RULES
Rules and Information
- Each team consists of 2 people
- Each team has one player at opposite boards so that each player throws with the opposing team. They will be on the same side of the boards.
- Twist of bag, or coin flip to see who Home team is.
- You are allowed one down and back before the game starts.
- The Home team will go 1 st at the beginning of the game. After that, the team that scored points at the last end will go 1 st .
- Home team picks the side of board to play on. Visitors can change ends once. No further switching sides or ends.
- The 8 beanbags will be thrown from one board to the other. Players will alternate throws.
- Players must be behind the board at their end when throwing the beanbags (you can’t step past the low end of the board) The thrown beanbag can’t touch the ground before landing on board (no bowling the beanbag onto the board). If a beanbag touches the ground before the landing on the board, that beanbag needs to be removed immediately.
- Scoring: Race to 21
- 3 points for a beanbag in the hole
- 1 point for a beanbag on the board (no points if a beanbag is touching the ground)
- After the 8 beanbags have been thrown, you need to count the points
- Each team’s scoring beanbags will cancel the other team’s beanbags
- Example: Blue score is 5 (one in the hole and 2 on the board), and Red score is 3 (3 on the board). The final score for that end is 2 for the Blue team
- Play continues until a score of at least 21 points is achieved by one team at the conclusion of a round.
- A team does not have to win by a minimum of two points.
- A team is not penalized for achieving a score over 21 points, the game is finished and that player or team wins the game. ( Race to 21)
- If a player pitches in an incorrect sequence, the bag that is incorrectly pitched is forfeited. Then, to reestablish the correct sequence of pitching, the opposing player will pitch two consecutive bags. b. If a player pitches in an incorrect sequence and it is not called/identified immediately, then the round finishes out as it started (which is the incorrect sequence).
- If that particular round finishes in a wash/push, then next round is then played in the CORRECT sequence as it was supposed to be played previously. If that round finishes with one team scoring points, that team will start the next round.
- If one partner of a doubles team cannot finish the match for any reason that game will be forfeited by the team that could not finish by a score of 21-0.
- Spare Players – if you cannot make a week of league play it is your responsibility to provide an alternate player – if you cannot provide you will forfeit your games and lose 2 wins from overall points.
- The games are timed @ 15 minutes.
- If you are late to a scheduled game longer than 5 minutes, your team forfeits the game.
- You can end in a Tie
- 4 in the hole in a row is not an automatic win
- Bag policy :
- Each Team must have their own set of bags
- Bags must measure 6 inches wide and 6 inches long (+/- ¼
- inch).
- Bags must weigh between 15.5 and 16.25 ounces.
- Bags must have a thickness no less than 1.125 inches and no greater than 1.5 inches.
- Have fun
