New Year's Day Alton Scratch Trios-Bowl Haven Lanes-Alton, IL-team check in BEFORE 9:30am

2025 Captains/Teams that participated: You get first dibs at entries through the end of November!

-The 2026 event will be $150.00 per person / $450.00 per team
-2025 Captains: Teams must pay their COMPLETE entry by 11/30/2025 to keep your spots. You can pay either Mark Jones, Bill Netzhammer at Bowl Haven Lanes and/or Joe La Botte. You can also pay with credit card (fees will apply) to Bowl Haven Lanes. Please let Mark or Bill know before calling to confirm. Entries not refundable unless a full team pays to replace.

-check in 8:30-9:30, practice 9:45, start at 10:00am
-Format: All trios teams roll eight games. Left starting lanes go left, right starting lanes go right. We will then cut to the TOP SIX (with a full field of 24, will go down if less teams but sounds unlikely due to the demand from 2025). During the baker scoring finals, the top 3 / 1-3 qualifiers will be on the left lanes, bottom 3 / 4-6 will be on the right lanes. Top qualifiers will bowl lower qualifiers. Baker matches will be two game total series, one full game on each of the lanes, with 30 bonus points for a win. Left lane will go left, right lane will go right just like qualifying. After three - two game baker matches, we will have a position round with the same two game baker match with 30 bonus points, total all day with bonus determines placing. The new finals format will allow all six teams to roll on all three pairs used in the finals equally before the position round.

Estimated prize fund with full field of 24 teams & no added funds:
1. 3000 / 1000 each
2. 1500 / 500 each
3. 1200 / 400 each
4. 1080 / 360 each
5. 960 / 320 each
6. 900 / 300 each

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