{"id":161,"date":"2011-11-09T20:26:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-09T20:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/wordpress\/?p=161"},"modified":"2011-11-09T20:26:00","modified_gmt":"2011-11-09T20:26:00","slug":"man-scouts-cornholing-tournamen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/index.php\/2011\/11\/09\/man-scouts-cornholing-tournamen\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Scouts: Cornholing Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>I’m a Man Scout. No, I’m not looking for a man. I’m developing man skills with other men. It’s a new group at church<\/a> for dudes who just want to get out and be men for a few hours since many of us work office jobs. It’s also a great way to get to know each other.<\/p>\n

Our first Man Scout<\/a> Meeting was in the far South East of Calgary where we hung out in a garage drinking Co-op Gold<\/a>, eating smokies and competing in a cornholing tournament<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>Cornholing is basically a beanbag tossing game with goals not unlike playing horseshoes. Each player gets 2 bags and tries to either land the bag on a plywood platform for 1 point or better, land the bag through the hole for 3 points. We formed five teams of 2 and competed in a round robin in games up to 11. My partner was Ira and thanks to his graceful skill, we went undefeated in the round robin. That is not to say that I did not make vital contributions, but he got us the vast majority of the points.<\/p>\n

<\/a>We entered the playoff round playing the fourth place team. We defeated them handily by pushing a bag of theirs through the hole which pushed them over 11 and thus back to 6 points where we then took over.<\/p>\n

The finals were against the second place team – the team we had the most trouble beating in the round robin: Miguel and Dave. We tied at 11 twice forcing us both to restart at 6 again. We ultimately won as the undefeated team.<\/p>\n

We were awarded the Cup of Destiny in a grand ceremony. Ira and I each got to sip Gold from the cup.<\/p>\n

<\/a>To further bring the group together, they pit Ira and I against each other to see who would win the better of two Gerber<\/a> tools. By this time, we were tossing bean bags in the dark. We advanced together towards the goal, but Ira won out 11-9.<\/p>\n

\nIt was a great time with some terrific men. I look forward to the second Man Scout meet where we will change oil.<\/p>\n

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