This past Thursday, Sept. 11, the fraternity Tau Sigma Zeta invited students of Doane’s campus to participate in their Pickleball & Cornhole event at 6:45 p.m., located at the Fieldhouse.
“The goal for the night was to simply give the wonderful students of Doane something to enjoy and another thing to look forward to on Thursdays!” junior Roberto Cordova said about the idea of this event.
For those who do not know, pickleball is a paddle sport that could be described as a mix between tennis, ping pong and badminton.
It can be played on a small court with a low net, using solid paddles which are bigger than ping pong paddles and smaller than tennis racquets.
The ball is a perforated plastic ball and can be played in singles or doubles.
On the other hand, cornhole is a lawn/yard game that’s simple and fun, where two angled boards are set on the ground, each with a hole near the top.
The players toss bean bags, which are filled with corn kernels, hence the name, toward the opposite board.
If one bag goes through the hole, you gain three points; if the land goes on the board, you gain 1 point and the game continues until one of the players reaches 21 points first.
These two activities work well together because pickleball is energetic, while cornhole is more chill, and is a good balance for all ages and abilities.
With a larger turnout than they had originally expected, our Student Programming Board (SPB) let them borrow extra boards to compensate for the unexpected crowd.
“I think at peak business, we had around 32 people there because three cornhole boards were filled, two pickleball courts were filled, we had two spikeball nets being used and even some people playing basketball,” Roberto said.
Tau Sigma Zeta will continue to host events on Thursdays, so be on the lookout for more to come.
“We also want to thank everyone who came or talked about the event because it was amazing for us to host,” Roberto said.
