Rules:

GENERAL:
This tournament shall be sanctioned by, played under the General Playing Rules
of and be open to all members of the B.T.B.A.
Players must produce a current, valid membership card at registration.
Juniors may participate, provided they are in possession of a J/A Card.

TOURNAMENT MANAGER:
The Tournament Manager shall be Keith Boyden, whose word, subject to appeal to the B.T.B.A.,
shall be law.
The aforementioned reserves the right to refuse or re-rate any entry, at any time, for any,
or indeed no, reason.

AVERAGES:
Players must declare their highest current league or tournament average over a minimum of 18 games.
Documentary evidence must be provided and averages will be checked at random.
Handicap will be based on 80% of the difference between
entering average and 210 with no maximum. A separate scratch section will be available.

COST:
The entry cost shall be £85.00 per team of four players.
Costs apportioned thus: Lineage £45.60, Team England 80p, Food Contribution £5.00,
Prize Fund, returned 100%, £33.60.
An optional section in each division will be available for an extra £20 per team.

FORMAT: All team members will bowl six games, three games in the Team Division
and three games in either Singles OR Doubles.
Team Captains must nominate which players will compete in Singles and Doubles.
Prizes will be awarded for the highest scores with handicap in four divisions:
Singles, Doubles, Four Person Team and Overall Team (All bowlers six game scores combined).

TIE BREAKS:
SINGLES, DOUBLES and TEAM: In the event that handicap scores are tied after three games, the following
shall apply: Highest SCRATCH score takes preference. If still tied: Highest 3rd game, if still tied,
Highest 2nd, if still tied highest 1st game. If still tied, the prize for those places will be divided equally.
OVERALL TEAM: In the event that handicap scores are tied after three games, the following
shall apply: Highest SCRATCH score takes preference. If still tied: Highest TEAM 3rd game, if still tied,
Highest team 2nd, if still tied highest team 1st game.
If still tied, the prize for those places will be divided equally.

DISPUTES:
If a dispute regarding pinfall cannot be resolved quickly, a provisional ball must be bowled.
All complaints must be made to the tournament manager verbally at the end of the games in question
and confirmed in writing before the end of the tournament.

DRESS CODE:
This is a sanctioned tournament, NO JEANS.

ENTRIES ARE LIMITED TO 20 SPACES TO RESERVE YOUR SPACE CALL:
KEITH BOYDEN ON 07776 254672

or LEEROY COPPING ON 07808 003216

IT WOULD BE NICE IF TEAMS WORE MATCHING SHIRTS, BUT THIS IS NOT COMPULSORY!

MADISON HEIGHTS, PARK DRIVE, MALDON, ESSEX CM9 5JQ