Maine State Candlepin Bowling Proprietors Assocation
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Candlepin Bowling
Candlepins
Singles
Doubles
Mixed Doubles
Mixed Teams
Mixed Teams
Teams
Mixed Teams
Teams
Teams
Teams
Pearson Classic
Results
MSCBA
EVENT DATE HOUSE
SINGLES OCT 17, 18 SACO VALLEY SPORTS CENTER Fryeburg
MSCBA
DOUBLES NOV 21, 22 BANGOR -BREWER LANES Brewer
MSCBA
MIXED DOUBLES DEC 12, 13 1-7-10 BOWLING & ENTERTAINMENT CTR Augusta
MSCBA
MIXED TEAMS JAN 9, 10 BIG 20 BOWLING CENTER Scarborough
MSCBA
DOUBLES 225 CAP FEB 13, 14 GOOD TIME LANES Lisbon Falls
MSCBA
TEAMS FEB 27, 28 COLONIAL LANES Westbrook
MSCBA
3 PERSON TEAM 335 CAP MAR 13, 14 1-7-10 BOWLING & ENTERTAINMENT CTR Augusta
MSCBA
PEARSON MIXED DOUBLES MAR 27, 28
APR 3, 4
GOOD TIME LANES Lisbon Falls
MSCBA
HANDICAP ELIMINATIONS APR 16, 17, 18 BIG 20 BOWLING CENTER Scarborough
MSCBA
SCRATCH ELMINATIONS APR 24, 25
MAY 2
BANGOR -BREWER LANES Brewer
MSCBA
Rules
MSCBA
RULES
  1. All scheduled tournaments shall be administered by designated directors selected by the M.S.C.B.A. as its Tournament Director. The Tournament Director shall be the chief supervisor and representative of the M.S.C.B.A. for all sponsored tournaments
  2. These tournaments are open to any bowler who has a current membership card in the M.S.C.B.A. and must be shown upon request of the Tournament Director. Cost of the membership card is $15.00 and shall be payable upon signing up for your initial tournament.
  3. The Tournament Director reserves the right to refuse any entry which does not abide by the rules and regulations stipulated by the M.S.C.B.A.
  4. All bowlers must name their home lanes when buying their M.S.C.B.A. card. Bowler’s must bowl at least one Adult League in that house. You must compete on a league and complete two-thirds of the season. All Doubles, Mixed Doubles, Mixed Teams , and Teams will come from the same house for the tournament season.
  5. PROPRIETOR’S ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL BOWLERS CALLED IN. Cancellations can be made no later than Thursday prior to the scheduled event. If a cancellation has not been made by that time, the bowler owns that spot and must pay the full amount of entry fee if he/she does not show up. If the spot can be filled by the Tournament Director prior to the scheduled event, the bowler will then be relieved of the responsibility of paying for that spot. The Director shall maintain a Stand-By list.
  6. All Tournaments will be governed by the existing rules in the I.C.B.A. Rule Book. M.S.C.B.A referees will be present to ensure rules are followed and to watch for lobbed balls.
  7. Each house will allow 10 minutes of free warm up before the tournament. It is mandatory that all bowlers arrive at the site one half hour before the tournament starts.
  8. Once a lane has been drawn by a bowler, there will be no changing of lanes. NOTE Lane drawings will be held before scheduled flight time. If a bowler is not on hand for drawing, a lane will be assigned to late bowlers.
  9. LATE COMERS: Bowlers failing to show up before the Director fills in the open slots by moving bowlers around prior to starting, must forfeit their entry fee unless an opening is available on another flight. Late bowlers can not bowl once a ball has been rolled in the flight.
  10. Flight scheduling will be done on a “First Come, First Serve” basis.
  11. Handicaps shall be based on 95% of the difference between 140 and the bowler's average. MSCBA averages will be used for all bowlers' that have a state average. A new bowler's average shall be based on their highest league average in the house they are representing with a minimum of 30 league games bowled.
  12. No fees will be returned after entries have been received and the flight times assigned. Except in dire emergency such as medical, fire, accident, etc.
  13. If a tie occurs for any reason, the tie will be broken by the highest single and prize money will be given to the person or team with the highest single.
  14. Prize money shall be distributed according to the amount of entries in each event.
  15. Multiple participation in any one event is prohibited. You can only bowl ONCE in any tournament.
  16. Flights may be added or cancelled depending upon the number of entries at the discretion of the Tournament Director.
  17. Participating bowlers on the current flight are the only ones allowed to keep score unless the Tournament Director designates a person or persons as scorekeepers.
  18. SANDBAGGING: For computer information, any bowler scoring less than 80 pins of his/her average for a ten string tournament or 40 pins for 5 strings tournament will be credited for that tournament with his computer average minus the above pins.
  19. A Junior Bowler who participates in any events during the year will not be eligible to participate in Adult events in that same year. Any person that has reached their 17th birthday and has not participated in a Junior event during that current tournament season may enter all the M.S.C.B.A. Inc Sponsored event as long as they qualify according to all M.S.C.B.A. Inc. Rules and Regulations.
  20. SPORTSMANSHIP CONDUCT: Any participant attempting to damage any bowling equipment by his/her action or conduct that is disruptive to the proper administration of any event sponsored by the M.S.C.B.A. shall receive a warning on the first offense, and a zero shall be given for that frame. If bowler commits second offense of the above, he/she shall be pulled from the event and suspended and a zero shall be given for that frame. A dummy score (Average minuse ten) shall be used on all Teams for the suspended bowler. Third offense will receive a written warning and inability to bowl in the next stop. In any case where damage occurs by the results of the above to any equipment in the host lanes, full restitution shall be suspended from bowling any M.S.C.B.A. Sponsored event until restitution is made.
SHIFT TIMES: SATURDAY 1 PM & SUNDAYS 9 AM AND 1 PM
5 PERSON TEAM EVENT SUNDAY 1:30 PM
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