Competitors braved a range heights in their bids to create the biggest splash at the inaugural Big Bomb competition at Moana Pool in Dunedin yesterday.
About 40, mostly children, took part in the school-holiday event, a joint endeavour between Moana Pool and Channel 9.
Competitors were judged by a panel of Highlanders and Steel players on the biggest, loudest, highest bomb, smallest splash and crowd favourite.
Channel 9 sales manager Geoff Bell said it really captured children's imaginations and challenged them to give it a go.
Footage from the Big Bomb would be shown on the first episode of ‘‘Kids World'', a Dunedin-based children's television programme, being launched on September 1, he said.
Results. -
Biggest bomb: Age 7-9, Eugine Farrell; age 10-12, Mollie Eason; age 13+, Fergus Smith.
Loudest bomb: Age 7-9, Jackson Page; age 10-12, Pacey Nelson; age 13+, Reuben Russell. Highest bomb: Age 7-9, Cherile Savage; age 10-12, Ben Bisset; age 13+, Howie Allan. Best style: Age 7-9, Xavier Bachop; age 10-12, Nadia Urian; age 13+, Patrick Moriarty. Smallest splash: Age 7-9, Pearl Nelson; age 10-12, Koiatu Tanan; age 13+, Daniel Bosworth. Crowd favourite: Age 7-9, Connor MacDonald; age 10-12, Harmony Valentine.
