Rules & Guidelines

RTBAdmin Wed, 12/11/2019 - 10:12
  • I will attach some documentation about certain guidelines.  I do not have a specific rules set.  In general, we follow USBC rules as it comes to code of conduct and play structure.  My simple rule about conduct is “DON’T BE A JERK”  “HAVE FUN FIRST”
  • Please wear nice attire.  A nice collared shirt is requested.  Please no ripped clothing or inappropriate attire.  Just use COMMON SENSE.  Shorts and athletic wear is accepted.
  • If you are signed up for an event and need to drop, please let me know ahead of time, ESPECIALLY in a team event.  Don’t leave you team hanging the morning of the event unless it is an emergency.
  • Averages are based on cashing at events and not necessarily scoring.  This allows us to weed out sandbagging in general.  Winners/cashers at events lose handicap pins earned, regardless of how they performed that day.  You could have a terrible day, but if you team held you up and you cash, you still lose pins.  On the flip side, if you don’t cash you can gain a couple pins.  No bowler can earn more than 2 pins in ANY tournament.  Handicap will be capped when the bowler reaches a total of 215 with average and handicap combined.  We do award bonus pins and that is how a cap can be reached.  Once a bowler cashes, we will remove a few pins in accordance with how high they cashed that day. 
  • There is a MAXIMUM of 52 pins for any bowler.  Based on our 80% of 215 configuration, that is a 150 average.  Entering averages are calculated based on a 3 year composite on bowl.com.   Anything less than three years we will take what they have and composite that with a current season average.
  • All our events are handicap, however scratch players are able to compete as we do not have reverse handicap.
  • Membership is $20/yr.  Our “season” runs January-December, but membership is a 12 month rolling cycle, so if you buy a membership on June 1, it is good until May 31st of the next year.  You can bowl as a guest 4 times for an extra $5 above the entry fee.  At the time of the 4th guest fee, you are made a member retroactive to your first guest fee.
  1. I think It would be nice to have rules. 
  2. Your rules. 
  3. Rules on 'guests'.
  4. Rules on 'membership'. 
  5. Rules on Tournament Format. 
  6. Rules on attire. 
  7. Rules on whatever else I'm not thinking about.
  8. Rules on brackets.
  9. Rules on tardiness/dropping out of an event. 
  10. Rules about how you manage averages. 
  11. Rules about scratch vs handicap etc.
  12. Rules about TOC.
  13. Rules about Guarenteed vs Non-guaranteed events.
  14. Rules about expected behavior. 
  15. any others I've not thought of.