TOURNAMENT
RULES
2007 RAMP BOWLING TOURNAMENT
1. This tournament
will be sanctioned with the AWBA. Entrants must
be affiliate members of the AWBA. Further, entries
will be restricted to those individuals that
respond before the closing date as specified
on the entry form.
2. All entries
must be submitted to the tournament director's
address on the entry form prior to the closing
date of ______, so that the tournament officials
can set the field for each division. Supervision
of all phases of this tournament will be handled
by the tournament officials.
3. The competition
will be limited to singles competition in three
divisions; Scratch, "A," and "B"
divisions. The scratch champion will be determined
by the total scratch pin fall; "A"
and "B" champions will be determined
by scratch pin fall plus the appropriate handicap
based on the difference between 90% of 210 pins
system.
(EX: 210-143 =63 pins x 0.90 =56 pin
handicap per game.)
4. Each entrant
must include a league sheet from his/her bowling
center. Submitted averages must be based on
a minimum of 12 games bowled within the last
two year time frame. Entrants not possessing
an accepted league average must bowl as scratch
competitors.
5. The competition
will consist of each competitor bowling eight
(8) games at his/her home bowling center during
the month of ______. Further, the scores submitted
must be verified by an on site supervising official,
either the league secretary or the center manager
on duty at the time the games were bowled. Print
outs of the scores and dates bowled must accompany
all official score sheets.
5-A Bowlers
must bowl at least 1 block per day of 2 games
per block. All individual blocks must be bowled
on the same pair of lanes, the first game being
rolled on one lane to its completion. After
completion of the first game, the bowler would
move to the unused lane to complete the second
game. If bowling with fellow competitors on
the same lanes at the same time, the entrants
would simply switch lanes after the first game
has been completed.
5-B He/she
may bowl up to two blocks per day with a break
between blocks. Regardless, he/she must bowl
a minimum of 2 complete games per day. Bowling
for scores must be declared with the supervising
official prior to conunencement of bowling.
5-C Succeeding
blocks cannot be bowled on the same pair of
lanes on the same day. In all cases the bowling
order would follow the same process as used
in the first block.
5-D Official
tournament score sheets (included) must be submitted
to the tournament director after the completion
of all bowling blocks and postmarked no later
than ______.
Exception: If the bowling center
has limited lanes for use which might impact
the intent of rule 5 or its sub-parts in any
manner, the tournament director must be informed
prior to any tournament games being bowled.
6. A chute
or ramp bowler must provide his/her own handler,
ball and chute. The handler will not be allowed
to touch the ball once it has been set in place.
The handler must face away from the pins while
setting the ball in place. The bowler may instruct
the handler on positioning the ball, but the
handler is prohibited from instructing or advising
the bowler while in the process of actually
bowling.
7. Prize
monies will be awarded at a ratio of 1 prize
per each 5 entries. Plaques will be awarded
to the champions and to the 2ndplace qualifiers
in each divisional group or sub-groups.
8. All other
sanctioned tournament rules of the AWBA not
specified herein will govern this event. Any
disputes or protests will be addressed by the
tournament committee. The ruling of the tournament
officials shall be final.
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