Registration is currently open for the upcoming Battleships competition from 8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 18 at the IUPUI Natatorium Competition Pool.
The object of the competition is for one team to sink the other team’s canoe while trying to stay afloat themselves. After a series of rounds, the team that successfully avoids being sunk will be crowned the champions of the event.
According to the IUPUI director of traditions Mackenzie Taylor, the Battleships competition is one of the charitable fundraising tradition that make up Jagathon.
“All of the money that we raise goes towards Jagathon and raising money for Riley Hospital for Children,” Taylor said.
The event is free, and organizers urge students to bring their Crimson Cards. Students can register to participate online.
“If you have a school or student organization that you’re a part of, then we encourage them to make teams,” Taylor said.
Event organizers confirmed that the School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA), as well as the Alpha Lambda Delta and Phi Eta Sigma honor society at IUPUI had registered to participate. Several sororities and fraternities are also expected to compete.
“A lot teams will get dressed up in some sort of theme to represent their teams, so if you bring your own fans they can be involved by also sort of representing your team,” Taylor said.
Teams are made up of four people, with three people in the canoe and one alternate that remains on standby. Each team receives a bucket that they may use to pour water into another team’s canoe, but they cannot use it to remove water from their own.
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Spectators, including eliminated players, can also rent water buckets to help tip the scales by donating to Riley Hospital for Children during the competition.
“If you have a team that you’d like not to win, you can rent a bucket for that round and use it against them from outside of the pool,” Taylor said.
According to event organizers, the pool will be divided into two sections, with two rounds happening concurrently in each.
Battleships takes place during the 10 days of Regatta with the two events sharing the same large, metal canoes.
“It happens as a part of 10 days of Regatta, that’s sort of where it spawned,” Taylor said.
The event is a Jagathon tradition alongside Dancing with the Stars and Celebration of Miracles. The first Battleships event took place in 2013 during the fifth annual IUPUI Regatta.
“We’ve been doing it for a few years now so it’s become one of our traditions, one of our most exciting events other than Jagathon itself,” Taylor said.
Jagathon participants raised over $501,371 in March. According to IUPUI, the spring Jagathon set a new fundraising record for the third consecutive year.
“It’s so much fun, just to come and sort of partake. So even if you don’t end up getting into the pool, it’s really fun to just be there,” Taylor said. “It’s a super exciting event.”
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