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CornHoller device adds to tailgating game

	Shane Garrity invented the CornHoller, a device that makes sounds every time someone scores during a game of cornhole.

Shane Garrity invented the CornHoller, a device that makes sounds every time someone scores during a game of cornhole.

Triangle resident Shane Garrity is trying to revolutionize the game of cornhole.

He has invented a device called CornHoller that plays one of seven sounds every time a person scores in the famous tailgating game.

The device attaches under the board and every time a bag goes through the hole it broadcasts one of seven sounds, including “It’s in the Hole,” “Three Points,” “Swish,” “Nice Bag,” “Great Shot,” “Cha-Ching” and general crowd applause.

Garrity said the device has relatively simple origins.

“I actually had the idea and mentioned it at dinner to my brother-in-law and father just to see what their reaction might be,” he said in an email.

Knowing the idea was sound, Garrity said he did research to figure out if anyone would actually buy it. He found there was nothing on the market that would add to the excitement of a cornhole game.

“I thought it was a good recipe for a useful and marketable product, and decided to start cooking up my invention,” he said.

Chapel Hill resident Jaret Dawson said the device has potential.

“I think that it’s definitely something that would attract small kids to the game,” Dawson said.

Garrity hopes many poeple will agree and invest in his product through Kickstarter, currently the only way to procure a CornHoller device.

In order for his device to be successful, Garrity said he needs to raise $6,000 through the website by Nov. 1. He started the fundraiser Oct. 2. After four days he had raised more than $900 from 19 unique financial backers.

Garrity said all of CornHoller’s funding up to this point has come from his and his wife’s savings. The $6,000 is needed to fund his initial factory order of devices so he can sell them in stores.

Investors are excited about CornHoller and see a lot of potential behind this product.

“It is the only product like itself,” said Allie Snyder, one of the Kickstarter investors. “With the growing rage of cornhole throughout the country at tailgating events and parties, CornHoller would only help create a more exciting atmosphere for everyone around.”

Right now, the device is only available to people who invest more than $20 in the device on the Kickstarter page.

Eventually Garrity foresees each device costing around $17.

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