Track Town 29ers (ACC Club #450)

The 2nd & 4th Sunday of each month September through April and May 16th & 30th; 2PM(sharp)-5:30PM; at the Springfield Moose Lodge.

$10 entry fee. 9 games. CA$H prizes. All ages welcome and very friendly!

The Track Town 29ers is an American Cribbage Congress (ACC) club based out of the Eugene/Springfield area.  These tournaments are completely separate from the Monday Night and Wednesday Night Eugene Cribbage pub tournaments hosted by Dave & Bill but they are run in a very similar fashion with scorecards, player rotation, and general rules.  If you like the pub tournaments and are looking for a slightly more serious cribbage experience, please check out the TT29ers!

A note from the club director...

The director for these ACC grass roots tournaments is Jeff Crabill and he can be reached at TrackTown29ers@gmail.com for questions or comments.

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Hey everyone!  I hope you had a great summer!  It's time to start thinking about the upcoming season for TrackTown29ers.  Below you'll find lots of details about the season and some important dates to mark down.

First, the basics:

We will continue to play on the 2nd and 4th Sundays at the Springfield Moose Lodge.  Play starts at 2:00pm and we usually go until about 5:30pm. Cost to play is $10 per player with optional side pools available (see below).  

We are a "grass roots club" affiliated with the ACC -- American Cribbage Congress (cribbage.org).  Click here for a copy of the rule book.

Pay your ACC dues (if needed)

To my great joy, the ACC has simplified dues into just one yearly payment.  (Used to be two!)  So if you want to pay your dues, just go to cribbage.org and pay online.  When your membership is soon to expire, they send you an email.  Also I can look that up for you if you'd like.  When you pay online, make sure to enter your ACC Membership number!

Dates for 2026-27:

For most of the year, we'll be playing on our standard 2nd/4th Sundays.  But we'll have to figure out Feb 14th (Super Bowl) and March 28th (Easter).  For May 2027 though, we will shift to the 3rd and 5th Sundays to avoid Mother's Day and Memorial Day weekend, so mark your calendars now for play on May 16th and May 30th.

Optional Side Pools:

If you'd like to get in on more action, there are two side pools.

• Toss in $1 for the 24 hand.  Last 24 hand of the day gets the pot.

• A few folks have asked for a higher stakes pool, so we will start an optional $5 "high stakes pool."   Those prizes will be given to the highest cards (usually 1st and 2nd place among those who paid in).  So if you want to play a higher stakes afternoon, here's your chance!

So if you want in on everything, bring $16.  Or you can choose to play for either $10 or $11. It's up to you!

Let me know if you have any questions, and I will get back to you.  See you for our first tournament on September 13th!

Jeff

Join the Club!

While each player doesn’t need to be a fully paid up ACC member to play (non-ACC member players may sit in up to 4 times), we need at least 6 fully-committed and paid-up ACC members playing in each of these tournaments to qualify as an official ACC Grass Roots Tournament. 

If you’re not an ACC member but know you’d like to be, please visit this website and join club #450 today: https://americancribbagecongress.org/collections/new-memberships

Please bring a printed copy of your dues payment (or have the confirmation email on your phone) so we can count you as an ACC player for the tournament.

Cribbage Club Code of Congeniality

The ACC Code of Congeniality is applicable to all tournament play, including the Grass Roots Program's weekly tournaments. The intent is for experienced players to be considerate of new player skills and their development, and to foster growth of the organization.

During a new player's trial period (four weeks or until they earn points — whichever is longer):

• We pledge to welcome new players warmly and make them feel wanted.

• We pledge to not penalize new players for violating tournament rules. (We will, instead, gently tell them what the rule is and what the penalty would be.)

• We pledge to not let new players underpeg points or undercount hands. (We will, instead, explain errors and then allow new players to take all points they are entitled to.)

• We pledge to not make new players feel inferior if/when they miss points or make a bad play. (We will, instead, let them know that all cribbage players do this and that it is part of the learning process.)

• We pledge to not force new players to play a game in fifteen minutes. (We will, instead, be tolerant and not complain, remembering that we, too, started slow.)

• We pledge to allow new players to play for free or at the minimum cost of club expenses and Grass Roots/ACC dues.

After the trial period is up . . .

• We pledge to continue to make all players — new and existing — feel welcome and comfortable at our club.

Quick Tournament Rules

• These tournaments will be played according to the ACC Rulebook.

• Each player cuts the deck (you must leave at least ½ the deck for your opponent) to reveal a card at the start of the game. Low card deals first (Aces are low).

• The pone must cut the deck after the dealer shuffles and before EACH DEAL.

• No muggins and no one may help you count your hand.

• All players move 1 seat to their right ➔ after each game, except anchor (if needed).

• If you pick up your front peg, it now becomes your back peg.

• Once your hand is removed from the peg, scoring is completed and you may not move your pegs to account for any points you may have over-looked or missed.

• If you over-pegged your hand, you can change it. You should announce that you’re correcting an over-pegged hand, and then move your peg back to the correct position.

• If your opponent catches you over-pegging, you must move back to the correct spot and your opponent earns the extra point(s).  If over-pegging results in you claiming the game, this is “false claim of game” and you should call for a judge. A “false claim of game” carries a 15-point penalty.

• If you peg in the wrong direction, pegs stay where they are placed.

• Any disputes will be handled by the tournament director(s) and their decision is final.

Recording Wins/Losses on scorecards:

Game point scoring:  

2  Points for a win

3  Points for a skunk (or double skunk)

0  Points for a loss

Record the 2-digit number of points won or lost by in the correct spread column that applies (e.g. “09”).  Do NOT double for a skunk.

ACC Grassroots Info & Manual

Grass Roots info: https://www.cribbage.org/grassroots/