Official iBowlStrikes | Bowling200.com Handicap Doubles Tournament Rules - May 2014 1. To bowl in this tournament you must be a current USBC Member with Card-ID# (You may be asked to show Regular ID) 2. This is a handicap doubles bowling tournament with optional scratch singles, optional handicap singles, and optional women's handicap singles. 3. Handicap ratio: 90% of 210 - Composite USBC 2012/13 book average of 21 games or more. If no USBC 2012/13 book average, we may consider using your 2013 Highest Summer book average of 21 games or more. If no last year average, or summer, we may consider using your current 2013/14 winter average of 21 games or more. (Please bring a league standings sheet as proof) - Bowlers who do not meet the above requirement will bowl scratch. - Sports League averages are not allowed. If you have a Sports Bowling League average, we will adjust the submitted average according to the USBC Average Adjustment Scale at Bowl.com - At the tournament director's discretion, we may re-rate bowlers that have increased their average 15 (or more) pins in the last year. We may also re-rate bowlers that have bowled in other Bowling200.com tournaments in the last year who have consistently averaged 10 or more pins over their book average. Bowlers that have been re-rated by other tournaments may have to use their re-rated tournament at the director's discretion.  Please inform us if you have been re-rated for a tournament. 4. A Doubles Team may be any combination of male or female bowlers. 4b. Max Handicap per game: 45 for men | 55 for women 5. Max Team (and Alibi Team) total average allowed: 435 6. Important: The Maximum Handicap score per game by a single bowler allowed is 300. (This includes Sidepots, Brackets, Singles, and Doubles participation) 7. Prize fund for Doubles Entry will be returned 100%. Itemized $30 Entry; $18.50 Prize fund, $6.50, Lineage, $5 Expenses. For $25 Entry: $15 to Prize fund 8. Bowlers may re-enter the tournament and cash more than once, but may only cash 1 time with the same partner. 9. Bowlers may only win 1 (one) place in side pots for each division - Handicap and Scratch. 10. It is the bowler's responsibility to verify the accuracy of his or her own average. Failure to use proper average shall disqualify scores if the submitted average is lower than the actual average. 11. The tournament directors may add additional Squads during the course of the tournament as deemed necessary. 12. We ask that Bowlers do not record their own scores. Opposing team bowlers or Staff at your pair of lanes can record your scores. If you are unsure, please contact tournament staff or bowling center staff. 13. Profanity, Cheating or abuse of equipment is not allowed. 14. Tournament Directors reserve the right to re-rate or reject any entry 15. Decisions of the Tournament directors shall be final 16. Current PBA Cardholders are not permitted to participate in this tournament, unless the membership expired before 2013. 17. 1 in 10 Team Entries will cash in Handicap Doubles (over 50 Bowlers cashed in our last tournament). 18. Should the May Bowling200 Tournament event be cancelled due to weather or any other circumstance beyond the tournament's control, The Bowling200.com Tournament will endeavor to set new dates for the event to make up for any possible lost tournament days. Very Important: It shall be the Bowler's responsibility to inform the Tournament Directors if his or her average has been re-rated or adjusted. The re-rated and/or adjusted average may be used during the tournament. Failure to inform the tournament directors of re-rated averages may result in a disqualification. Bowlers are responsible for verifying his/her average whether submitted by the bowler, the team or others. If the submitted average is lower than required and results in lower classification or more handicap, the bowlers scores are disqualified.The tournament managers or directors reserve the right to reject any entry or re-rate any bowler. The decision of the tournament directors shall be final. If the bowler does not accept the re-rate average, the entry fee shall be refunded.