Shipyard Brewing Company with American Tailgating League to Bring National Cornhole Tournament to Key West

 

Portland, ME (May 13, 2015) — Shipyard Brewing Company has partnered with the American Tailgating League (ATL) and South Florida Cornhole to bring the Shipyard Brewing Company National  Championships of Bags Tournament (COB) to Key West, FL for 3 local tournaments. The kick-off event will be held at Hurricane Hole on June 6th, Turtle Kraals, June 7th and a night time event on Saturday, June 13th at Viva Saloon. A percentage of proceeds from these Key West events will benefit the Key West, SPCA. Each location will feature “bring your own partner” game and then a blind-draw match up. Bring your own partner tournament will have a guaranteed $500 cash prize pool!

 

Other local Florida events have been scheduled for June and July including the State Championship in Orlando, FL. Other states competing in this national tournament currently include: Maine, Ohio, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Texas, North Carolina, and South Carolina. More state to follow. Shipyard and the ATL will set up a series of cornhole tournaments in each state which will commence in State Championships in August, followed by the final Championship of Bags August 28-30th in Mooresville, NC (Just outside of Charlotte).

 

Each day is $30 per team to sign-up before May 31st. $40 per team to sign-up after May 31st. Afterwards there will be a $15 per person Blind Draw tournament. Visit: www.SouthFloridaCornhole.com/Shipyard to register. Beer specials include $1 Shipyard beer during registration time and $4 Shipyard pints and cans during match play, $15 buckets.

The first round of games will be open to 32 teams of two and will take place at the following locations in Key West:

  • Saturday, June 6th, Hurricane Hole, 5130 U.S. 1 Key West. 10:30am-12:30p registration, first bag thrown at 12:30p.
  • Sunday, July 7th, Turtle Kraals Restaurant  231 Margaret St. Key West. 10:30am-12:30p registration, first bag thrown at 12:30p.
  • Saturday, June 13th, Viva Saloon 903 Duval St. Key West. 5:30p-7:30p registration, first bag thrown at 7:30p.

 

Tournaments are open to anyone 21+. A portion of the entry fee goes to state and national level championships. There will be cash prizes for singles, doubles and the top state teams from the accumulated prize pool. The National finals are being seeded with $5,000 and that prize pool grows with participation in all the local tournaments.

 

Details for the Series can be found at www.iPlayATL.com and www.SouthFloridaCornhole.com

 

Contact your local Shipyard Representative for more information on the tournament : Dan Bolduc, [email protected] (207) 420-0413.

 

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