Registrations open next week for Sport Whanganui's annual slip, slide, dive and climb at Cooks Gardens - the 7th Mitre 10 Mega Tough Kid event.
Packs have been sent directly to the region's schools to enter their Year 3-8 pupils in the obstacle course challenge, being held December 1 at Cooks Gardens.
The 2016 event was attended by nearly 1800 kids, up 200 from the year before, and Sport Whanganui will be confident of a similar turnout to take on the water slides, climbing frames, cargo net crawls and more.
There are individual races, team events, and the popular (for the kids) parent-teacher race.
"A positive change to this year's Tough Kid are the new obstacles and the event being water only," said the press release.