luvswatch,
We use that very format in our summer sport doubles league.We have different point totals than what you said.
I must add that it is alot of fun to bowl in.


Now on to Revs post.
We started a new league for the season we are in.
It is an individual or singles format.
 We call it Country Club Masters.
Completely new format for this area.
1st week we drew for lane assignments after that lane assignments were according to position that one was in at that time. What i am saying is that every week is a position round.
The bowlers on each pair(there are only 4 to a pair)are labeled A,B,C,D.
A bowls B and C bowls D for the first game.
For the second game the winners of the each of the first games bowl each other and the losers of game one bowl each other. If A beats B and C beats D then A will bowl C and B will bowl D the second game.
For the third game we do the same thing, winner against winner and loser against loser.
The points go like this.
2 points for each win.
1 point for high game on the pair and 1 point for high series on the pair.
This makes the max points one could win on any given night at 8.
Also when all the points are added up for the night on that pair they should add up 14.
This league is GREAT.
We have divided this league into 3 rounds of 10 weeks with winners for each round(along with the person that has the highest point total but did not win a round) bowling the last night for the league championship.
What in my mind that is really cool about this format is that and get this is someone COULD shoot 897and ONLY win 1 point.
Is that GREAT or what.

Forgot to say league is scratch.
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Edited on 3/28/2005 10:09 AM

House I bowl in not only started a new doubles league on Mondays, the league became so full that the bowlers requested changing to a trios league to accomodate more bowlers.  Many of the bowlers also bowl either the womens league on Thursday, or the Thursday mixed league.  I know some even bowl all three!  

The current format is any combo of doubles.  I believe its called the Peterson format, but basically you bowl head to head against your opposite on the other team.  Whoever wins including handicap, wins 1 point.  Then whichever team wins totals wins 2 points, so there are 4 possible points per game.  Then you bowl the same team again on the same lanes.  

Then we switch lanes, and bowl 2 games against another team.  So there are 16 possible per night.  Also the first 2 games you bowl each week are position rounds, so every night has some importance
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If league bowling is declining doesn't it stand to reason that bowling centers need to concentrate on exposure and new league formats?  I mean entry level mixed leagues are just as important as competitive ones.  People don't just start to bowl as high average players, they become better as they bowl more and become more interested but getting them started is the key!

Any thoughts? Ideas?