Post by: Joe Jr on June 11, 2006, 12:34:36 PM
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Post by: JOE FALCO on June 11, 2006, 08:54:53 PM
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Post by: WrOnGwAy on June 11, 2006, 08:59:08 PM
Post by: JOE FALCO on June 11, 2006, 09:10:02 PM
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Post by: shelley on June 11, 2006, 09:20:35 PM
Some tournaments say "average as of D/M/Y or current card average" with additional rules when there's a significant difference.
SH
Post by: ThongPrincess on June 11, 2006, 11:59:27 PM
They also take a summer "book" average as of August 15th, though most associations do not complie an official Summer book. Years ago our local published both a summer and winter book.
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Post by: dizzyfugu on June 12, 2006, 01:51:56 AM
Additionally, depending on the governing body you belong to, you might have another member card with a different average - that's in my case the result of my house league.
Furthermore, I have an "officail" training average at my club which take sinto account any officail and submitted training game of the running year (not season). The training limit is that to submit the games at least 3 club members must have played together, just to make sure that the numbers are "true". Most of these games come from my club's lane, and from traveling league.
And, lastly, I keep my personal record of any game I made this year, and keep up the overall average. For me, this one is the most relevant, together with the "official" tournament average from my player card. The training average from my club tends to be too high, I think, because I know the lane very well. Any my house league average is not representative, because the lanes are awful - even though it might be taken for "desert condition" tournament average as reference.
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Post by: LuvThatWhiteDot on June 12, 2006, 07:41:21 PM
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April 15th is the cut for Winter Book averages. Your USBC card should show the highest April 15th average, which is the same as your high book.
In the Greater Detroit association(s), our winter book cut is April 1st.
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Post by: ThongPrincess on June 13, 2006, 01:36:24 AM
It appears that each association can decide on a date for collecting averages. Most of the tournaments I have bowled are in California and often they ask for April 15th average. I have also seen it required that 21 games be bowled for a book average, but I couldn't find that in any of the materials I found.
So it seems the best answer to the original question is to ask your local center what your association does, or contact your association directly.
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Post by: Joe Jr on June 13, 2006, 01:42:03 AM
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After reading the responses, I became very curious if there was any USBC guidelines for a Book Average. All I could find is a requirement that Association Managers maintain one and the number of years they should keep the records.
It appears that each association can decide on a date for collecting averages. Most of the tournaments I have bowled are in California and often they ask for April 15th average. I have also seen it required that 21 games be bowled for a book average, but I couldn't find that in any of the materials I found.
So it seems the best answer to the original question is to ask your local center what your association does, or contact your association directly.
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Yea I guess i'm going to have to do that. Thanks for the replies guys (and girls)
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