Cornhole Tournament
A bracketed cornhole tournament - cheap to run, hugely popular with parents, and a perfect pairing with a raffle and sponsors.
Why it works
Cornhole is the easy crowd-pleaser: low cost, all ages, and adults happily pay to play. Team entry fees, board sponsors, and a raffle stack into a fun night your booster crowd will ask to do again.
How to run it
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Create a Ticketed Event and set team registration (2 players per team).
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Borrow or build boards, and set a simple double-elimination bracket.
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Sell board sponsorships to local businesses.
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Add a prize-basket raffle and concessions or a food truck.
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Recruit volunteers to run the bracket and scoring.
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Promote to parents, alumni, and the community, cornhole draws every age, then crown a champion and thank your sponsors.
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Publish the event page, print the QR poster from the Share tab for the entrance table, and drop the link in every place your families already talk: group chats, newsletters, socials.
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Load your contact list and let the built-in email + text sequence do the reminding (Write with AI drafts the messages), most gifts arrive on the second or third touch.
Responsibilities
Who does what, and when, so nothing slips.
- Create the event and team registration, arrange boards and a bracket, and sell board sponsorships.
- Set up the raffle and concessions, and run the day.
- Run the bracket, scoring, and the gate.
- Enter a team, bring friends, and toss some bags.
Example messages
Sample outreach for this play, to spark your own.
Bags out for your team! Grab a partner and enter our cornhole tournament on {date}, team entry, board sponsorships, and a raffle. A laid-back night that funds our team: {link}
Hi {business}, sponsor a board at the your team cornhole tournament, your name on every toss in front of an all-ages crowd: {link}
Cornhole tournament for your team is this {day}! Last call to grab a partner and register: {link}
These are just examples. You'll write and send your own messages when you set up your campaign.
Boost it. Plays that pair well
Team Sponsorship Drive
One structured campaign to fund a game, a stretch of home games, or the full season with local business money. Offer a clear ladder from a single-game sponsor to multi-game packages, banner placements, and one top presenting sponsor.
Prize Basket Raffle
Families and businesses donate themed baskets; supporters buy entries online. A proven add-on that boosts any event by a few hundred dollars.
Restaurant Night + QR Capture
Partner with a local restaurant that donates a percentage of one night's sales, and capture direct donations with QR signs while the crowd is there.