High 5ive 4Fitness
About
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND and preceding the original BOTG will be a “Members Only” division, which will allow dedicated club members of each participating gym the opportunity to race against their peers, while still being challenged and pushed to their limits. Click on the BATTLE OF THE GYMS tab for rules and to register your team(S)!
As mentioned above, returning again for its 3rd year will be our BATTLE OF THE SCHOOLS. Four-person adult teams will represent their school in a competition specifically designed to showcase the many talents of their teachers, administrators and staff. The winning school has their choice of a FREE Fitness Day for their entire student body, or a $500 donation towards their Health or PE programs.
We also have an EXCITING NEW TWIST THIS YEAR to our Battle of the Gyms! Each BOTG team gets to “adopt” a school that they will be competing for! We will award grants towards their health, PE or designated athletic program in the following amounts, so it will definitely be a WIN/WIN!
Elite Division Champion – $2,000; 2nd place – $1,000; 3rd place – $500
Member Division Champion – $500; 2nd place – $250; 3rd place – $100
Sports and Fitness Challenges
- Longest football pass
- Fastest baseball or softball pitch
- Hardest tennis serve
- Fastest timed soccer drill
- Most basketball free throws in 30 seconds
- Fastest 50-yd dash
- Quickest time through Obstacle Course
- Fitness Challenges: Planks, situps, pushups, pullups
Location & Cost
Vista Hermosa Sports Park, Football Stadium
987 Avenida Vista Hermosa, San Clemente, CA 92673
Click Here For Directions
Event Cost:
Battle of the Gyms – Elite: $150 for one team, subsequent teams are $100, with a maximum of four teams per gym.
Battle of the Schools: FREE (Click the button above to register)
Sports & Fitness Challenges: FREE
Raffle Tickets: $5/each; $20 for 5 tickets (one free); $50 for 14 tickets (four free); $100 for 30 tickets (ten free). May be purchased online. No need to be present to win.
Why
Your participation helps insure that these much needed awareness presentations stay FREE to local youth groups, schools, sports teams, businesses and organizations throughout southern California and our local communities. We couldn’t do it without your help and sincerely thank you for your support!
Unable to attend, but would love to make a donation to support your cause!
8:00 – 9:00 – VENDOR and GYMS check in and set up
8:30 – 9:00 – BATTLE OF THE GYM (BOTG)/Members check in.
9:00 – 9:30 – BOTG/Member Course review with teams/judges
9:00 – 12:00 – Wellness Fair, Youth Performances, Sports Challenges
9:30 – 10:30 – BATTLE OF THE GYM – Members
10:00 – 10:30 – BATTLE OF THE SCHOOLS (BOTS) check in
10:30 – 10:45 – Course review with BOTS Teams
10:45 – 11:15 – BATTLE OF THE SCHOOLS
11:00 – 11:15 – BOTG/ELITE check in
11:15 – 11:45 – Course review with Elite teams/judges
11:45 – Noon – Tunnel and National Anthem
12:00 – 1:00 – BATTLE OF THE GYMS – Elite
1:00 – 1:30 – AWARDS CEREMONY: Battle of the Gyms, winners of raffle drawings, medals for Sports Challenges and check presentation to schools.
1:30 – 2:00 – Clean up and CELEBRATE!
Overview
FIVE Battle of the Gyms. FIVE different Champions. The 6th Annual HIGH 5IVE 4FITNESS is Saturday, March 7th at the Vista Hermosa Sports Park Football field. Will we have a repeat winner for the first time or will yet another gym claim the top spot for bragging rights?
NEW this year is an exciting twist and incentive: Every gym that participates gets to sponsor a school or athletic team* and put some philanthropic meaning behind all that muscle. First, second and third place teams in both the Member and Elite Divisions will be awarded grants for their designated school’s PE program or athletic team. In addition to hoisting the coveted Gold Plate, The Battle of the Gyms Champion will celebrate earning $2,000 for their adopted school!
Grant Awarded:
Elite Division Champion – $2,000; 2nd place – $1,000; 3rd place – $500
Member Division Champion – $500; 2nd place – $250; 3rd place – $100
Registration for the 6th Annual HIGH 5IVE 4FITNESS, featuring the Battle of the Gyms and Battle of the Schools, begins January 20th. Sign up early before your favorite school or sports team is taken and remember, 100% of the proceeds from this event go directly back into our local communities to help promote healthy nutrition and lifestyle choices for our youth!! And if you’re undecided on which school to sponsor, no worries – we’ll be happy to pick one for you!
*Eligible Orange County schools are accredited K-12 and must be approved by the TNPF board. Athletic teams are required to be under the jurisdiction of said schools and not a private organization.
Rules and Regulations
- Teams must consist of FOUR competitors, at least two must be female.
- Competitors in the ELITE division must be owners, administrators, trainers, employees or members of the gym they represent. MEMBER division teams must consist of members or clients ONLY.
- The competition will be incorporating strength, speed, agility and endurance, in which all four team members will participate either individually, in pairs, or as a team.
- Access to possible workout formats are provided to teams once they have REGISTERED and will also be explained in depth at either pre-event practices or via video clips demonstrating technical standards.
- Each gym entered receives a FREE 10×10 vendor space in our Health Expo if they would like to participate.
- Registered teams for the BOTG and BOTG-Members Only should check in NO LATER than ONE HOUR prior to start time, to allow plenty of time for the athletes to warm up and get last minute instructions on the course 30 minutes prior to their event.
- We encourage team uniforms or matching attire to identify your club or gym. A boisterous crowd of spectators in the stands full of club members wearing your team colors is always a fun way to get promote team spirit and get your membership involved!
Our first and foremost goal is for everyone to have FUN. So smile, laugh and enjoy yourselves. The purpose of this event is raise money and awareness in order to provide a healthier and happier tomorrow for our kids, so as far as we’re concerned, everyone’s a WINNER! Thank you for your participation!
Welcome to our Battle of the Schools!
Returning for its 3rd year is our wildly popular BATTLE OF THE SCHOOLS. Four-person adult teams represent their school in a competition specifically designed to showcase the many talents of their teachers, administrators and staff. The winning school has their choice of a FREE Fitness Day for their entire student body, or a $500 donation towards their Health or PE programs. It is a non-threatening but highly competitive event that teachers of all fitness levels can participate in!
Once registered, we welcome the opportunity to come speak at any flag ceremonies, assemblies or PTA meetings in order help facilitate and promote school spirit by encouraging your student body and their families to come out and cheer for their team! We also have general information flyers in both .pdf and .jpeg versions that you can include via your school loop or email communications. It’s a great opportunity to promote school spirit within your community and allow for some fun and invigorating team bonding as well!
Requirements
- Entry in The Battle of Schools is FREE. Teams must consist of FOUR competitors.
- Participants must be either administrators, teachers or employees of their affiliate school.
- The competition will have three “academia-themed” events incorporating props related to schools. Possible examples could be a throwing erasers through a target, loading backpacks with books for a short sprint, or a “capture the (school) flag” type of team contest. It will be easily doable by enthusiastic participants of any fitness level!
- Check in is at 10:00 a.m. and all competitors must be in staging area by 10:15. The course description and run-thru will begin at 10:30 with the battle beginning immediately afterwards.
- If all goes according to plan, the competition should last approximately 30 minutes and we will announce the winner after tallying the results.
- We encourage team uniforms or matching attire to identify your school.
The winning school will have their choice of a FREE Fitness Day for their entire student body (priceless) or a $500 donation towards their Health or PE department.
If you’d like to be a vendor at The Health & Wellness Fair and be in the heart of the action for this year’s event, please click on the link below to have your own marketing space.
