SUNDAY THE
28TH OF JANUARY 2007
at The Bowl,
Wirral Leisure Park, Welton Road, Bromborough, CH62 3PN, www.thebowl.co.uk
with
ADDITIONAL
MIXED DOUBLES EVENT HELD ON SATURDAY THE 27TH OF JANUARY
Prize Fund
£3500
Prize Fund
is based on 42 teams, 12 Ladies Doubles and 20 Mixed Doubles of which sixteen
teams and seven Ladies doubles and two Mixed Doubles will be eligible to
represent Great Britain in the European Finals in Coventry, England to be held
from 16th May until 19th May 2007
See www.bec.org.uk for full details
Entry
Rules
PLAYING RULES
1. The
general playing rules and tournament rules of the BTBA plus the following
special rules will govern this Tournament.
2. All
teams participating in the tournament must wear a bowling shirt with either
their company name or logo on display. Failure to comply with this rule may
result in disqualification from the Tournament.
3. The
Four-Person team will be played on both days if necessary with the Ladies
Doubles event being played on the 28th January 2007 and the Mixed Doubles event
will be played on the 27th January 2007. All events will take place
at Bromborough Bowl (see opposite for bowling schedule). These teams will bowl
6 games, changing lanes after the first 3 games.
ELIGIBILITY
4. There
will be a Four-Person, male, female, or mixed Team event, a Ladies
Doubles event and a Mixed Doubles (Note players entering the Mixed Doubles may
also play in either the Four-Person Team or Ladies Doubles ).
5. The
players of each Four-person Teams, Ladies Doubles and Mixed Doubles must be
employed by the same company (i.e. Banks, Shops, Factories, Government
Departments, based in the UK).
Each member
of the team must be employed, on a continuous basis, by the company as either a
full time or part time (minimum 16 hours per week) employee for at least three
months prior to the closing date. They must be on the Company Payroll for
National Health Contributions and PAYE and the Company, which the person
represents, must be their principal employer.A person may also be a pensioner
of that Company, in receipt of pension payments, even if another company
employs them.A Company can enter as many teams as they wish into the Tournament
although competitors may only enter in one team, either Four-Person Team or
Ladies Doubles.
6. No
person may play in this Tournament except those originally entered or such
replacements as authorised by the team captain and accepted by the Tournament
Manager prior to the date of the Tournament. Team replacements made on the day
of bowling must enter on scratch and no handicap will be allowed. All
replacements must be employed by the same Company. Checks will be made with the
Companies Personnel section.
Changes in
team line-up must be notified at least 1 day before bowling times. Proof of
average will be required from League Secretaries. See rule 5 above
Once play
has commenced, if a player has to retire through injury/illness a score equal
to their entering average less 15% divided by 10 and rounded down will be
allocated for each missing frame.
HANDICAPPING
SYSTEM
7. Bowlers
shall declare their highest current league average over a minimum of 21 games
or more (taken at time of entry). Bowlers with no average over 21 games may use
their last completed league average providing that it is not 5 pins below any
current average over any number of games. Bowlers with no average at all shall
be assessed after their first 3 games in the Tournament. Handicaps will be
based on 75% of the difference between entering average and 220. There will be
a maximum of 65 pins for men and 75 pins for ladies.
DISPUTES
8. A
provisional ball shall be rolled in the case of a dispute which cannot be
settled on the spot. Any protests must be made verbally to the Tournament
Manager at the time and confirmed in writing within 72 hours. The Tournament
Manager's decision shall be final.
The Tournament
Manager reserves the right to reject or re-rate any entry and his decision on
all matters shall be final.
ENTRY FEES (4'S AND DOUBLES)
9. Tournament
Entry Fees:
Fours
£135.00 - Doubles
£67.50 (Both Ladies and Mixed)
(Includes
BEC Registration fee and £15.50 per person prize fund that is returned 100%)
The total entry fee must accompany a
fully completed entry form and will be non-returnable after squad details have
been accepted.
Entry forms should be forwarded to the
BCB Committee Member Sean Keates, at 16
Hunters Road, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 1HE, together
with the relevant entry fee, cheques are to be made payable to
"British Corporate Bowling". For further details please email: raftba_toursec@yahoo.co.uk. The closing date for entries is the 12th
January 2007.
10. See
below. Times will be confirmed by 19th January 2007 at the latest.
11. It
must be understood by all competitors that this is a handicap event, but there
will be placings awarded and prizes given to those teams with the highest
scratch pinfall in the 4's. There will not be a ladies scratch section or a
mixed scratch section.
PRIZES
12. The
order in which teams qualify for the next stage (European Finals) and final
prize positions will be as follows:
a. The
team with the highest pinfall plus handicap will take the highest handicap
position available. This team will then take no further part in the allocation
of positions for that stage of the Tournament. Out of the remaining teams the
team with the highest scratch pinfall will take the highest scratch position
available. This team again will take no further part in the allocations of positions
for that stage of the Tournament. Any remaining positions will then be awarded
between the rest of the teams based on the same selection criteria.
b. In
the event of any tied scores, which effect the allocation of positions, then a
9th and 10th frame roll-off will decide these positions.
13. The
European Finals will be a scratch event only for the Four-Person Team Event,
the Ladies Event and Mixed Event. Players may only enter one event in
the European Finals.
TOURNAMENT MANAGER
14. Will
be Sean Keates.
17:00
Registration
17:15
1st set
18:45
2nd set
20:00
Presentation
10:45
Registration
11:15
Squad A - 1st set - Up to 6 teams bowl 3 games.
12:20
Squad B - 1st set - Up to 6 teams bowl 3 games.
13:25
Lane Maintenance
16:45
Squad A - 2nd set - Up to 6 teams bowl 3 games.
17:55
Squad B - 2nd set - Up to 6 teams bowl 3 games.
19:30
Presentation
08:00
Registration
08:30
Squad A - 1st set - Up to 24 teams bowl 3 games.
10:40
Lane Maintenance
11:15
Squad B - 1st set - Up to 18 teams bowl 3 games.
13:25
Lane Maintenance
14:00
Squad A - 2nd set - Up to 24 teams bowl 3 games.
16:10
Lane Maintenance
16:45
Squad B - 2nd set - Up to 18 teams bowl 3 games.
19:30
Presentation