sprocket
03-29-2013, 12:53 PM
My idea is for a Sunday morning sweeper held once a month or maybe every two weeks. Five games across 10 lanes. Top four bowl stepladder.
Handicap is 80% based on 250 scratch. Handicap is limited to 50 pins per game. Tournament director (me) reserves the right to rerate a bower's average. I may keep a running tournament average for all bowlers, like a league.
I've ran this tournament in the past but not with this handicap system. I couldn't draw as many bowlers as I wanted. This is an attempt to draw fairly serious bowers to a tournament where they all feel they could win against anyone else bowling. The 230 average bowler would only have a slight advantage over the 190 average bowler and only if he is really on top of his game that day.
For me personally, I don't bowl any tournaments right now. I feel they are all either too expensive or take too much time or I can compete well with my average. I would love to see something like this. I would bowl for sure. I won't though, if I am the director, but I know there are others like me who would be very interested.
I would keep the cost fairly low. I know money is tight for most folks right now. I just want it to be low enough to get them to show up, but high enough to make it worth it.
Handicap is 80% based on 250 scratch. Handicap is limited to 50 pins per game. Tournament director (me) reserves the right to rerate a bower's average. I may keep a running tournament average for all bowlers, like a league.
I've ran this tournament in the past but not with this handicap system. I couldn't draw as many bowlers as I wanted. This is an attempt to draw fairly serious bowers to a tournament where they all feel they could win against anyone else bowling. The 230 average bowler would only have a slight advantage over the 190 average bowler and only if he is really on top of his game that day.
For me personally, I don't bowl any tournaments right now. I feel they are all either too expensive or take too much time or I can compete well with my average. I would love to see something like this. I would bowl for sure. I won't though, if I am the director, but I know there are others like me who would be very interested.
I would keep the cost fairly low. I know money is tight for most folks right now. I just want it to be low enough to get them to show up, but high enough to make it worth it.