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WEST VIRGINIA STATE USBC BOWLING ASSOCIATION

STATE TOURNAMENT REQUIREMENTS

SECTION 1.0            STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT

1.1        Each local association within a zone shall attend all WV State USBC BA meetings for a period of two (2) years prior to the WV State USBC BA meeting when the tournament site is selected. Each association shall support the tournament in order to earn selection as the host association.

1.2        Rotation of the tournament shall be according to the following schedule:  Zone 2 (beginning in 1991), Zone 4, Zone 1, Zone 5, and Zone 3.  Repeat rotation after 1995.

            No association shall host the state tournament for two consecutive rotations.

1.3        The bowling houses must have a minimum of sixteen (16) lanes available to qualify for the minor events, ten (10) lanes available to qualify for the team event.

1.4               Duties of the Tournament Manager (host association) and Tournament Director (WV State USBC Bowling Association Manager)

1.4.1          The Tournament Manager shall be responsible for the preparation of all materials necessary to the conduct of the annual tournament and shall be authorized to purchase any supplies or items as required for official tournament purposes. 

 

1.4.2          The Tournament Manager shall receive, collect and be responsible for all tournament entry fees and shall deposit all fees to the credit of the WV State USBC Bowling Association in a recognized banking institution and forward receipt of deposit to the WV State USBC Bowling Association President.          

 

1.4.3          The Tournament Manager shall acknowledge and file all bonafide entries to the annual tournament in the order of the receipt.  He shall have full charge of drafting and preparing the schedule for the annual tournament, and may charge or amend said schedule when it is in the best interest of the association or the participating bowlers to do so.  He shall prepare a list from which he can prepare the prize checks for the co-signature of the Tournament Manager or President, provided the President is not from the same association as the Tournament Director.       

 

1.4.4          The Tournament Manager shall apply for the USBC certifying before distributing the entry forms.  (State Tournament Certification is now automatic; however the Tournament Manager should forward a copy of the tournament rules for review by the USBC Tournament Certification Department.     

 

1.4.5          The Tournament Manager shall render a complete and comprehensive financial report to August State Meeting following the completion of the Annual Tournament.  He shall furnish a preliminary report at the March meeting.          

 

1.4.6          The Tournament Director shall decide which duties may be assigned to the local committee. The host association shall appoint a Tournament Manager from the host association, to be approved by the Tournament Director.  The Tournament Director and the local Tournament Manager shall agree as to the duties and fees to be paid to the local association for the tournament services provided.         

 

1.4.7          The tournament program shall be mailed no later than two (2) weeks prior to the start of the tournament, to each team captain entered in the tournament.  It shall include state tournament records, officer listings, and entries by association and schedules for the team/minor events.      

 

1.4.8          Any special events ran during the tournament shall be agreed to by the host association and the Tournament Director.  The State Association to be compensated for providing any software or hardware.          

 

1.4.9          The Tournament Director shall establish a special tournament account for the purpose of depositing and distributing funds for tournament operations.  The host association shall (if entries are received at the host association) forward within seven (7) days all receipts (with an accompanying entry summary) to the Tournament Director.  The Tournament Director shall reconcile these submittals and deposit such funds in the tournament account.  All remittances for the host association fees, bowling fees and prize checks shall be issued from the state tournament account.     

 

1.5         Tournament Director Compensation   

 

1.5.1          The Tournament Director shall receive travel expenses for his State Tournament duties.  He shall also receive a bonus compensation of $2.00 per team for each team exceeding 250 entered in the state tournament.    

 

1.6         Lane Assignments      

 

1.6.1          Draw shall be by automatic computer assignment from the center out on a first received basis.      

 

1.6.2          The lanes for the team event and the first event will be determined by the drawing.  All three (3) games for each event will be bowled on one pair of lanes.  Upon completion of the first minor event, bowlers will move to another pair of lanes to bowl their second minor event, or may bowl their second minor event on the same pair of lanes as the first minor event, at the discretion of the Tournament Director.  

 

1.7        The same bowling pins at each bowling center must be used for the entire tournament.     

 

1.8        State tournament honor score awards must be processed by the host association.   

 

SECTION 2.0            STATE ASSOCIATION CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT RULES

 

2.1               The Board shall be responsible for the conduct of the association tournament in accordance with Article 3 of the State By-Laws.      

 

2.2               The State Association shall conduct an annual championship tournament, at a time and place to be decided by the State Board of Directors in the prior year, at the Annual March meeting.       

 

2.3        Each entrant must be a member of a local association within the area served by the State Association at least thirty (30) days prior to the time he/she competes in the State Tournament and must have a twenty-one (21) game West Virginia average.  Only two (2) PBA members are to be permitted on a team, and one (1) on a doubles team. 

 

2.4        Entry closing dates shall be set by the Tournament Director.  Late Entries will be accepted for a twenty-five dollar ($25) late fee payable to the local association.

 

2.5        TOURNAMENT FEES   

 

2.5.1     The maximum expense fee per individual for each event shall be three dollars ($3).  All events expense fee shall be one dollar ($1).          

 

2.5.2     The Tournament Manager shall remit $1.60 per individual entered in the team, doubles, and singles events and $0.60 per individual entered in all events from the expense fee to the State Association.          

 

2.6        Prize fees are returned 100 per cent. 

 

2.7        The prize ratio for both the actual and handicap divisions will be at least one (1) for eight (8) for the Team Event, one (1) for ten (10) for the doubles and singles events, and one (1) for fifteen (15) for All Events.  A percentage of the prize fund will be paid for scores in the actual division based on the percentage of entrants with averages of 205 or higher.  Teams or individuals may cash only once (either handicap or actual) receiving the greater cash prize in any event.           

 

2.8        Championship awards and USBC chevrons will be awarded to the actual and handicap winners.   

 

2.9        The handicap will be based on a scratch of 1125 in Team Event, 450 in the Doubles Event and 225 in the Singles Event.  Ninety per cent (90%) of the difference between the scratch figure and the entrant’s average will be the handicap.  

 

2.10      Entrants will use their highest certified USBC average, based on a minimum of twenty-one (21) games for the previous season.  USBC Rules 319 a, d, & e do not apply for this tournament.  If twenty-one (21) game average was not established during the previous season, use the highest current USBC average of twelve (12) games or more as of time of bowling.  All others bowl scratch. 

 

2.11      All local association managers, who do not publish a final average book, must verify averages on the entry form.   

 

2.12      Entrants may bowl only once in each event, except the team event.  Entrants may bowl twice in the team event, however no more than three (3) members of the same team may cash more than once in the cash prize list.      

 

2.13      All person entering Doubles and Singles must bowl in both events.  

 

2.14      Bowlers entered in the Team, Doubles, and Singles may participate in the All Events prizes by paying the All Events fee.  Any bowler who places first in the All Events, but has not entered and paid this extra fee, is eligible to receive only the championship award for the All Events and shall not be paid a cash prize.  Cost of the award shall be paid out of the tournament expenses funds or by the hosting association.  The All Events optional shall be handicap.    

 

2.15      A minimum of ten (10) minutes of practice will be permitted prior to bowling the Team Event and the first Minor Event (Singles). 

 

2.16      Representative lanes will be examined on each scheduled day of bowling prior to the first squad to insure compliance with USBC lane dressing rules and to encourage uniform conditions throughout the tournament.  Lanes must be dressed prior to each squad of scheduled bowling.   

 

2.17      The State Association Manager, or his designee, in the event the State Association Manager is the Tournament Manager, shall audit the prize list, prior to the distribution of the prize checks.

 

2.18      The Tournament Manager of the host association shall remit to the State Association at the completion of the tournament, an amount equal to eight dollars ($8) for each team that competed in the team event portion of the tournament.  The maximum to be remitted shall be two thousand dollars ($2,000).  This money will go into the general fund with at least 50% of it earmarked to support youth bowling, specifically including organized high school bowling programs or tournaments.