You asked for the best tournament to come back, and we listened. The Empire Open at Rainbow Lanes in Huntington Indiana is back. This tournament is well run and offers a fair pattern and scoring pace for all styles! Even to low minus makes cut here each year!The Format-5 games of qualifying across 5 pair of lanes moving a pair right after each game. After that the top 4 from each squad will be guaranteed into the top 12. But, after both squads and combined scores the top 4 for the tournament will receive a first round bye automatically into the round of 8.Entry Fee $80.00Squad A 9:30am - Squad B 1pm - Match Play 4pm1). SCRATCH TOURNAMENT
2). TOURNAMENT BASED ON 60, CAP OF 72 BOWLERS (36 BOWLERS PER SQUAD)
3). 5 GAMES OF QUALIFYING MOVE A PAIR RIGHT AFTER EACH GAME
4. TOP 4 QUALIFIERS FROM EACH SHIFT WILL ADVANCE
5. AFTER THE TOP 12 IS DECIDED, THE TOP 4 GET A FIRST ROUND BYE
6). ********NEW MATCH PLAY**********
THE TOP FOUR POSITIONS FOR COMBINED SQUADS WILL RECEIVE A FIRST ROUND BYE.
THE REMAINING 8 PLAYERS WILL ALL BOWL TWO GAMES CUTTING TO THE TOP 4 ELIMINATOR STYLE
NEXT ROUND WILL CONSIST OF THE TOP 4 AND THE 4 FROM THE FIRST ROUND BOWLING TWO GAMES
AND CUTTING TO THE TOP 4 -THE REMAINING 4 WILL BOWL A ONE GAME MATCH CUTTING TO THE TOP TWO.
THE FINAL TWO WILL BOWL A ONE GAME MATCH FOR THE TITLE7). ONE LANE COURTESY WILL BE OBSERVED
. NO DRESS CODE
9). OPEN TO ALL BOWLERS INCLUDING PBA
10). MANAGEMENT RESERVES RIGHT TO MOVE BOWLERS IN CASE OF MECHANICAL PROBLEMS
11). YOUTH CAN PARTICIPATE, PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED TO YOUR SMART ACCOUNT
12). All DECISIONS BY TOURNAMENT MANAGEMENT ARE FINAL.