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PBA Experience Scratch Tournament in New England
« on: August 16, 2007, 03:17:36 PM »
Hey Everyone! I will be running this tournament 1 Sunday a month untill prople stop showing up! Its open up to all bowlers, cost is $50 and I hope to see alot of you New England bowlers up here. The more bowlers I get the bigger the prize fund gets, so spreade the word! Hope to see alot of you there!


PBA Experience Scratch Tournament

Date: Sunday 9/2/07 at 1 pm

Check in at 12:00pm to 12:50pm (all bowlers must be checked in by 12:50pm)

Bowl 4 games across 8 lanes

Cut to top 12 (based on entries) for another 2 games of qualifying across 2 pairs of lanes

Cut to top 5 bowlers for step-ladder finals, bowlers will be seeded by total pin fall

Places 6th – 8th will be determined by total pin fall

4 – 6 bowlers per pair for each round of qualifying and freshly oiled lanes will be used for the step-ladder finals

There will be 10 minutes of practice before each round of qualifying and bowlers in the finals will be given 4 balls on each lane for practice before there upcoming match, winners of the match before will receive no practice prior to match

Approximately 1 in 4 cash
 
Prize Fund Break Down

Prize fund based on 32 entries at $50 per bowler - $1,600
        Break Down - $ 480 - Linage
                                $ 1,120 – Prize Fund
1st - $400   2nd - $250   3rd - $170   4th - $100   5th – 8th - $50 each                            
             
* Pattern will change each month, as I will run one of these tournaments on 1 Sunday a month. I hope to see everyone there!

Practice will be from Noon-12:45 on the day of the tournament on that pattern.

If you have any questions please contact Miles Coplan at 603-289-4952.

Location:
Stadium Ten Pin                                          
216 Maple St.
Manchester, NH 03103                              
603-625-9656



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Re: PBA Experience Scratch Tournament in New England
« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2007, 11:26:23 PM »
Hey, I will try to make it up there!  I am about 2 hours away in Auburn, ME. and I love the PBA Experience concept, it really helps bring ability and spare shooting skill back into bowling.  I am currently starting up the first fall PBA Experience league in Maine at Spare Time Recreation in Lewiston, and I am psyched that your tournament is firing up, count me in!!
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Re: PBA Experience Scratch Tournament in New England
« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2007, 11:38:10 PM »
Sweet! Looking foward to meeting you! Ive read a few post about you bowling in NEBA. Will you be there this weekend, I'm going. Finally have weekends off so I can bowl again. Looking foward to seeing you at my tournamets! Miles
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Re: PBA Experience Scratch Tournament in New England
« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2007, 12:34:41 AM »
I can not make it this weekend (family reunion ), but I definetely want to get to as many as I can in the following months.  PM me if you happen to have a tentative idea of future dates, as I bowl in NEBA on occassion, and I also bowl in a traveling Maine Scratch Tournament once a month, so the more notice I have to plan my tournament dates the better.  Great job of getting some scratch action to the upper Northeast, I can't wait!   -James
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Re: PBA Experience Scratch Tournament in New England
« Reply #4 on: August 17, 2007, 12:45:27 AM »
Up Coming dates and Patterns:

September 2nd – Cheetah Pattern – 35 Feet
September 30th – Viper Pattern – 37 Feet
October 21st – Chameleon Pattern – 39 feet
November 18th – Scorpion Pattern – 41 Feet
December 9th – Shark Pattern – 44 Feet

Where do they hold the Maine scratch tournaments at? Do you have to live it Maine to bowl in them?
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Re: PBA Experience Scratch Tournament in New England
« Reply #5 on: August 17, 2007, 03:14:24 AM »
The tournaments are held at houses in Portland, Brunswick, Lewiston, Augusta, Skowhegan, Waterville, and Bangor and they are one Sunday a month, single round of qualifying at 10:00 AM, with four games across 8 lanes of qualifying.  The feild is cut to the top 6 or 8 (depending on # of entries), and it is single elimination match play until a winner is crowned.  You do not have to be from Maine to bowl, but you do have to be a sanctioned USBC bowler, as the tournament is USBC sanctioned, and any honor score rolled in the tournament qualifies for awards.  I will post a schedule as soon as we hammer one out (which should be in the next week or so).  Thanks for the inquiry as we always encourage as many people to come out as possible, and I will tell my regulars from our tournament about your PBA Experience tournament, and I am sure I can get a bunch of guys to carpool to Manchester.  I have bowled in Raymond and Dover many times, and look forward to getting to Manchester to bowl in your tournament.  Thanks for the great response!!  -James
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Re: PBA Experience Scratch Tournament in New England
« Reply #6 on: August 17, 2007, 02:38:28 PM »
sounds great, I have family in Oakland and Sydney so i am familiar with most of the centers up there, let me know I'd love to try one out. On average how many people show up and how are the payouts and brackets, as well as cost?
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Re: PBA Experience Scratch Tournament in New England
« Reply #7 on: August 17, 2007, 10:06:37 PM »
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Re: PBA Experience Scratch Tournament in New England
« Reply #8 on: August 18, 2007, 10:16:14 PM »
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Re: PBA Experience Scratch Tournament in New England
« Reply #9 on: August 19, 2007, 06:04:31 PM »
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Re: PBA Experience Scratch Tournament in New England
« Reply #10 on: August 20, 2007, 02:05:10 PM »
Sorry it took so long for me to respond (I was out of town on a business trip), but we typically have between 20-30 bowlers show up, which means we have between 4-6 bowlers that make the single elimination match play round.  There are brackets and high game/high series pots, with the typical bracket amount running 10-12 per tournament, at $5 per bracket, and $10 for high game/high series.  The amount made after qualifying varies depending on the number of entries, but the average amount for 4th, 3rd, 2nd, and 1st are like this: $50 (entry fee) for 4th, $75 for 3rd, $150 for 2nd, and $300 for 1st place.  We are hoping to get more out of state bowlers involved, as we see pretty much the same 20-30 guys from our own state at every stop, and it would be nice to branch our tournament out to other competitors from other areas besides Maine.  I hope this answers your questions, and if you need any contact info, just PM me, and I will respond ASAP, thank you!
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