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Rules & Regulation
8th KUWAIT
INTERANTIONAL OPEN 2011
World Bowling Tour Stop
Kuwait City –
Kuwait,
March 18 - 22, 2011,
ABF Tour March 23, 2011
Tournament
Information:
- Date March 18 -
22, 2011, (WBT)
World Bowling Tour Stop
- Date March 23,
2011, ABF Tour
Place : Cozmo
Bowling Center - Salmiya Center – 16 lanes
Entry Fee : US$ 1,000
( One Thousand US Dollars), including
the T-shirt of the championship.
Format:
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Round 1 - All bowlers play
15 games qualifying in 3 blocks of 5 games
(5 games per day).
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The Top 38 bowlers will
qualify for the 2nd round as follows:
o
Top 6 – ranked 1 to 6
o
Highest Kuwaiti – rank 7
o
Next 27 qualifiers – rank 8
to 34
o
Next highest 4 Kuwaitis –
rank 35 to 38
All pinfalls then
dropped.
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Round 2 – Qualifiers from
Round 1 ranked 23 – 38 (16 bowlers) will
bowl 6 games and the top 8 scores scratch
will advance to the Round 3
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Round 3 – Qualifiers from
Round 1 ranked 15 – 22 plus the 8 qualifiers
from round 2 (16 bowlers) will bowl 6
games. The top 9 scores scratch will
advance to the Round 4
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Round 4 - Qualifiers from
Round 1 ranked 8 – 14 plus the 9 qualifiers
from Round 3 (16 bowlers) will bowl 6 games.
The top 8 scores scratch will advance to
Round 5
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Round 5 – Qualifiers from
Round 1 ranked 1 – 7 plus the 8 qualifiers
from Round 4 will play 4 games. (3 bowlers
on one pair of lanes) Scores from Round 5
will be carried over to the Modified
Matchplay Round
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Modified Matchplay Round –
Bowlers will play 7 games with 3 bowlers on
each pair of lanes. Winner of each match on
a pair of lanes will receive 20 bonus pins
while the 2nd place will receive
10 bonus pins.
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The top 5 bowlers after
match play will contest a stepladder final.
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The top qualifier has the
right of re-challenge should he/she lose
their first match.
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Handicap for women is 5 per
game.
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In case of ties in Round 1
– 4, the bowler with the higher last game
will prevail. If there is still a tie, the
bowler with the higher 2nd to the
last game will prevail and so on.
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In case of tie in the
Modified Matchplay for 1st place,
15 bonus points will be given. In case of
tie for the 2nd place, 5 bonus
points will be given.
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In the event there are less
than 128 bowlers participating, there will
be only 4 squads per day bowling 6 games per
squad.
Hotel Information:
Holiday Inn, Salmiyah
Rate:
KD 40 Single
KD 50 Double/Twin
*with breakfast
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