BritishCorporative Bowling
BRITISHCOMPANIES TENPIN BOWLING CHAMPIONSHIPS
SUNDAY THE28TH OF JANUARY 2007
at The Bowl,Wirral Leisure Park, Welton Road, Bromborough, CH62 3PN, www.thebowl.co.uk
with
ADDITIONALMIXED DOUBLES EVENT HELD ON SATURDAY THE 27TH OF JANUARY
Prize Fund£3500
Prize Fundis based on 42 teams, 12 Ladies Doubles and 20 Mixed Doubles of which sixteenteams and seven Ladies doubles and two Mixed Doubles will be eligible torepresent Great Britain in the European Finals in Coventry, England to be heldfrom 16th May until 19th May 2007
See www.bec.org.uk for full details
EntryRules
PLAYING RULES
1. Thegeneral playing rules and tournament rules of the BTBA plus the followingspecial rules will govern this Tournament.
2. Allteams participating in the tournament must wear a bowling shirt with eithertheir company name or logo on display. Failure to comply with this rule mayresult in disqualification from the Tournament.
3. TheFour-Person team will be played on both days if necessary with the LadiesDoubles event being played on the 28th January 2007 and the Mixed Doubles eventwill be played on the 27th January 2007. All events will take placeat Bromborough Bowl (see opposite for bowling schedule). These teams will bowl6 games, changing lanes after the first 3 games.
ELIGIBILITY
4. Therewill be a Four-Person, male, female, or mixed Team event, a LadiesDoubles event and a Mixed Doubles (Note players entering the Mixed Doubles mayalso play in either the Four-Person Team or Ladies Doubles ).
5. Theplayers of each Four-person Teams, Ladies Doubles and Mixed Doubles must beemployed by the same company (i.e. Banks, Shops, Factories, GovernmentDepartments, based in the UK).
Each memberof the team must be employed, on a continuous basis, by the company as either afull time or part time (minimum 16 hours per week) employee for at least threemonths prior to the closing date. They must be on the Company Payroll forNational Health Contributions and PAYE and the Company, which the personrepresents, must be their principal employer.A person may also be a pensionerof that Company, in receipt of pension payments, even if another companyemploys them.A Company can enter as many teams as they wish into the Tournamentalthough competitors may only enter in one team, either Four-Person Team orLadies Doubles.
6. Noperson may play in this Tournament except those originally entered or suchreplacements as authorised by the team captain and accepted by the TournamentManager prior to the date of the Tournament. Team replacements made on the dayof bowling must enter on scratch and no handicap will be allowed. Allreplacements must be employed by the same Company. Checks will be made with theCompanies Personnel section.
Changes inteam line-up must be notified at least 1 day before bowling times. Proof ofaverage will be required from League Secretaries. See rule 5 above
Once playhas commenced, if a player has to retire through injury/illness a score equalto their entering average less 15% divided by 10 and rounded down will beallocated for each missing frame.
HANDICAPPINGSYSTEM
7. Bowlersshall declare their highest current league average over a minimum of 21 gamesor more (taken at time of entry). Bowlers with no average over 21 games may usetheir last completed league average providing that it is not 5 pins below anycurrent average over any number of games. Bowlers with no average at all shallbe assessed after their first 3 games in the Tournament. Handicaps will bebased on 75% of the difference between entering average and 220. There will bea maximum of 65 pins for men and 75 pins for ladies.
DISPUTES
8. Aprovisional ball shall be rolled in the case of a dispute which cannot besettled on the spot. Any protests must be made verbally to the TournamentManager at the time and confirmed in writing within 72 hours. The TournamentManager's decision shall be final.
The TournamentManager reserves the right to reject or re-rate any entry and his decision onall matters shall be final.
ENTRY FEES (4'S AND DOUBLES)
9. TournamentEntry Fees:
Fours£135.00 - Doubles£67.50 (Both Ladies and Mixed)
(IncludesBEC Registration fee and £15.50 per person prize fund that is returned 100%)
The total entry fee must accompany afully completed entry form and will be non-returnable after squad details havebeen accepted.
Entry forms should be forwarded to theBCB Committee Member Sean Keates, at 16Hunters Road, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 1HE, togetherwith 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 12thJanuary 2007.
SQUAD TIMES
10. Seebelow. Times will be confirmed by 19th January 2007 at the latest.
STYLE OF PLAY
11. Itmust be understood by all competitors that this is a handicap event, but therewill be placings awarded and prizes given to those teams with the highestscratch pinfall in the 4's. There will not be a ladies scratch section or amixed scratch section.
PRIZES
12. Theorder in which teams qualify for the next stage (European Finals) and finalprize positions will be as follows:
a. Theteam with the highest pinfall plus handicap will take the highest handicapposition available. This team will then take no further part in the allocationof positions for that stage of the Tournament. Out of the remaining teams theteam with the highest scratch pinfall will take the highest scratch positionavailable. This team again will take no further part in the allocations of positionsfor that stage of the Tournament. Any remaining positions will then be awardedbetween the rest of the teams based on the same selection criteria.
b. Inthe event of any tied scores, which effect the allocation of positions, then a9th and 10th frame roll-off will decide these positions.
13. TheEuropean 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 inthe European Finals.
TOURNAMENT MANAGER
14. Willbe Sean Keates.
Note: The European Finals are a Scratch event.
SQUAD TIMES
MIXEDDOUBLES - SATURDAY27th January 2007
17:00 Registration
17:15 1st set
18:45 2nd set
20:00 Presentation
LADIES DOUBLES - SUNDAY28th January 2007
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
FOUR PERSON TEAM - SUNDAY28th January 2007
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