Carroll County FOP corn hole tournament offers $5,000 prize pot, fundraiser

Corngole took center stage at the Carroll County Agricultural Center as Carroll County FOP Lodge 20 staged a tournament built for both bracket play and a bigger civic mission. The event ran Sunday, June 7, 2026, at 706 Agricultural Drive in Westminster, with check-in at 10:00 a.m., bags fly at 11:00 a.m., and action scheduled through 5:00 p.m. The advertised prize pot started at $5,000 and carried a note that it could increase, giving the tournament a cash hook that matched its charity purpose.

That purpose mattered as much as the payout. The tournament benefited the Carroll County FOP Lodge 20 Officer Assistance Fund, which helps local law enforcement officers and their families when they face injury, natural disaster, or wrongful prosecution. In a county where the sheriff’s office lists 278 employees, the fundraiser tied the cornhole scene directly to a support system for public safety personnel who can be called on in moments of personal crisis.

The field was structured to reach more than one kind of player. Singles entry was listed at $25, while doubles cost $50, and organizers offered competitive doubles, social doubles, open doubles, co-ed doubles, and women’s singles. That mix showed a tournament designed to pull in serious players chasing the purse, casual duos looking for a day on the boards, and women’s brackets that broadened the event beyond the standard open field. Third-party listings also described it as Carroll County FOP Lodge 20’s third annual cornhole tournament, a sign the fundraiser has already become a recurring part of the local schedule.

Sponsorship helped deepen the financial upside. The first ten Gold Sponsors registered received a free team entry, while Silver sponsorship was set at $150 and included logo placement on a banner sign plus verbal promotion during the tournament. The lodge sits within the Maryland Fraternal Order of Police network, which says it represents and serves more than 20,000 active and retired officers statewide, and the national FOP says it has more than 373,000 members in over 2,200 lodges. With Ashley Owens listed as president, Lodge 20 used the tournament to connect competitive cornhole, fundraising and officer support in one full-day event built to grow.