OSSO 9 PIN BOWLING LEAGUE RULES
- League games consist of 2 games bowled per night for 7 weeks in a 9 pin no-tap format. 9 Pin No-Tap means that 9 pins knocked down on the first roll of each frame counts as a strike!
- Games will start at 7:30 for Wednesday and 7:00 for Friday League. Practice bowling will start 10 minutes before game time. BE ON TIME!
- ALL BOWLERS will have set average & handicap at the end of first 2 games bowled. This allows for the Great Players & Not-So-Great Players to compete & contribute to their teams success! (For those new to bowling, base average & handicap can be somewhat confusing…but don’t worry, just bowl & have fun!)
- Handicap: Shall be 90% of 200 base average for all members of the league.
- Games missed can be made up by pre or post bowling 1 week in advance/afterwards. All games counting toward a playoff team must be completed by the end of Sunday for week 6 in order for them to count for your team’s championship chances.
- Absentee Score: Whenever a bowler is absent and games are not pre or post bowled, their score will be their average minus 10 pins and receive same/established handicap.
- Vacancy Score: Whenever a team does not have at least 6 a player’s bowl for a week’s scores a vacancy score shall be assigned to the team at 100.
- Team Points: Each team can be awarded up to 3 points per week awarded by the score (with handicap). One point shall be awarded for each game won (2 games/night) & one point for the total series (with handicap).
- Game points are all 6 player scores from each team/game bowled.
- Series point is awarded by using top 6 handicap series totals of each team.
- Bowling Poker is a side game common & beloved by OSSO Bowling leagues and can be played weekly amongst individual players. Participation is entirely optional…but you might want to bring cash if you do want to participate!
- Championship week will be on week 7. The top 2 teams after week 6 will compete head to head for the championship. Teams participating in the championship match must have all 6 bowlers present with no vacancy. The rest of the teams will be matched up randomly.
- HAVE FUN!!!