Entry Fee: $90

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

FORMAT A
Qualifying: 5-games across 5 pairs of lanes.
Eliminator: Cut to top 15 (based on 60 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 top half for that round.  With 60 entries, the top 15 would make the cut.  Then 15 would cut to 7 + 1 wild card for 8 total. 8 cut to 4.  Top 4 will bowl a 3-game round robin for the championship!
Prize Ratio:  A minimum of 1 in 4 entries will cash in this event

FORMAT IS BASED ON A FIELD OF 60 BOWLERS, AND THE FIELD IS CAPPED AT 90 ENTRIES

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

Schedule

Friday, March 22

Practice Session: 3-5 p.m.

Orientation Meeting: 5 p.m. (Mandatory for all first-time participants)

Saturday, March 23

Roll call is 30 minutes prior to all squads.

A Squad: 8 a.m. – (eight games)

Top 12 players advance (based on 36 entries or more).

Bracket Match Play: 1:30 p.m.

Tournament Notes

Eligibility

Participant must be a USBC Member in good standing. Non members must meet PBA average requirements of 200 for 36 games in a USBC sanctioned league.

RPI

This event is a Central & Midwest Region event and will count for points in the Central & Midwest Regions. Only Full PBA Members will be able to qualify for the year end RPI in Las Vegas, Nevada. To qualify for the RPI, you must bowl in 3 events within the region in the calendar year.

Host

Bowlero Corporation; GM Zach Johnson

Pattern

PBA Cheetah 35

Payout Ratio

1:3

Entry Fee

PBA Members: $245

Non-Members: $310 (money order, cashiers check or credit card only)

Field Capacity

72 (subject to change)

Entry Deadline

Online entries for members and non-members opens at midnight on Monday, January 8th.

Online entries for members and non-members close at midnight on Monday, March 18th.

After the deadline, entries must be made directly with the PBA Central Region Manager.

Note: Non-Members will receive an email on the Tuesday morning before the event either accepting or declining your entry based on date entered. Non-Members not making it into the event will have their entry placed on the waiting list if a spot becomes available.

Product Registration/Approved Bowling Balls

Beginning 1/6/24, rules regarding use of bowling balls in PBA competition have been updated.

2024 PBA Tours – Approved Equipment

All Regional, PBA50 and PBA Jr. competition:

Urethane and urethane-like must be manufactured after August 1, 2022 and manufactured at 78.0+HD hardness. (List of current balls that fit this description below).

All other bowling balls (other than urethane and urethane-like) previously eligible for competition, and manufactured at any time, are still permitted.

2024 List of Acceptable Urethane and Urethane-Like Equipment made at 78.0HD+

Current (1/9/24)

Hammer (Black Pearl Urethane)

Motiv (Tank Yellowjacket)

RotoGrip (Retro RG Spare)

Storm (IQ Tour 78/U)

Storm (Mix)

SWAG (Buffalo)

SWAG (Big Bro Burn Up LE)

Prize Fund

1st Place is projected to pay $2,000

12th Place is projected to pay $600

Final cash spot is guaranteed to pay a minimum of $450.

Team Entry Fee: $100 (prepay)
  $120 (walk-in)

1st place $1800 guaranteed

Entry Fee:  $100

First Place $2,000 - Second Place $1,000 - Third Place $500

All Guaranteed!

Survive the Second Cut & Cash - Minimum $100

A Minimum of 1 in 4 Will Cash

Beat Half the Field in Each Round and Advance

Entry Fee:  $80 per team

First Place $1,800 - Second Place $900 - Third Place $500

All Guaranteed!

Bowl With as Many Partners as You Wish & Cash as Many Times as You Can

Survive the Second Cut & Cash - Minimum $80 per team

A Minimum of 1 in 4 Will Cash

Beat Half the Field in Each Round and Advance

Entry Fee: $70

First Place $1,000 - Second Place $500 - Third Place $250

All Guaranteed!

Survive the Second Cut & Cash - Minimum $70

A Minimum of 1 in 4 Will Cash

Beat Half the Field in Each Round and Advance

Entry Fee: $80

QUALIFYING SQUADS
Squad A -- 10:30am
Check-In -- 9:30am - 10:29am

FORMAT A
Qualifying: 5-games across 5 pairs of lanes.
Eliminator: Cut to top 24 (based on 96 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 top half for that round.  With 96 entries, the top 24 would make the cut and cut to 12+1.  13 would cut to 7.  7 cut to 4.  4 cut to 2.  One game for the final 2.
Prize Ratio:  A minimum of 1 in 4 entries will cash in this event.

FORMAT IS BASED ON A FULL FIELD OF 96 BOWLERS

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

Entry Fee: $50

QUALIFYING
Squad A -- 7:00pm
Check-In -- 6:00pm - 6:55pm

FORMAT
Qualifying: 4-games across 4 pairs of lanes.
Match Play: Cut to top 15 (based on 60 entries), then bowlers are seeded into a bracket. Single-game elimination matches for those who qualify.
Prize Ratio:  A minimum of 1 in 4 entries will cash in this event, and a maximum of 16 bowlers will make the cut due to time restrictions.  Extra spots can be paid beyond the top 16.

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

Entry Fee: $140

QUALIFYING
Squad A -- 12pm

FORMAT
Qualifying: 8 baker games across 8 pairs of lanes.
Match Play: Cut to top 15 (based on 60 team entries), then teams are seeded into a bracket. Two baker game total pinfall, single-elimination matches for those who qualify.  We are capping match play to the top 16, as this event runs pretty long already.
Prize Ratio:  A minimum of 1 in 4 entries will cash in this event

FORMAT IS BASED ON A FIELD OF 60 TEAMS, AND THE FIELD IS CAPPED AT 100 TEAMS

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