NBVC Battle of Commands 2024

This will be a two day competition with events at the Hueneme Aquatic Center and Point Mugu Family Beach. Awards for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. We invite as many participants per team to compete. Feel free to bring family members out to the beach to enjoy a great event! 

ALL PARTICIPANTS THROUGH RUNSIGNUP WILL RECEIVE EVENT SHIRT & LUNCH. 

There will be events for 2-10 participants per team throughout the two day event, which will include the following--

Thursday, August 22— Hueneme Aquatics Center

Team check-in: 4:30pm

Competition Starts: 5:00pm

Event#1: Inner Tube Relay 

Requires: 4 people

Rules: Each team will be require to put on racing gear for inner tube relay. Racers will jump/climb/swim the inner tube across the pool, undress, and then repeat until all 4 competitors have gone across the pool. Teammates may assist each other in getting out of the water, and in & out of their clothes. First team to finish will win the event. Ties will be recontested in a bonus round.

Event#2: Boat Races

Requires: 4 people, boats and paddles will be provided**

Rules:  Each team will paddle across the pool to their teammates, and will switch places.

At the start of the event, two teammates will climb into the boat that will be in the water, and will navigate the course. Then, they will switch places with their teammates who will go back to the starting point via the obstacle course. Time will stop when the last team member is on the pool deck. The first team to finish will win the event. If any member of the team fall out of the boat, the team must go back and place that person back in the boat in order to resume the race.

 Ties will be recontested in a bonus round. Bonus points will be given to the team(s) that grab the inflatable objects presented the day of.

Event#3: Wibit Relay

Requires: 4 people

Rules: Teammates will start with one foot on the starting platform. Each competitor must cross the Wibit inflatable obstacle course without falling into the water. If a player falls, they must swim back to the starting platform. The next racer in line will be given the green light to go by staff members once their teammate's feet hit the water. All 4 competitors must complete the Wibit course. The first team to finish will win the event. 

Friday, August 23— Point Mugu Family Beach

Check-in: 8:30am

Competition Start: 9:00am

Event#1: 3-on-3 Basketball

Requires: Rosters can carry no more than 4 people

Rules: Make It, Tank It.

• First team to 21 points wins
• Shot made behind three point line are worth 3 points, all others are worth 2.
• Free throws are worth 1 point.
• One foul shot will be awarded for each foul after the fifth team foul
• Each team is allowed 2 time-outs per game
• Substitutions will be made during timeouts or dead ball
• Players with more than 5 fouls will be eliminated
• Participants who engage in foul language and/or commit flagrant fouls will be given technical fouls and could be removed from the game

Event#2: Tug-Of-War

Requires: 7 people

Rules: 

• The anchor person may sit for 5 seconds at a time, but must get up and stand for 5 seconds before returning to the sitting position
• No digging divots for foot placement

**Gloves will be allowed. The winner will be the first team to pull the opposing team's rope marker across their mark zone. 10 bonus points will be awarded for any team with a woman

Event#3: Beach Flags

Requires: 6 people

Rules: Competitors will lie face down with their toes on the start line and heels together, fingers overlapping one top of the other, and their head up facing the starter. Elbows must be extended from the body so that the chest will lie flat on the sand, and the body shall be perpendicular to the start line. Elbows of competitors of competitors should not be touching.

The command for the start will be "heads up, heads down" then when all competitors are motionless, a whistle blast will sound the start. Each competitor will race across the field of play and may only pick up one flag. Should two competitors have equal possession of a flag, a run off will occur immediately. Competitors without a flag will be eliminated

Event#4: Human Pyramid

Requires: 10 people

Rules: All team members will run to a designated area and build a pyramid with a four person base. Their team must hold their pyramid formation (palms and knees must be touching the ground, and elbows must be fully extended for proper formation). Team must hold their formation for a total of 10 seconds. Timing starts when every participant in the pyramid is set. This will be a multiple heat event. The winning team from each heat will move onto the finals. 

Event#5: Cornhole

Requires: Team of 2

Rules: This event will be a single-elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament.  Each winner will play another winning team in the next round, until the final match-up, whose winner becomes the tournament champion! Participants must use MWR Community Recreation Cornhole bags.  No outside bags permitted!

BONUS EVENT: SAND CASTLE/SCULPTURE

Requires: Teams must bring their own tools. 

Rules: All participants may work on sand sculpture throughout the duration of the day. Judges will score contest based on design, detail, neatness, and technique (but not limited to). Points will be awarded for 1st-5th place. Highest score will go to the team with the most creative concept. 

EVENT SCORING:

1st Place= 30 points

2nd Place= 25 points

3rd Place= 20 points

4th Place= 15 points

5th Place= 10 points

Participation Points= 5 per team

**Some events may include 10 bonus points for at least 1 female teammate

***ONLY OPEN TO BASE PERSONNEL***