Cat and Mouse

The Rules

Players are divided into to two teams, cats and mice, with the players on each team numbered 1-6 each starting at a cone.

Start with 12 balls (pieces of cheese) in the middle.

The coach calls out a number and the appropriate mouse runs to the centre and steals the cheese, one piece at a time, taking it back to their starting place on the circle.

At the same time, the appropriate cat takes a piece of cheese, dribbles back to their starting cone and then all the way around the outside of the circle before returning the cheese to the middle.

When the cat gets back the turn is over.

The mouse counts their cheese and returns it to the middle before the coach calls the next number to repeat the game.

After all 6 pairs have gone, count the total number of pieces of cheese stolen and switch the roles of cat and mouse.