Upper Midwest Flip Cup

We did it! Eighteen teams came forward and donated $845 for hurricane relief and had a blast doing it. Special thanks to The Nickel Spot, KRRO radio for all their on-air promotion, and to Beal Distributing for the amazing prizes, promotion, and so much behind-the-scenes work. Also special thanks to the Jaycees for providing two officials for the tournament. They were a great help.

The New England Patriots have nothing on a team named Major League Flip Cup. These guys have played flip cup three times under our sanction, and have taken home the coveted gold cups every time. To emphasize their dominance, they played out of the losers bracket and had to win two matches in the semifinals, and did it again to defeat the Peanut Pickers twice to claim the crown.

It was a fun night and went about as well as could be expected in an event that had over 90 contestants and many spectators. The Nickel Spot staff worked their tails off and were a great help. Hats off to them, and I hope they were tipped well.

Stay tuned for details on possible future events, or maybe even league play.

First time participants, the Peanut Pickers made an amazing run to the finals and took home silver.



The Peanut Pickers and MLFC left nothing but cups on the table in a hotly contested final match.



The Ringers in action. They would end up credited third.



Flip Cup in action.



4 Hoes & A Bro take on Skin 2 Win.



Ballzonya! Ballzonya! Ballzonya! Ballzonya!



Bud Beauties in the house.



Skin 2 Win and their captain hamming it up.

The Flip Off Katrina Fundraiser is a go.

Who: You, four friends, and a designated driver
What: Flip Cup, the world’s greatest drinking relay game
Where: The Nickel Spot, 2918 S Minnesota Ave Sioux Falls
When: Saturday, September 17, 9:00 PM registration, 9:30 PM Flip-off.
How much: Just $10 per person or $50 per team, all proceeds will go to the Sioux Empire Red Cross
Special trophies and Budweiser prizes will be awarded to the winning teams

We’re hoping for 20 teams for this event and hope to raise $1,000. We will have to cap the tournament at 20 teams. The first 20 teams to register will play.

It’s not required, but if you would like to “pre-register” using the comments section below, it can help us organize the event and keep the tournament and the beer running smoothly.

We have to thank the good people at The Nickel Spot, 103.7 the KRRO and Beal Distributing for helping make this event possible.

Upper Midwest Flip Cup is planning a second fundraising effort. This time, we’ll have a flip-a-thon to raise funds for hurricane relief.

Tentatively:

Saturday, September 17.

Location TBA (We're going to need a big one, hoping for 16-20 teams)

$10 per person, with all proceeds going to hurricane relief

Special Trophies for this event, and we hope to have prizes donated from the great folks at Budweiser once again.

We’re doubling the entry fee, but we feel it’s a worthwhile cause. We’ll be putting the funds toward either the Red Cross, or America’s Second Harvest.

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Guest of honor, Randi Hamer (front row, second from right) is flipped off in style. Good luck in your new job Randi!



Ballzonya celebrates a third place finish at Flip Cup IV



Flip Cup IV, second place The Ringers



Flip Cup IV Champions, Major League Flip Cup carries away the coveted Golden Cups. Must be the team shirts!