Moment 300 people battled it out in massive snowball fight
- 3 months ago
by Kate Pounds
Check out 'Scotland's biggest snowball fight' - featuring more than 300 people.
The white war took place at a sports centre in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire on Tuesday (16/1).
Roxana Miskelly, 38, organised the event over Facebook along with husband Scott, 39, after heavy snowfall hit their area
Two teams hurled snowballs at each other over three rounds of fighting under floodlights while music played from a PA system.
Roxana, a mum-of-one, said: "It was amazing. It just started as a bit of a joke which became huge.
"I Googled the biggest snowball fight in Scotland and there's nothing recorded so this must be it.
"The world record is about 7,600 people in Canada.
"I think we had up to 350 people maybe.
"There was a lovely sense of community - teenagers sharing out their snowballs with younger children.
"People even brought along their tiny babies and people in their 70s came too.
"It was such great fun and there have been no negative comments about it at all.
"I do feel quite proud of my ridiculous idea that escalated - it was great to see families playing outside on a Tuesday evening.
"There must have been thousands and thousands of snowballs thrown.
"The beauty of it is that it was so unplanned, and yet it was so much fun and created such a buzz."
Staff at the Garioch Sports Centre switched on the flood lights to aid the snowballers on the playing field.
Teams mustered around two flags before launching their ammunition.
Roxana hinted that this might become an annual event.
She said: "It would be fun to do this again. I expect we'd be more organised next time.
"It was very chaotic but nobody was hurt and everyone helped each other and was kind.
"It's also sparked a epidemic of similar events across Scotland which is lovely."
Roxana, son Mac, 13, and Scott, a project manager, had gone to their local park, Cellands, in Inverurie, the evening before, and invited friends on Facebook.
About 100 people snowballed each other on Monday but so many were sad to have missed the short-notice get together that the idea for the big event on Tuesday was born.
Roxana, who works in recruitment, said: "It was lovely how it happened over two nights: like the Indian wedding of snowball fights.
"We hadn't given much notice the first evening because it was really just us going to the park.
"People kept messaging saying they were devastated to have missed it and I jokingly said to Scott 'let's organise a Facebook event'."
A friend and comedian promoted the event, which is how Roxana thinks the numbers grew so fast.
Check out 'Scotland's biggest snowball fight' - featuring more than 300 people.
The white war took place at a sports centre in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire on Tuesday (16/1).
Roxana Miskelly, 38, organised the event over Facebook along with husband Scott, 39, after heavy snowfall hit their area
Two teams hurled snowballs at each other over three rounds of fighting under floodlights while music played from a PA system.
Roxana, a mum-of-one, said: "It was amazing. It just started as a bit of a joke which became huge.
"I Googled the biggest snowball fight in Scotland and there's nothing recorded so this must be it.
"The world record is about 7,600 people in Canada.
"I think we had up to 350 people maybe.
"There was a lovely sense of community - teenagers sharing out their snowballs with younger children.
"People even brought along their tiny babies and people in their 70s came too.
"It was such great fun and there have been no negative comments about it at all.
"I do feel quite proud of my ridiculous idea that escalated - it was great to see families playing outside on a Tuesday evening.
"There must have been thousands and thousands of snowballs thrown.
"The beauty of it is that it was so unplanned, and yet it was so much fun and created such a buzz."
Staff at the Garioch Sports Centre switched on the flood lights to aid the snowballers on the playing field.
Teams mustered around two flags before launching their ammunition.
Roxana hinted that this might become an annual event.
She said: "It would be fun to do this again. I expect we'd be more organised next time.
"It was very chaotic but nobody was hurt and everyone helped each other and was kind.
"It's also sparked a epidemic of similar events across Scotland which is lovely."
Roxana, son Mac, 13, and Scott, a project manager, had gone to their local park, Cellands, in Inverurie, the evening before, and invited friends on Facebook.
About 100 people snowballed each other on Monday but so many were sad to have missed the short-notice get together that the idea for the big event on Tuesday was born.
Roxana, who works in recruitment, said: "It was lovely how it happened over two nights: like the Indian wedding of snowball fights.
"We hadn't given much notice the first evening because it was really just us going to the park.
"People kept messaging saying they were devastated to have missed it and I jokingly said to Scott 'let's organise a Facebook event'."
A friend and comedian promoted the event, which is how Roxana thinks the numbers grew so fast.