SUNDAY THE 2nd OF DECEMBER 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 1ST OF DECEMBER
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 Palermo, Italy in May 2008.
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 2nd December 2007 and the Mixed Doubles event will be played on
the1st December 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 £140.00 - Doubles
£70.00 (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 FS Keates (G8245874), J5
CMD, SHAPE, BFPO 26 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 25th
November 2007.
10. See below.
Times will be confirmed by 26th November 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