2019 Bloomfield Pool Duck Derby

Sunday, May 19, 2019

By Sabrina Stockrahm

The Bloomfield Pool Board hosted the inaugural Duck Derby Saturday to raise funds for new lounging equipment. The board sold tickets for 1,000 ducks, which were sent down the slide where the lifeguards picked out ducks with numbers corresponding to prizes. Two teams participated in the boat race. The participants of Duck Dynasty and SS Cardboard had one hour to build a boat from cardboard and duct tape. The final event from the day was the belly buster contest. The pool is scheduled to open for the season on Saturday, May 25.

Team Tuck Dynasty started building their boat with the a stack of cardboard boxes. The team consists of some Bloomfield School District staff, including Jeff Gibboney, Julie Evans, Sarah Melamed, Terri Neighbors and Amanda Gibboney. (By Sabrina Stockrahm)
Team SS Cardboard taped together the pieces of their boat. The team consisted of Dalton Fulford, Holden Nagy, Japheth Gamble, Questyn Hardisty and Justin Brown.
Team Tuck Dynasty shows off its finished product.
Team SS Cardboard nears completion.

SS Cardboard prepares to set off with captain Holden Nagy preparing to guide the boat across the pool.
Sarah Melamed guides the Tuck Dyansty Boat across the pool.
It took Holden Nagy a minute to figure out how to stay on the SS Cardboard boat, but he was a close second once he found the right spot.
Sarah Melamed and Holden Nagy cross paths in the pool.
Jeff Gibboney and Julie Evans reach out to help Sarah Melamed out of the pool as she completes the race.
Jacob Barker got some air before winning the belly buster contest with the biggest splash.
Lifeguard Skylar Tucker helped push the last of the ducks through the slide.