Can’t decide what you need? Use the table below to select individual team tasks, then call us on 01934 843062 or email us for a quote or more advice.
“Just wanted to say thank you both very much for a very enjoyable couple of days that I had with yourselves and the rest of the Sodexo Defence HR team. I experienced and achieved things that I never thought I would have the courage to do.”
Sarah B, Sodexo
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TIME MANAGEMENT |
BUDGET PLANNING |
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PEOPLE MANAGEMENT, |
LOGIC, DEDUCTION |
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| Babylon Tower | A pile of differing size discs are to be moved in a certain way in a pre set time. | 30 | 6 |
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| Balloon Balance | Balance your whole team on a thin sandwich of inflated balloons. Scoring determined by person / balloon ratio! | 15 | 10 |
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| Blindfold Square | communication and forward planning are a must before you are blindfolded. | 20 | 8 |
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| Bomb Disposal | Defuse the bomb by deciphering the manual, which seems to have been written by a crazy fisherman! | 30 | 6 |
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| Code Cracker | Used with 5 other tasks of your choice, break the code and use the control box to blow the lock off a box of booty!! | half day | any |
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| Egg launch | Build a catapult using common materials to fire an egg as far as possible | 30 | any |
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| Farmers | An information sharing task which can be very confusing. | 30 | 5 |
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| Frogger | Crossing a pond using planks and safe areas. | 30 | any |
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| Jigsaw | Used as either additions to other tasks or a finale, a giant fruit themed jigsaw must be solved. | 10 | any |
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| Keypunch | A fast paced task where team focus, planning and control are key. A big money earner too. | 15 | 6 |
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| Many Hands | This requires total commitment from the team unless you like getting wet. | 15 | 6 |
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| Mr Lifter | The team must ‘pull together’ literally, to raise one team member into the trees and find treasure. | 10 | 8 |
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| Noah’s problem | Build a structure which will keep your team off the ground. | 30 | 8 |
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| Pandora’s Box | Organization, memory and patience are key to cracking this task – for a delicious reward (chocolates or champagne) | 15 | any |
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| Radiation Leak | Carefully pick up then lower the Kraptium 69 into the flask, using a home made crane | 20 | 8 |
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| Rocket Science | Bid against other teams to build a working rocket, whilst making a profit at the same time! | half day | Min 8 |
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| Roller coaster | Using a variety of materials, build a roller coaster track to guide a golf ball through various challenges. | 30 | 6 |
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| Satellite Salvage | Organize your team to salvage Andromeda whilst making a profit for the company. | half day | Min 8 |
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| Semaphore | A communication task with a dliberate mistake to catch out the perceptive people. | 20 | 6 |
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| Sheepdog | Use non verbal commands to guide your flock of sheep back into the fold. | 20 | 8 |
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| Ski Free | Giant team skis carrying 6 people are used to cross a course. | 20 | 6 |
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| Snappy | Similar to ‘minesweeper’ on the PC, this is a task where sharing information leads to big rewards. | 15 | 6< |
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| Sticky Rope | Tie a simple knot in the rope. Not so simple when you’re all stuck fast to it! | 15 | 6 |
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| Superstructure | A standard weight must be supported, free standing, as high as possible using some common, basic materials | 30 | 6 |
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| Supporter | Build a structure using straws to support a variable weight. The heavier weight supported, the more points gained. | 30 | 6 |
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| Suspension Bridge | A pioneering task to build a bridge which will enable your whole team to cross a gap. | 60 | 8 |
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| Ten Pole | A sequence of moves must be adhered to, which form a pattern using 10 long poles. | 15 | 6 |
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| Trust Trail | One team member must lead the others through a convoluted series of obstacles – blindfolded and silent! | 20 | 6 |
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| Wishing well | Retrieve a sample of holy water using a home made ‘Heath Robinson’ construction. | 30 | 6 |
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