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 #7 is aiming at education, as we are featuring a custom oil pattern from the one and only Eric Pierson! (check the discussion section for a copy of the pattern) This pattern is 43-feet long, 30.105 mLs of oil, and sports a 4.61:1 ratio. Don't let the stats fool you, however, as we are introducing variable microliter streams in the pattern to get the loads of oil really dialed in for a fun challenge!
What does all of that mean? Well this week will be your chance to pick the brain of the expert. Eric Pierson is not only one of the greatest oiling minds in the nation (perhaps world?), he is the main oil man for the PBA tour as well and has YEARS of knowledge that he is looking to help impart on bowlers! If you have questions with regards to lane play, oil conditions, topography, surfaces, reading patterns, all of that good stuff, Eric will be available to discuss! As bowlers exit the tournament, Eric will be holding informational sessions to discuss! He will be our guest in the booth this week, so be sure to tune in to the live stream to soak up all the knowledge you can!
For coming out to bowl this event, one lucky random winner will be awarded an entry to the PBA LBC tournament! Eric designed the pattern for this event, and he can definitely help answer any questions you may have!
As far as pattern design and lane conditions go, the guy behind the scenes always tries to remain as neutral as possible, so what better thing to also giveaway than Nutrl seltzers! We will have 4-packs of Lime, Black Cherry, and Strawberry as prizes for the top-4 as well!
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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