Holiday Cornhole Tournament

RULES:

• Scoring will be non-cancellation format. This means you add up the total number of points you get each round. Your point total at the end of each round is not impacted by the amount of points your opponent receives. 
• Matches will be played to 21 points OR whoever is winning after 15 minutes of play. Whichever comes first. Teams may go past 21 points. 
• For bean bags that land on the board, you get 1 point. For bean bags that go in the hole, you get 3 points. Bean bags that hit the floor before hitting the board do not count and should be removed from the board. These are worth 0 points. Bags that end up entirely on the floor, whether they hit the board first or not, are worth 0 points.
• Team members will stand straight across from one another as shown in the diagram below:

• Both feet of players must remain behind the front edge of the cornhole board while tossing bean bags. 
• All bean bag tosses must be made underhanded. No sidearm or overhand throws. 
• Teams will get 4 tosses per round with each team alternating after each throw (Team A tosses one bag, then Team B tosses one bag etc.).  
• Players must toss bean bags within 15 seconds. (If the 15 minute time limit is about to be reached, you can’t just stand there and hold the bag in order to prevent your opponent from tossing.) 
• Ahead of the first round, teams will do rock-paper-scissors to determine who gets to toss first. Moving forward, whichever team has the most points in a round, tosses first in the next round. If the score is tied after a round, the team who went first in the prior round goes first again. 
• If you’re new to the game, bean bags do not get removed after each toss. All bean bags will remain where they are after each toss. They are not to be removed until the end of the round. A round is not over until players on both teams tossed all 4 of their bean bags. The only exception to this is bean bags that hit the floor first and bounce onto the board. These are considered “dead bean bags” and they should be removed from the board immediately.
• Scores at the end of each round are based on where all bean bags lie at the end of a round. For example, if you toss a bag that lands on the board, and later in the same round, that bean bag is knocked into the hole, it is now worth 3 points instead of 1. In addition, if a bag that lands on the board is knocked off by another bean bag, it is now worth 0 points instead of 1 point. This is the case regardless of whether your team or your opponent knocks your bean bag. 
• You may not interfere with any bean bag tosses by obstructing any part of the board, knocking bean bags out of mid-air etc. 
• Matches will be self-officiated. Please play fair! If you spot your opponent tossing a bean bag from in front of the front edge of the cornhole board, please make sure to call it out immediately. If a foot foul is called, that bean bag toss will be worth 0 points regardless of where it lands and should be removed from the board.
• At the end of each match, please report which team won to the tournament organizer.