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milorafferty

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Now here is the way to deal with the 'baggers!
« on: August 29, 2014, 03:33:45 PM »
Email received from Peter Hagin regarding the California "Anti-State" tournament. Look at the part that is bold and italicized.


Hello Everyone:

This is the 1st of 4 weekends of California’s Better Prize Fund Tournament – The Anti-State.  The tournament is held at Diablo Valley Bowl in Concord. The entry fee is $30 per person per event with $17 going into the prize fund and the cash ratio is 1 in 6.

We’ll have 4 squads this weekend…Doubles & Singles at 9:30 AM & a team (4 Player) event at 1:30 PM on both Saturday & Sunday. We have room for walk-ins on all squads. 

We have 3 divisions for higher average bowlers; an open scratch, a women’s scratch, and a 200 & OVER handicap division.  There are also 2 other divisions; a women’s handicap and a 199 & lower handicap.

Unlike the state tournament, we allow bowlers to bowl in only the scratch division if they choose.  If a bowler/team wants more than one division the cost is $20 extra, with $17 of that going into that division’s prize fund.

We have 2 rules in place to persuade the sandbaggers to avoid this tournament…If a bowler has won $1000 or more in a handicapped tournament, that bowler must enter at a MINIMUM of 200.  Also, to qualify for handicap a bowler must have a 45 or more game average and we’ll use a bowler’s highest average for 18 games or more.


(I’m sure you’ve noticed that a good percentage of the dishonest bowlers only bowl 21 games to get an average, which in a lot of cases is below their true ability…And a lot of them will only bowl 18 games in a league and make sure they don’t get 21 games to qualify for a certified average….well, those bowlers won’t have an advantage that they are used to in other tournaments!!!!!)
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Re: Now here is the way to deal with the 'baggers!
« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2014, 04:26:55 PM »
Then these pee-holes wont bowl and entries will plummet along with the prize fund.
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Re: Now here is the way to deal with the 'baggers!
« Reply #2 on: August 29, 2014, 06:19:17 PM »
hopefully I can find a weekend after this labor day weekend (at the stadium) tourney is over - to bowl this tourney. But then again, my partner hurt his bowling hand.....
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Re: Now here is the way to deal with the 'baggers!
« Reply #3 on: August 29, 2014, 09:25:56 PM »
Quote from: northface28 on August 29, 2014, 04:26:55 PM
Then these pee-holes wont bowl and entries will plummet along with the prize fund.

Why do you say that?  Sandbaggers make up a small percentage of bowlers, so only a handful of people won't bowl.  That would have little impact on the prize fund, and if successful, I would think long term bowlers previously chased away from the baggers might return.
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