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What is the rules on bowling averages in a tournament?

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bowlinchick asked:


I’m bowling in a tournament coming up. There is a male bowler, bowling in this tournament also who is a 200+ average bowler. He is going in with a 160 average because he did’nt bowl last year. How is this fair to the other bowlers in the tournament?

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5 Responses to “What is the rules on bowling averages in a tournament?”

  1. kalligirl@sbcglobal.net Says:
    September 20th, 2008 at 8:50 pm

    I bowl every saturday in a league- when it comes to tournaments the rules varry. You should go to and type in the specific tournament to look at the rules :) I’m sorry I couldn’t be of any more help.

  2. missada51 Says:
    September 21st, 2008 at 1:44 pm

    STOP CAREING ABOUT OTHER BOWLER AND GO BOWL THE BEST YOU CAME.

  3. webserfun Says:
    September 23rd, 2008 at 8:36 pm

    If those are the rules of that tournament, then don’t compete. It will be difficult to beat him if he is handicapped at 160.

    This is probably not an ABC sanctioned tournament, else he would come in with no handicap.

  4. Emily Says:
    September 25th, 2008 at 5:08 am

    Actually it sounds unfair, but thats the way it is.. Someone else said if it were a sanctioned league it wouldn’t handicap him.. The only way he wouldn’t be handicapped is if he has a 200+ avg.. Unfortunately since he took a year off, as far as USBC is concerned, he has no avg.. There policy on non-avg. bowlers male is as in this case a 160… NOt sure what the answer is to how USBC can correct this, but this is an obvious loophole and he does have an advantage.. I would just worry about yourself though, he’s only 1 person, usually at least the top 3 cash…. Besides the fact, even the top 3, you don’t have a realistic chance at it, with so many bowlers in it anyway, remember the primary reason should always be to have fun, and up the competitioon a bit, and heck if you walk away with some money then great, but if you don’t life still goes on… JUst have fun..

  5. Ash Says:
    October 24th, 2008 at 2:02 am

    I agree with another poster. Don’t worry so much about averages. Don’t compete against other people. Don’t set a standard for yourself. Create your own average and attempt to get it higher every week. You are your own worst enemy. Keep on bowling!

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