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Different league formats?
« on: September 26, 2006, 03:47:15 PM »
I was just wondering if anyone bowls in any, or knows of any weird or different formats for leagues. Just something different from the normal, standard league plan. Both of my scratch leagues that I bowl are a bit different.

My Monday night one is a four man team, and everyone bowls three games. The teams get points for individual wins and the team wins as any other normal league does. Then there is a fourth game, where it then turns into doubles, and each week each team picks the two bowlers to bowl that fourth game for the week. The same standard for points then apply for that game. By the end of the season, all bowlers on a team must have the same amount of games bowled, meaning every bowler then bowled the same amount of doubles games. It is really fun, but sucks to sit out the fourth game whenever you have too, but it is also cool to sit and root on your team.

My Wednesday scratch league is a little harder to describe. It is an individual scratch league, and it is set up into 3 divisions based on averages. The divisions are Gold, Silver, and Bronze. I think Gold is 215 average and up, then 200-214, and 199 and below. Each week you bowl the first two games against someone who you just match up against in your division and you get a point for each game won. The last two games you move pairs and you bowl anyone, no matter what division, but it is based on the total series you shot the week prior. So if you shot 900 last week, then you are bowling the person who shot the next closest setlast week as well. You also get bonus points for shooting the high game, high series, and most pins over your average in each division, each week. So there is a total of 7 points every week. Hope I didn't make that to hard to understand.

Anyone else?
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Re: Different league formats?
« Reply #1 on: September 27, 2006, 12:27:17 AM »
Would that be high series and high game with average included?  If not, it's a ripoff to the lower average people.  Otherwise it sounds like a fun league.

But too much work for me.  I've always been a big fan of nice, simple leagues where my only thought is when the next beer is coming.  

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Re: Different league formats?
« Reply #2 on: September 27, 2006, 12:38:22 AM »
Monday Sport league we bowl 4 games.  The first 2 are a position round and the second 2 are the normal rotation.  Six points total possible per night, 1 point for each game and 1 for the two game total.
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Re: Different league formats?
« Reply #3 on: September 27, 2006, 12:49:54 AM »
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Would that be high series and high game with average included? If not, it's a ripoff to the lower average people. Otherwise it sounds like a fun league.
Sorry, I got it a little wrong. For your division, the bonus points are high scratch game in the division, high game over your average, and high series over your average.

 
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That certainly adds spice to your bowling but bet you have the pay your secretary a lot more than the average sec gets.
 
Yeah, we pay more than the usual fee. I paid it the first week and I cannot remember how much it was. Everyone is fine with it, I mean 3/4s of the league have been in the league for 5+ years! And I don't mind paying more for the secretary, seeing how I have known the secretary, and have been good friends with him since pretty much I was born, haha.
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Re: Different league formats?
« Reply #4 on: September 27, 2006, 11:43:37 AM »
Scratch singles point league - 3 games across 3 different pairs bowling with/against 3-4 different bowlers on each pair.  Different PBA condition for each 1/3rd of the season.  You accumulate points as you go.

1pt - clean game
1pt - 230+
1pt - 260+
2pt - high bowler on pair
2pt - beating everyone on pair by 50 pins
3pt - high single game across league
5pt - high series of night

For example, if you shoot a clean 267 and the next highest bowler on the pair shoots 215, and you had the highest game in the league that game you would earn 10 points for that game.
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