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JaxBowlingGuy
05-06-2009, 01:18 PM
Just wanted to throw this out there that every month in central FL the Florida Bowlers Classic tournament is held. Its a $3,000 handicap trny that also has a $1,200 doubles as well. Check out the site for all the details. www.floridabowlersclassic.com

JaxBowlingGuy
05-11-2009, 04:35 PM
FL classic is this weekend.. anyone going?? I know ill be there...lol

kev3inp
05-12-2009, 04:58 AM
A little too far away for me. In distance and my ability! :)

JaxBowlingGuy
06-13-2009, 06:54 PM
Well shot the florida classic this morning.. Got in with the auto cut for being the high set 1st squad.. When i left after the 3rd shift i was still 2nd high and only beat by 3 pins.. Hopefully 3 grand comin my way tomorrow.. :-)

JaxBowlingGuy
06-14-2009, 09:52 PM
finished 6th out of 221.. got into the top 16 cut and seemed to forgot how to bowl..lol... and this month was the usbc open pattern.. It really made alot of good bowlers look stupid..lol

bowl1820
06-14-2009, 10:13 PM
Well 6th is not a bad finish.

JaxBowlingGuy
06-14-2009, 10:26 PM
not really... butttt 5th is where the cut is for good $$.lol 6-10 is $100 each.. 5th is 200.. 4th $400... 3rd $750.. 2nd $1500.. 1st $3000... next month is at the only center that I havent made the cut at, but then again it was my 1st one of these when i missed the cut.. so not too worried

mrbill
06-15-2009, 02:09 PM
finished 6th out of 221.. got into the top 16 cut and seemed to forgot how to bowl..lol... and this month was the usbc open pattern.. It really made alot of good bowlers look stupid..lol

That's a great Finish StormBowler, How many Tournaments have you been in?
Did you get in on more then 1 BRACKET?
And do you ever do Doubles?
I never tried to get in on any Tournaments but this next one in long wood in July I am thinking of going to.
I'm worried I'll do something wrong and not get to bowl lol:o
My League Avg is 166 but I've been practicing a lot and I'm hitting 200's a lot.
It would be nice to and a friend to show me the ropes:) so let me know if your going to the long wood Tourney in July Storm.

JaxBowlingGuy
06-15-2009, 04:01 PM
i shoot at all of them.. actually ill for sure b e there next month since longwood was my 1st and the only one that i didnt make the cut at..ugh.. but yea i shoot doubles too. i was like 9th this month in doubles and 4th, 5th, and 6th last month in doubles and 13th in the singles... i do 10 brackets per squad... i always shoot the 1st squad on saturday and then doubles for the next 2... its a really good trny though...

mrbill
06-15-2009, 07:16 PM
i shoot at all of them.. actually ill for sure b e there next month since longwood was my 1st and the only one that i didnt make the cut at..ugh.. but yea i shoot doubles too. i was like 9th this month in doubles and 4th, 5th, and 6th last month in doubles and 13th in the singles... i do 10 brackets per squad... i always shoot the 1st squad on saturday and then doubles for the next 2... its a really good trny though...

Maybe you can give me some schooling on some things.
1. Do you get to bowl more for the more brackets you enter?
2. Do you need to bring a partner to enter in doubles?
3. whats the advantage to entering more brackets?
4. do you have a choice on when to bowl, or do they call a # or something?
5. Do you bring anyone with you or is it distracting?
Thanks for posting about this tourney too I love competition and Ive been wanting to get in on the action, I'm excited:D

JaxBowlingGuy
06-15-2009, 10:03 PM
Maybe you can give me some schooling on some things.
1. Do you get to bowl more for the more brackets you enter?
2. Do you need to bring a partner to enter in doubles?
3. whats the advantage to entering more brackets?
4. do you have a choice on when to bowl, or do they call a # or something?
5. Do you bring anyone with you or is it distracting?
Thanks for posting about this tourney too I love competition and Ive been wanting to get in on the action, I'm excited:D


1) The brackets are all based off the 3 game series for that squad. Kind of like a tournament within a tournament

2) You can pick people up there for doubles if you want. Doubles is optional. You dont have to bowl both singles and doubles. You can but not needed. You can bowl just singles or just doubles if you want as well.

3) The more brackets you enter the more $$ you can win. "$25 for winning and $10 for 2nd".. Also the more you enter the better the chance of getting through to the next games since you will be paired against different people so you may lose a couple but win others and get to continue.

4) You have the choice when to bowl. There are 2 cuts on saturday with 3 squads in each cut and 1 cut on sunday, also with 3 squads in the cut. There are 3 "autocuts". This is where the top series with handicap for the 11:30 am and 7pm saturday cut, and 10am sunday cut make to to the semi at 3pm on sunday without having to wait out the board. If you dont get the auto cut then you are placed on a board with a advance ratio of 1 out of 6. usually about 15-20 make it per cut along with high senior, high female, and high scratch male.

5) I bring my gf every month. Some months she bowls but others she just comes and i get her to keep my score book :-).. she doesnt really like to bowl due to not getting and handicap (215 ave).. I have bought a good amount of my pins..lol Every tournament that you dont make the top 16 cut you get 1 bonus pin added each game for the next month. Male is capped at 50 pins a game and female is 60..


Any other questions you may have please ask.

mrbill
06-16-2009, 11:16 AM
1) The brackets are all based off the 3 game series for that squad. Kind of like a tournament within a tournament

2) You can pick people up there for doubles if you want. Doubles is optional. You dont have to bowl both singles and doubles. You can but not needed. You can bowl just singles or just doubles if you want as well.

3) The more brackets you enter the more $$ you can win. "$25 for winning and $10 for 2nd".. Also the more you enter the better the chance of getting through to the next games since you will be paired against different people so you may lose a couple but win others and get to continue.

4) You have the choice when to bowl. There are 2 cuts on saturday with 3 squads in each cut and 1 cut on sunday, also with 3 squads in the cut. There are 3 "autocuts". This is where the top series with handicap for the 11:30 am and 7pm saturday cut, and 10am sunday cut make to to the semi at 3pm on sunday without having to wait out the board. If you dont get the auto cut then you are placed on a board with a advance ratio of 1 out of 6. usually about 15-20 make it per cut along with high senior, high female, and high scratch male.

5) I bring my gf every month. Some months she bowls but others she just comes and i get her to keep my score book :-).. she doesnt really like to bowl due to not getting and handicap (215 ave).. I have bought a good amount of my pins..lol Every tournament that you dont make the top 16 cut you get 1 bonus pin added each game for the next month. Male is capped at 50 pins a game and female is 60..


Any other questions you may have please ask.

Yeah I always have questions:p

Um, Do you pay when you get to the center, or can you pay up front by pay pal or CC?
So the pricing is $50 per bracket you enter and the forth bracket is only $10 more.
And you said you do 10 brackets per squad so that $320 for the day if my math is right, and that gives you 8 chances to win?
Then lets say 6 out of your 8 chances beats the players in those brackets you get back $150
Then what if 2 of you brackets get into the top 5, can you win $400 for both?
And If you bowl on sat morning 3 games is that all the bowling you do the whole day unless you do doubles?
and if so can you bowl more on Sunday if you wanna do more brackets, Like if your first 3 games kinda stank:(
And do you have to wait till Sunday night to find out if you placed?
And for me as a first timer do you think I should go for a lot of brackets or start off slow because I know I'm gonna be really excited:eek: my Ave is 166 and in my new league I bowled 6 games so far and that Avg is 177 but when I practice i bowl 180's 200's but some times i go off the deep end with like a 144 or something.
And Will they go by my winter league #'s of 166 or the new league 6 game #'s of 177?

JaxBowlingGuy
06-16-2009, 12:08 PM
ill have to reply to this one when i get home tonight due to being on my phone right now..but ill give you a quick reply... its $50 per squad (3games) thats the actual tournament... after entering the tournamnet you can get into brackets for $5 a peice.. so bacically each singles squad i bowl cost me $100... the brackets are not needed, but just a way to get a little extra $$$ if you win them.. the brackets have nothing to do with the making the cut itself... if your series is high enough you can just wait till the end of the cut and seeif you make it or if its not too good then you can bowl again...

the averages are based off of your book ave and your 21 or more current.. they take the 2 averages, add them, then divide by 2.. thats your ave the handicap would be based off.. for example if you get 21 games in before the trny and you still average 177 then it would be that plus 166.. 343.. then divided by 2 is a 171.5 average.. so you would get 44 pins a game and 132 per set... hope this helps some.. ill look at this thread again when i get home on a computer to try to add more info that i may have missed...

JaxBowlingGuy
06-16-2009, 08:54 PM
and you pay there by either cash or credit card with a $3 charge

mrbill
06-17-2009, 02:37 PM
ill have to reply to this one when i get home tonight due to being on my phone right now..but ill give you a quick reply... its $50 per squad (3games) thats the actual tournament... after entering the tournamnet you can get into brackets for $5 a peice.. so bacically each singles squad i bowl cost me $100... the brackets are not needed, but just a way to get a little extra $$$ if you win them.. the brackets have nothing to do with the making the cut itself... if your series is high enough you can just wait till the end of the cut and seeif you make it or if its not too good then you can bowl again...

the averages are based off of your book ave and your 21 or more current.. they take the 2 averages, add them, then divide by 2.. thats your ave the handicap would be based off.. for example if you get 21 games in before the trny and you still average 177 then it would be that plus 166.. 343.. then divided by 2 is a 171.5 average.. so you would get 44 pins a game and 132 per set... hope this helps some.. ill look at this thread again when i get home on a computer to try to add more info that i may have missed...

Oh I see now:o
That's way cheaper then I thought:) Looks like I'm gonna be going to these Turnys now and afford it too :p

JaxBowlingGuy
06-17-2009, 02:47 PM
lol well make sure to keep in contact and we can meet up down there..

mrbill
06-17-2009, 08:56 PM
lol well make sure to keep in contact and we can meet up down there..

Yeah, Maybe if you don't have a doubles partner we can kick some butt and show em how us BowlingBoards.com forum dwellers do:p

Jrock4207
06-22-2009, 07:52 PM
Storm usually has a couple of doubles partners...but its all good cuz you can bowl with several different people if you want so you can try to cash in a few different spots. Its a a lot of fun and there are a lot of cool people there. I have bowled FBC every month for the last 6 or 7 months now and I love it. Done decent, made a bit of money for the little I have put in. Hope to see ya around there Mr Bill

mrbill
06-22-2009, 09:50 PM
Storm usually has a couple of doubles partners...but its all good cuz you can bowl with several different people if you want so you can try to cash in a few different spots. Its a a lot of fun and there are a lot of cool people there. I have bowled FBC every month for the last 6 or 7 months now and I love it. Done decent, made a bit of money for the little I have put in. Hope to see ya around there Mr Bill

Can't wait to be in my first tourney. I want to meet you guys and I know I'm gonna have a lot of fun, I like winning and you guys seem like you love to win as well..

I practice almost every day and today I bowled 2 games and knocked out a 206 and a 215:) I'm getting better and better and my once Avg of 166 is now a 177 :) I'm never gonna stop and I want a nice 225 avg some day:rolleyes:

JaxBowlingGuy
06-22-2009, 09:53 PM
dont we all..lol i look forward to meeting you..

Jrock4207
06-30-2009, 06:23 PM
me as well

JaxBowlingGuy
07-08-2009, 12:23 PM
mrbill.... what squad are you bowling 1st?

mrbill
07-08-2009, 02:57 PM
mrbill.... what squad are you bowling 1st?

From what I've read from your post here if i got it right theres 3 squads on sat and 3 on sun.
I'm not sure realy, maybe the 1st one on sat to see if I do well, then maybe again once on sun too. also I want to try somthing simular to what you do with the brackets..
I bowled League last night and had to do the 1 step drill, I got a 201 on my 2nd game and I think my knee is almost better, I got league tonight and so I'm hopeing for the best....

JaxBowlingGuy
07-08-2009, 03:02 PM
there are 6 squads saturday.. the 1st 3 is the 1st cut... and the 2nd 3 are the 2nd cut.. (early and late cut)... then 1 cut sunday morning (3 squads).. i usually bowl the 1st 2 squads saturday then off to the hotel to get ready for sunday...

JaxBowlingGuy
07-08-2009, 04:07 PM
also have you filled out the application on the website for the trny?? it will say you from needing to do it there

mrbill
07-08-2009, 04:37 PM
also have you filled out the application on the website for the trny?? it will say you from needing to do it there

I filled it out weeks ago, I hope I did it right:eek:

JaxBowlingGuy
07-15-2009, 03:33 PM
I filled it out weeks ago, I hope I did it right:eek:

3 days left...lol...prob friday night ill message u my cell # to give me a call when u ge there...that way if u bowl the 1st squad we can get the same lane...

mrbill
07-15-2009, 09:58 PM
3 days left...lol...prob friday night ill message u my cell # to give me a call when u ge there...that way if u bowl the 1st squad we can get the same lane...

Sounds like a plan, I Cant wait to roll...
I just rolled a 614 series tonight in league, I hope I can do better at the turney:D

JaxBowlingGuy
07-15-2009, 10:00 PM
Sounds like a plan, I Cant wait to roll...
I just rolled a 614 series tonight in league, I hope I can do better at the turney:D


I just shot my lowest series this summer in my league tonight... 589..lol ugh... lost 2 pins on the ave

JaxBowlingGuy
07-18-2009, 09:43 AM
well its tournament day once again.... i left jacksonvile about 30 min ago and now comin up on palm coast... gps says 96 miles to go.... gotta love the writing a reply while driving down the road... well i look forward to meeting Mrbill tomorrow... i may or may not write a blog while im down here... i brought the laptop...

mrbill
07-18-2009, 06:27 PM
well its tournament day once again.... i left jacksonvile about 30 min ago and now comin up on palm coast... gps says 96 miles to go.... gotta love the writing a reply while driving down the road... well i look forward to meeting Mrbill tomorrow... i may or may not write a blog while im down here... i brought the laptop...

I just got back in from Boca and I can't wait to bowl sunday. I just wish I was able to bowl with Storm on sat and see him in action. I'm sure There will be many more Turneys and chances..
I'm nervous But I'm gonna try my best on sun to roll high and stay relaxed...
Good Luck Robert:cool:

JaxBowlingGuy
07-18-2009, 07:40 PM
blog is updated and have also added scorebook... this month is a modified PBA TOC pattern..

http://bowlingboards.com/blog.php?b=6

JaxBowlingGuy
08-18-2009, 11:23 AM
Florida Classic is this weekend... whos going???

mrbill
08-18-2009, 10:21 PM
Florida Classic is this weekend... whos going???

I just tamed my Jig Saw and Rolled a 221 and a 244 in practice, This ball does what I say:p

You know I'm Going:D

mrbill
08-20-2009, 01:33 PM
(Semoran Lanes Aug Tourney)
I went to Semoran lanes for the first time to look around and bowl a few games and get use to the atmosphere.
Come to find out I bowled with the manager on my Tue night league;)
he would not tell me much But he did say "It would be 38' and oily on the out side" (His own mixture)
He also said the Admins of the tourney told him to make up what ever he wanted ^^^^^^^^^^^^:rolleyes:

The lanes there for me where oily to begin with so its gonna be a fun day on sat:eek:

JaxBowlingGuy
08-20-2009, 11:23 PM
2 days left

JaxBowlingGuy
08-21-2009, 04:17 PM
mrbill... do you still have my #? if so send me a message in the morning when u get there.. im usually there around 1045ish

mrbill
08-21-2009, 06:31 PM
mrbill... do you still have my #? if so send me a message in the morning when u get there.. im usually there around 1045ish

Yeah I still got it.
10:45 sounds like a good time to get there too.
I told a few players at my league about how Doubles are only $30.00 per. One guy said he might come:(
I want to get in as many brackets as I can, I only won one last time, but it felt so good:)

What time you driving out to Orlando may I ask?

JaxBowlingGuy
08-21-2009, 10:26 PM
Yeah I still got it.
10:45 sounds like a good time to get there too.
I told a few players at my league about how Doubles are only $30.00 per. One guy said he might come:(
I want to get in as many brackets as I can, I only won one last time, but it felt so good:)

What time you driving out to Orlando may I ask?

ill prolly leave here around 830 or 9 at latest

JaxBowlingGuy
09-22-2009, 02:23 PM
The next trny is this weekend.. Anyone new going???