Bombat Washers Championship
Central Texas lays claim to being the Washers Pitching Capital this weekend
By Mark Fagan, Fri., Sept. 23, 2011
Ninety-six of our country's finest washer-pitching teams will converge on the Nutty Brown Cafe this Saturday for the largest tourney of its kind in the U.S., the Bombat Washers Championship. Joining its cousin horseshoes and the more outdoorsy softball and kickball, washers is a sport that has been embraced by Austinites who like to compete and consume alcohol simultaneously – which covers pretty much everybody I know. The prize money is simply ridiculous in this Bombat Washer Co. hosted affair: $4,000 for first place, $2,000 for second, and a cool grand for the third-place tossers. This being Central Texas and all, one fest just won't do with the Josh Abbott Band Fest immediately following the washers tourney. Rob Baird, Ryan Beaver, Whiskey Myers, Turnpike Troubadors, and the Josh Abbott Band will perform. Sat., Sept. 24, 9am-7pm (JAB Fest follows the tourney at 7). Nutty Brown Cafe & Amphitheatre, 12225 Hwy. 290 W., 512/301-4648. Sold out for contestants, free for tournament spectators, $20 for JAB Fest. www.bombatwashers.com.
