2008 – 2009 Rhode Island USBC Youth Travel

League By-Laws

 

The RI USBC Youth Travel League (hereafter referred to as the league) will bowl as scheduled promptly at 2:00 pm.  Check in begin promptly at 1:15 pm and will last until 1:45 pm.  The league is sanctioned by the Rhode Island USBC Youth Association

 

Rule 1. MANAGEMENT

Travel League officers will consist of league supervisor, league official, league president, league vice president, league secretary treasurer, association president, association vice president, association secretary and association treasurer.  League officers will be elected from the membership.  No league sessions will be conducted without at least one league official present.  In the event that at least one league official is not present the league session will be postponed.

 

Rule 2. ELIGIBILITY

The Travel League is open to all sanctioned Junior & Major Division (aged 12 years to 21 years of age as of August 1, 2008) bowlers within the Association. 

 

Rule 3. HANDICAP

Handicap will be based on 90% of the difference between the bowler’s average and 210.

 

Rule 4. FEES

            Rule 4a. Fees will be $14 per team per session.

            Rule 4b. Linage will be waived by each respective host house.

 

Rule 5. TEAM ROSTER

Teams for each session will consist of a maximum of seven (7) bowlers with five (5) competing during any one (1) game.

            Rule 5a.  Bowlers may be substituted after each game.

Rule 5b. Substitutions are made at the discretion of each individual league coach and/or captain.

Rule 5c. Three (3) bowlers and a responsible coach present at the start time will constitute as a legal line-up.

Rule 5d. Only one (1) team can be submitted from each junior program in the jurisdiction of the Rhode Island USBC Youth Association.

Rule 5e. In the event of an odd number of teams, the team present will compete against the equivalent of five (5) vacancy scores plus appropriate handicap

Rule 5f. In the event a team fails to show up or fails to field a legal line-up, the team present must bowl a score greater than their respective average plus handicap minus ten (10) pins for each bowler present.  The team not present will automatically be credited with five (5) point lost.

Rule 5g. In the event that a team line-up is submitted that contains an ineligible bowler, all games bowled with this line-up will be forfeited.

Rule 5h. The number of teams scheduled will be based on the number of teams participating.

Rule 5i. Every bowler on the official team roster for a session must bowl at least one (1) game during the session.  This does not include the baker game.

Rule 5j. In the event of an emergency or to maintain a legal line-up, bowlers can be loaned from one house to another in order to fill vacancies on a roster provided that the lending house maintains a full roster.  The lending team must maintain a legal line-up.

 

Rule 6. VACANCIES

A vacancy score of 140 plus handicap of 63 will be used for each bowler not present in the event a team does not have a full five (5) man line-up and does not “borrow” a bowler.

 

Rule 7. AVERAGE

Rule 7a. League bowlers will use their highest RI USBC  Book Average (21 games or more) unless the highest current house league average (12 games or more) is 10 pins greater for an average until a Travel league average is established.

Rule 7b. Bowlers will establish a Travel league average after six (6) games and must have six (6) games to be eligible to bowl in the championship match.

Rule 7c. A current highlighted house league standing sheet will be provided for average verification.  If proof is not provided, the bowler will bowl scratch.

Rule 7d. Check will be from 1:15 pm – 1:45 pm.  In the event that a team does not have their average submitted by 1:45 pm, the team will have to bowl scratch.

Rule 7d. League averages will NOT be submitted to the state average book.

 

Rule 8. FORMAT

Rule 8a. Three (3) regulation games will be bowled each session.  One (1) point will be awarded for each regulation game won.  One (1) point will be awarded for high handicap series.

Rule 8b. One (1) Baker System Game will be played each session. One (1) point will be awarded for the Baker System Game.  In the event the team has less than five (5) bowlers present for the Baker game, fourteen (14) pins will be scored per frame for two (2) frames for each missing bowler plus 1/10th handicap.  The score will be placed in the first frames of the game.

Rule 8c. Five (5) points are the maximum number of points per team per session.

Rule 8d. In the event of a tie, a baker game roll-off will be conducted immediately following with the current roster of players used that day in determining the league champion, based on total pins plus handicap.

Rule 8e. All bowlers on the current session’s league roster may not practice in any way once the league session has begun.

Rule 8f. PRE-BOWLING IS PROHIBITED

 

 

 

Rule 9. AWARDS

Rule 9a. A bowler must participate in six (6) of the scheduled games to be eligible for individual awards.  Travel league averages do not count toward state awards.

Rule 9b. A bowler must participate in nine (9) of the scheduled games to be eligible for individual high average.

Rule 9c. Travel League awards will consist of league champion, league 2nd place, high team game – scratch and handicap, high team series – scratch and handicap, high average – male and female, high series scratch – male and female, high game scratch – male and female, high series handicap – male and female, high game handicap – male and female.

Rule 9d. A team or individual will only be eligible for one award.

Rule 9c. At the last Travel league session, each team will be asked to submit the names of two (2) male and two (2) female bowlers (from another house other than your own) that demonstrated the best sportsmanship during the league.  One (1) male and one (1) female will be awarded the Travel league sportsmanship award.  This award is independent of any other league award and can be received in addition to another league award.

Rule 9d. A team sportsmanship award will also be awarded to the team that best exemplifies good sportsmanship throughout the Travel league season.  This award will be determined by the Travel league membership.

Rule 9e. The Travel League Championship Trophy will be a 'travelling' trophy.  Each season a plate engraved with the championship team will be added to the base of trophy.  The trophy will be presented to the league champion at the awards banquet and will be displayed in the champion's bowling center for the upcoming season.  It will be returned to the league board for inscription no later than the last week of the season.

a.      In the event that the trophy is lost by any one house, the house/team will be responsible for replacing it.

All awards will be awarded at the travel league banquet.  Time, place and date will be set at a later date.

 

Rule 10. CONDUCT

Rule 10a.  Engaging in improper tactics or conduct in the connection with the game of bowling, including but not limited to, physical and verbal abuse toward other persons will be considered unfair tactics and league membership may be suspended or denied.

Rule 10b. Bowlers are required to wear appropriate attire as determined by the Travel league board of directors and are to wear bowling shirts when provided while bowling.  No hats or head coverings will be worn during league play.

Rule 10c. All bowlers must remain inside the bowling center during the league competition, unless authorization is provided by a league official.

Rule 10d. No smoking, eating, drinking or use of baby powder will be allowed in the settee area by bowlers, scorekeepers or coaches.

Rule 10e. Only Travel league officials, scorekeepers and competing bowlers are allowed in the settee area, at scoring tables and on the approaches.

Rule 10f. Coaching is not allowed in the bowling area, this includes the settee area and the approach.  All coaching must be conducted on the concourse.  Rolling of bowling balls on the concourse is not allowed.