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General Playing Rules 1. The 4th World Senior Invitational Tournament, to be sanctioned by the WTBA and its member zones, will be held April 28 - May 3, 2013. The Tournament will start on Sunday with registration and a captains meeting, with the first day of competition on Monday, with bowling ending on Friday. Friday evening will be the Award’s Banquet. 2. The Tournament is open to Seniors, men age 50+; women age 45+, from WTBA member countries, all player must be a member of his/her country’s bowling Federation/Association. Verification of membership from the player’s Bowling Federation will be required. Players must be of the nationality of the country they represent or a permanent resident of the country they represent, and shall not be under suspension by any WTBA member federation. 3. There will be three (3) divisions of senior players for both men and women. Age Division A: men 50 - 57 years old; women 45 -52 3a. The age on the day of the start of the Tournament will be used to determine the age group. 3b. Division A and B will receive no handicap. All the participants in the C group will receive for each game played, a bonus of 1 point for each full year they are older then the age of 65 years. The bonus will be for every event in group C: Singles, Doubles, Trio's and Masters! 3c. Divisions may be combined if there is an insufficient number of entries for a division. 4. The Tournament will consist of singles, doubles and trio events. Each participant must play on three different days, one day each of singles (6 games), doubles (6 games) and trios (6 games). 4a, Singles and doubles events will be played with 2 players per lane. Each game will be played using two lanes immediately adjoining each other, with the players alternating lanes for each frame. 4b. If a doubles team consists of 2 players from different age groups, they must play in the age group of the youngest player. 4b1. Mixed doubles are not allowed. 4c. If a doubles team consists of 1 or 2 C age players, bonus points will be awarded to those C age players’ scores 4d. The trio event will be played with three players per lane. Each game will be played using two lanes immediately adjoining each other, with the players alternating lanes for each frame. 4d1. There will be separate trio events, without age groups, for men and women. 4d2. Mixed teams are not allowed. 4d3. If a trio consists of 1, 2 or 3 C- age players, bonus points will be awarded to those C age players’ scores. 5. Masters Match Play Event will be played on Thursday and Friday to determine the field of top 6 players for a Masters Round Robin to determine the All Events Champion. 6. In singles, doubles and trios, all bowlers will move 5 lanes to the right and bowl another set of opponents. 7. All lane assignments are made by the Organizing Committee in advance and will be made, where possible, to have players play against players from different countries. 8. Mixed country teams - All countries must give their line up for doubles and trio's in the first week of April each year to the Organizing Committee. Should there be players of a country who do not make a full team, the organizing committee will form mixed country teams from these players. The mixed country teams will compete in the event as other teams and will be eligible to receive medals. The organizing committee will do its best to form mixed country teams. 9. Incomplete teams - If there are not enough players to make a mixed country team in either doubles or trios, due to the number of participants in the Tournament, the players will play all the events but will not be eligible to win any medals for those events. Their scores will only count toward their all events score. 10. There will be 10 minutes of practice before single and double event, and 15 minutes before the trio event. There will be 10 minutes of practice before the start of any Master’s event. 11. After playing 18 games (singles, doubles and trios events) the 24 top scoring players in each division will bowl in the Masters Event which will consist of two sessions of Match Play and a Round Robin Final. 11A: Round One of Match Play: The top 24 scoring players in each division will bowl for best 2 out of 3 games against their opponent. No scores will be carried over from previous events. Should an odd number of players exist for Round One of Match Play the player with the highest score after the original 18 games will automatically advance to the next round. The 12 winners of the matches will advance to Round Two of Match Play. Should there not be 24 players in a division, they will bowl this round with however many players are in the division as long as it is more than 12 total players in the division. If there are 12 or fewer players in a division, they will automatically advance to Round Two of Match Play. 11B: Round Two of Match Play: The winners of the matches in Round One (12 players) in each division will bowl for best 2 out of 3 games against their opponent. No scores will be carried over from previous events. Should an odd number of players exist for Round One of Match Play the player with the highest score after the original 18 games will automatically advance to the next round. The 6 winners of the matches will advance to the Round Robin Finals. Should there not be 12 players in a division, they will bowl this round with however many players in the division as long as it is more than 6 total players in the division. Should there be 6 or fewer players in a division, they will automatically advance to Round Robin Finals. 12. Masters Round Robin Finals: The top 6 players after Round Two of Match Play, in each division, will bowl a Master’s Round Robin Finals Event consisting of 5 one-game matches, one against the other in a Round Robin format. No scores will be carried over from previous events. Points for the Round Robin will be awarded as follows: Won: 20 pins bonus 12. Tie scores - When scores are equal (tied) for any of the first three positions in singles, doubles, trios and the Masters, there shall be no roll-off, but co-champions shall be declared. Players who tie with another player or team will be awarded the same medals. In case of a tie for the first position, the next position will get bronze medal. In the case of a triple tie for the first position, all will get gold medals, and there will be no other medals. In case of a tie for the second position, there will be no medals for the third position. In case of a tie for the third position the tied players will all get a bronze medal. 12a. When a tie occurs during the Masters Round one or two of Match Play for the last advancing position a roll off game will be bowled until the tie is broken with as many additional10th frames as needed to break the tie. 13. Players are not allowed to eat, or consume alcohol or be under the influence of alcohol while in competition - the entire period of her/his block of games. Non-alcoholic beverages are allowed, however, no liquids of any kind are allowed in the player’s circle, but may be kept on the tables to the rear. No smoking is allowed in the bowling center at any time. Any player in breach of these rules will be suspended for the block of games then being played. 14. The application of any foreign substance on any part of the approach that detracts from the possibility of other players having a normal playing condition is prohibited. The WTBA rule on this is the same as USBC rule and will be followed - products made by bowling manufacturers to help players to get a good slide in their approach, such as shoe slide is permitted, as long as others players do not file a protest that the approach is negatively influenced. Products that are not on the USBC approved list are prohibited. The recent USBC list can be found at: http://www.bowl.com/. Powder products for use on bowling balls may not be kept on the score table and may only be used in a manner that does not impact other players in any way. 15. Cleaning the bowling ball during competition - Any cloth towel that is non-abrasive and does not modify the surface finish of the ball and contains no chemical additives will be acceptable for use during the competition. The USBC list with approved ball cleaners can also be found at: http://www.bowl.com/specs/ballCleaner.aspx 16. Playing uniforms - Players shall wear a standard uniform. Standard uniform means: all the same colors and lay out. Men must wear pants or slacks. Woman may wear skirts, split skirts, pants, slacks or dress shorts. The mixed country teams and any players who are not part of teams are exempted from this rule. First offence, warning, second offence, a fine of $10 (USD), third offence will be disqualification for the event in which the offence took place. 17. Scoring errors - Errors in scoring or errors in calculation in tournament play must be corrected by a responsible Tournament Official immediately upon discovery of such error. Questionable errors, which would have a direct effect on the results, will be decided upon by the Organizing Committee of the tournament. The time limit for filing protests on scoring errors is one hour after the first squad the next morning. The time limit for filing protests on scoring errors in the last day before the masters is two hours after the moment the results are published. If the player does not agree with the decision made by the managing committee a written appeal, by the team captain, should be handed over to the commission of appeal. 18. Protests - All other protests, not mentioned in these rules must be submitted promptly by a team captain or representative of a country in writing and given to the Tournament Director. The Tournament Director will give the protest to the commission of appeal, formed by the organizing committee, which will consist of any Zone presidium member present at the Tournament, the Tournament Director, a representative of a local USBC organization and representatives from two other countries. The commission of appeal will decide and give the verdict in writing to all involved and all representatives of countries present. The decision is final. 19. In all other matters the WTBA rules will be applied. Explanation about medals Single event: Place 1 2 3 Men A gold silver bronze medal Women A gold silver bronze medal Double event: Place 1 2 3 Men A gold silver bronze medal Women A gold silver bronze medal Trio event: Place 1 2 3 Men gold silver bronze medal All events NO medals given after 18 games After the single, double and trio events, the all events scores will be posted. There are NO medals for all events after 18 games; this result is only for the start of the Round robin. Masters Event The Masters Event will consist of two rounds of Match Play and a Round Robin Finals. No medals will be awarded for games in Match Play. For the Round Robin Finals, the 6 highest scoring players after two rounds of Match Play in Men A, Men B, Men C, Women A, Women B and Women C will play the masters final event - 5 games Round Robin. For the round robin, scores from the previous games will not be carried over. Bonus points won during the matches will be added to the scores. After 23 total games of the tournament the Masters winners will be awarded medals as follows: Masters: Place 1 2 3 Men A gold silver bronze medal Women A gold silver bronze medal Tournament Champion Division title awarded to 1st Place winner of Masters and they will also receive a new bowling ball World Seniors Invitational
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