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Arriving at the Corn hole event a bit later than I wanted
to, careful planning worked. I had met Mark Frazier last
year at a corn hole tournament that he held. When I
approached him for assistance setting up and running the
Sweet Dreams tournament, he was willing and eager. Come to
find out, he works at Nibco, and was instrumental in getting
the company to become a board sponsor for the event!
Mark got the first round of the Corn Hole event up and
running. When I arrived, camera in hand I started shooting
photos and then tried to take a few moments to collect my
thoughts about the rest of the day. The 9:30 round was
booked solid, with full courts. It ended when Champions,
Billy “Bobble” Lilley and Rob Allen, who just happened to be
employees of Nibco, won the double elimination event. What a
great feeling for Nibco!
The next round was scheduled to start at noontime, so
during the break between rounds I took the time to visit my
own King Custom vendor booth . Walking up to view the rest
of the event, WHOW, my daughter Melonie Skillman and
employees Ammie Sprouse and Lauren Gouchenor absolutely
floored me with the presentation of the booth. 20 to 30
people stood in line waiting to spin the “Prize Wheel”, and
the three of them did an amazing job of interacting with the
public, showing off our business. Hats off to you! The
entire Sweet Dreams gathering had so many new venders it was
amazing. The gathering of booths was so rich and colorful, I
wish I had more time to take it all in, but I stayed busy
all day.
Mark helped set up the noontime round of the corn hole
tournament, and then he & David Aistrop signed in as a team.
Getting knocked out kind of early, Mark helped as long as he
could before taking off for the day. My sincere thanks to
him for helping make the first annual Sweet Dreams corn hole
tournament a success.
The noon flight was one team short, our decision was to
let the previous champion enter, but with a different team
member. So Billy “Bobble” Lilley teamed up with (another
Nibco) employee David Coffey. The new team remained in the
winner’s bracket all the way undefeated! Nibco won again!
The last flight, at 2:30 also ran with lots of
excitement. It’s obvious how this sport is becoming so
popular. Participants included some of the 5k race runners,
a family of four, a machinist, a farmer, a mother and son.
Men, women and children- corn hole toss is truly a family
fun sport!!
With one team short going into the 3rd flight, we allowed
Billy Lilley and Rob Allen (who actually came back to watch)
to enter as a team. Lilley and Allen lost one game early on,
and then came out of the losers bracket to challenge the
undefeated team of Brad Dean and Brandon Bowman.
On their initial show down, Lilley&Allen beat
Dean&Bowman, creating a “play off” for the championship.
Both teams now had one loss.
Lilley&Allen just couldn’t handle the extra game. They
fell apart. Whether it was the pressure to succeed, the
heat, the long day, or just having met up with better
tossers, we’ll never know. The overall winners for that
final round were Brad Dean and Brandon Bowman. Great
expertise was exhibited by all!! Great playing guys!
Congrats!
Certainly a good time was had by all who participated.
I’m really looking forward to next year’s event. Hope to see
you there!
Kevin Snelgrove, King Custom Inc., Sponsor
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