About FTL WEEKLY MIXED

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1. This league will be known as FTL TUESDAY MIXED. This league will be a Managed League. This league will be sanctioned through USBC. All sanction cards must be paid on the first league meeting date if not previously paid through another league.

2. The FTL TUESDAY MIXED officers are as follows: 

League Manager/Secretary– Wonya Mitchell

President – Tonya Baldwin 

Vice President – Danielle Powell

Sgt. of Arms – Kevin Daniels

3. Each team will consist of 4 members. Teams can be comprised of all men, all women, or mixed.. Each team will be allowed (2) permanent subs to be added to their roster for the season. This league will not allow for any roaming subs. Two team members (to include permanent subs) will constitute a legal line up. A team must have a legal line up at the start of league play otherwise games are forfeited until a legal line up has been established. 

4. FTL Tuesday Mixed will meet for 36 weeks on Tuesday nights at 7:00pm beginning August 13, 2024 and ending on May 13, 2025. Practice each week will begin at 7:00pm. The league WILL NOT BOWL on December 24, 2024 and December 31, 2024. 

5. FTL Tuesday Mixed will have (3) twelve week sessions, with a position round on the 12th week of each session. Position Rounds will take place on October 29, 2024, February 4, 2025, and April 29, 2025. All win/loss will convert back to zero after each position round. The league will work on a (10) point system, (3) points per game won, and (1) points for total pins. 

6. There is no team cap for this league. Individual handicap will be 90% of 220. The league will use the bowler’s highest USBC book average from 2023-2024 as shown on Bowl.com. If the bowler does not have an average for 2023-2024, then the highest book average from 2022-2023 as shown on Bowl.com will be used. A bowler without an average for either year will establish their average after bowling the first 3 games. Entering averages will be used for the first (3) weeks, total of 9 games.  FTL Tuesday Mixed League will use the 10 pin drop rule for the season. 

7. In the event you have an absent bowler and none of your permanent subs are available to fill in for the absent bowler then the team must use your absent bowler’s average minus ten pins in computing scores. 

8. FTL Tuesday Mixed is a GUARANTEED LINEAGE LEAGUE. In the event of absence, the bowler will be required to pay past due fees in full upon return to be eligible to bowl. The league bowling fees are $30 per week per bowler.  Bowling fees must be paid at the control counter to the League Manager prior to bowling each week. The league will allow the bowler to be 1 week in arrears. 

9. On a bowler’s 3rd consecutive absence without payment a vacancy score of 150 will be used for the bowler’s spot. The team will be responsible for payment of the vacancy until the spot is filled by a paying bowler due to guaranteed lineage.

10. The last (2) weeks of bowling fees must be paid on or before February 11, 2025. Forms of payment for bowling fees are cash, check (made payable to: FTL), debit/credit card, or cash app. If for any reason a check is returned to the league a $38 NSF fee plus the amount of the check must be paid before the member will be eligible to bowl. The bowler will not be able to write checks for the remainder of the season unless bank error can be proven. 

11. A tardy bowler may enter the game provided the third (3rd) frame has not been completed by both teams. The bowler will be allowed to make up missed frames. 

12.  A team bowling a vacancy must bowl within 40 pins of their team’s current scratch average to win the point in question. 

13.  In accordance with USBC rule number 121a, a member withdrawing from the league must give two

weeks’ notice along with cause for resigning from the league. If a bowler does not give notice and leaves the league, then in accordance with USBC rule 121a, all prize fund monies for that bowler will be forfeited.  It will be to the team’s discretion to divide prize fund monies between the resigning bowler and the replacement bowler.

14.  NO POST BOWLS will be allowed in this league. The league will allow for PRE BOWLS. A pre bowl must be completed by Sunday prior to the league meeting on Tuesdays of each week. The Team Captain must notify the League Manager, or a League Officer in advance for any pre bowl. The league will allow for an individual or the entire team to pre bowl. ALL Pre Bowled scores must be accompanied with an official print out from the center to be counted as official scores. Any score changes during a prebowl must be done by League Officer or Center Manager. 

15. ALL TIES (WIN/LOSS) on the standing sheet will be determined by HANDICAP pin count from first place through last place. 

16. Any rules not covered in these LEAGUE BYLAWS will be subject to and governed by USBC Rules.