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*Event Details*
- *Date:* Sunday, November 16th
- *Location:* Continental Lanes, Kalamazoo, Michigan
- *Check-in:* 10am - 10:45am
- *Start Time:* 11:00 am
- *Cost:*
- Members: $30/bowler
- Non-members: $40/bowler
- *Optional Mulligan Cards:*
- 1 for $5
- 2 for $10
- 7 for $20
- Separate cards for qualifying and match play
- 100% of Mulligan sales goes into the prize fund
*Membership Information*
- *Annual Membership:* $20/bowler annually
- *New Member Benefits:*
- $10 in bowling ball raffle cards on the day of membership purchase
- Must check-in 15 minutes before the end of check-in
*Format*
- *Baker Doubles Event:* 7 Total games of qualifying.
- *Average: Combined Tream average ÷ by two.
- *Handicap:* 80% of 210/Team
- *Game Formats:*
- Games 1 & 2: 8-pin no-tap
- Games 3 & 4: 9-pin no-tap
- Games 5 & 6: 3-6-9 format
- Final Game 7: Regular game
- *Average:* Highest composite average from last two years
- *10-pin Rule:* Bowlers must report if their current average is 10+ pins higher with 21 games
*Mulligan Rules*
- *Qualifying Mulligans:* Can be purchased until the end of practice
- No Mulligan use in Games 1 & 2
- Good for first ball only, no respots
- No more than 2 Mulligans per game,
- 7 Mulligans/team for all 7 games
- No back-to-back frame use
(10th and 12th frames is allowed)
- *Match Play Mulligans:* Limited to 3 total Mulligans per Team for the entire match play
*Payouts and Match Play*
- *Payouts:* 1:6 total field entries
- *Match Play:* Top 8 teams advance to seeded single-elimination bracket
- *Match Play Format:* 2 Baker games per match
*Side Action*
- *Progressive Mystery Game:* $10, pot divided by 3
- *Handicap Blind Drawn Doubles:* $20, 1:6 payout after 1st 6 game Series
- *Brackets:* $5 (200 avg and below)
$5 Scratch,
$5 Open handicap reverse
Foward will be Games:
3-4-5 and 5-6-7
Reverse will be games: 7-6-5 only
- *High Game Pots:* $20 handicap,
$20 scratch
*High game pots Only Run Games 3-6
- *7-Game Total Side Pot:* $30, pays
1:6 spots
*Strike Pots and Raffles*
- *Strike Pots:* No Strike Pots this event
- *50/50 Drawing:*
Profits added to Event prize fund
- *Ball Raffle:* Profits added to season finals prize fund
*Qualifying for Season Finals*
- *Automatic Advancement:* Top qualifier and event winner(s)
- *Other Qualifiers:* Bowl 4+ events, make top 8 in singles match play, make top 4 in doubles match play, throw a natural 300 game, or bowl a natural 800 series in qualifying for the 1st 3 games.
*Rules and Tournament Directors*
- *USBC and NEI tournament guidelines/modified rules and NEI's code of conduct rules apply*
- *Tournament Directors:* Brad Damron (260-573-5119), Maggie Johnson (260-233-1034)
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