The Sarasota-Manatee Women's 600 Club has announced plans for its 2013 annual tournament, which will be conducted at AMF Bradenton on Sunday, Feb. 3.
The area 600 Club reorganized in 2011, and the upcoming event represents its third yearly competition, open to all club members.
The Feb. 3 agenda will open with a meeting at 1 p.m., followed by the tournament -- to be held on a 7-8-9 no-tap format -- at 1:45 p.m. A social hour, including food, will take place at the conclusion of bowling.
The format calls for the first game to be a 7-pin no-tap, the middle game an 8-pin no-tap and the final game a 9-pin no-tap.
The $17 entry fee includes $2 annual membership dues, and new members will be required to pay the dues and submit a 600 Club application.
Handicap will be 90 percent of 200, using yearbook averages. If a member is no longer an active league participant, she may compete, using her most-recent yearbook average.
Even though the official entry deadline is Jan. 26, walk-ins will be accepted. Entry blanks can be found at Sarasota and Manatee County bowling centers.
For additional information, contact Pat Peters at (941) 355-4654, or e-mail her at jppp2@verizon.net.
Sarasota-Manatee local association tournaments are upcoming
It's time to start thinking about two upcoming annual tournaments conducted by the Sarasota-Manatee County USBC Bowling Association. The 700-Plus Tournament will be held on Feb. 17 at AMF Bradenton, and the association's open championships will be held the following two weekends (Feb. 23-24 and March 2-3), also at AMF Bradenton.
Following are capsule summaries for both of those tournaments.
* 700-PLUS: The event -- featuring handicap doubles and virtual singles, both scratch and handicap -- will take place on Sunday, Feb. 17.
The doubles competition, beginning at noon, will be composed of teams with one SMCBA member who has rolled a three-game scratch series of 700 or better in the past four years and a member who hasn't done so. Entry fee will be $40 per doubles team if paid in advance, or $50 for walk-ins.
Virtual singles, starting at 3 p.m., will have a scratch division for bowlers who have rolled a 700+ series in the past four years, plus a handicap division for those who haven't done so. Bowlers must roll the doubles event to be eligible for singles, and the scratch division will feature a final-five stepladder finals.
For complete rules and tournament information, you can view or download an entry blank by clicking here.
* SMCBA OPEN: The association's championship event will be held on the weekends of Feb. 23-24 and March 2-3, with Saturday squads at noon and 4 p.m. and a single 1 p.m. squad on Sundays.
Competition will include five-player team, singles and doubles at a cost of $20 per player per event, plus optional scratch and handicap all-events at $5 each.
Entries will close on Feb. 20, and to view or download a tournament entry blank that includes all rules and information, click here.
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