in disqualification from the game.
Conveyor Belt
Objective:
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A team of 5 people who identify as a man and 5 people who identify as a woman (alternating genders) will line up facing the back of each teammate. The team must pass a rubber kickball from one end of the field to the other by either passing the ball over their head or under their legs, alternating with each person (the first person must start passing the ball over their head, the second person passes the ball under their legs, the third passes the ball over their head, and so on).
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The game is complete when the ball has traveled completely across the field and all players have passed the finish line. Once the entire team is seated, the corresponding referee will raise his or her or their hand to signal the completion of the team’s relay.
Rules:
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Must use a ball with a circumference of 26 inches.
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A violation of any of the following rules will result in a warning:
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Teams must follow the “over-under” rule
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Teams must not throw or toss the ball
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Feet must not move after being planted
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Similar to Thread the Needle, if the ball falls to the ground, then it must be taken to the front of the line, and the players must start again where they are.
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When a player no longer has possession of the ball, they must run to the end of the line to wait for their next turn.
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Once players have reset themselves and have planted their feet, they MUST keep their feet PLANTED and are not allowed to move until the ball has released their hands.
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Once the whole team has crossed the finish line and all the players are seated, the team is then finished.
Up and Under
OBJECTIVE
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5 people who identify as a man and 5 people who identify as a woman (alternating genders) will line up facing their teammate’s back having their arms extended at shoulder height. The last person in the line will then drop to his or her hands and knees and crawl as quickly as he or she can between the legs of his or her teammates.
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Upon reaching the front of the line that person will then stand up and be in position to allow teammates to pass through his or her legs while still having arms extended at shoulder height. Corresponding teammates from the rear can only start crawling once the previous person has planted both feet down at the front of the line. The teammates will start at one end of the field and all of them will have to cross the finish line on the opposite end to complete the game.
RULES
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Once the team has lined up on the side of the finish line accordingly the referee will raise his or her hand to establish that the team has completed the game.
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No one is allowed to move except for the person that is crawling. Everyone’s feet except the crawler must stay planted.
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The next player can only begin to crawl when the previous player reaches the front and gets set and planted.
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Both palms of hands must stay on the shoulder at all times.
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Incorrect hand placement, feet movement, or starting early can result in warnings from referees. Three warnings will result in disqualification from the game.
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Knees must be exposed while playing.
Big Groundhog
The word SPUF, stands for "Spirit, Pride, Unity, Friendship," and are uniquely created chants and cheers that each school creates and prepares for Friendship Games. At Friendship Games, we group up and walk around to meet with other Filipino Organizations to perform our chants and cheers in the name and fun of Friendship. All chants and cheers are created by our External Vice President.
What is a SPUF?
OBJECTIVE
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A team of players on 2 sets of wooden skis, 8 people who identify as a man and 8 people who identify as a woman (4 sets of alternating genders), will relay from one side of the field to the other.
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Once all the players have relayed from one side of the field to the other, they must sit down and the corresponding referee will raise his or her hand to signal completion of the relay.
RULES
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The groups may not exchange skis until the end of each ski has completely passed the end line.
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If a player’s strap breaks, the team must stop and that player must get off the wooden ski. The team then resumes on. If 3 straps break, the team will be place in another heat.
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Each player must face forward with both hands on the shoulders of the player in front of them.
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If a player’s foot comes out of the strap, they will be stopped. The strap can be fixed and the team can resume on.
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If a team fails to stop at the calls of their referees, this could result in disqualification from the game.
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Incorrect hand placement can result in warning from referees. Three warnings will result in disqualification from the game.
Alpine Green
OBJECTIVE
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The game begins with 5 people who identify as a woman on one side of the playing field and 5 people who identify as a man on the other side. The team of 10 will relay from one side of the field to the other delivering a PVC pipe between his/her/their legs without the use of their hands. The person who identifies as a man passes to the person who identifies as a woman and so forth. Only the 1st person may use his/her/their hands to place the baton into position between their legs. Once the game begins, hands may only be used to pick up a baton if it’s dropped. Once the last person on the team delivers their team’s baton, that team is finished and must sit down. At that time, the corresponding referee will raise his/her/their hand.
RULES
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If a player drops the baton during or on the way to the exchange, he/she/they must return to his/her/their initial starting point.
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If a player touches the baton with their hands, he/she/they must return to his/her/their initial starting point.
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No hands can be used. Think of other ways to exchange the baton.
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Player must cross the line before transferring the baton.
The Nasty
