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Waddies
How To Play
Setup
Boards are placed 12’ apart.
Games may be played 1 V 1 or 2 V 2.
No official rule for deciding who throws first.
In 2 V 2, teammates stand across from each other.
Gameplay
Teams alternate tossing all six Waddies
Players throw from either side of the board and may not step in front of the board.
Players attempt to toss the Waddies in the hole or be the closest Waddie to the hole while still on the board.
Waddies may not bounce on the ground before landing on the board or in the hole.
If a Waddie goes in the hole, bounces out, and stays on the board, it may stay.
Scoring
1 point for each Waddie closer to the hole than your opponent’s Waddie,
3 points for each Waddie in the hole.
If a team has a Waddie in the hole and the Waddies closer to the hole, then both score. If someone has a Waddie in the hole and the opponent has one on the board closer to the hole, the one on the board does not score.
Cancellation scoring is in effect with only one team scoring per round.
The first to 21 wins with no bust rule in effect.
History
The exact origin of Waddies is unknown, but according to www.waddies.ca, credit goes to enlisted Canadian servicemen stationed in Europe during World War II.
Back in Canada, members of the Royal Canadian Legion No. 275 in Fergus gave the game life by making boards and experimenting with different throwing implements. Sergan James “Nort” Norton started using rubber furniture casters, which led to the evolution of the current throwing pucks and the current commercialized version of the game.
Andrew J. Speers was introduced to the game by his grandfather in 1988, and his family played it for years, modifying the game and pucks over time.
In 2020, Andrew and his childhood friends from Center Wellington, Ontario, started BortCo and began manufacturing and selling official Waddie sets.
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