The American Place Casino Summer Sweeper Series is back and better than ever!
Welcome to the often imitated, but definitely NEVER duplicated American Place Casino Summer Sweeper Series, where bowlers have a chance to compete with different challenges all summer long for their shot at winning a $1000 Grand Prize! Points are awarded each week based on your performance, and the top-5 point winners of the summer in the main event will have their chance to compete in a stepladder roll off on Sunday, 8/24 for that $1000 Grand Prize! Weekly prize funds and side pots will take place as well, so be sure to get to Country Lanes for all the fun this summer!
This year we have three divisions for the series: Handicapped (main event), Scratch, and Senior (also handicapped). All bowlers will be entered into the main event and scratch divisions with their entry fee. If a bowler qualifies to be in the senior division (age 50 or older), then they will be entered into that division as well. The main event will operate the same for the bowlers as it always has, where there are points awarded based on cuts made, scores, etc. (full details at the bottom). For the new divisions, bowlers will earn points separately for those divisions based solely on their 3 qualifying games of the event. For example, if an event has 35 bowlers, the highest scratch bowler for the three qualifying games will earn 35 points, the 2nd highest scratch bowler will earn 34, etc.
Bowlers also have the ability to double their main event points earned during a single event one time during the entire summer series. Bowlers MUST inform a tournament official of their intent to use their double point night BEFORE their first ball of their first frame of the competition on that night, or their use of the double points will not be allowed. Bowlers are allowed to bowl their warmups in the allotted 10 minutes of practice before each event before notification to a tournament official, however once their first scoring shot has been thrown, their decision to use or not use the double points is locked and can not be changed.
Youth bowlers are eligible to bowl these events! All rules regarding youth bowlers receiving prizes are covered by USBC Rule 400 (
https://images.bowl.com/bowl/media/legacy/internap/bowl/rules/pdfs/USBCRule400.pdf) and will be adhered to by Country Lanes. Please see a tournament official prior to bowling an event for any needed clarification.
All of our events this summer will be live streamed with $2 Phil Brylow and Ten on the Deck Productions! Be ready for exciting guests and fun bowling action that you can follow from anywhere! We are also giving away a Championship bucket from Holz motors to the winner every week, along with the winner getting to claim the weekly championship belt!
Event #6 is going to be a tricky one, as we are going to put out the Kegel Highway to Hell V2 pattern! This pattern is 40-feet, 26.45 mLs of volume, and a 2.21:1 ratio. Almost equal volume in the forward and reverse with a short drop brush means that there will be areas to play the pattern, but it will somewhat tight down lane until hitting the friction at 40 feet. Usually you would want a ball that will pick up in the oil early and not overreact off of the friction that is a few feet shorter than average, but there is a catch this week...
No bowling balls with urethane will be allowed! If the ball has any amount of urethane in the coverstock (as some urethanes are blended), they will not be allowed for this competition! So Purple hammers, black hammers, Pitch Black, IQ U78, Motiv Tank, and all other other urethanes and urethane blends are not allowed for this event. Bowlers will be challenged to find a consistent look with a reactive resin ball of some sort as they navigate the Highway to Hell pattern.
We are also giving away Summerfest tickets to all the bowlers that make the top-9 this week along with one random bowler that doesn't make the initial cut, making a total of 10 Summerfest tickets given away! The top-4 bowlers will each also earn a 12-pack of Leinenkugel's Summer Shandy! Outdoor summer concerts and refreshing beer are both a favorite of our guest in the booth this week....
Our guest in the booth this week will be Matt Duty! Matt is a local bowler, teammate of Proprietor Kevin Meier, and an MA-USBC board member who works very closely with a great local Pro Shop, Bowlers Headquarters! Matt is going to bring with him two certificates for a free detox and resurface at Bowlers Headquarters to be given away to both the top qualifier and the last place qualifier after the initial three games. Matt's years of experience in the local bowling community will undoubtedly make for some spectacular commentary and stories on the live stream this week, so be sure to tune in for all the action and fun!
This event is $30 to enter. $5 goes to Country Lanes for lineage, $5 goes to the season-long payouts for the top 5 point earners of the summer, and $20 goes to the nightly prize fund.
This event, as is the same for all events in the Summer Sweeper Series, is handicapped using 80% of 230 for the basis, so all bowling styles and abilities are welcome! Averages used for the tournament will be the highest sanctioned 21-game average from the most recently completed season, unless the tournament director deems re-rating to a different average to be appropriate based on context, performance, etc. Tournament director has final say on average to be used for the event.
After three games of qualifying, we will cut to the top 18 bowlers. Then we will have bowlers draw for lanes, make a cut to the top 9, then the top 4 for the final game to determine the champion that week!
Points structure:
Make the cut to the top-18 - 1 point
Make the cut to the top-9 - 1 point
Make the cut to the top-4 - 1 point
Winner of the event - 2 points
Highest scratch qualifier in top-18 - 1 point
Highest HDCP qualifier in top-18 - 1 point
Highest scratch score to miss the cut to top-18 - 1 point
Highest HDCP score to miss the cut to the top-18 - 1 point
Check-in starts at 6:00pm.
Event starts at 6:30pm.
You won't find another Summer Sweeper series in the southeastern Wisconsin area that provides our combination of value, fun, prizes, entertainment, and overall great times while giving bowlers a competitive challenge all season long.
We are looking forward to another fun summer of challenges, so be sure to attend the events and rack up those points for your chance at $1000 in the American Place Casino Summer Sweeper Series!
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