R&J's 2013 Schuck Off Tournament Wrap Up

A big thank you to everyone who came out and participated at this event.  It was a huge success that ran buttery smooth which resulted in fun for everyone!  We had great weather, food, and contestants!  Everyone showed up to play, and that they did.  Games went on from noon until around 5:00PM when the championship round ended.

Check after the break for placing/turnout and pictures!

CornHoller Reachs it's goal!!

Hey everyone!  Just a quick update on the KickStarter project by Shane Garrity.  They have (with days to spare) met and exceeded their goal of $6,000!!  Thanks to everyone who helped Shane realize this project and if you contributed congrats on your new Cornholler device!  CSCA would also like to congratulate the project! 

CornHoller: Only 9 days left to pledge!

As you may have seen CSCA is a proud supporter of the CornHoller kickstarter project started by Mr. Shane Garrity. Shane has been very successful so far reaching a staggering $3,898 at the time of this writing.  He is still a little short of his goal of $6,000 but this is impressive none-the-less.  If the CornHoller excites you as much as it excites us please make sure to pledge whatever you can.  Shane has included some very nice "prizes" for the different levels of sponsorship.

Update 10/24/13: Shane is now well on his way to his stated goal of $6,000 with $5,003 having been pledged as of 12:06PM EST with still almost 8 full days left!  If you like this idea, make sure to support it if you can!

more info and links to the project after the break!

ESPN making Cornhole inroads

ESPN covers the cornhole world championships win this Wider World Of Sports: Cornhole World Championships segment.  It's great to see some big time recognition of the sport we all love.  If people will watch bowling or billiards, there is no reason cornhole shouldn't be covered.  Check after the break for link to article with video.

I'd been to Turfway Park before. It's pretty much across the street from the Cincinnati airport, which is actually in northern Kentucky. After a Kentucky Derby 12 years ago, I was supposed to drive there from Louisville to catch a 7 a.m. flight to be home for my producer friend Gus Ramsey's son's birthday.

Daily Tarheel does write up about CornHoller

Click HERE to read.

Happy Friday from the CSCA!!

Have a great weekend schuckers!

CornHoller™ KickStarter - New device for Cornhole game!!

A gentleman by the name of Shane Garrity from Raleigh, NC. started an interesting KickStarter project called the CornHoller™.  It's a really innovative device which announces when a bag goes through the hole in one of 7 unique voices or sounds. 

I think a device like this has great potential to add another level of fun to the game.  I'll let Shane describe in this snippet from his project.

"CornHoller™ is a battery operated device that attaches underneath cornhole boards.  It senses bags and emits one of 7 unique crowd cheering sounds when they go into the hole.

Build your own cornhole boards

Found this great link for easy to follow, simple construction instructions for cornhole boards.  Materials would probably end up being less than $50.

Source: http://www.diynetwork.com/how-to/how-to-build-a-regulation-corn-hole-game/index.html

Cornhole Flash Games?!

I came across a few of these and thought we would share for fun.. some are quite terrible!

Check them out after the break!

Bags for Make-A-Wish!

I am constantly amazed at the good deeds I see being facilitated by the great sport of Cornhole!  Check the link HERE to see another great example of people using Cornhole to support the Make-A-Wish Foundation!

“We're talking about the 6th annual Pitching for Wishes for Make-a-Wish,” Dominick Thompson, event planner for Andrew Roby, said.
Pitching for wishes started in 2008.
“We've been able to raise over $330,000 over the past six years. This year we have an opportunity to raise over $200,000 alone through this event and grant some wishes for some kids with life-threatening illnesses,” Thompson said.

R&J's Second Annual Schuck Off

Rich and John's 2nd Annual Cornhole Tournament

 

 Facebook Event Link - Sign Up Here Too!

Event will be held on Sunday, 10/27/2013 starting promptly at 12:00PM.  There will be a 1 hour toss-around starting at 11AM if you'd like to stop by and get a feel for the boards and bags you will be using for the tournament.

This event is contingent on us getting a minimum of 8 teams, always room for more than that.  More info to come as we get closer to the event date. Update 10/2: We've reached our minimum confirmed teams.  The event will go on!  Teams will likely be capped at 14.

REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED.  WE WILL TAKE MORE NAMES FOR ALTERNATES ONLY!

• Event will be held at my house in West Haven, CT.  Address will be provided before the event
• Beverages and Snacks will be provided, BYOB!! Some warm soups and dips, soda, water, etc (My wife makes incredibly Buffalo Chicken Dip and Potato Soup)
• Shoot Around starts at 11AM bags fly at Noon.
• All players must be 18+ years old, 21+ if you plan on drinking.  Drunkenness will not be tolerated.
• Doubles style (2 person teams)
• $100 buy-in

Point System

• Cancel style point system.  Only one team can score points per inning
• 1 point will be awarded for each bag that is on the board
• 3 points will be awarded to any bags that go in the hole
• 0 points will be awarded to any bag that touches the ground first or falls off the board.  Additionally, any hanging bag that does not survive the "lift test" will not be counted.

Game Play

• Round Robin for seeding in double elimination brackets, every team will play at least 6 matches, and all will make it to the Championship Bracket Round.
• All games will be played until one team reaches or exceeds 21 point
• Both players on a team must be on the same side of the boards
• Players will alternate throws until all 8 bags have been thrown per side.  The last team to score is the first team to throw the first bag in a new inning.  The first round will be determined by coin toss/or seeding where appropriate.
• Poor sportsmanship will not be tolerated
• When throwing, the player must remain in the "pitchers" box.  This is a 4x3' area directly next to the board.  No players foot should cross the front of the board in anytime during their throw/toss/pitch.  If they do, the bag will be considered a foul and will be removed and not counted.
• Players may throw the bag in any manner they choose, as long as all other rules are followed (overhand, underhand, under your legs, whatever)
• Scoring is done on an honor system.  DO NOT move or touch any bags that have been thrown until both teams can agree on a score.  If you can not agree, there will be a non-biased official on site to make the tough calls

Tournament Equipment

• Bags and boards will be provided for this event.  They will be as similar as possible to each other, however this is not always possible.  This is why it is important to show up early for the shoot around hour so you and your teammate can get a feel for each set of tool you will be using.
• Cornhole boards will be 27' apart from front to front
• Cornhole is 6'' in diameter on a 2x4' board centered 9'' from the top/back of the board.
• Each station will have 2 boards and 8 cornbags, 4 of one color and 4 of a different color.
• Cornbags are single sided duck canvas bags filled with approximately 16oz of hard feed corn

Facebook Event Link - Sign Up Here Too!

- more rules and info to follow
...

Confirmed Teams:

• Rich and John
• Mike Butler and Scott
• Gino and Griff
• Paul and Mike
• Louis and Dom
• Jon Dias and Caveman
• Joe Muraski and Joe Cianciullo
• Joe Zacarria & Brittany
• Sean Danley and Megan
• Dan and Manny 
• Brandon and partner
• James and Bradley
• Butler's neighor and partner

updated: 10/26

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Cornhole helps send church to Africa!

The game of Cornhole has been making the rounds around the country seemingly to spread joy and give hope to the players of this wonderful sport.  Click HERE for a great article about how a church in Missouri is using cornhole to help take trips to Africa!

The first time Kevin Easterday played Cornhole he was thinking about the possibility of going to Africa with his church.

He was at a barbecue Memorial Day weekend, 2012. Some friends were playing Cornhole—a competitive, yard game where players throw beanbags at a board, attempting to get the bag in a hole at the top of the board.
Easterday said had been thinking about taking a trip with Destiny Church in July 2013. It was still more than a year away, but he wasn’t sure how his family would be able to afford the more than $4,000 the trip would cost.

New ACO Queen of Cornhole!

Just in from the ACO, they have found their next Queen of Cornhole.  Congrats to Mrs. Teresa Forsee!

See the full write up here

All bow. Pay respect to your Queen, the Queen of the ACO and the Cornhole world: Teresa Forsee.

     There’s a popular saying: “Nothing that’s worthwhile is easy.” It’s a lesson that Teresa knows all too well. In a quest to be great, she and her husband and Doubles partner, Bruce, have forged the path together: driving far, seeking top notch players constantly, going home, getting better, and coming back again.

Cornhole for Charity

Leukemia and Lymphoma Society through a partnership with Advance Services in Augusta, GA. has organized a Cornhole tournament to raise money to help fight cancer.  Awesome to see stories like this. See the link below for the full story!

http://www.asubellringer.com/backyard-game-becomes-competitive-sport-for-good-cause/

Beanbags sailed through the air Saturday at Roadrunner Cafe in Augusta, Ga., all in the fight against cancer.
The backyard game-turned-competitive sport of cornhole has undergone a rise in popularity in recent years, and Brian Cameron, founder of Cornhole Carolina, decided to use the popularity of the sport to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society through a partnership with Advance Services, where he works part time.
“Advance Services has teamed up for the last several years to do a fundraiser within the company for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society,” he said. “Within the company we’re split into teams, and our team decided to do a cornhole tournament, being that I’ve done many in the past, the majority of them being for charity.”

Cornhole Tips from Esquire?!

Check out this great article I found over at an Esquire.com blog http://www.esquire.com/blogs/culture/how-to-play-cornhole

If you've ever played cornhole, however, you're probably not thinking about any of that while throwing bags. You're most likely pondering some combination of the following: "This is absurdly fun"; "I don't see why I can't day-drink all the time"; and "How the hell can I get better at this?" Luckily for you, we interviewed a couple guys who can help with that last thought, just in time for lawn-game season. Read more: How to Play Cornhole - How to Be Much Better at Cornhole - Esquire Follow us: @Esquiremag on Twitter | Esquire on Facebook Visit us at Esquire.com

Photo's from R&J's 2012 Schuck Off

Check out this link for photo's from last year's R&J's Schuck Off

Great article on Cornhole Fundamentals

http://coachsrant.com/bags-pro-tips-bag-toss-fundementals/

Check out this article over at coachsrant.com for some great pointers at becoming a consistent cornhole player

Bags, Cornhole, Corn Toss, whatever you call it; this game is a back yard tradition. Graduation parties, weddings, barbeques. Hell, I’m sure people play bags at funerals! It doesn’t matter the occasion. To men at family parties, bags is an excuse to get away from their screaming kids and nagging wives. Not to mention, it lets them do something almost inconceivable: compete against one another WITHOUT having to put their beers down.