FRIENDLY `SPITTY` - Friendly City Food Co-op

FRIENDLY
‘SPITTY’
FOOD CO-OP
SEED SPITTING
CONTEST
Contest Rules & Regulations
Contest is open to the first 25 children aged 5-12 to sign up. Sign-up will start promptly at 4:30pm
on Court Square on Saturday July 4th. The competition will begin at 5pm.
Each contestant will be given one slice of watermelon to choose SIX contest seeds from (please
feel free to devour the rest of the slice!)
Challengers must spit their seed from behind the spitting line for each contest.
Seeds must be spit from a stationary stance.
Any manner of spitting qualifies, though no accessories will be accepted.
DISTANCE CONTEST - each contestant will spit 3 seeds.
The furthest distance will be recorded for each contestant to determine the distance contest
winner.
Contestants top distances will be ordered 1-25 and assigned a corresponding point value for the overall
contest, 30 points being awarded to the longest spit and 6 points to the shortest to determine overall scoring.
Seed must land on the plastic runner to be counted.
ACCURACY CONTEST - each contestant will spit 3 seeds.
5 points will be awarded for the center ring, 3 for the middle and 1 for the outer. No points will
be awarded for complete misses, and no do-overs.
Points from the 3 spits will be summed to determine accuracy contest winner. Contestants summed
accuracy points will be multiplied by 2 and added to distance points to determine overall winners.
Contestant guardian must remain at the contest with the contestant for the duration.
Acknowledgment of Risk and Waiver of Liability
Contestant and contestant guardian acknowledge that there are risks of personal injury and illness which
may result from participating in this contest. Contestants, as a condition of entry, agree to indemnify and
Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance for any and all responsibility, damages and injury that may occur to
participants as a result of participating in this contest.
Contestant Name
Guardian Signature
Cell Phone Number
Email
Date