Possible Clues:

• Event in which competitors run until they drop
• School sportsday event? Parade's once going off without one
• On balance, it's a competitive event eating away at ethnic breakfast?
• Balancing event at a picnic
• Less than serious event, for instance, a kind of opera with no pace or dancing
• Cook nagged tasting helper from Rush - it's a real balancing act for competitive types
• A dash, say, to go in Geordie version of a drop scone
• Company picnic event
• To win this, avoid scrambling!
• Encourage and kiss people in juvenile competition