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Desperately seeking help in planning a rounders/baseball match involving adults and young kids (i.e. how to handicap the adults)

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Wills · 10/06/2007 15:27

I'm organising a suprise baseball/rounders match for my dh's 40th birthday. This is not a party! I'm completely banned from doing a party so this is definitely not a party, its a rounders match instead that I know he will seriously love. So we have a massive range in age from 67 (with bad knees) to 20 months (the 1 year old and the 11 month old could of course be used in some way to handicap the adults....) In total we have 16 adults, 10 children and 2 babies. How would you divide the teams up? Of the children I'd say that only two were classic princess types (aged 5 and 7), the rest will pickup on the competitive spirit and probably outclass most of the adults . The oldest child is 7 by the way. The adults are a really mixed bunch ranging from 65 with serious knee problems to hockey, decathlon sporty types to one with ME. All of the adults are incredibly competitive and given that 4 are brothers will seriously relish competing!

So.... How the heck would you divide these into two teams?

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wheresthehamster · 10/06/2007 16:29

This brings back memories!

The infirm can bat but they have a partner who does the running.

If an adult is catching a child out they can't catch it in their 'good' hand. Also when they bat they have to hold it in their 'other' hand.

Sporty types have to get two rounders before it counts as one.

All teams should be equal if possible in terms of old, creaky, unsporty, princess types etc.

Princess types are allowed to physically try and stop sporty types from getting a rounder.

Wills · 10/06/2007 19:01

That's fantastic. Thanks

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