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League officers:
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President:
Gail Smith
Vice President:
Jerry Bodner
Treasurer:
Sharon Tokar
Secretary:
Dusty Clark
UNITED STATES BOWLING CONGRESS OHIO STATE BOWLING ASSOCIATION OHIO WOMEN'S BOWLING ASSOCIATION GREATER CLEVELAND BOWLING ASSOCIATION OFFICIAL STANDINGS LEAGUE ARCHIVES
League bylaws
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Changes are in italics.
1. The National City Mixed Bowling League shall be limited solely to current employees and retirees of National City Bank. If a bowler is severed by the Bank they are permitted to stay in the league through the end of the season. The League shall be certified with the United States Bowling Congress through their local associations. The bank pays certification fees at the beginning of the season. Each bowler whose certification is being paid through this league must pay a one time $10 fee to help cover the cost of certification. Non-employee pacers are permitted.
2. The League shall consist of nine (9) teams. The League will bowl on Tuesdays for 30 weeks, beginning on 09/08/09, and ending on 04/06/10, which is the League’s FUN-NIGHT. We will not be bowling on 12/29/09. Practice begins at 6:15 PM. All scheduled matches will start promptly at 6:30 PM. No practice balls are to be thrown after that time. WE WILL BE BOWLING THE WEEK OF THANKSGIVING.
3. The League will bowl a season split into three parts. Each part will consist of 9 weeks to include one position round. At the end of those 9 weeks the team with the most points will be champ for that third. If there is a tie for first place in total points at the end of any third, a one game roll-off will take place that night to break the tie. If a player cannot stay they will be permitted to bowl out. The winner of the playoff game will then be declared champion of that third. The 28th week of the season will be a playoff between the third winners and one wild card team. The wild card team will be the team that has the most total points for the season that did not win any third. The third winner with the most points for the season will bowl the wild card team and the other two third winners will bowl each other. All teams not involved in the playoff will bowl a regular position round knockdown based on total points for the season. If one team wins two thirds they are automatically in the league championship and will face the winner of the playoff involving the other third winner and the wild card team. If one team wins all three thirds they are automatically in the championship and will face the team with most total points for the season that did not win a third. The remaining teams will have a final position round based on the full season standings. The 30th week is Fun-Night for all league members. There is no charge for bowling, but there is a Fun-Night Prize Fee, of which 100% or more is paid out in prize money.
4. The management of the League shall be vested in the Board of Directors, which consists of the officers and team captains. The League membership shall elect officers and the Board of Directors shall adopt the League rules. A majority shall constitute a quorum.
5. The amount to be paid by each bowler, including subs, each night, shall be $15, of which $10.75 covers the cost of bowling. The balance will be placed in the League treasury. Team captains are responsible for the collecting of all bowling fees.
6. The secretary of the League shall be paid $15 per week. The treasurer of the League shall be paid $7.50 per week. The President and Vice President will have their entire $20 certification fee paid by the League.
7. A savings account shall be opened in the name of the League at NCB, in which funds will be deposited weekly. Withdrawals from the account may be made only with the signatures of the Treasurer, and the President or Vice-President of the League.
8. To qualify for individual awards, a bowler must have bowled in one-half of the scheduled games. Teams and individuals can qualify for one high game and one high series award. No individual bowler can win more than one individual special trophy—e.g. high avg., high game, or high series. New bowlers with no established average are eligible to qualify for handicap awards after bowling nine (9) games. 90% of the difference between the bowler’s average and 220 will be the basis for handicap for handicap awards.
9. Bowlers will use averages established last season in this league, based on 21 or more games. A new bowler who has an established average from another certified league must use his/her highest average from LAST season, based on 21 or more games. This average will be used for the first 9 games bowled in the NCB league. Then he/she will have an established average to be used from that point on. Any bowler without an average from the previous year will bowl for average on their first night of bowling.
10. Handicap for each team is 90% of the difference between their current team average and a set figure of 880. For example, your team total is 656; you subtract that from 880. The difference is 224. Multiply by that 90%, you get 201.6. ALWAYS drop the decimal so the handicap would be 201.
11. Captains will turn in rosters of team members along with the bowler’s addresses and department extensions, to the Secretary subsequent to the start of the season. Team rosters will be limited to eight members. Any roster changes must be reported to League Secretary subsequent to the time the member bowls. Four team members should be scheduled to bowl each week. This constitutes a full team lineup.
12. A list of floating substitutes shall be maintained by the League whenever possible. No new bowlers may join the League in the final six weeks of the schedule without approval of the League officers. Each member is responsible for getting his/her own substitutes when unable to bowl. Do NOT call the League secretary for substitutes. An absent member is responsible for monies owed.
13. Both regular and substitute players shall constitute a legal lineup. A minimum legal lineup must include at least two players. A legal lineup must be met by the 5th frame for all games.
14. When a team fails to have the minimum legal lineup, the opposing team must bowl within 40 pins of their current team average in order to win points by forfeiture; otherwise they will be credited with a loss. Points not won for failing to bowl the prescribed score will not be credited to either team. Seven points will increase the loss record of the team not present.
15. Absentee scores shall be allowed when a team has a legal lineup, but has less than a full lineup at the start of any game in a series. If a team has fewer than four bowlers present on any given night, with a roster of five, six or seven bowlers, the average of the bowler who is absent shall be used as the basis for handicap, BUT, each absentee score for the game will be reduced by 10 pins. When a team does not have enough players on its roster to constitute a legal lineup, a vacancy score of 120 shall be used. Such score shall be the basis for the handicap.
16. A committee of two league officers and one team captain shall be appointed to determine what sufficient cause to grant a postponement is. In emergencies, the captain of the team unable to attend shall notify the opposing team captain, and the league secretary or the President at the earliest opportunity. All pre/post bowling must be done as a team at the house that the league is bowling at that season with at least one league officer present.
17. Standings shall be determined on a seven-point basis, with two points awarded for each game won and one point for the high team series in each match. In case of a tie, each team receives one point. In case of a tie series, each team receives a half point.
18. In the championship roll-off, the winners of the divisional playoff will bowl for the league championship. To qualify to bowl in the knockdowns a league member must have bowled 9 games to bowl in the first third knockdown, 15 games for the second, and 21 for the last third and final week knockdowns. Prize money will be published toward the end of the season by place finished. The team that wins the Championship Roll-Off will receive first place money, the non-winner of the roll-off, second place. The remaining teams will be paid by the number of points for the full season. Ties will have two or more place monies added together and split evenly amongst the teams.
19. Team resignation or withdrawal—if a team must withdraw from the League during the season, 2 weeks notice must be given, in writing, to the League Secretary, signed by each member of the team. The notification must include a satisfactory reason for the withdrawal. If either the 2-week notice or the satisfactory reason is not met, the team will forfeit all accrued prize money, and can be reported to the local sanctioning association. In addition, regardless of sufficient notice and reason, the team is responsible for paying a MAXIMUM of 2 weeks league fees, or until a replacement team is found. Failure to pay these fees will be handled by subtracting them from any prize money due.
20. Team member resignation or withdrawal—any member that resigns from their team—must provide them with a 2 week notices. They must also attempt to find a replacement. They must also pay for both weeks of bowling. They will not be entitled to any of the prize money at the end of the season.
21. If any bowler is in arrears two (2) weeks in league fees, they cannot bowl until it is made current, or the team is responsible for the fees. THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO A BOWLER WHO IS ABSENT OR A VACANCY IS PRESENT ON THE TEAM, PER USBC RULE 109d.
