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Players
position themselves at opposite stakes from their partner
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With all
4 shoes on the same side (2 per team), the team with the highest
cumulative age shoots first.
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The player
from the starting team throws both of his or her shoes, and then
the remaining team throws theirs; all shoes are left in place until
all four are thrown.
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The shoes
are then scored thus: any shoe within one shoe length (open end)
of the stake is worth 1 point, any shoe leaning on the stake (a
"leaner") is worth 2 points, and any shoe wrapped around the stake
(a "ringer") is worth 3 point.
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A shoe
must have both arms past the stake to be considered a "ringer".
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Scoring
is done only after all four shoes have been thrown. A shoe is scored
based on its location after all have been thrown (i.e. a shoe placed
within scoring position may be knocked out of scoring position by
any shoe thrown after).
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Both teams
may score within a given round (i.e. if one team throws a ringer
and a leaner, and the other team throws a leaner, the score for
that round would be 5 to 2).
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The team
that scores the most points within a certain round leads off the
next round.
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If neither
team scores, the last team to score within the entire game leads
off the next round.
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The first
team to score or surpass 15 points wins.(At the end of the round)
If both teams finish a round tied at 15, play proceeds until a round
ends with 1 team ahead of the other.
