Boys' Brigade ~ National 10 Pin Bowling Championships:

2007 Rules

(updated 2nd April 2007)

CHAMPIONSHIP RULES

Note: this years changes are highlighted in blue

1) General

i. The Championship is governed by the West Anglia Battalion of the Boys’ Brigade.

ii. The Championship Administrator (A member of West Anglia Battalion) reserves the right to amend the following rules on the championship day to suit prevailing problems encountered.

iii. Normal ten pin bowling rules apply, with the FOOT FAULT enforced.

iv. In the case of any query/question/dispute - the Championship Administrator's decision will be final.

v. If a team fails to arrive for the start time of a round of bowling without due cause and notification to the Championship Administrator. The Championship Administrator reserve’s the right to start the particular match at the nominated time without the late team. The late team would then be able to join the match but would have forfeited the ends bowled when calculating their scores and deciding the winner of the games and the match.

vi. Bowling Ramps: The use of Bowling Ramps is NOT permitted and any Bowler found using a Bowling Ramp, without given permission by the Championship Administrator will have their scores void.

However; in order to offer an equal opportunity for a competitor to enter the Championship (and where no undue additional performance advantage is gained), A bowler with a disability, may request usage of a Bowling Ramp PRIOR to the event, if it will enable them to compete.

All requests for using the Bowling Ramp must be made to the Championship Administrator – Prior to the event. Each case will be considered carefully.

vii. Gloves: Fingerless gloves may be worn if desired. ie, the grip to the bowling ball must be made via your fingers. Any bowler using gloves that are not fingerless, will find be warned once. A second warning will result in a forfeit of that game to the opposition bowler.

viii. Byes: Up until 2005 any team fortunate enough to find itself without an opponent, was automatically awarded 3 points. From 2005 any such teams will now need to earn their points. After consultation the winning idea was that teams would be paired against a 'Ghost Team' that are playing on the lane next to them. That lane would play their own match. But the Ghost Team's players would also be setting the scores that the 'Bye' team would need to beat in order to score points.

To select the Ghost Team, a coin will be tossed. Head - use Right Lane, Tails - Use Left Lane

To select the opponents - Heads the team playing ABC, Tails the team playing XYZ

2a) Main Championship

i. The Championship will consist of a league stage followed by knockout stage.

ii. The league stage will consist of two leagues with the teams being randomly divided into the two leagues, and will play 3 random matches. The top 6 teams from each league will qualify for the Quarter Finals.

iii. Last years finalists will be seeded to ensure that a max of two of them will be in any one league

iv. All teams in this league will be 1st teams (with an upper age limit of 19 and under) [as of the day of the Championship]

iv. The knockout stage consists of a sixteen team quarter final, an eight team semi-final and a four team final.

v. Each match will consist of two teams except the final, which consists of four teams.

2b) The Alley

i. The Alley will consist of a league stage followed by knockout stage.

ii. The league stage will consist of one league, with 3 random matches.

iii. All teams in this League will be made up of; 2nd and 3rd Teams, up to an upper age Limit of 18 and under [as of 1st Sept 2007]. OR where only entering a 1st Teams AND all bowlers are (13 and Under) [as of 1st Sept 2007]

iv. The Top 3 teams will be promoted to the Main Championships Quarter-Final (See the New Format) for more information

v. The knockout stage consists of a an eight team semi-final and a four team final.

2c) The Wildcard

i. One team that does not finish in the top 6 in the Championship leagues, nor the top 3 of the Alley, but has 5 points or more, and the highest Total Team Pin Score, will receive a WILDCARD entry in the MAIN Championships Quarter Final.

3) Teams

i. Each team consists of 3 players.

ii. The players may be either male or female.

iii. The player’s age must between a lower limit of ³ 11.00 and in the Main Championship an upper limit of < 20.00 and in The Alley an upper limit of < 19.00 at the date of the championship,

iv. The players will bowl in a fixed order during the Championship, according to their position as identified on the team sheet.

v. Team member position is decided when the team sheet is complete. It may be changed on the day of the Championship.

vi. If the team sheet is not returned by the date stated on the team sheet, the Championship Administrator reserves the right for the team to play as “A”, “B” and “C” throughout the Championship.

vii. If the date of birth is not completed on the returned team sheet and /or not given on the day of the Championship, the Championship Administrator reserve’s the right to disqualify player’s whose age is not known.

viii. If a boy bowling does not have his correct name and date of birth registered on the scoring database, the Championship Administrator reserves the right to disqualify the player and make any points scored void (i.e. do not count in the championship).

ix. If a player is disqualified he/she can take no further part in the championship (or if injured and retires) and cannot be replaced with a reserve.

x. The team can continue with the members who are correctly registered (or still fit to bowl) i.e. 2 or 1.

4) League Matches

i. Each team will play three matches, each match is against a randomly selected team from within their league.

ii. Each match consists of 3 games.

iii. Teams will play with player A v A, B v B and C v C on the same lane.

iv. Player A v A is one game, Player B v B is the second game and Player C v C is the third game.

v. At the end of the three random league matches, league tables will be constructed, on the number of games won (1 Pt), drawn games (0.5 pt) and then total accumulated teams score for the three rounds.

vi. If there is still a tie, then the league position will then be decided on the calculated accumulated scores for the three rounds of firstly player A, then player B, then player C.

5a) Knock Out Qualification - Main Championship

i. The top six teams from each of the two qualifying leagues will proceed to the knockout stage of the competition.

ii. The top 3 from The Alley will Qualify for the Main Championship

iii. A Wildcard will gain qualification (see above)

iv. The team position in the qualifying leagues will determine the 'run in' to the final (a form of seeding).

iv. The Knock out stage (Main Championship) seeding is as follows :

QUARTER-FINAL	SEMI-FINAL	GRAND-FINAL
Match A: 1st League ‘A’ v 6th League ‘B’
	Match I: Winner Match A v Winner Match B	Winner Match I
Match B: 3rd League ‘A’ v 3rd League ‘C’
Match C: 1st League ‘C’ v 4th League ‘B’
	Match J: Winner Match C v Winner Match D	Winner Match J
Match D: 5th League ‘A’ v 2nd League ‘B’
Match E: 2nd League ‘A’ v 5th League ‘B’
	Match K: Winner Match E v Winner Match F	Winner Match K
Match F: 4th League ‘A’ v Wildcard
Match G: 2nd League ‘C’ v 3rd League ‘B’
	Match L: Winner Match G v Winner Match H	Winner Match L
Match H: 6th League ‘A’ v 1st League ‘B’

5b) Knock Out Qualification - The Alley

i. The Next top 8 teams from the Alley will proceed to the knockout stage (Kingpin semi-final) of the competition.

iv. The team position in the qualifying leagues will determine the 'run in' to the final (a form of seeding). Highest = 1st, lowest = 8th.

iv. The Knock out stage (The Alley) seeding is as follows :

SEMI-FINAL	GRAND-FINAL
Match A: 1st League 'C' v 8th League ‘C’
	Match I: Winner Match A
Match B: 3rd League ‘C’ v 6th League ‘C’
	Winner Match B
Match C: 5th League ‘C’ v 4th League ‘C’
	Match J: Winner Match C
Match D: 7th League ‘C' v 2nd League ‘C’
	Winner Match D

6) Knock Out Matches

i. In the various quarterfinals and semi-finals matches, games continue to be played as player A v A, B v B and C v C on the same lane.

ii. The team that wins the match, then progresses to the next round.

iii. To win the match, a team must win the most games.

iv. If there is a tie of games won and drawn, the winner will be decided on the calculated, accumulated teams score to date (Including the current round in dispute).

v. If there is still a tie, then winner will then be decided on the calculated accumulated scores to date (including the current round in dispute) of firstly player A, then player B, then player C.

7) Grand-Final (Main Championship & The Alley)

i. The grand-final will be played on two adjacent lanes, with two teams per lane.

ii. The team’s accumulated score in the final will determine the grand-final team positions.

iii. In the eventuality of a tie occurring between two or more teams, once more the accumulated score of the team to date becomes the deciding parameter. (Including the current round in dispute).

iv. If there is still a tie, then the final team positions will be decided on the calculated accumulated scores to date (including the current round in dispute) of firstly player A, then player B, then player C.

8) Officers Championship

i. Any officer or parent / helper attending the Championship is entitled to compete (A competitor).

ii. The duration is one game of bowling.

iii. The winner is the competitor with the highest score from the one game of bowling.

iv. The competitors are allocated to lanes on a first come first serve basis.

v. The number of competitors playing on each lane (up to a maximum of 6) will be decided on the day.

vi. Normal ten pin bowling rules apply , with the FOOT FAULT enforced.

vii. In the case of any query/question/dispute - the Championship Administrator's decision will be final.

viii. If a competitor fails to arrive for the start time of the Championship without due cause and notification to the Championship Administrator. The Championship Administrator reserve’s the right to start the Championship at the nominated time without the late competitor. The late competitor would then be able to join the Championship but would have forfeited the ends bowled when calculating the score and deciding the Champion.

ix. There will be separate male/female competition, starting 2007.

Original Issue: 15th January 1996.

Issue 11: 2nd April 2007

Allan Tresidder
Championship Administrator.

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