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CORNHOLE RULES: Overview RULE 1: Cornhole Court Layout RULE 2: Cornhole Pitching Distances RULE 3: Cornhole Playing Equipment (Boards and Bags) RULE 4: Cornhole Court Preparation and Maintenance RULE 5: Play of the Cornhole Game	RULE 6: Length of the Cornhole Game RULE 7: Cornhole Scoring RULE 8: Appropriate Conduct for Cornhole RULE 9: ACO Ranking and Awards RULE 10: ACO Sanctioned Tournament Play ACO GLOSSARY of Official Terms

RULE 10: ACO Sanctioned Cornhole Tournament Play

10.1 Hosting An ACO Sanctioned Tournament

• Any member of the ACO may host an ACO Amateur or Casual Play sanctioned American Cornhole tournament. Only the ACO can host a Pro-Sanctioned event.
• Responsibilities of Hosting: The ACO hosting member is responsible for making sure that the equipment meets all ACO standards and that ACO rules of play are enforced during the tournament. The hosting member should also act as judge in resolving any ruling issues at the tournament.
• Reporting Results: The hosting member is required to submit the ACO Official Statistical Reporting Summary for all ACO members competing in the tournament within one week of the completion of play.

10.2 Cornhole Tournament Play – The standard method of play for an ACO sanctioned tournament is a seeded bracket where the winner of each match (best of 3 games) moves on. Play for the tournament can be either Traditional 21 scoring or Frame Game scoring.

10.3 Publicity For Your Cornhole Tournament – All ACO Amateur Sanctioned tournaments will be posted on our up-coming tournaments list on the ACO web site. The ACO will also post results, pictures and comments requested by any ACO member.

10.4 Publicity For Your Cornhole Leagues – All ACO Amateur Sanctioned leagues will be posted on our leagues list on the ACO web site. The ACO will also post results, pictures and comments requested by any ACO member.

(Additional details to follow regarding the future development of American Cornhole’s online league and tournament management system that will help automate these manual processes via the internet. The product is in development and has a scheduled release of phase one by second quarter 2008.)