PUNK ROCK BOWLING
Sat. May 26 , 2012
Sams Town Bowling Center & Texas Station Bowling Center
Squad 1: 12:00pm - 2:30pm (buses leave downtown at 11:00am for both locations)
Squad 2: 3:00pm - 5:30pm (buses leave downtown at 2:00pm for both locations)
Sun. May 27, 2012
Sams Town Casino
Playoff Rounds: 11:30am - 6:00pm (buses leave downtown at 10:30am)
232 Bowling Teams consisting of 4 degenerates such as yourself, will compete for cash and merchandise over a 2 day period.
Day one will see 2 squads of 116 teams compete for the highest 3 game total, Day Two will be the elimination rounds with the top 60 teams battling for the title of Punk Rock Bowling Champion 2012 (and a hefty cash prize!)
With over $16,000 in prize money and some great sponsor donated merchandise, this is no walk in the park. We will warn you in advance that there will be loud punk music (real punk) being blasted at you from every angle, scantily clad competitors, a never ending cocktail waitress at your service and other untold distractions to help you with your "A" game. Good luck to you and we'll see you in the winners circle!!!
BOWLING TOURNAMENT RULES
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW AS A BOWLER...
SHOW UP ON TIME
Once you sign up and pay for your team, you will get a confirmation email stating that you have a lane. Lanes assignements will be sent via email shortly before the tournament. When you show up in Vegas, go to the Punk Rock Bowling Registration Booth to register your team and you will be handed a packet with a squad # which tells you what time you bowl, a lane # and the Bowling Alley that you will be going to. You will also receive a wristband that will get you on your shuttle bus. You must have a wristband to ride the bus, and you will be allowed one guest maximum to ride with you.
Please report to the the buses at the time indicated. There is a tight schedule and the buses will leave on time. If you miss the bus, it is your responsibility to get to your bowling alley on time or your team will forfiet.
Make sure that all the names on your team have been entered on your screen correctly. Someone will come by your lane before bowling begins to make any corrections and answer any questions. Do not adjust names or team names. If they need to be corrected, let us know at our scoring booth. Any changes are cause for immediate disqualification.
LEAGUE BOWLING
You will be bowling league style bowling, which means that you will be switching lanes for each frame that you bowl. Look at the arrow next to your name on the screen, which will tell you what lane you should be bowling on for that frame. IF YOU OR THE TEAM NEXT TO YOU MAKES A MISTAKE (bowl in the wrong lane/order), PLEASE GO TO THE DESK AND HAVE THE PROBLEM FIXED BY THE SCORE ASSIST*
HANDICAP
To give everyone a fair shot at the prize money, we have implemented a handicap system that is based on 70% of the difference of your average subtracted from 200. So let's say you averaged 120 points over your 3 games, we would deduct 120 points from 200, multiply the remaining 80 points X 70% and give you a starting handicap of 56 points per game. If you bowled last year, you're handicap will be based on the average of your 3 games from the first day only. If you didn't bowl last year, you're handicap will be calculated AFTER you bowl your 3 games on day 1, and added or subtracted from your total score throughout the entire tournament.
If you are a returning bowler and on a different team this year, let us know your previous team when you register so we can get your handicap. The order you submit your names at the time of registration is the order you will bowl in. Each returning bowler will have their handicap assigned at that time.We will send out an e-mail about a week before the tournament with the information on your team, any handicaps for returning bowlers, as well as hotel and poker player info if you have rooms and/or you are playing in the poker tournament. Please keep in mind that there are 928 bowlers to keep track of. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO LET US KNOW IF YOU CHANGED TEAMS or if you need to correct any of the information we have.
*If you do any of the following, you may lose your handicap and get only your scratch score or have your team disqualified, so pay attention!*
...If you don't inform us of any mistakes or omissions in your handicap from the previous tournament before bowling commences you cannot get the previous handicap. You will get a new one based on your first day of this tournament
...Do not try to change the order of your bowlers as this could cause you to get someone else's handicap. You may lose your handicap or be disqualified!!!
Do not change bowlers before or during the tournament, you will be disqualified!!!
Do not attempt to bring outside bowlers in as "members" of your team, ringers will be disqualified and your team will be banned forever from our tournament!!!!
PLAYOFFS
If you are one of the top 60 teams that made the playoffs (check the posted results at the bowling alley Saturday late night), CONGRATULATIONS!!! Find your lane assignment on the board, and get over there. You will be playing head to head elimination rounds, winners advance and losers are finished. If you lose, you will place according to your total team score from that round only. Round 1 - 33rd through 60th place, Round 2 - 17th through 32nd place, Round 3 - 9th through 16th place, Round 4- 5th through 8th place. Round 5- 3rd & 4th place and the Championship Round will be head to head for 1st and 2nd place. Whew, 6 games to win!
ONCE AGAIN, IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE IT TO THE LANES ON TIME, IF YOU ARE LATE, YOU CAN BE DISQUALIFIED. IF YOUR TEAM QUALIFIES FOR THE PLAYOFFS AND YOU ARE LEAVING OR DO NOT WISH TO BOWL ON SUNDAY, PLEASE LET US KNOW SATURDAY SO WE CAN ADJUST THE STANDINGS FOR THE OTHER TEAMS!!!
In an effort to accommodate more bowlers we will be bowling in TWO different bowling locations, our mainstay, Sams Town and Texas Station. We will eliminate the 3rd late night squad and have just two squads on Day One in each of the bowling alleys, this way no one gets stuck missing most of the opening festival on Saturday. With two bowling alleys, this increases the tournament from 168 to 232 teams, which means we will be able to open up the wait list to more new bowlers.The other change, is that we will be providing buses from Downtown Las Vegas, where everyone will be staying, to the Bowling Alleys and back. So each squad will have a bus call which will get you to your assigned Bowling Alley. (either Sams Town or Texas Station)
Bowling on Day 2 will be the playoff round which will only take place at Sams Town and buses will also be provided back and forth.
