Five area restaurants competed in the 4th Annual Greater Waiter, Waitress & Customer Races held Thursday in downtown Oxford’s Centennial Park.
Sponsored by the Oxford and Metamora Chambers of Commerce, the event featured wait staff and customers carrying a serving tray around an obstacle course consisting of two sets of stairs, bowling pins, orange cones and a wooden beam to balance on.
Each contestant’s tray contained four glasses filled to the top with water and an empty beer bottle.
Scoring was based on how fast contestants completed the obstacle course and how many ounces of liquid were left in their glasses at the end of each race.
If the beer bottle fell off the tray during the obstacle course, five points were deducted from the score.
Teams from Metamora’s Historic White Horse Inn dominated all the races. Teams from Oxford’s own Victoria’s Delights and Kalloway’s received honorable mentions.