Teams battle it out in round two of the Caxton Reynolds Race

The eight Caxton Reynolds Race 2014 teams braved the strong winds of June 14 to compete against each other for the top points and the trip to Zanzibar.

The second round of the competition was held at Reynolds Travel Centre, corner Sixth Avenue and Fourth Street, Springs.

Upon arrival the teams saw that they had to complete eight tasks, each within one minute and 30 seconds.

All the tasks for the day were set up to help educate the contestants about Zanzibar.

They were as follows:

1. Using a syringe one contestant had to suck up and transfer custard out of a glass into a tumbler using one hand; this represented the yellow fever vaccination one needs to get before going to Zanzibar.

2. The contestants sang a Queen original song for a karaoke competition; this represented Freddy Mercury, because he was born in Zanzibar.

3. Participants had to taste and name four different spices originally from Zanzibar; this represented Zanzibar’s other name – the Spice Island.

4. A blank outline of the Tanzanian flag was given to the participants and they had to colour it in the correct colours.

5. Contestants were given Swahili words with English translation and they had to form a full sentence in Swahili, Zanzibar’s national language.

6. Contestants were shown four different currencies; they had to choose the correct currency for Zanzibar to advance to the next task.

7. Using old stockings that were tied together to create one long circular string, the contestants had to put it around two people (they were used as pillars); first around the ankles, then the knees, proceeding to the waist, chest, neck then the arms (these were stages of the game known as “Umgusha”), and the other contestant would have to jump into the string, then over it at each stage of the game, and failure to do so resulted in being knocked out of the game.

8. One contestant held a pole with a bucket on each end on their shoulders, while the other filled each bucket with stones, making them balance equally. Once this was done, they raced from point A to point B without dropping the buckets or the stones. (Representing Stone Town in Zanzibar).

The third round of this competition will be held at Hirsch’s Meadowdale on June 21.

The three teams with the most points by the end of the seventh week will all go into the finals, to be held in Springs, on August 2.

See the score card below for the results of round two: