Format & Rules

Tournament Delimitations

CategoryOpen for 50 + - International Senior Bowling Tour
EventSingle Women and Single Men
Women handicapNo, seperate standings
Other kind of handicapsyes, age handicaps

Tournament Information

Tournament OrganizerValcke Bowling
Tournament NamePlaza Senior Open
CentrePlaza Reims Thillois
CityReims Thillois
FederationFFBSQ
First day8 February 2012
Last day12 February 2012

Qualifications
6+6 games, after 2 games, left lane players moves 4 lanes to the left and right lane players moves 4 lanes to the right, but two in minor squads (over one pair of lanes)

Desperado
1 game after the last qualification squad, the 2 best men and the first ladies will qualify for the finals

Re-entry
a re-entry consist of replaying 6 games, there is no limitation in the number of re-entries, but only the lowest serie (6 games) from the two initial series can be replaced

Turbo
highest score + age bonus of the 5th game
highest score + age bonus of the 6th game
(turbo entries must be paid prior to the start of your 1st game)
€ 25 per serie of 6 games

Final Step 1
Men
44 players will play 4 games starting from scratch – top 18 will qualify for final step 2
4 players per lane pair

  • top 6 of the early birds (shifts 1 to 5)
  • position 5 – 38 in the final qualification standing
  • top 2 of the desperados squad
  • 2 winners of the turbo

Ladies
14 players will play 4 games starting from scratch -  top 6 will qualify for final step 3
2 players per lane pair

  • top 3 of the early birds (shifts 1 to 5)
  • position 3 -10 in the final qualification standing
  • winner of the desperados squad
  • 2 winners of the turbo

Final Step 2
Men
22 players will play 6 games starting from scratch – top 8 will qualify for final step 3
2 players per lane pair

  • top 4 of the final qualification standing
  • top 18 of final step one

Final Step 3
Men
top 8 of final step 2 will play a 7 game round robin, without position round.
50% of total pin fall from final step 2 is carried forward
bonus : 30 points for a won match, 15 points for a tied match

Ladies
top 2 of the final qualification standing and top 6 of final step one will play a 7 game round robin, without position round, starting from scratch
bonus : 30 points for a won match, 15 points for a tied match.

The winner of the tournament is the lady and the men who have gained the highest pin fall including bonuses after round robin. In case of a tie, the bowler with the highest scratch score without handicap will be declared the winner.

Tournament Tie Rules

In case of tie, the ISBT-rules are valid.