Glendale Senior Citizens Club and the Nicolet Recreation Department are sponsoring the 29th annual Sheepshead Tournament on Saturday, April 5, 2025! It will be held at Nicolet High School – 6701 North Jean Nicolet Road, Glendale, Wisconsin. The Tournament will start at 12 Noon, with registration beginning at 10:30 AM.
Tournament flyers are available by visiting: https://5il.co/373v0
The cost of the tournament is $20 ($25 After March 1st). Participants will play 3 rounds of 15 hands, with the person with the highest score receiving a plaque and a cash prize. There will be 15 cash prizes. Food will be available, starting at 10:15 AM. For more information on the Sheepshead Tournament contact the Nicolet Recreation Department at 414-351-7566.
Registration is available online by visiting: https://web2.vermontsystems.com/nicolet.html
Wisconsin is the hub of Sheepshead, where immigrants brought the game from Germany in the 1800s. The game was developed by peasants who were fed up with their government and expressed their discontent by giving the” king” card a lower rank. The “10” of Cards is higher than the king. The Game is played with 32 cards (7s thru Aces). In fact, Sheepshead (Schafskopf – In German) has been declared as “Milwaukee’s Official Card Game” by the City of Milwaukee Common Council – on October 24, 1983.” Mr. Sheepshead” (Robert Strupp) received the Award – On behalf of Sheepshead players everywhere. Sheepshead is known to be Wisconsin’s “GEMUTLICHKEIT” Game, meaning “congeniality, good times, fun, friendship, and laughter.”
This is the largest Sheepshead Tournament in Wisconsin, and actually - In The World. It started in 1994 with 20 participants, coordinated by the Glendale Recreation Department. At our last Tournament in 2024, there were 200 players. This year, the committee is planning for 300 participants. It has grown every year, both in numbers, and in prizes. Since 1999, the Nicolet Recreation Department has administered the Tournament. The Glendale Senior Citizens Club has been involved from the beginning. The Tournament is a wonderful community event, bringing people in from all over the state.