The groundskeeper and the crew's staff representative arrived early and were dismayed to discover that neither the door opener, "open sesame" nor delicate fiddling would open the gate to the athletes' grand hall.

Good advice was hard to come by, and reinforcements had to be called in.

Principal Svein to the rescue

It turned out that the north wind had switched off the automatic door opener, and so even impressive ball skills weren't enough to gain access.

Principal Svein Arne Hansen gladly stepped up and let the eager gymnasts in.

When the principal pulled out the keys, the gate had to give way

Then it was finally time for the first round with 3 teams and a newly recruited debutant from the kindergarten.

Red team (Daniel, Tony and Remi) facing off against yellow team (Andrey, Even and Halle)