Thanks to Everyone for a Huge Sucess!

Betsy and I would like to start off this post by thanking everyone for all of the contributions, donations, and help you all provided for this year's tournament. It's because of you that this year was a HUGE success. There were a total of 45 teams in this year's tournament. Due to the number of teams, we decided to remove the "bust rule". The first team to 21 won. We made it thru the double elimination format in about 5 hours......not too bad for 45 teams. When the dust settled, here were the results:


1st place
Nate Parsons and Ryan Poling

2nd place
Justin Friesner & John Weber

3rd place
Jill and Stoyan (Stoy) Dulgeroff

Top co-ed couple
Jill & Stoy Dulgeroff (this is the first time in the 2 years that we have had a co-ed prize, that the top co-ed couple was also in the top 3 overall)

50/50 raffle
The total amount raised in the raffle was $909. Brenda Buchwalter (Betsy's mom) won the 50/50 and was entitled to $455, but Brenda was kind enough to donate that money back to Brady's Team and Walk Now for Autism.


Stats
- Total number of donations to Brady's Team prior to the tournament - $605
- Money raused at the cornhole tournament - $2,190
- Total funds raised for Brady's Team - $2,795

- Once we submit these funds to Walk Now for Autism, we will be the 2nd highest ranked team in Columbus to date for funds raised.

*This is the most we have raised for any cornhole tournament. Although last year we stated raising > $3,000, a large portion of that was a result of the matching contribution from JP Morgan Chase. This was the largest amount of "raw" funds raised to date for the tournament.

Other Stats
- We went thru 3 kegs, 25 pizzas, 200 wings, several appetizers, and another 30 tacos after a late night run to Taco Bell around 11pm.

- My keg stand was only 8-9 seconds (although I did 2 at 8 seconds). For the record, they didn't start counting until at least 3 seconds after I started and they counted extermely slowly. Also I did the keg stand on the 3rd keg. Is that enough excuses for you?

Thanks again to everyone. We really appreciate everything! We will update the blog with pictures, etc soon! We look forward to seeing you at the 2nd Annual Walk Now for Autism walk at Jerome Schottenstein Center on Sunday, October 11, 2009.

Hope to see you then!

Derrick & Betsy Long