Greetings ladies and gentlemen,
The Weekly Guest League in my own Changi Beach Club (CBC) is coming
to a close in a few weeks, and will resume sometime in May. As to
exactly when it starts, I do not know yet. When I get further
details I will let you know. As my mum is responsible for
organising the league, she has allowed me the opportunity to
captain and form 1 team of bowlers to participate in the
league.
The CBC Guest League comprises of only 8 teams (what to do, CBC has
only 8 lanes), and will run for 21 weeks. Each team will face every
opponent 3 times. Guests (Non-CBC members) are also invited to this
league (hence the name), therefore I am able to recruit you
folks.
Note that I want a team able to compete. By that I don't mean a
superb average (although that helps, haha), but most importantly I
want people who want to compete as a team, people who want to learn
from each other, have fun, and hone our skills together. Together
we will gain experience playing in a league against strong
opposition. Doesn't really matter if we win or lose at the end of
the day, we must be willing to give our best shot, week in, week
out.
The league runs every Tuesday evening at 8pm at CBC, which is very
very close to Commando Hendon Camp along Loyang Ave. This is
important because I understand it is very difficult to travel that
distance. I do not wish you to commit yourselves if you find it too
inconvenient and far. Also if you have commitments on Tuesday
nights, then it won't be a good idea either. Hopefully out of those
who choose to participate have vehicles, then I can rotate players
with vehicles each week so that can tumpang fellow members when
possible.
I'd like to form a team of about 10 - 12 players. This will be
sufficient to fill each week's rotation yet allow each player to
play sufficient games. 21 weeks x 4 bowlers = 84 "slots". 12
bowlers will mean each bowler will play about 6 times, or 18 games.
Some may play more, some less.
Currently I already have 2 confirmed members, myself included.
Quite a few are still tentative. Please let me know if you are
interested. I'll have to apologize in advance for people I cannot
accomodate if there turns out to be too many.
What say you? Ding? Ian? Chuan? Jae? Others?
Ok, some details for you to ponder:
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Time of league:
8pm each Tuesday, normally ends 10 plus.
Costs:
1. $35 registration PER HEAD for CBC members, $40 PER HEAD for
non-CBC members. Each PARTICIPATING bowler for the week also pays
$9 for the games played each week.
2. $3 for each Masters qualifying attempt. Any participating bowler
for the week may attempt to qualify for the end-of-league Masters
event, using your scratch total for your 3 games for the week. No
limit to attempts (just once per week though). Top 16 qualifiers at
end of league qualify for Masters Event.
Handicap:
1. 4 bowlers take the lanes each week. As usual the player with the
highest handicap goes first, lowest handicap takes "Anchor" spot
(4th bowler). Each bowler plays 3 games.
2. Handicap is (200-Avg)/2 for guys. For example, if I bowl 180
average, my handicap would thus be (200-180)/2 = 10. Maximum
handicap for guys is 26, regardless of average.
3. Handicap is 2/3 x (200-Avg) for females. If a lady bowls 160
average, her handicap would be (200-160) x 2/3 = 26.6, rounded to
27. Maximum handicap for gals is 36, regardless of average.
Point Scoring System:
There are up to 28 points up for grab each week.
CBC Guest League scoring depends heavily on the individual games,
so we have to work hard every time. Which is very good, in my
opinion. And one more thing, no such thing as gambling, so there
won't be undue distraction.
Breakdown of the 28 points is as follows:
1 point for the team game score with handicap for each game. 3
points total for 3 games.
1 point for individual score with handicap for each game. 12 points
total for 4 bowlers x 3 games.
1 point for total individual series with handicap. 4 points total
for 4 bowlers.
2 points for total team series score with handicap. 2 points.
Furthermore there is there is a ranking of your total team series
for the week. The team with the highest weekly series (with
handicap) gets 7 points, all the way down to the lowest team series
score which gets 0 points. Once more, what this means is players'
don't get to switch off or tune out, and MUST bowl their best every
game.
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Please email me at: [email protected], msg me at 96947062 or
leave your message here if you have any questions, or if you wish
to join up. 
[This message has been edited by prataman (edited 27 March
2002).]
