Southern Ladies Classic Tournament Rules

Southern Ladies Classic Tournament Rules

1.ELIGIBILITY: TOURNAMENT CONSISTS OF A 4 WOMAN TEAM EVENT; DOUBLES AND SINGLES EVENT; HANDICAP ALL EVENTS;SCRATCH ALL EVENTS AND IS OPEN TO ALL CURRENT FEMALE USBC MEMBERS. ALL PARTICIPANTS ARE REQUIRED TO SHOW THEIRUSBC CARDS UPON CHECK-IN. THE TOURNAMENT IS CERTIFIED BY USBC AND IS GOVERNED BY USBC RULES. ELIGIBLE NON-MEMBERSMAY ENTER BY PURCHASING A USBC UNATTACHED MEMBERSHIP CARD.

2.PARTICIPATION: MULTIPLE PARTICIPATION IS PERMITTED IN TEAM EVENT ONLY, PROVIDED THE TEAMS CONSIST OF TWODIFFERENT MEMBERS. SINGLES WILL BE BOWLED FIRST, FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY DOUBLES WITH NO BREAK BETWEEN THETWO EVENTS. ALL SIX GAMES WILL BE BOWLED ON THE SAME PAIR OF LANES. IF YOU ENTER DOUBLES, YOU MUST ENTERSINGLES AND VICE-VERSA.FIRST TEAM EVENT WILL COUNT TOWARDS ALL-EVENTS. PRACTICE IS 10 MINUTES IN TEAM EVENT AND 2 BALLS ON EACH LANE BEFORE SINGLES.

3.AVERAGES: HIGHEST 2011/12 OR 2010/2011CERTIFIED WINTER LEAGUE AVERAGE. IF THAT DOES NOT APPLY ENTRANT WILL BOWL WITH AN AVERAGE OF 210. ALL AVERAGES WILL BE VERIFIED ON BOWL.COM. RULES 319B, 319C, 319D, AND 319E(TOURNAMENT PRIZE WINNINGS) APPLY.

4.HANDICAP: 90% OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BOWLER’S ENTERING AVERAGE AND 210.

5.RESERVATIONS FOR DATES AND TIMES WILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2012. RESERVATION WILL BE RELEASED IF FULL PAYMENT OFENTRY FEES ARE NOT RECEIVED BY MONDAY SEPTEMBER10, 2012.

1. ENTRY DEADLINE:ENTRIES CLOSE MIDNIGHT SEPTEMBER 10, 2012. ENTRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER THIS DATE EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH USBC RULE 310A. TOTAL ENTRY FEES MUST BE FORWARDED WITH THE COMPLETED ENTRY FORM AND MUST BE IN THE FORM OF A MONEY ORDER OF CERTIFIED CHECK. THE ORDER OF BOWLING WILL BE AS LISTED ON THE ENTRY FORM. ENTRIES WILL BE SCHEDULED AS RECEIVED AND NO CHAGES WILL BE MADE EXCEPT AT THE DISCRETION OF THE TOURNAMENT MANAGEMENT. THE TOURNAMENT MANAGEMENT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REFUSE ANY ENTRY. ANY PROTEST AFFECTING ELIGIBILITY OR GENERAL PLAYING RULES MUST BE CONFIRMED IN WRITING TO TOURNAMENT MANAGER BEFORE TOURNAMENT PRIZE MONIES ARE PAID.THE DECISION OF THE TOURNAMENT COMMITTEE SHALL BE FINAL UNLESS AN APPEALIS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 329.

7.ERRORS IN SCORING MUST BE REPORTED WITHIN 24 HOURS. TOURNAMENT MANAGEMENT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ADD ADDITIONAL SQUADS DURING THE COURSE OF THE TOURNAMENT; HOWEVER, NO SQUAD WILL BE ADDED AFTER THE FINAL SOUAD ON OCTOBER 21, 2012 AT 3:00PM.

8TEAMCAPTAINS MUST REPORT TO TOURNAMENT MANAGERS A MINIMUM OF THIRTY (30) MINUTES PRIOR TO SCHEDULED BOWLING.

9.TARDY BOWLERS: A PLAYER OR TEAM ARRIVING AFTER A GAME HAS STARTED MAY BOWL. SCORE(S) WILL BEGIN WITH THE FRAME CURRRENTLY BEING BOWLED. ZERO SCORE WILL BE GIVEN FOR FRAME(S) MISSED.

10.SUBSTITUTESWILL BE PERMITTED IN EACH EVENT. SUBSTITUTES WILL TAKE THE PLACE OF THE ORIGINAL ENTRANT,INTHE LINE-UP AS SCHEDULED - IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY AND AFTER A GAME HAS STARTED, A SUBSTITUTE WILL BEPERMITTED TO BOWL TEAM AND DOUBLES EVENT ONLY AND THE SCORES OF BOTH BOWLERS WILL BE COMBINED FOR ONESCORE. IF NO SUBSTITUTE IS AVAILABLE, ONLY THE ACTUAL SCORES OF FRAMES BOWLED WILL COUNT. SUBSTITUTES WILLNOT BE REQUIRED TO REIMBURSE THE ORIGINAL ENTRANT FOR PAID ENTRY FEES, NOR SHALL, THE SUBSTITUTE BE EXPECTEDTO GIVE THE ORIGINAL ENTRANT ANY PRIZE MONEY OR AWARD(S) WON.

11. PRIZES FUND: PRIZE FUND RETURNED 100%. THE PRIZE RATIO WILL BE ON A 1:10 RATIO FOR THE TEAM,

DOUBLE ANDSINGLES EVENTS. A 1:20 RATIO WILL BE USED FOR BOTH THE HANDICAP AND SCRATCH ALL

EVENTS.

12.DRESS CODE: BOWLERS ARE REQUIRED TO WEAR SUITABLE ATTIRE. NO SHORT-SHORTS OR TANK TOPS ARE

ALLOWED.

13.PREMATURE TERMINATION OF THE TOURNAMENT BROUGHT ABOUT BY WAR NATIONAL EMERGENCY, NATURAL DISASTER, FIRE OR

ANY OTHER REASON BEYOND THE CONTROL OF SOUTHERN LADIES CLASSIC SHALL CAUSE, ALL ADVERTISED PRIZES, GUARANTEED OR OTHERWISE TO BE PRORATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NUMBER OF ENTRANTS WHO HAVE BOWLED IN EACH OF THE RESPECTIVE EVENTS UP TO THE TIME OF TERMINATION OF TOURNAMENT.

ONLY CERTIFIED CHECKS OR MONEY ORDERS ACCEPTED

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