Twin City Cribbage Club's 2011-2012 Season
Dedicated To A Missed Clubmate & Friend :
Dorothy Jean Seeman
1/22/43 - 11/7/11
Format
Unlike traditional "twice around" cribbage boards, the Twin City Cribbage Club uses a "long board" (seen at left). Holes 1-60 (streets 1 & 2) are pegged along the outside edge of the board and holes 61-121 (streets 3 & 4) are pegged along the inside track of the board. This board uses a "once down, once back" methodology.
Singles (Two Player) Format
Before play, each player is given a scorecard to record his/her record of games against 9 opponents. A game won scores the player 2 points unless the player has skunked his/her opponent (a win of more than 30 points) in which case the player scores 3 points. A game lost scores 0 points. On this example scorecard there are 5 columns; Game Points, Plus Spread, Minus Spread, Pone's Initials and Pone's Id. In this example, John Doe won games 1, 3, 6, 7, and 8. In games 3 and 8, he skunked his opponent, earning an extra point (3 points instead of 2). Notice that the second column (+Spread) contains the number of points by which John beat his opponent. Notice in games 2, 4, 5, and 9 that John lost. In the third column (-Spread), he recorded the number of points by which he lost. The last two columns are filled in by John's opponents. Each of John's opponents initialed the win (or loss) and entered their player id. Your player id is the seat number in which you started. John's id was 12 (see Seat # in the top right). The director uses the last two columns of the scorecard to cross-check the winning player(s) scorecards against his/her opponent's scorecards. See the Totals area at the bottom of the scorecard. The Total Game Points that John earned was 12. He won 5 games, lost 4. His total Plus (+) Spread was 105 (the total of the second column) and his total Minus (-) Spread was -44 (the total of the third column), netting him a Net Spread of +61. The Games Won and Net Spread information is used to rank the scorecards to determine who the winner(s) of the "tournament" are. In this example, a 12-point scorecard would earn John 12 points towards his Grass Roots Master Rating and, probably, would have place him in the top 3 slots for, potentially, prize money.
Tournament Entry Fee Purse
Each week players have the option of paying into a tournament entry fee purse. The fee is completely optional, but only players choosing to pay into the purse are eligible for a payout from the purse. Like many other tournament games of skill, such as billiards, the tournament purse is divided to the top 25% (1 in 4) of those who chose to be included in the purse. If, for instance, we have 20 players in the tournament and 16 of those paid into the Tournament Purse, 4 of those 16 will win prize money. ALL players, however, are always eligible to win our "Best Hand" prize and "Skunk Bank" prizes, explained below.
Non-Purse Prizes (High Hand, Skunk Bank, Seasonal Prizes)
1. Every week, we award a "High Hand" prize. The "High Hand" prize goes to the player who holds the last "high hand" of the evening. Generally that is a 24, or better, hand. The "High Hand" prize starts with a 21, or better, hand. The player with the first "high hand" calls out their hand count and is given a marker (a beanie baby skunk). The next person with the same, or higher, hand can take the marker away from the previous "high hand" owner until the person with the marker at the end of the night is declared the winner of the High Hand prize.
2. We also maintain a Skunk Bank. If a player is skunked (loses a game by more than 30 points), he (or she) must put 50 cents in the Skunk Bank. If a player gets a 24, or better, crib he/she wins half the money accumulated in the Skunk Bank. If a player gets a 28 Hand, 29 Hand, or Grand Slam (9 wins on a scorecard), he/she wins all the money accumulated in the Skunk Bank.
3. Our "Grass Roots" tournament year is divided into 36 weeks in which we break the year into three seasons, Fall, Winter and Spring. In each 12-week season we keep a tally of our players performance and award prizes for the best averages for the season, very similar seasonal prizes awarded in a bowling league. We award $35 for first place, $25 for second place and $15 for third place. We also award $10 for the season's Best Scorecard and $10 for the season's Best Game. For a 28 Hand, 29 Hand, or a Grand Slam you are also awarded a cash prize (the Skunk Bank) and a pair of custom pegs. Current season statistics can be found under the Club Stats & History tab, above.
Singles (Two Player) Format
Before play, each player is given a scorecard to record his/her record of games against 9 opponents. A game won scores the player 2 points unless the player has skunked his/her opponent (a win of more than 30 points) in which case the player scores 3 points. A game lost scores 0 points. On this example scorecard there are 5 columns; Game Points, Plus Spread, Minus Spread, Pone's Initials and Pone's Id. In this example, John Doe won games 1, 3, 6, 7, and 8. In games 3 and 8, he skunked his opponent, earning an extra point (3 points instead of 2). Notice that the second column (+Spread) contains the number of points by which John beat his opponent. Notice in games 2, 4, 5, and 9 that John lost. In the third column (-Spread), he recorded the number of points by which he lost. The last two columns are filled in by John's opponents. Each of John's opponents initialed the win (or loss) and entered their player id. Your player id is the seat number in which you started. John's id was 12 (see Seat # in the top right). The director uses the last two columns of the scorecard to cross-check the winning player(s) scorecards against his/her opponent's scorecards. See the Totals area at the bottom of the scorecard. The Total Game Points that John earned was 12. He won 5 games, lost 4. His total Plus (+) Spread was 105 (the total of the second column) and his total Minus (-) Spread was -44 (the total of the third column), netting him a Net Spread of +61. The Games Won and Net Spread information is used to rank the scorecards to determine who the winner(s) of the "tournament" are. In this example, a 12-point scorecard would earn John 12 points towards his Grass Roots Master Rating and, probably, would have place him in the top 3 slots for, potentially, prize money.Tournament Entry Fee Purse
Each week players have the option of paying into a tournament entry fee purse. The fee is completely optional, but only players choosing to pay into the purse are eligible for a payout from the purse. Like many other tournament games of skill, such as billiards, the tournament purse is divided to the top 25% (1 in 4) of those who chose to be included in the purse. If, for instance, we have 20 players in the tournament and 16 of those paid into the Tournament Purse, 4 of those 16 will win prize money. ALL players, however, are always eligible to win our "Best Hand" prize and "Skunk Bank" prizes, explained below.
Non-Purse Prizes (High Hand, Skunk Bank, Seasonal Prizes)
1. Every week, we award a "High Hand" prize. The "High Hand" prize goes to the player who holds the last "high hand" of the evening. Generally that is a 24, or better, hand. The "High Hand" prize starts with a 21, or better, hand. The player with the first "high hand" calls out their hand count and is given a marker (a beanie baby skunk). The next person with the same, or higher, hand can take the marker away from the previous "high hand" owner until the person with the marker at the end of the night is declared the winner of the High Hand prize.
2. We also maintain a Skunk Bank. If a player is skunked (loses a game by more than 30 points), he (or she) must put 50 cents in the Skunk Bank. If a player gets a 24, or better, crib he/she wins half the money accumulated in the Skunk Bank. If a player gets a 28 Hand, 29 Hand, or Grand Slam (9 wins on a scorecard), he/she wins all the money accumulated in the Skunk Bank.
3. Our "Grass Roots" tournament year is divided into 36 weeks in which we break the year into three seasons, Fall, Winter and Spring. In each 12-week season we keep a tally of our players performance and award prizes for the best averages for the season, very similar seasonal prizes awarded in a bowling league. We award $35 for first place, $25 for second place and $15 for third place. We also award $10 for the season's Best Scorecard and $10 for the season's Best Game. For a 28 Hand, 29 Hand, or a Grand Slam you are also awarded a cash prize (the Skunk Bank) and a pair of custom pegs. Current season statistics can be found under the Club Stats & History tab, above.
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Contacts (leave message if no answer) :
Robert Wenzel, Director, 336-887-9704
Chuck Dolge, Treasurer, 336-760-4198
Mike Morales, Member, 336-624-2161
Email : info@TwinCityCribbageClub.com
Robert Wenzel, Director, 336-887-9704
Chuck Dolge, Treasurer, 336-760-4198
Mike Morales, Member, 336-624-2161
Email : info@TwinCityCribbageClub.com
