United Way Campaign

Cornhole Bowl

The 2009 United Way Cornhole Tourney is on Wednesday, September 30th from 11am – 1pm in the Taylor Hall Courtyard. First prize is a set of official, limited edition IUPUI Jaguars Cornhole sets! All teams that register will receive two entries into a raffle for a pair of tickets to see the Indianapolis Colts play at Lucas Oil Stadium! Additional raffle tickets can be purchased for $5 each.

Thank you to all the participants!

Official Cornhole Rules

This tournament will be a single elimination tournament. Once a team loses, they are out of the tournament.

• Singles or Doubles Competition – When American Cornhole is played as doubles, two players are partners against another team of two (one member of each team pitches from one board and the other member pitches from the other board).
• In Doubles play, each player’s partner is directly across from them in the opposite box at the other board. So each team has one player throwing from the left side and one throwing from the right. Each player is required to pitch from their box the entire game.
• Every match is broken down into frames of play. During each frame of play each player must pitch all bags. In doubles play, the players pitching first alternate until they’ve pitched all bags, completing a frame. Call out the score before you pick up the bags. Once the second two players pitch in the same manner, the frame is completed.
• Players can pitch with either hand ; he or she does not have to use the same one throughout the game.
• The team who scored the most during the previous frame shall pitch first in the next frame. If noone scores, the team who went first in the previous frame goes first again.

Scoring

• Cornholes – A bag in the hole is a bag thrown through the hole in the board. A bag can be pushed in by other bags from either player. One cornhole = 3 points
• Woody or Boarder – A bag that is not in the hole, but lands with any portion resting on the board. It may not touch the ground before landing on the board. If it does, its called a DIRTY and must be removed from the playing surface before another bag is tossed. A bag hanging on the board surface but touching the ground as well is also called a DIRTY and has no point value and should be removed from playing surface before play continues. One Woody or Boarder = 1 point

Traditional 21 Scoring

This is a negation or cancellation format where opposing players' frame points cancel one another out. Only those points that do not cancel out apply to the total overall score. Example: Red team scores 7 points in a frame and Blue team scores 9 points in the same frame. The difference is 2 (9-7=2). Blue team scores 2 points in that frame. Winning team must win by two points or more.

Overtime

Play continues until one team wins by two points.