March Madness Bracket Tournament Returns for the second year!!!
$50 Entry
- Bowl Three Games of qualifying to seed the bracket
--BRACKET WILL CUT TO THE BIGGEST OF 16, 32, OR 64 BASED ON ENTRIES)
---USBC Sanctioned Event -- Youth are Welcome!
----BRACKETS!!

Entry Fee: $60

<><><>$2500 MINIMUM WILL BE ADDED TO THE PRIZE FUND<><><>

ELIGIBILITY
You simply need to pay the $10 annual membership plus bowl in any MSBS event ever in order to quailfy. You can pay the membership at the event if you haven't paid it in 2020 yet. Added money comes directly from memberships. We will also allow people to prepay for the Sep. 13 Midwest Major and use that entry to be eligible for this event!

QUALIFYING SQUAD
Squad A (limited to 90 entries) -- Saturday 10:00am. Check-in 9:00am - 9:50am
Squad B (limited to 90 entries) -- Saturday 2:00pm. Check-in 1:00pm - 1:50pm

FORMAT (based on 180 entries, 90 in each squad)
Qualifying: 5-games across 5 pairs of lanes.
Eliminator Rounds: The top 1/4 of each squad will come back after B squad to bowl a 2-game eliminator round, cutting the field in half. Then 1-game eliminator rounds will continue and cutting the field in half after each round unti we get to the top 4. Pins carry over until the top 4, and then they start fresh. Top 4 will bowl a 3-game round robin with bonus pins to determine the champion. There will be a wild card advancing in each of the first two rounds of elimnator. Wild card is the highest score of that round who did not advance.

INCENTIVES
With 3 or more seniors, the highest non-cashing senior will cash in this event.
With 3 or more ladies, the highest non-cashing lady will cash in this event.

Prize Ratio: A minimum of 1 in 3 entries will cash in this event
CONTACT
Brian Regan
cell (810) 240-6175
email brian@scratchbowling.com

Entry Fee: $75

QUALIFYING
Squad A -- 9:00am
Squad B -- 1:00pm
Check-in starts an hour early for each squad and closes 10 minutes early for each squad.

PAST CHAMPIONS
2019 -- Jeff Grego
2018 -- AJ Rice

FORMAT
Format: Each squad will bowl 4 games across 4 pairs of lanes. Top 11 from each squad (based on a full 56 entries per squad) will cash, and top 8 from each squad will qualify for match play. Bowlers will compete in a 2-game total pinfall, match play bracket until there is a champion.

INCENTIVES
Highest non-cashing lady will cash in this event with 3 or more ladies in the field
Highest non-cashing senior will cash in this event with 3 or more seniors in the field

FORMAT IS BASED ON A FIELD OF 112 TOTAL BOWLERS (FULL FIELD)

RE-ENTRY RULES

CONTACT
Brian Regan
cell (810) 240-6175
email brian@scratchbowling.com

Entry Fee: $70

THANKS TO BOWLERSTORE.COM WE WILL HAVE TWO BOWLING BALLS TO RAFFLE FOR THIS EVENT, AND THE MONEY RAISED WILL GO INTO THE PRIZE FUND

QUALIFYING SQUADS
Squad A -- 11:00am
Check-In -- 10:00am - 10:30am: Any bowlers on the roster who have not prepaid their entry must be checked-in or in the registration line by 10:30am to hold their spot. After 10:30am it will be first come first serve for whoever is ready to pay to bowl. Obviously if the event doesn't fill, then this point is moot; but we anticipate this event will fill at 72 entries.

FORMAT A
Qualifying: 5-games across 5 pairs of lanes.
Eliminator: Cut to top 16 (based on 72 entries), then bowlers compete in a 2-game eliminator round cutting the field in half. Each eliminator round following the first round will be 1-game rounds. Pins drop after every round, although we will have 1 wild card in the first round. Wild card will be the highest total pinfall score who wasn't in the cut for that round. With 72 entries, the top 16 would make the cut. 16 would cut to the top 7 + the 1 wild card. Remaining 8 would cut to 4, then cut to 2, then one final game for the top 2.
Prize Ratio: A minimum of 1 in 4 entries will cash in this event. 17th and 18th would also be paid with 72 entries.

FORMAT IS BASED ON A FULL FIELD OF 72 BOWLERS

CONTACT
Brian Regan
cell (810) 240-6175
email brian@scratchbowling.com

Entry Fee: $120

WE ARE ASKING FOR BOWLERS TO NOT BRING ANY SPECTATORS FOR THIS EVENT, AS WE WILL BE VERY CLOSE TO THE MAXIMUM CAPACITY UNDER INDIANA EXECUTIVE ORDERS. IF THERE ARE SOME WHO HAVE PEOPLE WHO DRIVE THEM TO EVENTS OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES, THEN THOSE PEOPLE ARE WELCOME, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO KEEP SPECTATORS TO A MINIMUM FOR THIS EVENT. THANK YOU!

OIL PATTERN
Thunderbowl #1 House Shot

QUALIFYING
Squad A -- 11:30am
Check-In -- 10:15am - 11:25am

FORMAT
Qualifying: 6 baker games across 6 pairs of lanes
Eliminator: Cut to top 1/4 of the field with a maximum of 24 teams making the cut due to time constrainits. Pins drop. First round of eliminator is 2 games cut in half. Then each round following is a 1-game round cutting the field in half each round. Once the field is cut to the top 2 or 3, that will be the final round. For first round of elminator, each bowler on the team must finish one of the games.
Prize Ratio: A minimum of 1 in 4 entries will cash in this event. With 97 or more teams, extra spots will be paid beyond the top 24.

FIELD IS LIMITED TO 112 TEAMS

CONTACT
Brian Regan
cell (810) 240-6175
email brian@scratchbowling.com

Entry Fee: $85

QUALIFYING SQUADS
Squad A -- 11:00am
Check-In -- 9:30am - 10:45am

FORMAT A
Qualifying: 6-games across 6 pairs of lanes.
Match Play: Cut to top 30 (based on 120 entries), then bowlers are seeded into a bracket. 2-game matches until top 4 remain. 3-game round robin with bonus pins for the Top 4.
Prize Ratio: A minimum of 1 in 4 entries will cash in this event

FORMAT IS BASED ON A FIELD OF 120 BOWLERS

INCENTIVES
With a minimum of 3 senior bowlers (50 and up), the highest non-cashing senior bowler will receive $100
With a minimum of 3 lady bowlers, the highest non-cashing lady will receive $100

PREVIOUS CHAMPIONS
2019 - Matthew Staninger
2018 - Charlie Brown, Jr.
2017 - Michael Kittrell
2016 - Drew Klingler
2015 - EJ Tackett
2014 - Steve Novak
2013 - JR Raymond

CONTACT
Brian Regan
cell (810) 240-6175
email brian@scratchbowling.com