This Event goes through to County Finals

Schools will be separated into small groups or put into one Straight league depending on entries. Teams will then play one another leading to a knock out round/finals to decide the winner Rules Games will be 6 per side with a max squad of 9. The game starts with 4 balls in the middle of the court. On the referee’s whistle player’s race to collect the dodgeballs and then retreat past the back line. The game is then live, the objective being to strike an opponent with a ball below the shoulders and without the ball bouncing. If a player is hit in this way he/she is out of the game. Shots can be blocked using another ball or can be caught. If a ball is caught on the full the catching team recall a player to the game and the player who threw the ball is out. The game will be played inside a full badminton court. If a player leaves the court to avoid being hit they will be given out. When one team has eliminated all the oppositions players they are the winner. A time limit will also be set for each game, at the end of this time the team with the most players remaining are the winners. If there are equal numbers of teams the game will be called a draw, if in a playoff round a 1v1 ‘throw-off’ will be used Scoring The winning team in each game will receive 3 points, 1 point for a draw, 0 for a defeat