WEDNESDAY NIGHT MIXED LEAGUE

 

PRESIDENT              DOUG SMOOTS                HOME 871 3217

VICE PRESIDENT   JAMES CANTY                 HOME 862 8165

SEC/TREASURER    DARLENE STULL            HOME 802 2357WORK 782 9911        

SGT AT ARMS           T J JUDD                            HOME 790 9789

 

 

   1.      THE LEAGUE BOARD OF DIRECTORS  WHICH CONSISTS OF THE

            OFFICERS AND TEAM CAPTAINS, SHALL MANAGE THIS LEAGUE.

            THE QUORUM FOR BOARD MEETINGS IS A MAJORITY OF THE    

            BOARD.  THE LEAGUE MEMBERSHIP SHALL SELECT THE

            OFFICERS AND ADOPT THE LEAGUE RULES.  ONE OFFICER MUST

            BE A MAN AND ONE A WOMAN.

 

RULE 1B.

THE LEAGUE WILL BE DIVIDED INTO TWO DIVISIONS, TEAMS 1-10 IN

DIVISION A AND TEAMS 11-20 IN DIVISION B.

THE LEAGUE WILL BOWL A SPLIT SEASON WITH 17 WEEKS IN THE FIRST

HALF AND 16 WEEKS IN THE SECOND HALF.  THE 34TH WEEK WILL BE USED FOR A ROLL OFF FOR THE LEAGUE CHAMPIONS.  IF ONE TEAM WINS BOTH HALVES IN A DIVISION THE TEAM WITH THE BEST WIN LOSS RECORD IN THE DIVISION OF THE TWO HALF WINNER WILL BE A WILD CARD TEAM.  OTHERWISE, THE FOUR WINNERS FROM THE HALVES WILL BOWL IN A ROLL OFF FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP.  POSITION ROUNDS WILL BE ON THE 8TH AND 24TH WEEKS. ROLL OFF WEEKS WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE 17TH AND 33RD WEEKS.  THE 34TH WEEK WILL BE USED AS A ROLL OFF FOR THE TEAMS IN THE FINALS.  THE OTHER TEAMS WILL BOWL THREE GAMES WITH A HIGH GAME AWARD AWARDED TO A MALE AND FEMALE FOR EACH GAME AND TEAMS FOR EACH GAME.

  

   2.      THIS LEAGUE WILL BE SANCTIONED WITH USBC THROUGH

             LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS.  THE LEAGUE WILL           CONSIST OF 18 TEAMS

             WITH A PLAYING  STRENGTH OF FIVE PLAYERS WITH A FOUR TO

             ONE RATIO BALANCE.      

   

3.     THE LEAGUE BEGINS BOWLING ON THE 26 AUGUST 2009 FOR 34   

        WEEKS AND ENDING ON THE 21 APRIL 2010 (BARRING ANY              EMERGENCY DAYS).  SCHEDULED HOLIDAYS WILL BE THE WEDNESDAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING WHICH IS THE 25 NOVEMBER 2009.

 

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4.      LEAGUE FEES WHICH MUST BE PAID BY EACH MEMBER, SHALL BE

$14.00 OF WHICH $9.00 COVERS THE  COST OF BOWLING, $ .50 IS THE SECRETARY TREASURERS FEE.  THE BALANCE OF $4.50 TO BE PLACED IN THE LEAGUE TREASURY.  BOWLING FEES FOR THE

LAST TWO WEEKS OF THE LEAGUE SCHEDULE MUST BE PAID BY EACH MEMBER BEFORE THE COMPLETION OF THE 5TH WEEK OF THE SCHEDULE.  GAMES SHALL BE FORFEITED BY ANY TEAM WHOSE PARTICIPATING MEMBERS ARE NOT CURRENT IN LEAGUE

FEE PAYMENTS.  LEAGUE RECORD SERVICE IS INCLUDED IN LINEAGE FEE

 

THE SECRETARY’S SALARY SHALL BE PAID AT THE COMPLETION OF THE LEAGUE SCHEDULE.  PAYMENT WILL BE RECEIVED WHEN FINAL AVERAGE SHEETS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE ASSOCIATIONS.

 

5.          THE LEAGUE SHALL USE IN HOUSE BANKING.  DEPOSITS MUST BE           

   MADE WITHIN 7 DAYS OF RECEIPT. ANY WITHDRAWALS FROM THE

ACCOUNT MAY ONLY BE MADE WITH THE JOINT SIGNATURES OF

OF AT LEAST TWO OFFICERS AS DESIGNATED BY THE LEAGUE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

 

6.      A PRIZE LIST, DRAWN UP BY A COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY THE

PRESIDENT, MUST BE APPROVED BY THE LEAGUE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WITHIN 5 WEEKS AFTER THE START OF THE SCHEDULE.  SPECIAL INDIVIDUAL HIGH SERIES AND GAME PRIZES SHALL BE AWARDED IN HANDICAP AND SCRATCH CATEGORIES.  HOWEVER, NO ONE MAY QUALIFY FOR AN AWARD IN BOTH.  IF A MEMBER QUALIFIES FOR AWARDS IN BOTH CATEGORIES, THEY SHALL RECEIVE THE PRIZE OF GREATEST VALUE.  IF A MEMBER QUALIFIES  FOR PRIZES OF EQUAL VALUE, THE SCRATCH PRIZE WILL BE AWARDED.  TO QUALIFY FOR ONE OF THESE AWARDS A PLAYER MUST BOWL AT LEAST 50 GAMES.

 

7.      BOWLERS WITH A CURRENT YEARBOOK AVERAGE WILL USE THIS AVERAGE FOR THE FIRST 9 GAMES.  IT WILL BE THEIR HIGHEST YEARBOOK AVERAGE.  IF A BOWLER DOES NOT HAVE A YEARBOOK AVERAGE THEY WILL ESTABLISH AVERAGE WITH THEIR FIRST THREE GAMES.  TO ESTABLISH AVERAGE A BOWLER MUST BOWL THREE COMPLETE GAMES THE FIRST TIME THEY BOWL.

 

8.      THE HANDICAP ALLOWANCE SHALL BE 90 PERCENT AND SHALL

BE BASED ON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BOWLERS AVERAGE AND 210.  THE TEAM HANDICAP EACH SCHEDULED MATCH SHALL BE THE TOTAL OF THE INDIVIDUAL HANDICAPS FOR THE PLAYERS IN THE LINE-UP.

 

9.      A LIST OF FLOATING OR ROVING SUBS SHALL BE MAINTAINED BY

THE LEAGUE.  NO ONE MAY BOWL WITH MORE THAN ONE TEAM FOR THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED GAMES EACH WEEK.  MEN MAY SUB FOR WOMEN AND WOMEN FOR MEN AS LONG AS THE RATIO IS MAINTAINED.  A BOWLER MAY ONLY BOWL IN OUR LEAGUE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT THEY CANNOT BOWL IN OUR LEAGUE AND ANOTHER LEAGUE.

SUB RULES:   NO SUBS DURING POSITION ROLL OFF OR CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND WEEKS.

EACH TEAM MAY MAINTAIN A ROSTER OF 7 PLAYERS.  ALL ROSTER MEMBERS MUST HAVE A 3 GAME AVERAGE IN THIS LEAGUE TO BOWL IN A POSITION ROLL OFF OR CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND.  ALL ROSTER MEMBERS ARE ON A TEAM AND MAY NOT SUB FOR ANY OTHER TEAM IN THE LEAGUE.

        

10.  A MINIMUM LEGAL LINE UP MUST INCLUDE AT LEAST 2 MEMBERS

FROM THE TEAMS CURRENT ROSTER PLUS ONE SUB.  A MINIMUM LEGAL LINE UP MUST BE PRESENT BY THE COMPLETION OF THE FIRST FRAME OF EACH GAME.  A FRAME SHALL BE COMPLETED WHEN ALL BOWLERS PRESENT ON EACH TEAM HAVE MADE THEIR LAST DELIVERIES IN THAT FRAME.

 

11.  ABSENTEE SCORES WILL BE ALLOWED WHEN A TEAM HAS A

LEGAL LINE UP BUT LESS THAN A FULL LINE UP AT THE START OF ANY GAME IN A SERIES.  THE ABSENTEE SCORE WILL BE THE ABSENT MEMBERS AVERAGE MINUS 10 PINS.  HANDICAP WILL BE FIGURED ON THE AVERAGE OF THE ABSENT MEMBER.

 

WHEN A TEAM HAS AN INCOMPLETE ROSTER (VACANCY ON THE TEAM) A SCORE OF 120 SHALL BE USED AND SUCH SCORE SHALL BE USED FOR THE BASIS OF DETERMINING HANDICAP.  A VACANCY SHALL NOT COUNT TOWARDS A LEGAL LINE UP.

 

12.  WHEN A TEAM IS BOWLING IN A KNOWN FORFEIT SITUATION, THE

TEAM MUST BOWL THE TEAM AVERAGE LESS 10 PINS PER PLAYER TO EARN THE POINTS BY FORFEITURE.  POINTS NOT WON FOR FAILING TO BOWL THE PRESCRIBED SCORE SHALL NOT BE CREDITED TO EITHER TEAM.  TEAM TOTAL WITHIN 50 POINTS.

 

13.  A COMMITTEE SHALL BE APPOINTED TO DETERMINE WHAT IS

SUFFICIENT CAUSE TO GRANT A POSTPONEMENT.  IN EMERGENCIES, THE CAPTAIN OF THE TEAM UNABLE TO ATTEND SHALL NOTIFY THE OPPOSING TEAM CAPTAIN AND THE SECRETARY OR PRESIDENT OF THE LEAGUE AT THE EARLIEST OPPORTUNITY.  ALL REQUESTS FOR POSTPONEMENTS SHALL BE FILED WITH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS EXCEPT THOSE CAUSED BY EMERGENCIES.

 

 

    14.      BOWLING UNOPPOSED WILL BE ALLOWED.  NO INDIVIDUAL WILL  

               BE ALLOWED TO BOWL ALONE AND ADD SCORES TO A TEAM

               SCORE.  ALL POSTPONED GAMES SHOULD BE MADE UP BEFORE

               THE NEXT WEEK.

 

15.     A BOWLER WHO ARRIVES LATE MAY ENTER THE GAME PROVIDED

HE IS READY WITH SHOES ON AND BALL IN HAND TO BOWL AT 6:45PM.  FRAMES MISSED UP MAY BE MADE UP.  REMEMBER THIS MEANS READY TO BOWL AT 6:45PM NOT ENTERING THE HOUSE AT 6:45PM!!!  THIS RULE SHOULD BE STRICTLY ADHERED TO WITH NO COURTESIES EXTENDED.

 

PACING WILL NOT BE ALLOWED.

 

16.          SCORING WILL BE DONE ON THE EIGHT POINT SYSTEM.  EACH TEAM WILL EARN TWO POINTS FOR EACH GAME WON AND TWO POINTS FOR SERIES. 

 

  16A.  FOR THE FINAL NIGHT OF BWLING WE WILL USE THE EIGHT POINT

            SYSTEM WITH TWO POINTS AWARDED PER GAME  AND TWO POINTS

            FOR SERIES TO THE WINNING TEAM.

 

            IF TWO TEAMS TIE FOR POINTS THERE WILL BE A ONE GAME ROLL

            OFF WITH TOTAL PINS WITH HANDICAP DETERMINING THE WINNER.

            

 

                    POSITION TIES WILL SPLIT PRIZE MONIES.

 

17.         NO PRACTICING ALLOWED ON YOUR SCHEDULED LANES ONE

HOUR PRIOR TO THE SCHEDULED MATCH.

 

18.       PLEASE TURN IN MONEY ENVELOPES TO THE TREASURER BY

THE END OF THE THIRD FRAME OF THE FIRST GAME.

 

19.         IF A TEAM OR INDIVIDUAL MUST RESIGN FROM A LEAGUE

DURING THE SEASON, TWO WEEKS NOTICE PLUS TWO WEEKS PAYMENT MUST BE GIVEN TO  THE LEAGUE.

 

 

 

CELL PHONE COURTESY IS REQUIRED.  NO CELL PHONES IN THE PIT AREA AND NO TALKING ON BLUE TOOTH OR CELL PHONES IN THE PIT AREA.

 

NO NON BOWLERS ALLOWED IN THE PIT AREA.

 

BY THE 32ND WEEK OF BOWLING ALL LEAGUE MONIES

MUST BE PAID OR THEY WILL BE DEDUCTED FROM THE TEAM PRIZE FUND.

 

NO PAY NO PLAY RULE APPLIES AND MAY BE ENFORCED IF YOU GET BEHIND IN YOUR LEAGUE

FEES.