The City of Albany is adding a new event to the annual 4th of July activities at Memorial Park: a Diaper Derby.
Register your baby by 1.30 pm on Monday, July 4th. The competition begins at 2 pm.
Here are the rules:
- All contestants must crawl on their hands and knees the entire length of the race to be eligible for prize consideration.
- Crawlers who walk or go to their hands and feet must be returned to the starting line.
- Parents or handlers can coax their children but from behind the finish line only.
- No parent or handler may at any time reach across the finish line to assist his or her child over the finish line to assist his or her child over the finish line.
- Each race is over when a baby touches the finish line with any part of his or her body
- The decision of the judges is final.
Divisions:
Crawlers: 5-10 months (10 feet)
Crawlers: 11+ months (15 feet)
Tippy Toe Toddlers: 11-24 months
Tippy Toe Toddlers: 24-30 months
