Profile - Kris Goddard

5'11" 250 lbs

Don't think this man is serious? Just ask the deer. Of course the deer didn't realize he was playing a game... and didn't have a gun. And, guns aren't allowed at the BGO... or are they?

Adjudication

In the case of a dispute between two players on game day, a 3-person adjudication committee shall be chosen at random from the 6 players not involved in the dispute. The committee will briefly hear the position of the two disputing players and come to a decision. The decision of the adjudication committee is final.

Event Rules - Foosball

Foosball will be contested as a tournament that follows the Basic Tournament Structure of the BGO.

Individual games will be played to 7 goals.

The BGO will use simplified rules described below:

1. Coin flip determines who serves first.
2. Serve the ball through the hole any way you want. After a goal, the player scored upon serves the ball. Balls that leave the playing serve are reserved by the player that started the point.
   
3. After the serve, the ball must touch at least one player. After that, any ball that goes in the goal is a score, no matter who hit it.
4. No spinning the rods.
5. Dead balls are tapped (by hand) to the nearest defensive player.
6. Balls can be passed from any player to any player and goals may be scored from any position.
   

Event Rules - Shuffleboard

Shuffleboard will be contested as a tournament following the Basic Tournament Structure of the BGO.

Games will governed by the rules found here.

Three additional house rules apply:

• We'll use the "long" foul rule. That is, any disc that doesn't completely clear the far foul line is removed from the table.
• Any disc that comes to a complete stop hanging off the table is replaced if it falls off without being contacted.
• We'll use "fast" (higher) scoring values on the table (4,3,2,1).

Event Rules - Darts

Darts will be contested as a 301 tournament that follows the Basic Tournament Structure of the BGO.

Individual games will be governed by the rules of the World Dart Federation.

Profile - John "HOTTUB" Reardon

He sells Harleys and has the nickname HOTTUB... Is there anything else to say?

PRESS RELEASE: Event groupings released for inaugural BGO

Ping Pong

Group A	Group B
Jeffrey Pearson	Scott Wible
Kris Goddard	Doug Dixon
Greg Rogers	Jeremy Dixon
Dave Murphy	John Reardon

Pool

Group A	Group B
Dave Murphy	Jeffrey Pearson
Doug Dixon	Greg Rogers
Kris Goddard	John Reardon
Scott Wible	Jeremy Dixon

Shuffle Board

Group A	Group B
Doug Dixon	Jeffrey Pearson
Scott Wible	Greg Rogers
Kris Goddard	Jeremy Dixon
Dave Murphy	John Reardon

Darts

Group A	Group B
Greg Rogers	Jeremy Dixon
Kris Goddard	Dave Murphy
John Reardon	Jeffrey Pearson
Scott Wible	Doug Dixon

Foosball

Group A	Group B
Jeremy Dixon	Greg Rogers
Doug Dixon	Kris Goddard
Jeffrey Pearson	John Reardon
Scott Wible	Dave Murphy

Profile - Jeremy Dixon

6’3” 265 lbs

...smiled as the ball rolled slowly and perched itself precariously on the edge. Was it a goal? Was it a putt? Was it the 8-ball? Similarly, being raised in Waynesboro, PA had given him the limited resources that had perched him on the edge of success…or destruction. He knew that the first Olympic win would be quite an achievement given this talented pool of competitors.

Profile - Doug Dixon

6'2" 210 lbs

Hails from Frankfurt, Germany. This is the ultimate warrior, the alpha and the omega. He has overcome unthinkable odds to become a world class bar Olympian. Career highlights include almost winning a first round dart match in a 1994 tournament, successfully performing a massé in a bar in front of attractive women in 1995, and shattering a man's femur in casual table tennis play in 2003.

Profile - Jeffrey L. Pearson

5'10" - 180 lbs

Executive Summary

In his 36 years of public service, Mr. Pearson has demonstrated exceptional dedication to the fundamentals, abstractions and technicalities of the Drinking and Gaming Endeavour. His unflinching commitment to the common themes of a rousing pub and the good-natured activities found therein have led more than one observer to comment: ‘now there goes a game lad.’ Others have referred to him as a drinking and gaming taoist, for he is just as likely to botch a game of hearts, as he is to pants a mont alto redneck in pool as he is to engage you in a considerable philosophical contemplation of the meaning and association of intellectualism.

It could fairly be said that from the days of his early training, through to his post-academic hometown exploratory era and on to his early and mid-thirties ‘responsible’ years, that Mr. Pearson has indeed, his whole life, been training for this particular event.

Drinking & Gaming History

Mr. Pearson was born in central Pennsylvania. He’s the son of a renowned pub fighter, partyer and master gamesman, Rabbi Pearson, from whom he learned early the difference between apple juice and whiskey, and between a store-bought and homemade cigarette. Growing up in the lower North Side, he presided over Splash Hops and other late-night games at the local pool, and he had his first taste of real bar games at the unlikeliest of pubs: the Shale Pile, among renowned & legendary Waynesborian Drinking and Gaming (D&G) experts. His skillz were finely tuned in the den of high school iniquity known as Uncle Joe’s house, and later refined on a ‘study’ abroad semester in southeastern Australia.

His formative D&G years occurred upon return from academia, when he struck up with old highschool study mates Schlick and Diggity (who has got to be considered one of the early favorites in this Olympiad). There, in the boro, with a newfound appreciation for both malt liquor and Guinness, the three pursued the core values of D&G with true vigor. Hearts, spades, pool, shuffleboard, ymca hoops, darts, concert-going, moshing and even breaking and entering and moshing were all undertaken, never far from a hearty ale or a stale forty.

His later years include a return to the core tenets of D&G safety: no accidents, no injuries, no arrests. This has provided for some nice distraction-free D&G at some very memorable bachelor parties, his own included. Now married, and hopeful of some wee ones coming along, Mr. Pearson enjoys a responsible lifestyle of regular gaming with a healthy dose of the occasional UberThrowDown, where good times are had by all.

Career Highlights

Legend has it that…well, legend has many things. Some exploits include the time at the Shale Pile, when he played ‘find the bag of weed in my pants’ with some older redneck women, lost, and endured the nickname Richie Cunningham for the rest of the kegkicking night. There were a couple of very memorable halloween gaming nights in there, dressed as a crab with Axel Rose and the moving guy, an ape replete with bare ass (5 of them attacked a keg alone that night), and a penguin with a stinky yodeler. There were the years of helping Diggity move, one of which ended bitterly following an ill-advised brekkie of a Spicy Dog and some Sunny D, and one which ended in a pool of blood in some street construction, but that’s not really gaming is it? Some memorable victories on the felt at both the boro’s Park Tavern, and Hburg’s The Vault stand out. Other references and tales are available upon request. Suffice it to say Mr. Pearson is more than qualified.

Equipment

For all games, players can assume that there will be quality equipment available for use at the game site (e.g. pool cues, darts, and ping-pong paddles). Athletes are also welcome to bring their own equipment. Players are not obligated to share their personal equipment they bring to the games.

Event Rules - Ping Pong

The ping pong event will follow the Basic Tournament Structure used throughout the BGO.

Individual games will follow the rules found here.

In general, I don't think we'll need to go any deeper into the rules than what's outlined in "What you need to know to play a fun game of ping-pong". Technically, though, we'll adhere to the Official ITTF rules.

Basic Tournament Structure

All events but Golden Tee will follow the same basic tournament structure.

Players will be randomly divided into two Groups (A & B). Each group will play a round robin event inside their group. Each match consists of best 2 of 3 games. All individual game scores (and match results) need to be reported to event coordinators.

The top two players from each group advance to a single elimination medal round. In the medal round, Group A winner plays Group B runner-up and vice-versa.

Points are awarded as follows:

Gold 7 points
Silver 6 points
Bronze 5 points
4th 4 points
5th - 8th 1.5 points

Profile - Greg Rogers

5'10" 180 lbs

Competition tested warrior who has competed at the highest level in front of raucous crowds. The relatively serene BGO venues should prove no challenge. He has never lost a match in Foosball or Darts at the international level.

In his dual role as competition and BGO chairman, some have criticized his ability to provide a level playing field for the event. Those critics have been barred from participation.

Event Rules - Pool

Pool will be contested via an 8-ball tournament which will follow the Basic Tournament Structure of the BGO.

Individual games will be governed by the official rules of the Billiard Congress of America. There is one BGO house rule in addition to the BCA guidelines: all shots need to be declared with ball & pocket (that is, there are no "obvious" balls as defined by the BCA).

The Events

More details to follow on the exact structure. However, here's the official list of games:

• Pool
• Ping Pong
• Darts
• Shuffleboard
• Foosball
• Golden Tee Complete
  

Doping Policy

ALL athletes are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the anti-doping policies outlined on the following pages:

• National Anti-Doping Policy
• ISAF - Medical & Anti-Doping
• Highland Games SGA - Anti doping policy
  

BGO competitors are not expected to adhere to the policies above and will not be penalized for any "illegal" substances consumed in preparation or during the official BGO events.

Profile - Dave Murphy

6'0" 205 lbs

...hails from West Chester, Pennsylvania. He is well known by at least three people for his pool table prowess and his deadly precision on the dart board. Possessing unique and unparalleled coordination, he is a force to be contended with in any barroom game of skill.