Beachside Social · Doubles Tournament

Risk It For The Biscuit

Saturday, Nov 14 · Group Play  |  Sunday, Nov 15 · Top 8 Bracket

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1

Practice

Each team gets 8 practice biscuits on its assigned color before each game.

2

Shooting Area

Keep all four of your biscuits within, but not touching, the lines of your half of the 10-off area. Penalty: 5 off

Biscuits must be played from within your half of the 10-off area. Playing a biscuit while it touches the front or back line: 5 off

Playing a biscuit while it touches the side of the 10-off area or the dividing triangle: 5 off

All 4 biscuits inside your half
Valid
All 4 biscuits inside your half
Touching the edge lines
Penalty
Touching the edge lines
Touching the shooting divider
Penalty
Touching the shooting divider
Touching or past the front line
Penalty
Touching or past the front line
Touching or past the baseline
Penalty
Touching or past the baseline
3

Shooting Order

Colors alternate shots until all biscuits are played. Who shoots first switches every two frames:

Frames 1–2Yellow first
Frames 3–4Black first
Frames 5–6Yellow first
Frames 7–8Black first

Yellow always plays from the right side at the head of the court (the scoreboard end) and the left side at the foot (the end opposite the scoreboard).

4

Coaching

Any remark or motion to your teammate that amounts to coaching is prohibited. Don’t ask anyone on or off the court for advice. Penalty: 10 off

You may ask the players at the other end of the court to clarify the current game situation, as long as it isn’t a leading question.

Allowed
  • Asking what the current score is
  • Asking how many biscuits, and which ones, are in scoring position
  • Asking how many inches over a line a biscuit is (a biscuit is 6″ across)
Prohibited
  • Asking if you should intentionally throw the last biscuit off the court
  • Asking for advice on which shot to take
  • Pointing out a potential shot to your partner with your tang

Saturday · Group Play

  • 14 teams, 6 games each, every game against a different team.
  • Seven 30-minute slots: first games at 10:15 AM, last games at 1:15 PM. All six courts are in use every slot, and every team sits out once.
  • You'll play every court once, and throw yellow 3 times and black 3 times. Check My Schedule for your court and color.
  • Be at your court at your start time. Turn in your scorecard as soon as your game ends so the standings stay live.

Who Makes Sunday

The top 8 teams come back Sunday. Teams are ranked by:

  1. Wins
  2. Head-to-head result (if the tied teams played each other)
  3. Strength of schedule — the total wins of the teams you played
  4. Still tied for the last spot? Shootout.

Sunday · The Bracket

  • Single elimination. Every matchup is best of 3.
  • Quarterfinals: 1 vs 8, 4 vs 5, 2 vs 7, 3 vs 6. Winners keep going until one team is left.
  • Follow along on the Standings and Bracket tabs.