4 Qualifying Divisions (bowler must select the division they will participate in prior to event and cannot change divisions once started. Smart funds available for Junior bowlers )
- 35 and under (scratch Division)
- 36-54 (scratch Division)
- Over 55/women (scratch Division)
- 215 and under average (Handicap Division, handicap is 80% of 215 with a max of 30 pins per game) Highest Winter book average past 3 years.
Qualifying – 4 games skipping pairs
1-7 make finals and 1-4 cash per squad. Cash as many times as you can. Huge incentives for high blocks in your division for byes. If you pre pay for multiple squads and make the finals early and don’t want to try and increase your score you can withdraw from squads up to 15 minutes prior to practice and receive a cash refund minus $5.00.
Eliminator Finals format – Sunday 12/1 at 8am. Eliminator finals with 3/4/5 on a pair (random draw) with two bowlers advancing from each pair per round. The top 3 qualifiers within each division are seeded to the final 5 bowlers left standing for that division. High qualifier for each division is seeded directly into the division winner’s head-to-head match. Final match is a one game shootout of the four division winners to determine overall champion. See rules for details.
Highest 4 game score in qualifying receives a bye to the title match of their division. They only need to win one match to make the shootout.
2nd and 3rd high qualifying scores get a bye to the top 5 in each division. 4 goes to 2. They bowl a match to determine who will bowl the leader of their division to make the show.
4 qualifying squads per day.
Thursday 9am and 11am. Re-oil. 2pm and 4pm. Friday, and Saturday 8am and 1030am. Re-oil. 2pm and 4:30pm.
Finals start at 8 am Sunday morning.
2 Sweepers Thursday and Friday night at 8pm.
Thursday 5 games entry fee $125.00. Friday 5 games entry fee $195.00.
1-4 cash. 5 on a pair so limited field.
Finals Format and Prize Fund
(Based on 76 entries per squad – Max of 912 entries)
Sponsor money to be announced at a later date with a goal of at least $75,000 to be added to Megabuck prize funds
$80.00 special entry fee for all Thursday squads. $23.00 tournament expenses and $57.00 going toward prize fund.
$95.00 entry fee Friday and Saturday $23.00 tournament expenses and $72.00 going toward prize fund.
Total of 12 squads over 3 days.
Assumption – 19 entries in each division per squad. Total entries 76 per squad and 912 for event.
1-4 cash and 1-7 make finals.
Thursday 19 entries per division per squad. 4 squads = 76 entries X $57.00 = $4,332.00
Friday and Saturday 19 entries per division per squad. 8 squads = 152 entries X $72 = $10,944.00. $4,332.00 plus $10,944.00 = $15,276.00 in total prize money per division. $15,276 x 4 divisions = $61,104.00 in Total Prize fund before sponsor added money.
1-4 cash. A total of 4 cash per squad and 1-7 make finals. 2 would make finals each squad in each division.
With 19 entries for each division per squad there would be an at large cut from scores over the course of the entire qualifying squads which would be 8 per division also making the finals from at large cut. Top 8 scores that did not make a squad cut per division
2024 we will pay instant Bucks ($100.00) every squad at 1-4 per division even if your score is within the 1-7 to make the finals. 912 entries equals 228 instant $100.00 cashers = $22,800.00 paid out before the finals = per division $5,700.00
2 bowlers qualify for finals each squad plus 8 at large spots 2 x 12 = 24 + 8 = 32 finalists per division. Total of 128 finalists.
$15,276.00 in prize money – $5,700.00 = $9,576.00 left to pay out in finals per division plus $16,250.00 in sponsor money for each division making total prize fund in finals $25,826.00 x 4 = $103,304.00
$65,000.00 currently being added by our sponsors: Savage Arms, NEXT Technologies, TechVision Livestreaming, Strike FX Pro Shops, Ace Mitchell Bowlers Mart.
Of the 32 finalists per division with top 3 getting byes. Start with 32 bowlers in each division. Byes come in round 5 and round 7 of finals.
Eliminator Format per division. (35 & under, 36-54, Over 55/Women, Under 215 average)
1st round of finals will be cut the field to an even number and then eliminator by pair with 3/4/5 bowlers to 2.
| Round 1 | 29 to 16 | 13 losers receive $400.00 ( $100.00 instant Bucks already paid out +$300.00) = $3,900.00 |
| Round 2 | 16 to 8 | 8 losers receive $500.00 ( $100.00 instant Bucks already paid out +$400.00) = $3,200.00 |
| Round 3 | 8 to 4 | 4 losers receive $600.00 ( $100.00 instant Bucks already paid out + $500.00) =$2,000.00 |
| Round 4 | 4 to 2 | 2 losers receive $700.00 ( $100.00 instant Bucks already paid out + $600.00) =$1,200.00 2nd and 3rd high scores per division enter next round |
| Round 5 | 4 to 2 | 2 losers receive $900.00 ( $100.00 instant Bucks already paid out + $800.00) = $1,600.00 |
| Round 6 | 2 to 1 | 1 loser receives $1,200.00 ($100.00instant Bucks already paid out + $1,100.00) = $1,100.00 High score of qualifying enters next round for title match |
| Round 7 | 2 to 1 | 1 loser receives $1,800.00 ($100.00 for instant Bucks already paid out + $1,700.00) = $1,700.00 High qualifier in each division guaranteed $1,800.00 |
Each division has one standing for the top 4.
Total allocated before the final 4 for finals is $14,700.00 per division=$58,800.00
Round 8 The Show $103,304.00 prize fund – $58,800.00 paid out before the show = $44,504.00 for the show. 215 and under finalist receives 10 pins handicap and over 55/Women get 6 pins handicap in shootout.
1st $20,000.00
2nd $12,000.00
3rd $8,000.00
4th $5,000.00
Total games bowled 3648/squads 244 for finals and 950 for sweepers = 4,842 games. x $3.50 = $16,947.00 lineage
Sweepers
$3,000.00 being added to the sweepers from The Brands of Storm Products Inc.
Thursday night – 5 games, starts at 8:00pm. Short pattern. Entry fee $125.00, max 95 bowlers, 1-4 cash = 24 cashers
$25 expenses and $100.00 prize fund = $11,000.00
1st $1,800
2nd $1,300
3rd $1,000
4th $800
5th $650
6th $520
7th $420
8th $380
9th $340
10th $320
11th $300
12th $290
13th $280
14th $270
15th $260
16th $250
17th $245
18th $240
19th $235
20th $230
21st $225
22nd $220
23rd $215
24th $210
Friday night – 5 games, starts at 8:00pm, long pattern. Entry fee $195.00, max 95 bowlers, 1-4 cash = 24 cashers
$25 expenses and $170 prize fund = $17,650.00
1st $3,000
2nd $2,000
3rd $1,500
4th $1,200
5th $1,000
6th $800
7th $700
8th $660
9th $620
10th $580
11th $540
12th $500
13th $460
14th $440
15th $420
16th $400
17th $390
18th $380
19th $370
20th $360
21st $350
22nd $340
23rd $330
24th $320
Optional 10 game sweeper prize fund. Entry $100.00. Estimate 50 entries. 1-4 cash
$3,000.00 added from sponsor ROCK 102 Springfield’s classic Rock.
1st $2,000
2nd $1,500
3rd $1,100
4th $800
5th $650
6th $500
7th $400
8th $340
9th $290
10th $250
11th $220
12th $200