Special tournament notes

Details for tournaments that modify the standard format for Pairs and Trebles Tournaments.

Magda Zecevic Triple Play Tournament Open Pairs

• Game 1 is 12 ends, playing with 4 bowls each
• Game 2 is 14 ends, playing with 3 bowls each
• Game 3 is 16 ends, playing with 2 bowls each

Balmy-Cosburn Combo Fours

Draw: predetermined draw for all games

Tie games: games may end in a tie

Maximum score per game: 33 points for singles games; 24 points for all other games. Any points scored over maximum count as plus points to be used as tiebreak to determine final standings

Tournament scoring: Teams accumulate two tournament points per game won and one tournament point for a tie game.

If two teams are tied with the same number of tournament points at the end of the tournament, then the following criteria are used to break the tie (in this order):

• points scored
• plus points
• ends won

 

Prize payout (based on 12 teams entered):

Rank		Dollar payout
First place overall		5 times the team entry fee
Second place overall		4 times the team entry fee
High score mixed pairs (combined score)		1 times the team entry fee
High score singles/triples (combined score)		1 times the team entry fee
High score pairs/women’s pairs (combined score)		1 times the team entry fee
High score mixed fours		1 times the team entry fee

 

Profit from the tournament is split between Cosburn and Balmy based on the proportion of sponsorship revenue each club brings in.

If an equal number of teams from Balmy and Cosburn enter the tournament, the draw can be set up as a challenge match between the two clubs; use the “12-team Combo Fours Draw Cosburn vs. Balmy” template. Otherwise, use the “12-team Combo Fours Draw” template.

Freda Trattner Memorial Tournament Women’s Pairs

Because the games are ten ends, this tournament starts at 10 am (not the usual 9:30 am for most other tournaments).

Maximum score per game: 15 points. Any points scored over 15 count as plus points to be used as tiebreak to determine final standings.

There is usually only one game before lunch.

 

Novice Open Trebles sponsored by MVP Sports

Maximum score per game: 15 points. Any points scored over 15 count as plus points to be used as tiebreak to determine final standings.

The sponsor provides a set of new bowls. All novice players are eligible to win the bowls in a random draw. The Sponsorship and Development chair will provide a letter for the winner with instructions for claiming the prize. (Essentially, the chair just introduces the winner to MVP Sports owner Dan Milligan.)

 

The skills competition

The three tournament games are followed by a skills competition.

All players compete in both skills tests, a test of draw delivery and a test of run delivery. Points are awarded for each successful attempt, based on each player’s position on the team: skips get one point, vices get two, and leads get three. Total points won in the skills competition are added to the tournament game points, marked on special tournament scoring cards (see “Novice Open Trebles Scoring Cards”).

A lead with good skills can change the tournament standings.

Skills competition A: draw

• Bowls will be delivered from a mat two metres from the ditch.
• Bowlers will try to draw onto a screen (a large mat) set two metres from the ditch at the other end.
• Bowlers will roll three bowls, using either hand; no practice throws allowed.
• Bowl must be either on or over the screen to be considered successful.
• Each successful draw will score:
  • Skips: one point
  • Vices: two points
  • Leads: three points

• The scorer determines whether or not a draw is successful; the scorer’s decision is final.

 

Skills competition B: run

• Bowl will be delivered from a mat set at the hog line.
• Jack will be set two metres from the ditch at the other end.
• Bowlers must run the jack into the ditch to be successful. Hitting the jack, but not taking it into the ditch, will not count. Hitting a jack out of bounds or jumping it over the ditch and onto the bank will not count.
• Bowlers will roll three bowls, using either hand; no practice throws allowed.
• Each successful run will score:
  • Skips: one point
  • Vices: two points
  • Leads: three points
• The scorer determines whether or not a run is successful; the scorer’s decision is final.

 

Bruton Investment Group, National Bank Financial Fall Classic

A few weeks before the tournament, check if the sponsor wishes to play. If so, you will need to find him a team to play on. If he plays, his team does not get charged an entry fee.

Cosburn Masters Tournament Bowlers 75+ Open Trebles

Maximum score per game: 12 points. Any points scored over 12 count as plus points to be used as tiebreak to determine final standings.

Toronto Rainbowlers Flip-Flop LGBTQ+ Tournament

Flip-Flop is not an official OLBA tournament because former Rainbowlers are eligible to enter.

The tournament is largely promoted and run by Kyle Knoeck and other Rainbowlers members, but the tournament draw and scoring is often done by the Tournaments chair.

Bruton Investment Group, National Bank Financial Tournament of Champions

A few weeks before the tournament, check if the sponsor wishes to play. If so, you will need to find him a team to play on. If he plays, his team does not get charged an entry fee.