Open to all USBC women bowlers aged 18 and older. Entry fee: $65. The tournament features a four-game qualifier, with half the field advancing. There are two average divisions: one for bowlers with an average below 200, and a 200+ Scratch Division. Each division is limited to 48 bowlers.
Check-in begins at 11:00 AM, with the squad starting at Noon. Pots and brackets will be available during the first round of qualifying.
QUALIFYING Squad A -- 7:30pm Check-In -- 6:30pm - 7:29pm
FORMAT Qualifying: 4-games across 4 pairs of lanes. Match Play: Cut to top 8 (based on 42 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 8 bowlers will make the cut due to time restrictions. Extra spots can be paid beyond the top 8. With 42 entries, the top 11 would cash.
CONTACT Brian Regan cell (810) 240-6175 email brian@scratchbowling.com
QUALIFYING SQUADS Squad A -- 10:00am Check-In -- 9:00am - 10:00am
FORMAT A Qualifying: 5-games across 5 pairs of lanes. Eliminator: Cut to top 18 (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 top half for that round. With 72 entries, the top 18 would make the cut and cut to 9+1. 10 would cut to 5. 5 cut to 3. One game for the final 3. Prize Ratio: A minimum of 1 in 4 entries will cash in this event.
FORMAT IS BASED ON A FULL FIELD OF 72 BOWLERS
CONTACT Brian Regan cell (810) 240-6175 email brian@scratchbowling.com
REQUIREMENTS This event is only for bowlers who have never won any MSBS event.
QUALIFYING SQUADS Squad A -- 11:00am Check-In -- 10am-10:55am
FORMAT Qualifying: 5 games across 5 pairs of lanes. Eliminator Rounds: Cut to top 15 (based on 60 entries). All qualifying pins are dropped, and all pins are dropped after each round. If we get to a round of 3, it will be the final match. There will be 1 wild card in the first round, which is the highest total pinfall bowler on the day who did not make the cut for that round. Elim. Round 1: Top 15 bowl 2 games on 2 pairs of lanes, cut to top 7 plus 1 wild card Elim. Round 2: Top 8 bowl 2 game, cut to top 4 Elim. Round 3: Top 4 bowl 1 game, cut to top 2 Elim. Round 4: Top 2 bowl game for the finals Prize Ratio: A minimum of 1 in 4 entries will cash in this event
FORMAT IS BASED ON A FIELD OF 60 BOWLERS
CONTACT Brian Regan cell (810) 240-6175 email brian@scratchbowling.com
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
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 30 (based on 100 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 120 entries, the top 30 would make the cut. Then 30 would cut to 15 + 1 wild card for 16 total. 16 would cut to 8. 8 cut to 4. Top 4 will bowl a 3-game round robin final with pins starting fresh once again. 30-pin bonus per win. Prize Ratio: A minimum of 1 in 4 entries will cash in this event
FORMAT IS BASED ON A FIELD OF 120 BOWLERS, AND THE FIELD IS CAPPED AT 160 ENTRIES
PREVIOUS CHAMPIONS 2024 -- Brian Waliczek 2023 -- Bobby Sanch 2021 -- Tom Smallwood
CONTACT Brian Regan cell (810) 240-6175 email brian@scratchbowling.com
TEAMS One bowler per team must be 50+ years of age as of the date of this event. ***New for 2024 event -- We will allow women 45+ years of age as of the date of this event to count as one of the "Over" bowlers on the team.
FORMAT A Squad @ Noon; Check-in starts at 10:30am Qualifying: 5-games per bowler across 5 pairs of lanes. Casher's Round: Cut to top 22 (based on 110 team entries), then bowlers will compete in a two-game eliminator round cutting in half. Each round following will be 1-game rounds, and pins drop every round. There will be one wild card in the first round, which will be the highest total pinfall on the day up to that point who did not make the cut into round 2 of the Eliminator.
PAY RATIO At least 1 in 5 teams will cash and make the cut
FORMAT IS BASED ON A FIELD OF 110 TEAMS
CONTACT Brian Regan cell (810) 240-6175 email brian@scratchbowling.com
QUALIFYING Squad A -- 10:00am Check-In -- 9:00am to 9:59am
FORMAT Qualifying: 6 baker games across 6 pairs of lanes. Match Play: Cut to top 16 (based on a full field of 75 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 (and they have leagues). Prize Ratio: A minimum of 1 in 4 entries will cash in this event. 19 teams would cash with a full field of 75 teams.
FORMAT IS BASED ON A FULL FIELD OF 75 TEAMS
CONTACT Brian Regan cell (810) 240-6175 email brian@scratchbowling.com