The brief Read every word before you start
The aisle ribbons are staked all over the park. One clean picnic rug. Everything else is mud.
Flip the rug — whole team aboard, no grass. Then collect the ribbons off the tent pegs. Pegs never leave the ground — every team collects from the same spots. Foam stones get you out there safely: the team shares about sixteen, but you only carry one at a time, and they’re handed — never thrown.
Touch the grass or break a rule and you walk back to the rug, ribbon in hand, before rejoining. Most ribbons on the rug at the buzzer takes the most points — then text your count to Matt — 0425 497 690. Kate’s counting.
Read this whole card before you start your timer. Set 10 minutes on a phone. The clock only runs once.
Who it’s for Groom’s-team heroics
High school sweethearts. Big day incoming.
Kate and Pat go way back — and we all know who wears the pants. The aisle ribbons Kate spent weeks tying have blown loose and staked themselves all over the grass. This is the wedding chapter of the race. Clean it up before the aisle. Pat is desperate. Help Kate, or he’s in really big trouble.
How to play Four beats · one clean rug · one 10-minute clock
The gear What’s in play · rug, stones, pegs, ribbons
Phases Read all instructions first · then set a 10-minute timer on your phone
Phase 1 · Flip the rug
Whole team on the picnic rug. Flip it so everyone ends clean-side-up. Anyone touches grass during the flip and the whole team starts the flip again. The 10-minute clock is already running — don’t waste it.
Phase 2 · Collect ribbons
Foam stones get you out to the pegs. Untie the ribbons and bring them home to the rug — pegs never leave the ground. Touch grass or break a rule and you walk back to the rug, ribbon in hand, before rejoining. Keep going until the buzzer.
Rules Marshal has the whistle
- Flip first — whole team aboard the rug, no grass. Any grass touch during the flip = everyone back, flip it again.
- Tent pegs stay in the ground at all times. Collect the ribbon, never pull a peg. Every team collects from the same spots.
- Legal footing: the rug or a foam stone only. Touch the grass or break a rule — see the MUDDY rule below.
- MUDDY: touch grass or break any rule and you walk back to the central rug — with whatever you’re carrying — before rejoining. During the flip, any grass touch = the whole team restarts the flip.
- One stone at a time each. The team shares about sixteen stones, but a single player may only ever carry one. Lay them as stepping platforms to reach the pegs.
- Stones and ribbons are handed, never thrown. Pass hand-to-hand between teammates on legal footing.
- At the buzzer: count the ribbons on the rug and text Matt Molony — 0425 497 690. No text, no points.
- No shoulder stands. Keep it tight and keep moving — the clock is the enemy.