2013St. Louis USBC Youth Championship Tournament
Crest Bowl, 650 N. Florissant Rd, Florissant, MO 63031 314-837-0494
Scholarships awarded to ALL 1st place winners
$1,000 in Scholarships will be awarded in total
DATES & SQUADS
Saturday: Jan. 1926, Feb. 2Team / 11:00 AM / 3:00 PM
Doubles / 11:00 AM / 12:30 PM / 3:00 PM / 4:30 PM
Singles / 11:00 AM / 12:30 PM / 3:00 PM / 4:30 PM
Sunday, Jan. 20 27
Team / 9:00 AM / 1:00 PM
Doubles / 9:00 AM / 10:30 AM / 1:00 PM / 2:30 PM
Singles / 9:00 AM / 10:30 AM / 1:00 PM / 2:30 PM
Team is 4 bowlers ONLY / TEAM NAME: / Squad Preference
(Date & Time)
Fill in box if bowler is 7 or under or needs accommodations Ex.: / 1) / Averages / 1st Choice
List bowlers in order you wish to bowl. / 2)
No changes will be allowed. / 3) / 2nd Choice
Subs will take the position of missing / 4)
Bowler. (teams & doubles) / Class: / Total Avg. / 3rd Choice
DOUBLES EVENT
Squad Preference (Date & Time)
Name (Print) - USBC card # / Average / Class / 1st Choice / 2nd Choice
SINGLES EVENT / Check for
Squad Preference (Date & Time) / All-Events
($2 opt)
Name (Print) - USBC card # / Average / Class / 1st Choice / 2nd Choice / Must bowl Team/Sgl/Dbl
ENTRY FEES ENCLOSED
____ Singles entries@ $13=$______
____ Doubles entries@ $26=______
____ Team entries@ $52=______
____ All-Events entries@ $2=______
TOTAL=$______
**Late admin. charge will be assessed of $2.00/event & $1,00/all events after reserved deadline (includes walk-ins & re-entries)
Award/Scholarship Fees Returned 100% in the Form of Awards/Scholarships
Entry #:Date Received:Balance:
Team / Doubles / Singles
I certify that the averages shown are true and correct and that the bowlers
listed bowl in a USBC certified league within St. Louis USBC
______
Coach’s Signature
All monies due with entry forms
Contact person for this entry follows:
Name (Print) ______
Address ______
City ______
State ______ZIP ______
Phone ______Cell ______
Bowling Center ______
E-mail address of contact ______
Sendstandings sheets for ALL leagues showing averages with entry as of January 1, 2013.
NOTE: Teams are now 4 Bowlers beginning 2013
Make checks payable to and mail to:
STLUSBC
St. Louis USBC Association
1700 S. Big Bend St. Louis, MO 63117
Tournament Director: Dale Bohn; 314-645-8747, Fax: 314-645-8535
Coordinator: Tom Dawson
RULES AND REGULATIONS
Class based on highest book average unless current high average is 10 pins or more as of Jan. 1, 2013
TEAM EVENT:
Class 1 - 680 & Over
Class 2 - 600 to 679
Class 3 -520 to 599
Class 4 -519 & Under
DOUBLES EVENT:
Class 1 - 340 & Over
Class 2 - 280 to 339
Class 3 - 260 to 279
Class 4 - 259 & Under
SINGLES EVENT:
Class 1 - 170 & Over
Class 2 - 150 to 169
Class 3 - 130 to 149
Class 4 - 129 & Under
Teams will consist of 4 players
HANDICAP & AVERAGE
1. Individual handicaps shall be 100% of the difference between the bowler’s average and 220.
2. Entrants must use their highest 2011-12BOOK average in any league (including traveling leagues), unless current high average is 10 pins or more as of Jan. 1, 2013, for 12 games or more. If no average as of this date, entrants must use their highest average, for 12 games or more, as of the time they bowl, or last year’s book average. All others bowl scratch (220).
3. All averages must be verified by the Youth Program Director or traveling league Secretary and copy of league standings sheet must be sent with entry as of Jan. 1, 2013.
4.Any falsification of average will result in disqualification of the bowler, and all prizes and entry fees will be forfeited.
ENTRIES
OPEN to all St. Louis USBC Youth members ONLY. Card must be issued min. 30 days prior to reserved closing date.
1. No reserved entries will be scheduled without payment in full by closing date of January 12, 2013.
2. Entry fees will not be refunded after entry closing date.
3. All entries will be scheduled according to date received by the Tournament Director.
No date or time changes can be made after January 12, 2013, unless done so at the Tournament Director’s discretion. Additional squads may be added, or deleted, if needed, at the Tournament Director’s discretion.
4. Bowlers may compete more than once in Doubles provided they change partners.
No limit on re-entries in Singles.
Bowlers may compete more than once in Team event, but no more than 2 bowlers may bowl together more than once. All team entries must contain 4 names to be valid.
5. Doubles & Team entries may consist of any combination of boys and girls.
6. All-Events entry is optional and must be paid at time of entry. A bowler must bowl in all 3 events (T/D/S) to be eligible to compete in all-events prize. A/E class is based on the bowler’s singles class.
A bowler’s first score in eachevent will count towards All-Events.
7. Should any class have less than 5 entries, the Tournament Director has the authority to move the entrants to another class.
8. All bowlers must show theircurrentUSBC membership card at check-in. Duplicate cards can be printed from
Entry confirmations will only be sent if you do not receive your first squad choice or if you are moved
to another class (under rule 7 above).
CHECK-IN, LATE ARRIVALS & BLINDS
1. Check-in deadline for each squad is 45 minutes prior to squad starting time.
2. Substitutes must be presented to the Tournament Director with written and signed verification of the averages. If available, the Coach can make substitutions; if not, the Tournament Director will. Substitutions made by Tournament Director will be final.
3. Tardy bowlers will start to bowl in the frame in progress at the time of their arrival. No pins are awarded for missed frames.
4. Blind scores are permitted. Rule 322b. One blind may be used for team ONLY, and score will be 10 pins less than their average. You MAY NOT send an entry with a name missing and then use Blind score.
TIES
1. In case of ties, duplicate awards will be given.
DRESS & CONDUCT CODES
1. Dress Code: No hats, tank tops or frayed blue jeans. No clothes with text or designs depicting alcohol, drug or tobacco products or obscene images.
2. No eating, or drinking in the bowlers’ settee during bowling by scorekeepers or bowlers.
3.No smoking by bowlers during tournament play. Adult spectators are allowed to smoke in designated areas. The USBC Code of Conduct will be observed.
4. Any bowler using abusive language or unsportsmanlike conduct may be removed by a tournament official.
5. Conduct rules apply to spectators, also.
6. Only youth bowlers, scorekeepers, and tournament officials are permitted in the bowlers’ area.
7. Coaching is permitted, but not in the bowlers area.
8. No flash cameras.
9. Bowlers MAY NOT: Usecell phones, personal music devices, hand-held games or any other item deemed distracting during bowling; play any forms of gambling, including card playing.
PROTESTS
1. All rules not covered here will be covered by USBC tournament rules. All protests shall be handled by the Tournament Director. The decision of the Tournament Director shall be final unless an appeal is filed within 72 hours in accordance with USBC Rules.
SCHOLARSHIPS
1. $50Scholarships awarded to each All-Events winner and$25 to each 1st place winner per event/class. SSNs may be required for scholarship winners to deposit the money in the SMART account.
A $30 service charge will be assessed on all
returned checks.
* Late admin. charge will be assessed of $2.00/event & $1,00/all events after reserved deadline (includes walk-ins & re-entries)
AWARDS WILL BE GIVEN FOR HIGH EVENT SERIES, WITH HANDICAP, IN EACH CLASS ON A RATIO OF AT LEAST 1-FOR-10. ALL-EVENTS AWARD PRESENTED TO 1ST PLACE, ONLY, IN EACH CLASS.
ON-THE-SPOT AWARDS WILL BE PRESENTED FOR 50 PINS OVER AVERAGE IN A SINGLE GAME (LIMIT OF ONE “50-OVER” PER BOWLER PER TOURNAMENT.