Social Bowling
Winter A Season STARTING: December
SOCIAL: Teams/individuals that have basic to intermediate athletic skills and love to socialize.
START TIMES: 7:00 -11:00 P.M. ( times will vary per location)
LOCATION: – Suburban Bowlerama & Colony Lanes North
DAYS: Mondays ( Colony Park Lanes) Wednesdays ( Suburban Bowlerama)
DOUBLES LEAGUE ( 2 PLAYER / SUBS OPTIONAL )
8 Week League
LEAGUE FEES
The base league fee is $35 PER player-
Each team is required to list at minimum a 2 person roster
League fees include: YSSL T-shirt for each participant, Discounted weekly lane fees, Weekly standings, and Miller Lite sponsored social events at our official sponsored restaurants/bars.
TEAM/INDIVIDUAL PAYMENT
Individuals may use the following payment methods: PayPal / Credit Card or CHECK (Made out to York Social Sports League) and/or CASH.
Captains are recommended to submit payment for the entire team.
Social Bowling Rules
OVERVIEW
Each team will play 3 games per night
Each team is allowed (2) players on a team ( SUBS OPTIONAL )
BEGINNING OF THE GAME
The first game will begin when both teams have at least 2 people (1 must be female) as close to the beginning time as possible. Forfeits will be called at 10 minutes after the start time if a team cannot field a legal team. Teams shall field no more than 2 players on the lane at one time in any given game. Team captains must inform League Director if using substitutions. This must be done by phone or email at least 2 hrs prior to play. Substitutions must sign a waiver form at the counter prior to play. 3 TO 4 people will be allowed to score for each team. If substitutes are used outside of 2 people, they must check-in at counter prior to play.
PLAYERS
Teams must have at least two players (1 female) to be considered a legal game. Teams may play with any amount of men or women. This is offset and balanced by individual handicaps. If a player(s) is/are absent, their average and handicap will be utilized, minus ten pins.
Absent Player Example: Jim has an average of 110 and doesn’t show up. His score will be recorded as.. 110 – 10 (pins) = 100. His handicap will still be factored in with the final score, thus giving him a 190.
SCORING
All players and teams will receive scratch scores and Handicap scores. Scratch scores are the actual amount of pins that a person knocks down in a given game. A Handicap score consists of the amount of pins knocked down added to the person’s Handicap. A Handicap is figured by taking a person’s average and subtracting that average from 200. A person’s handicap is updated and changed each week after the results from the previous match are talleyed (your hadicap always reflects how you are doing over the course of the entire season). 200 is the Handicap score base used for all bowlers.
Handicap Example: Bowler’s Average = 105; Handicap = 200-105=95
If above bowler bowls a 107, the handicap score is 202 (95 added to pins)
If above bowler bowls a 100, the handicap score is 195 (95 added to pins)
Teams will play against another team for three games each night. Each game of the night will be worth 2 points to the winning team based on total team handicap scoring. The team that wins the series (combination of all games) will also receive 1 point. There are 7 possible points per night. If two teams have combined handicap scores that tie they will split the 2 points.
If a new player(s) bowls and every other player has a handicap score established, the new player(s) will have theirs computed based on the number of games that they bowled that evening and their handicap will also be added in to the teams overall score.
STANDINGS/FINALS
Standings will be based on points won for each game played and for each night’s series winner. During the last week of play, teams will be seeded to play the team closest to them in the standings. It is a position week, so any team that is within seven points/wins of the top team will have a chance at winning the league. All other teams are plaing for final positioning. The final week of the league is that playoff/position week and that schedule will be posted after the scores have been recorded for the final week of regular season play.