Bud Light Makes a $100,000 Toast To Ping Pong!

Quick everybody! Head to the garage, dust off the beat-up ping pong paddle in the dilapidated box and hustle on down to your nearest participating bar or tavern and sing up for the Bud Light Hard Bat Tournament. Not only can you finally show off your skills to others other than your little sister and your Pop, but given a bit of luck, design and well-placed shots, you may win $100,000.00!

Throughout the month of April, the Bud Girls will be cavorting in bars across the land for preliminary tourneys. To enter, merely show up, sign up free of charge into the bracket and be the best drunken ping pong player in the end. The winner of the prelims will play against other prelim finalists at a bar of choice in your area.

The winner wins a trip to sin city - Las Vegas, Nevada - to compete in the big event: the National Bud Light Hard Bat Tournament for the chance to win 100 grand.

Check your local web listings for a participating tavern near you.

Dayton Ping Pong Players:

Here's when and where to go:

• 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Wednesday, April 1, at Fricker's East, 1818 Woodman Drive, Dayton
• 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Thursday, April 2, at TJ Chumps, 12 E. Linden Ave., Miamisburg
• 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., Thursday, April 2, at Buffalo Wild Wings, 891 S. Main St., Englewood
• 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., Friday, April 3 at Fricker's, 1383 Miamisburg-Centerville Road, Centerville
• 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Wednesday, April 8, at Champps, 7880 Washington Village Drive, Centerville
• 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., Friday, April 10, at Fricker's, 6280 Chambersburg Road, Huber Heights
• 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Monday, April 13, at Adobe Gilas, 78 Plum St., at The Greene in Beavercreek
• 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Wednesday, April 15, at Talegators, 6270 Far Hills Ave., Centerville
• 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Thursday, April 16, at Buffalo Wild Wings, 2313 W. Main St., Troy
• 9 p.m. to 11 p.m., Thursday, April 16, at Dark Horse Tavern, 209 Byers Road, Miamisburg

Just to let you southwest Ohio players know: I'm gonna kick yer ass! I don't care if you're tops in your garage, school, YMCA, church, fraternity ... it does not matter. I will win my preliminary bracket, then win the regional bracket, and head to Vegas to play for the big show. I'm not saying I'll win the whole shebang, would that I would. Too many good "professional" players out there for that to happen. But I will take my drunken, giggling bracket mates down, and head to sunny V.