I am currently bowling a team competition - it's one of the big mixed scratch events of the year. 22 teams, 5 bowlers per team.
The team we bowled the first game had their big average bowler show up late. He got there in the 7th frame of the first game. Feelings were mixed - I'm curious to find out what your opinions are.
should he have:
1. been allowed to bowl the whole game, bowling the frames he missed.
2. been allowed to bowl from the time he arrived, with 0 for the first 6 frames but the remaining score counting,
3. not been allowed to bowl the first game at all and receive 0, or
4. been allowed to pace from the 7th frame on (score not counting).
I'll check back with the thread later, with the actual decision made by the tournament officials.
BTW - it is NOT a sanctioned tournament.
Thanks to everyone for their input. The decision of the tournament director was number 4 above. The team got 0 for their bowler for the first game. The director made this decision because a few years earlier a whole team was late, and their scores were 0 for the first game. So he used that as a precedent.
Turns out the 4 frames he missed didn't make any difference to the outcome of the tournament. He had a score of 54. Not that it matters any...
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Edited on 4/28/2008 2:02 PM
