My daughter and I played in a Corn Hole tournament at our church on Sunday. We won the first round but lost the 2nd round 21 to 19. I know this has very little to do with gardening, although there really is corn inside the bean bags. Even still, this post will not be worthy of Veggie Garden Info.
Corn Hole is a really fun game, but I don't think it is very well known across the country. It is extremely popular in the Cincinnati area, as you can see from the above pictures. It is sort of like horseshoes. You try to throw your corn bags into the hole in the board thirty feet away. If you get it in the hole, you get three points. If it lands on and stays on the board, you get one point. It is played in two people teams. Your partner is at the other board and throws the bags back to your board. The scoring gets pretty interesting because the other team's points cancel out yours on any given round. In other words, on your first round if you get one in the hole and then your opponent does too, the score is still 0 to 0, not 3 to 3.
There is a regulation size and angle to the boards, but the cool thing is that the face of the boards can be painted however you want. Some of them get really artistic.
Well now, there is a good garden-related board!
What I am interested to see from this post is if you have ever played corn hole? Have you even heard of it? Please leave a comment below and tell me where you live and if you have heard of it or played it. If you havn't but you are interested in learning more, you can visit http://www.playcornhole.org/.
I played it last summer when I was visiting in Ohio. I'd never heard of it before one of my best friends moved there. Her FIL makes and sells the boards and bags. I've lived all over the country, and having never heard of it before I could only assume it was a local thing. It was fun though =)
Posted by: Marvie | June 13, 2007 at 03:00 PM
I've not ever played it, but I do know of it because the girl in the office next to me is always talking about it. I like to tease her and now I'll be sure to show her this WW :)
Posted by: June 13, 2007 at 05:01 PM
that looks like so much fun!! A great set of photos!
Posted by: June 13, 2007 at 05:52 PM
Oh that looks so fun! Thanks for sharing and Happy WW.
Angel Mama ():)
Posted by: June 13, 2007 at 05:57 PM
How fun!
Posted by: June 13, 2007 at 06:15 PM
I've never seen or played it but I have heard of it if where I heard it from was referencing the same game.
"Corn Holio" from Beevis and Butthead way back in the day when I'd catch an episode here and there but I had no idea what it was.
Looks like a lot of fun! Wonderful set of photos.
Happy WW!
Posted by: June 13, 2007 at 06:26 PM
We just call it a bean bag toss. No tournies, tho'. We use them in festivals.
Posted by: June 13, 2007 at 07:40 PM
I have never heard of this before. Happy WW.
Posted by: allhisbless | June 13, 2007 at 08:29 PM
Cornhole? Thanks for the brand new definition to what I used to think was very family unfriendly!
Happy WW - mines up at Any Apples
Posted by: June 13, 2007 at 09:06 PM
I've heard of it, but have never seen photos. That looks like fun, thanks for sharing those!
Posted by: Jules | June 13, 2007 at 11:03 PM