The greatest bar games of all come to us from years of hallowed tradition. Darts. Pool. Squinting blankly at a jukebox as you desperately try to remember the song you were about to play. These mildly athletic tests of skill and luck have sustained endless rivalries, glories, and losses. In the past few years, shuffleboard has risen to the ranks of bar glory as well.
This isn’t your grandmother’s shuffleboard, though that’s also much more intense than you give her credit for. Patrons pit their tosses against one another on long, shiny boards spattered with sawdust across the country, staking the reputations on their cold steel pucks. Victory and tragedy comes down to mere inches. Bar goers worldwide have tried their hand, but now the true championship emerges at our Swedish sister brewery, Nya Carnegie.
On October 27, November 3, and November 10, Nya Carnegie’s shuffleboard table will become the church of masters as tabletop athletes compete in the qualifying round of the Swedish Shuffleboard Championship. The champions from each day will become card-carrying members of the Shuffleboard Association for one year, and compete for the final crown in December. We’ll detail the finals when the date draws closer. For now, practice. Practice, and hope.