Regents Park Rounders and Social/Board Games

Come join us for some fun in the park

This is a weekly social park gathering with optional sports.

2pm Rounders
3:30pm Social/Board games in the park

How to play rounders
Not played rounders before? It's a traditional English sport for everyone, even the unsporty. Here's a video of us playing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6Bya3T5W3k

Rounders is a bat and ball game similar to baseball played by two teams. Your team will be either fielding or batting before swapping after the innings. When batting, the aim is to hit the ball, then try and run around the four posts. Your team gets a rounder if you make it round the four posts without stopping or getting out. You are out if when you hit the ball someone catches the ball before it reaches the ground or someone stumps a post before you get there.

The rules will be explained at the beginning of each meetup with a practice round at the beginning. We play a slightly modified version of the official rules where if you are out, it's not game over for you. Your team will lose a life instead. This will give everyone multiple opportunities to bat.

It's very simple to pick up and the ball we use is very soft. We are very beginner friendly and the focus is on having fun rather than being competitive. We attract attendees of all ages and sporting level. You are welcome to come and watch only too. We usually have a few people who do so while having a picnic and enjoying the park.

Come and meet us
Meet at 2pm in Regents Park. Here is the map of where we will be playing in the park (Cumberland Green):
https://www.notion.so/hyau/Rounders-at-Regents-Park-8bc419b72dde4aacaec3870d291636be

You can also find us around here:
https://what3words.com/swim.jolly.youth (just look out for our white rounders bases (long, white sticks) and you can usually spot us.

Please feel free to bring food and drinks.

The main rounders game will finish at 3:30pm and this is followed by social/board games or beginner friendly mixed gender football.

Social/Board Games

We usually have a mixture of games including but not limited to:

Exploding Kittens
Catan
Ticket to Ride
Cartographers
Carcassonne
Blood on the Clocktower

What we play will depend on the group as a whole. If you have anything specific you are interested in please do bring it along or leave us a message to make sure we bring it.

Even if the meetup event is full we usually have space for boardgames so feel free to come along for that even if you are on the waiting list!

Football

For mixed gender football we aim to have roughly equal numbers of men and women and 3 ability levels (Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced). There may be limited spaces for men for football as we are usually oversubscribed.

Free or play for charity

Our Sunday social and rounders events are free for everyone. The organisers volunteer their time and fund for the equipment, public liability insurance, marketing and meetup costs to make this happen. We would like our events to raise awareness and money for worthwhile charities.

If you appreciate our events, please consider making a donation on our fundraising page to our supported charity, War Child. To donate and for more info, please visit: https://www.justgiving.com/page/social-sports-mix-warchild

We will also promote fundraising pages suggested or owned by our attendees. Get in touch if you are attending and also charity fundraising.