For the 7th consecutive year, Hope 2 Oban, has hosted a ‘Lock-in’ for pupils from Oban High School. These H2O fund-raising events aim to create a fun, safe environment for S1 pupils to have a 10 hour ‘youth club’ experience with their peers, alongside H2O workers and volunteers, Atlantis staff (what a team!), as well as volunteers from partner organisations, Oban Youth Café, Oban High School, the SSC (A Club for the Youth of Scotland) and the Community Police. This year, we also had support from an exceptional group of S6 students who demonstrated everything that is goods about the young folk of this area, as they got alongside S1 - BIG thank you guys!
The Lock In uses almost every corner of Atlantis and includes through-the-night sports, dance and body-pump, gym challenges, craft capers, big-screen cinema, console games of every description, swimming, Giant Jenga and Connect 4.
This year’s event had several ‘firsts’. With the opening of the ‘Lost City of Atlantis’, S1 pupils were challenged to set the first S1 record for the number of ‘circuits’ of the new soft play structure at Atlantis, with the initial target of 500 circuits being smashed for a first-time record of 1540 circuits (one for next year’s S1’s to beat!)
This was also the first (and last!) year that Ewen Munro, H2O Youth Worker, had been challenged to ‘cut off the quiff’ (a regular appearance within Ewen’s 'hairstyle') for charity. Names were drawn out the hat and the quiff, along with all other hairs on his head, duly removed at 3.30 am.
H2O would like to thank all partners in putting together this annual highlight of the S1 calendar, as well the crucial support of local businesses, Jacksons the Butchers, Breckenridge and Bookers. Particular thanks to Michael and John at Café Atlantis for Michael’s event-saving trip and their ongoing valuable support of the Lock In.
