US20040018883A1

US20040018883A1 - Bowling tournament method

Info

Publication number: US20040018883A1
Application number: US10/617,993
Authority: US
Inventors: Robert Toth
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2002-07-17
Filing date: 2003-07-11
Publication date: 2004-01-29

Abstract

A one game scratch match play single elimination tournament for league players, including the steps of providing a pool of eligible league players; placing each eligible league player into one of eight divisions, each division being defined by highest average scores attained by league players in current league play; conducting a local first round of competition in which each of the eligible league players in each of the eight divisions engages in one game scratch match play, single elimination, eight-player brackets, until one player prevails in each division and continues on to a regional second round; conducting a regional second round in 512 locations that are geographically distributed as equally as possible in which each of the eight divisions engages in one game scratch match play, single elimination, until one player prevails in each division and continues on to a championship round; conducting a championship round in a single location in which each of the 512 league players who prevail in the regional second round in each of the eight divisions engages in one game scratch match play, single elimination, until 8 tournament champions prevail, one in each of the eight divisions.

Description

The present application claims the benefits of prior-pending U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/396,391, filed Jul. 17, 2002.[0001]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is a one game scratch match play single elimination tournament that is popularly known as the tournament of millionaires, and that is open to all league bowlers who pay a $1.00 per week entry fee for an entire league season. This fee is to be added to the regular league fees consisting of lineage and league prize fund. Eligible league bowlers will be placed into eight average divisions based according to their highest average in the current league season with a minimum of 60 games. If an eligible league bowler does not have a current average with a minimum of 60 games then they can use their highest average in the last three years or they can use their highest lifetime average with a minimum of 60 games. League bowlers who bowl and pay partial league seasons will be allowed to bowl in the tournament if they meet the minimum number of games requirement. Some league teams have more members than the league maximum weekly requirement such as seven regular paying members on a five-member league team. The bowling lane proprietor will make the decision on all bowler eligibility. They can either require the partial league season bowler to pay the difference in tournament prize fund money between a full season league bowler and the partial league season bowler from that particular league or they can absorb the loss. This is one reason why the tournament doesn't take 100% of the tournament prize fund money. The goal of this tournament is to be fair to proprietors of bowling lanes and their league bowlers. If an eligible league bowler does not meet any of the above rules for establishing a tournament average, then the proprietor can place the eligible league bowler in an appropriate average division based on the proprietor's knowledge of the game. The tournament management reserves the rights to readjust any bowlers average at any time during the tournament. Any bowler whose average has been readjusted will be placed in another average division.

All eligible league bowlers will be separated by their averages into Eight Different Average Divisions. In Division I are averages 215 or more. In Division II are averages 200 to 214. In Division III are averages 185 to 199. In Division IV are averages 170 to 184. In Division V are averages 155 to 169. In Division VI are averages 140 to 154. In Division VII are averages 125 to 139. In Division VIII are averages 124 or less. One tournament champion will come from each of these average divisions. Eligible tournament bowlers will compete only against other bowlers within their average division in all rounds of competition. With this format bowlers of equal ability will be competing against bowlers of the same ability.

This tournament will consist of three separate rounds of competition. The First Round will be held locally. It is the only round an eligible league bowler can have multiple entries in the tournament. Entries in the First Round will be based on the number of leagues in which a bowler pays and participates. Bowl and pay in one league gets a bowler one entry in the First Round. Bowl and pay in two leagues gets a bowler two entries in the First Round, etc.

Before the First Round begins the bowling lane proprietor will compile a list of all of the bowlers in their center and sort the eligible bowlers from the ineligible bowlers. They will sort the eligible bowlers into the appropriate eight average divisions while also listing the number of entries a bowler is entitled to have based upon the number of leagues in which they bowled and paid.

The First Round will be one game scratch match play single elimination eight-bowler brackets with one person prevailing and continuing on to the Second Round. In other words, win three games in a row in an eight-bowler bracket and you go on to the Second Round.

All eight-bowler brackets will be randomly drawn. Bowler One will bowl Bowler Two, Bowler Three will bowl Bowler Four, Bowler Five will bowl Bowler Six, Bowler Seven will bowl Bowler Eight in the first game of the match game. The winner between Bowler One and Bowler Two will bowl one game against the winner between Bowler Three and Bowler Four. The winner between Bowler Five and Bowler Six will bowl one game against the winner of the match between Bowler Seven and Bowler Eight. The winners of these matches will bowl one game with the winner of this match going on to the Second Round. For example:



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One game match play will have two bowlers on a pair of lanes. One bowler will be assigned the left lane and the other bowler will be assigned the right lane. The bowler on the left lane will start the game and complete one frame on that lane. The bowler on the right lane will bowl two frames one on each lane starting with the right lane. From this moment on both bowlers will take turns bowling two frames at a time one frame on each lane until the bowler who started on the right lane has completed their game. Followed by one frame on the right lane from the bowler who started on the left lane, thus completing one game of match play. This procedure of match play is called pro style.

If there are ties in match play, then they shall be broken by a ninth and tenth frame roll-off. The bowler who finished the match on the left lane bowls the ninth frame of the tie-breaker on the left lane. The opponent bowls their ninth frame on the right lane and the tenth frame on the left lane. The first bowler then bowls the tenth frame on the right lane completing the tie-breaker. If a tie exists after the roll-off, the sequence is repeated until a winner is determined.

The seven losing bowlers in an eight-bowler bracket are out of the tournament unless they have more entries left or they are randomly chosen to fill any of the remaining eight-bowler brackets that need seven or fewer bowlers. Bowlers with the most entries will have the first preference in filling those eight-bowler brackets that need seven or fewer bowlers. Bowlers with an equal number of entries will be randomly drawn in order to fill those eight-bowler brackets that need seven or fewer bowlers. The eight-bowler brackets will continue until every bowler's entries have been used except for those bowlers with unused entries who have qualified for the Second Round by winning their eight-bowler bracket.

Those bowlers who have used all of the entries are out of the tournament unless there are eight-bowler brackets that need seven or fewer bowlers and all of the bowlers with entries have been used. These bowlers will be placed in a random drawing to choose the bowlers to fill the available spots. If more bowlers are needed to fill any of the eight-bowler brackets and they have used all of their entries, then first preference will be given to those bowlers who were not chosen to fill any of the previous random drawings. If there are less than eight bowlers available to fill an eight-bowler bracket, then the bowlers with the most unused entries will be given first preference to any byes in the first game of match play. If the bowlers have an equal number of entries, then there will be a random drawing for the placement of the bowlers in the eight-bowler bracket. If a bowling center has too few bowlers to fill one eight-bowler bracket in one of the average divisions, then the tournament director will chose another center for those bowlers to compete in the First Round.

The Second Round will be held regionally in 512 separate locations. These locations will be as equally distributed as possible. In other words Detroit will have more Second Round locations than San Francisco because there are currently more league bowlers in Detroit than there are in San Francisco. The First Round winners will be placed in Second Round locations as close to their local center as possible. The Second Round bowlers will compete in one game scratch match play single elimination until one bowler prevails undefeated. If byes are needed then they will occur in the first game of the Second Round. This will be accomplished by subtracting the total number of bowlers over 64 or 128 and then subtracting that number from the same 64 or 128 in order to get the number of byes needed in the Second Round. The Second Round will have random drawings in order to determine byes and match play opponents. All bowlers will be treated equally with no preferences.

If there are 65 bowlers in the Second Round location then you subtract 64 from 65 to get 1. (65−64=1) Now subtract 1 from 64 to get the number of bowlers receiving a bye in the first game of match play in the Second Round. (64−1=63) So 63 bowlers will receive a one game bye in the first game of match play in the Second Round. The first game of match play in the Second Round will have 2 bowlers (65−63=2) competing against each other. There will be a random drawing for these 2 bowlers in order to match up opponents and lane assignments. The second game of match play will consist of the 63 bowlers who had received byes and the 1 winner from the first game of match play. These 64 bowlers (63+1=64) will be placed in a random drawing in order to match up opponents and lane assignments. All match play losers will be finished in the tournament. All match play winners will continue competing in one game scratch match play until one bowler has qualified for the Championship Round.

If there are 98 bowlers in the Second Round location then you subtract 64 from 98 to get 34. (98−64=34) Now subtract 34 from 64 to get the number of bowlers receiving a bye in the first game of match play in the Second Round. (64−34=30) So 30 bowlers will receive a one game bye in the first game of match play in the Second Round. The first game of match play in the Second Round will have 68 bowlers (98−30=68) competing against each other. There will be a random drawing for these 68 bowlers in order to match up opponents and lane assignments. The second game of match play will consist of the 30 bowlers who had received byes and the 34 winners from the first game of match play. These 64 bowlers (30+34=64) will be placed in a random drawing in order to match up opponents and lane assignments. All match play losers will be finished in the tournament. All match play winners will continue competing in one game scratch match play until one bowler has qualified for the Championship Round.

If there are 137 bowlers in the Second Round location then you subtract 128 from 137 to get 9. (137−128=9) Now subtract 9 from 128 to get the number of bowlers receiving a bye in the first game of match play in the Second Round (128−9=119). So 119 bowlers will receive a one game bye in the first game of match play in the Second Round. The first game of match play in the Second Round will have 18 bowlers (137−119=18) competing against each other. There will be a random drawing for thesel 8 bowlers in order to match up opponents and lane assignments. The second game of match play will consist of the 119 bowlers who had received byes and the 9 winners from the first game of match play. These 128 bowlers (119+9=128) will be placed in a random drawing in order to match up opponents and lane assignments. All match play losers will be finished in the tournament. All match play winners will continue competing in one game scratch match play until one bowler has qualified for the Championship Round.

The Second Round winners will receive an all expense paid trip to compete in the Championship Round. The Championship Round will be held in a large metropolitan city. The 512 Second Round winners of each average division will have a random drawing in order to match up first game opponents and their lane assignments. This will be a one game scratch match play single elimination format. The 512 bowlers in the first game will have 256 winners and 256 losers. The 256 losers will be finished competing in the Championship Round. The 256 winners will have a random drawing in order to match up the second game opponents and their lane assignments. The 256 bowlers in the second game will have 128 winners and 128 losers. The 128 losers will be finished competing in the Championship Round. The 128 winners will have a random drawing in order to match up the third game opponents and their lane assignments. The tournament will continue with this format until there are four bowlers remaining. The 4 remaining bowlers will have a random drawing in order to match up opponents and their lane assignments. There will be two winners and two losers. The losers will bowl against each other to find out who will finish in THIRD PLACE and FOURTH PLACE in the tournament. They will have a random drawing for lane assignments and then they will bowl. The two winners will have a random drawing for lane assignments. They will bowl one game with the winner having won the CHAMPIONSHIP in that average division and the loser finishing in SECOND PLACE. There will be 8 TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS, one in each Average Division.

Now that the championship process has been described, it is time to describe the tournament prize fund. There are approximately 3,200,000 sanctioned winter-season league bowlers. These bowlers compete in winter leagues from 30 to 36 weeks each year. The tournament of the present invention will receive $1.00 per week from every league bowler participating in the tournament plus their re-entries in the First Round that comes from multiple league participation. This tournament will not receive any tournament prize fund money from the bowlers who were added to fill a First Round eight bowler bracket after all of their paid entries were used. This tournament will keep $25 per bowler per league for entry use in the tournament prize fund payoff. The bowling lane proprietor will keep all tournament prize fund money in excess of the $25 per bowler per league to be used to pay for First Round tournament in house expenses such as lineage and labor. They will also keep the full entry share of the tournament prize fund from the bowlers who bowled in multiple leagues and qualified for the Second Round before they used all of their entries. With 100% national participation the tournament prize fund will receive $80,000,000. (3,200,000×$25=$80,000,000) The following is what the tournament prize payoff will approximately look like with 100%, 50%, and 25% national league participation.



% of	100%	50%	25%
participation
Total Prize	$80,000,000	$40,000,000	$20,000,000
Fund	(3,200,000 ×	(1,600,000 ×	(800,000 ×
	$25)	$25)	$25)
FIRST PLACE	$2,000,000	$1,000,000	$400,000
per average
division
SECOND	$1,000,000	$500,000	$200,000
THIRD	$500,000	$250,000	$100,000
FOURTH	$250,000	$125,000	$50,000
5th thru 8th	$125,000	$60,000	$25,000
9th thru 16th	$60,000	$30,000	$12,500
17th thru 32nd	$30,000	$16,000	$6,250
33rd thru 60	$16,000	$8,000	$3,125
65th thru 1281h	$8,000	$4,000	$1,600
129th thru 256th	$4,000	$2,000	$800
257th thru 512th	$2,000	$1,000	$400
Sec. Rd.	$1,000
runner-up
1025^th	$500
thru 2048th

The 512 bowlers from each average division who qualified to bowl in the Championship Round will get an all expense paid trip to the location of the Championship Round. (transportation, food, and lodging)

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

Before the First Round begins the bowling lane proprietor will compile a list of all of the bowlers in their center and sort the eligible bowlers from the ineligible bowlers. They will sort the eligible bowlers into one of the appropriate eight Average Divisions while also listing the number of entries each bowler is entitled to have due to the number of leagues they bowled and paid in.



	PAID
NAME	MEMBER	SUB	GAMES	Average

1 Aaron	PM		102	198
	PM		108	195
	PM		99	195
	PM		102	191
2 Abram		SUB	36	141
3 Adam	PM		75	143
	PM		99	143
4 Agnes		SUB	18	137
5 Alan	PM		90	119
6 Alex	PM		108	192
	PM		99	192
	PM		99	191
		SUB	15	201
7 Alice	PM		102	184
8 Alma		SUB	66	148
		SUB	18	145
9 Alvin	PM		75	121
10 Amie	PM		102	129
11 Amon	PM		99	136
12 Amos	PM		102	145
13 Amy	PM		96	193
14 Angie	PM		90	200
15 Anita	PM		78	126
16 Ann	PM		99	129
17 Avery		SUB	15	222
18 Barbara	PM		105	186
	PM		108	185
19 Barney	PM		96	142
20 Barry	PM		75	165
21 Basil		SUB	39	186
22 Beau	PM		66	154
	PM		99	151
23 Belle	PM		81	187
24 Bess		SUB	24	177
25 Beth		SUB	15	153
26 Betsy		SUB	39	157
27 Billy	PM		78	148
28 Bob	PM		102	177
	PM		102	172
	PM		102	169
29 Brent	PM		96	133
30 Brett	PM		69	108
31 Carol	PM		90	162
32 Cary	PM		108	191
33 Cecil		SUB	42	186
34 Chloe	PM		96	168
35 Chris	PM		90	182
36 Claire	PM		90	156
37 Claude	PM		96	177
38 Claudia	PM		90	131
39 Clyde	PM		90	137
40 Colin	PM		102	139
41 Cora		SUB	18	121
42 Curt		SUB	69	205
43 Dale	PM		99	174
44 Dan	PM		96	183
45 Daphne	PM		84	143
46 Dave	PM		99	201
47 David	PM		90	168
	PM		90	165
48 Dawayn	PM		69	143
49 Dawn	PM		90	147
	PM		99	137
50 Dean		SUB	39	202
51 Diana	PM		90	207
	PM		102	198
52 Dick	PM		78	154
	PM		60	153
53 Dolly		SUB	24	131
54 Don	PM		99	214
	PM		102	212
	PM		102	211
55 Doris		SUB	18	165
56 Doug		SUB	33	195
57 Drew		SUB	24	191
58 Dusty	PM		75	169
59 Earl	PM		87	154
60 Ed		SUB	75	217
		SUB	54	216
61 Edna	PM		84	168
62 Ellen		SUB	18	149
63 Ernest	PM		81	149
64 Eric	PM		90	181
65 Eugene	PM		105	194
	PM		105	194
	PM		105	193
66 Eve		SUB	48	181
67 Ezra	PM		90	169
	PM		90	161
	PM		90	160
68 Faye	PM		99	215
69 Felix	PM		84	120
70 Flora	PM		102	117
71 Fred	PM		66	111
72 Gabe	PM		96	221
73 Gail		SUB	33	142
74 Gary	PM		60	131
75 Gene	PM		90	153
	PM		96	149
76 George	PM		108	213
	PM		99	213
	PM		108	212
77 Glen	PM		102	202
	PM		90	200
78 Gloria	PM		72	127
79 Greg	PM		81	139
80 Gus	PM		93	178
81 Guy		SUB	15	211
82 Hans		SUB	9	173
83 Heidi	PM		87	147
84 Helen		SUB	18	172
85 Henry	PM		78	137
86 Herman	PM		99	176
87 Hugh	PM		90	131
88 Ida	PM		84	123
89 Ira	PM		108	189
90 Iris	PM		90	108
91 Ivan	PM		90	157
92 Jack	PM		108	175
93 Jacob	PM		108	209
	PM		102	208
94 James	PM		90	187
95 Jane	PM		75	141
96 Janet	PM		99	128
97 Janice	PM		69	129
98 Jason		SUB	6	198
99 Jay	PM		96	138
100 Jeanie	PM		90	155
101 Jeff	PM		102	185
	PM		108	184
102 Jenny	PM		84	186
103 Jill	PM		72	135
104 Jim	PM		93	203
105 Joan	PM		72	101
106 John	PM		90	199
	PM		108	198
107 Jon	PM		96	132
108 Joy	PM		84	139
109 Joyce	PM		90	129
110 Judy	PM		87	203
111 Julie	PM		78	114
112 Justin	PM		66	175
113 Karen	PM		90	156
114 Karl	PM		96	135
115 Karmylle	PM		72	142
116 Kate		SUB	9	151
117 Ken	PM		108	230
	PM		108	228
	PM		108	227
118 Lance	PM		69	118
119 Larry	PM		90	171
120 Lee	PM		108	199
	PM		90	199
	PM		63	198
	PM		102	198
121 Loy	PM		108	224
122 Lucy	PM		90	153
	PM		90	151
123 Luke	PM		102	199
124 Margot	PM		96	150
125 Mark	PM		105	216
	PM		102	215
126 Mary	PM		96	141
	PM		102	138
127 Matt	PM		66	170
128 Max	PM		99	169
	PM		99	169
129 May		SUB	36	127
130 Melvin	PM		84	157
131 Michelle	PM		69	112
132 Mike	PM		96	218
133 Molly	PM		72	143
134 Nathan	PM		93	186
135 Neal	PM		75	126
136 Ned	PM		84	132
137 Oliver	PM		93	188
138 Oscar	PM		90	124
139 Pam	PM		87	131
140 Pat	PM		90	173
14.1 Paul	PM		90	191
142 Peggy	PM		90	129
143 Penny	PM		84	162
144 Phil	PM		90	186
145 Phoebe	PM		96	126
146 Polly	PM		87	134
147 Rachel	PM		84	137
148 Ralph	PM		90	188
149 Ray	PM		90	138
150 Regan	PM		90	158
	PM		66	158
151 Rex	PM		90	117
152 Rita	PM		69	99
153 Robbie	PM		96	166
	PM		96	163
	PM		102	162
154 Robert	PM		108	196
	PM		108	195
155 Ron	PM		90	111
156 Rose	PM		102	185
	PM		102	185
157 Roy	PM		90	154
158 Sallie	PM		90	157
159 Sam	PM		108	193
	PM		102	193
	PM		102	191
160 Sandy	PM		90	134
161 Scott	PM		90	121
162 Sean	PM		108	221
163 Sharon	PM		84	119
164 Steve	PM		108	217
165 Suzie	PM		78	145
166 Tammy	PM		90	131
167 Ted	PM		90	175
168 Terry	PM		108	207
	PM		108	202
169 Tess	PM		90	123
170 Tim	PM		90	114
171 Toby	PM		108	210
	PM		108	210
172 Tom	PM		108	209
173 Tony	PM		102	161
174 Virgil	PM		96	153
175 Walt	PM		90	146
	PM		90	143
176 Wanda		SUB	24	171
177 Wayne	PM		78	190
178 Wendy	PM		81	140
179 Wes	PM		90	124
180 Will	PM		90	121
181 Wilma	PM		84	117
182 Woody	PM		102	205
	PM		96	203
183 Yvonne	PM		87	173
184 Zack	PM		84	155
185 Zelda	PM		90	141
186 Zoe	PM		72	109

There are 27 bowlers who are ineligible to bowl in the tournament because they were non-paying subs in a league (Abram, Agnes,Al ma, Avery, Basil, Bess, Beth, Betsy, Cecil, Cora, Curt, Dean, Dolly, Doris, Doug, Drew, Ed, Ellen, Eve, Gail, Guy, Hans, Helen,Jason, Kate, May, and Wanda). [0020]

There are 159 bowlers who are eligible to bowl in the tournament because they were league bowlers who paid during their league participation. They will be sorted into one of the appropriate eight Average Divisions and have the number of entries listed for each bowler due to the number of leagues they bowled and paid in.

1. DIVISION I AVERAGES 215 or MORE

NAME	ENTRIES	AVERAGES

1. Faye	(1)	215
2. Gabe	(1)	221
3. Ken	(3)	230,228,227
4. Loy	(1)	224
5. Mark	(2)	216,215
6. Mike	(1)	218
7. Sean	(1)	221
8. Steve	(1)	217

Since there are 8 bowlers in this average division, there will be one eight-bowler bracket with a random drawing in order to match up opponents and lane assignments. Since there are two bowlers with more than one entry (Ken (3) and Mark (2)), there will be at least one more eight-bowler bracket because the brackets are not finished until all of the entries are used by every bowler. The following first game match ups in this eight-bowler bracket was the result of the random drawing. [0022]

1^stGame Winner 2^ndGame Winner 3^rdGame Winner

Gabe (1) Gabe (1)

Faye (1) Sean (1)

Sean (1) Sean (1)

Ken (3) Steve (1)

Steve (1) Steve (1)

Mark (2) Steve (1)

Mike (1) Loy (1)

Loy (1)
Steve has qualified for the Second Round. Since all of the bowlers in this eight-bowler bracket had at least one unused entry, there were eight paid entries that go into the tournament prize fund. [0023]
Since two bowlers still have unused entries (Ken(2) and Mark(1)), there will be another eight-bowler bracket. Since there are only seven bowlers available to bowl in the next eight-bowler bracket, then the bowler with the most unused entries will receive a bye in the first game of this bracket. Ken(2) is that bowler so he will receive a bye in the first game of this bracket. Mark (1) is in this eight-bowler bracket because he has one unused entry. Since Mark (1) did not receive a bye in the first game of this bracket, he will be in a random drawing to match up opponents and lane assignments in this bracket. There are 5 bowlers who have no entries. (Faye(0),Gabe(0),Loy(0),Mike(0),and Sean(0)) These 5 bowlers would be finished with the tournament if not for the need to have enough bowlers to fill this eight-bowler bracket. These 5 bowlers and Mark (1) will have a random drawing in order to match up opponents and lane assignments in this bracket. The following first game match ups in this eight-bowler bracket was the result of the random drawing. [0024]

1^stGame Winner 2^ndGame Winner 3^rdGame Winner

BYE Ken (2)

Ken (2) Loy (0)

Mike (0) Lay (0)

Loy (0) Loy (0)

Gabe (0) Mark (1)

Mark (1) Mark (1)

Faye (0) Sean (0)

Sean (0)
Loy has qualified for the Second Round. There were only two paid entries from this eight-bowler bracket that goes into the tournament prize fund because of the five bowlers with no entries and the bye. [0025]
Since only one bowler (Ken (1)) still has an unused entry, this will be the last eight-bowler bracket in this average division. Since there are only six bowlers available to bowl in the next eight-bowler bracket there will be two byes in the first game of this bracket. The two bowlers with the most unused entries will receive the two byes in the first game of this bracket. Ken (1) is the only bowler with any unused entries so he gets the bye. Since Faye(-0), Gabe(-0), Mike(-0),and Sean(-0) were in the last bracket as fill bowlers with no entries and this is their second bracket to be used as fill bowlers, then Mark(0) gets the other bye because he had an entry in the last bracket and this is his first bracket to be used as a fill bowler. Since Ken(1) and Mark(0) receive byes in the first game, then Faye(-0), Gabe(-0),Mike(-0), and Sean(-0) will have a random drawing in order to match up opponents and lane assignments in the first game of the next bracket. The following first game match ups in this eight-bowler bracket was the result of the random drawing. [0026]

1^stGame Winner 2^ndGame Winner 3^rdGame Winner

BYE Ken (1)

Ken (1) Ken (1)

BYE Mark (0)

Mark (0) Ken (1)

Sean (−0) Sean (−0)

Mike (−0) Gabe (−0)

Gabe (−0) Gabe (−0)

Faye (−0)
Ken has qualified for the Second Round. There was only one paid entry from this eight-bowler bracket that goes into the tournament prize fund because of the five bowlers with no entries and the two byes. [0027]

Since there are no bowlers who have any unused entries, this average division is finished with its brackets. The proprietor owes the tournament prize fund 11 entries. ($25×11=$275) All of the entries were used in the brackets. Three bowlers have qualified to bowl in the Second Round from this the 215 or More Average Division. (Steve, Loy, and Ken)

2. DIVISION II AVERAGES 200 to 214

NAME	ENTRIES	AVERAGES

1. Angie	(1)	200
2. Dave	(1)	201
3. Diana	(1)	207
4. Don	(3)	214,212,211
5. George	(3)	213,213,212
6. Glen	(2)	202,200
7. Jacob	(3)	209,208,208
8. Jim	(1)	203
9. Judy	(1)	203
10. Terry	(2)	207,202
11. Toby	(2)	210,210
12. Tom	(1)	209
13. Woody	(2)	205,203

The 13 bowlers in this average division will have a random drawing for the first eight-bowler bracket. The eight bowlers' chosen will have a random drawing in order to match up opponents and lane assignments in the first eight-bowler bracket. The following first game match ups in this eight-bowler bracket was the result of the random drawing. [0029]

1^stGame Winner 2^ndGame Winner 3^rdGame Winner

George (3) George (3)

Judy (1) George (3)

Jacob (3) Terry (2)

Terry (2) George (3)

Jim (1) Jim (1)

Glen (2) Jim (1)

Dave (1) Dave (2)

Diana (2)
George has qualified for the Second Round. Since all of the bowlers in this eight-bowler bracket had at least one unused entry, there were eight paid entries that go into the tournament prize fund. [0030]
The five bowlers not chosen will be in the next eight-bowler bracket. Those bowlers from the first eight-bowler bracket who have the most entries remaining will fill the three other spots. There are four bowlers from the first eight-bowler bracket who have entries still remaining. Jacob(2) has more entries then the other bowlers. Jacob(2) receives first preference in the bracket. The other bowlers who each have one entry remaining will be in a random drawing for the other two spots in the eight-bowler bracket. There are three bowlers Terry(1), Glen(1), and Diana(1) in the random drawing. Terry(1) and Diana(1) were drawn for the two remaining spots in this eight-bowler bracket. Glen(1) will be in the next eight-bowler bracket. Judy(0), Jim(0), and Dave(0) are out of the tournament unless there is a need to have bowlers fill any future eight-bowler brackets. [0031]
Don(2), Tom(1), Angie(1), Woody(2), Toby(2), Jacob(2), Terry(1), and Diana(1) are the eight bowlers in the next eight-bowler bracket. Now that the bracket is full, there is a random drawing in order to match up opponents and lane assignments. The following eight-bowler bracket was the result of the random drawing. [0032]

1^stGame Winner 2^ndGame Winner 3^rdGame Winner

Woody (2) Woody (2)

Tom (1) Woody (2)

Angie (1) Angie (1)

Jacob (2) Toby (2)

Terry (1) Toby (2)

Toby (2) Toby (2)

Don (3) Don (3)

Diana (1)
Toby has qualified for the Second Round. Since all of the bowlers in this eight-bowler bracket had at least one unused entry, there were eight paid entries that go into the tournament prize fund. [0033]
Tom(0), Angie(0), Terry(0), and Diana(0) will join Judy(0), Jim(0), and Dave(0) as bowlers who are out of the tournament unless there is a need to have bowlers who have no remaining entries fill any future eight-bowler brackets. [0034]
There are still four bowlers with unused entries. Don(2) has two unused entries. Glen(1) who was not in the last eight-bowler bracket has one unused entry. Woody(1) and Jacob(1) each have one unused entry. The bowlers who have no remaining entries will fill the other four spots in this eight-bowler bracket. Since there are seven bowlers who have no remaining entries, they will be in a random drawing in order to fill the four spots in this eight-bowler bracket. Judy(0), Jim(0), Dave(0),Tom(0), Angie(0), Teny(0), and Diana(0) are the seven bowlers in the random drawing for these four spots in this eight-bowler bracket. Dave(0), Diana(0), Angie(0), and Jim(0) are the four bowlers who were drawn from the random drawing to fill this eight-bowler bracket. Judy(0), Tom(0), and Terry(0) are out of the tournament unless there is a need to have bowlers fill any future eight-bowler brackets. [0035]
Don(2),Glen(1),Woody(1),Jacob(1),Dave(0),Diana(0),Angie(0),and Jim(0) are the eight bowlers in this bracket. Now that the bracket is full, there will be a random drawing in order to match up opponents and lane assignments. The following eight-bowler bracket was the result of the random drawing. [0036]

1^stGame Winner 2^ndGame Winner 3^rdGame Winner

Woody (1) Jim (0)

Jim (0) Diana (0)

Diana (0) Diana (0)

Jacob (1) Glen (1)

Angie (0) Dave (0)

Dave (0) Glen (1)

Don (2) Glen (1)

Glen (1)
Glen has qualified for the Second Round. There were only four paid entries from this eight-bowler bracket that goes into the tournament prize fund because of the four bowlers with no entries. [0037]
Since only one bowler (Don (1)) still has an unused entry, this will be the last eight-bowler bracket in this average division. Bowlers who have no remaining entries will fill the other seven spots in this eight-bowler bracket. The five bowlers (Jacob(0),Judy(0),Terry(0),Tom(0), and Woody(0)) who have no remaining entries and were not drawn to fill any previous brackets will have first preference for five of the seven spots in this bracket over the four bowlers (Angie(-0),Dave(-0),Diana(-0), and Jim(-0))who have no entries remaining and were drawn to fill any previous brackets. So this means there are six spots taken in this eight-bowler bracket with the other two spots to be filled in a random drawing from the four bowlers (Angie(-0),Dave(-0),Diana(-0), and Jim(-0)) who have no remaining entries and were drawn to fill any of the previous brackets. Diana (-0) and Jim (-0) were randomly drawn to fill this bracket. [0038]
These eight bowlers Don (1), Jacob (0), Judy (0), Terry (0), Tom (0), Woody (0), Diana (-0), and Jim (-0) will be in the last eight-bowler bracket. They will have a random drawing in order to match up opponents and lane assignments. The following eight-bowler bracket was the result of the random drawing. [0039]

1^stGame Winner 2^ndGame Winner 3^rdGame Winner

Diana (−0) Diana (−0)

Jacob (0) Diana (−0)

Judy (0) Judy (0)

Jim (−0) Tom (0)

Don (1) Terry (0)

Terry (0) Tom (0)

Tom (0) Tom (0)

Woody (0)
Tom has qualified for the Second Round. There was only one paid entry from this eight-bowler bracket that goes into the tournament prize fund because of the seven bowlers with no entries. [0040]

Since there are no bowlers who have any unused entries, this average division is finished with its brackets. The proprietor owes the tournament prize fund 21 entries. ($25×21=$525) Three entries were not used in the brackets. (George had two and Toby had one.) The proprietor gets to use the money from these unused entries to offset any expenses incurred while running the tournament. Four bowlers have qualified to bowl in the Second Round from this the 200 to 214 AVERAGE DIVISION. (George, Toby, Glen, and Tom)

3. DIVISION III AVERAGES 185 to 199

NAME	ENTRIES	AVERAGES

1. Aaron	(4)	198,195,195,191
2. Alex	(3)	192,192,191
3. Amy	(1)	193
4. Barbara	(2)	186,185
5. Belle	(1)	187
6. Cary	(1)	191
7. Eugene	(3)	194,194,193
8. Ira	(1)	189
9. James	(1)	187
10. Jeff	(2)	185,184
11. Jenny	(1)	186
12. John	(2)	199,198
13. Lee	(4)	199,199,198,198
14. Luke	(1)	199
15. Nathan	(1)	186
16. Oliver	(1)	188
17. Paul	(1)	191
18. Phil	(1)	186
19. Ralph	(1)	188
20. Robert	(2)	196,195
21. Rose	(2)	185,185
22. Sam	(3)	193, 193,191
23. Wayne	(1)	190

Since there are twenty-three bowlers, there will be two full eight-bowler brackets and one eight-bowler bracket with seven bowlers. All of the bowlers are placed in the three eight-bowler brackets from a random drawing with the two full eight-bowler brackets bowling until a Second Round qualifier from each bracket has been accomplished. While the one eight-bowler bracket with seven bowlers will wait to bowl until the other two full eight-bowler brackets are completed. [0042]
The first full eight-bowler bracket is Jenny(1), Jeff(2), John(2), Eugene(3), Robert(2), Barbara(2), Belle(1), and Paul(1). [0043]
The second full eight-bowler bracket is Sam(3), Amy(1), Cary(1), Lee(4), Aaron(4), Alex(3), Rose(2), and Oliver(1). [0044]
These two eight-bowler brackets will each have separate random drawings in order to match up opponents and lane assignments. The other eight-bowler bracket with seven bowlers will wait until both of the other full eight-bowler brackets are finished in order to fill their eighth spot. These are the seven bowlers in the third eight-bowler bracket. (James(1), Ralph(1), Nathan(1), Ira(1), Luke(1), Wayne(1), and Phil(1)). Jenny(1), Jeff(2), John(2), Eugene(3), Robert(2), Barbara(2), Belle(1), and Paul(1) are the eight bowlers in the first eight-bowler bracket. There is a random drawing in order to match up opponents and lane assignments. The following eight-bowler bracket was the result of the random drawing. [0045]

1^stGame Winner 2^ndGame Winner 3^rdGame Winner

Eugene (3) Eugene (3)

Jenny (1) Robert (2)

Robert (2) Robert (2)

Barbara (2) Paul (1)

John (2) Paul (1)

Paul (1) Paul (1)

Jeff (2) Jeff (2)

Belle (1)
Paul has qualified for the Second Round. Since all of the bowlers in this eight-bowler bracket had at least one unused entry, there were eight paid entries that go into the tournament prize fund. [0046]
Jenny(0) and Belle(0) are out of the tournament unless there is a need to have bowlers who have no remaining entries fill any future eight-bowler brackets. [0047]
Sam(3),Amy(1),Cary(1),Lee(4),Aaron(4),Alex(3),Rose(2), and Oliver(1) are the eight bowlers in the second eight-bowler bracket. There is a random drawing in order to match up opponents and lane assignments. The following eight-bowler bracket was the result of the random drawing. [0048]

1^stGame Winner 2^ndGame Winner 3^rdGame Winner

Alex (3) Rose (2)

Rose (2) Rose (2)

Sam (3) Sam (3)

Aaron (4) (2)

Cary (1) Cary (1)

Oliver (1) Cary (1)

Lee (4) Amy (1)

Amy (1)
Rose has qualified for the Second Round. Since all of the bowlers in this eight-bowler bracket had at least one unused entry, there were eight paid entries that go into the tournament prize fund. [0049]
Cary(0),Oliver(0), and Amy(0) will join Jenny(0) and Belle(0) as bowlers who are out of the tournament unless there is a need to have bowlers who have no remaining entries fill any future eight-bowler brackets. [0050]
There are seven bowlers in the next eight-bowler bracket so there is a need to find one bowler to fill this bracket. That bowler will come from the two previously finished brackets. If they still have any unused entries, the bowler with the most unused entries will have first preference for the one remaining spot in this bracket. There are two bowlers who have the most unused entries. Aaron(3) and Lee(3) both have the most unused entries of the bowlers from the two previously finished brackets. These two bowlers will have a random drawing for the one remaining spot in this bracket. Aaron(3) is the bowler chosen to fill this bracket. [0051]
Aaron(3),Ira(1),James(1),Luke(1),Nathan(1),Phil(1),Ralph(1), and Wayne(1) are the eight bowlers in this bracket. Now that the bracket is full, there is a random drawing in order to match up opponents and lane assignments. The following eight-bowler bracket was the result of the random drawing. [0052]

1^stGame Winner 2^ndGame Winner 3^rdGame Winner

Nathan (1) Nathan (1)

Wayne (1) Phil (1)

Phil (1) Phil (1)

Aaron (3) Ira (1)

Ira (1) Ira (1)

James (1) Ira (1)

Luke (1) Ralph (1)

Ralph (1)
Ira has qualified for the Second Round. Since all of the bowlers in this eight-bowler bracket had at least one unused entry, there were eight paid entries that go into the tournament prize fund. [0053]
Nathan(0),Wayne(0),Phil(0),James(0),Luke(0), and Ralph(0) will join Jenny(0),Belle(0),Cary(0),Oliver(0), and Amy(0) as bowlers who are out of the tournament unless there is a need to have bowlers who have no remaining entries fill any future eight-bowler brackets. [0054]
There are nine bowlers who have unused entries. (Lee(3), Aaron(2), Alex(2), Eugene(2), Sam(2), Robert(1), Barbara(1), John(1), and Jeff(1)). These nine bowlers will have a random drawing to fill the next eight-bowler bracket. One bowler will be left out of this bracket. The bowlers who have the most unused entries will have first preference for the eight spots in this bracket. Lee(3),Aaron(2),Alex(2),Eugene(2), and Sam(2) will occupy five of the eight spots in this bracket. [0055]
Since there are four bowlers who have the fewest unused entries with three spots available, then there will be a random drawing to fill these three remaining spots. Barbara(1),John(1), and Robert(1) are the three bowlers chosen to fill this bracket. Jeff(1) is the bowler left out of this bracket. [0056]
Lee(3),Aaron(2),Alex(2),Eugene(2),Sam(2),Robert(1),Barbara(1), and John(1) are the eight bowlers in this bracket. Now that this bracket is full, there is a random drawing in order to match up opponents and lane assignments. The following eight-bowler bracket was the result of the random drawing. [0057]

1^stGame Winner 2^ndGame Winner 3^rdGame Winner

Lee (3) Alex (2)

Alex (2) Alex (2)

Barbara (1) Barbara (1)

Robert (1) Alex (2)

Sam (2) Sam (2)

John (1) Sam (2)

Aaron (2) Eugene (2)

Eugene (2)
Alex has qualified for the Second Round. Since all of the bowlers in this eight-bowler bracket had at least one unused entry, then there were eight paid entries that go into the tournament prize fund. [0058]
Barbara(0),Robert(0), and John(0) will join Nathan(0), Wayne(0), Phil(0),James(0), Luke(0), Ralph(0),Jenny(0), Belle(0), Cary(0),Oliver(0), and Amy(0) as bowlers who are out of the tournament unless there is a need to have bowlers who have no remaining entries fill any future eight-bowler brackets. [0059]
There are five bowlers who have unused entries, four bowlers Lee(2), Sam(1),Aaron(1), and Eugene(1) from the previous bracket and one bowler Jeff (1) who was left out of the previous bracket. These five bowlers will occupy five of the eight spots in the next bracket. There are three spots remaining to be filled in the next bracket. These three spots will be filled from the bowlers who have no remaining entries in a random drawing. [0060]
Amy(0), Barbara(0), Belle(0), Cary(0), James(0), Jenny(0), John(0), Luke(0), Nathan(0), Oliver(0), Phil(0), Ralph(0), Robert(0),and Wayne(0) are the bowlers in the random drawing. Barbara(0), Phil(0), and Oliver(0) are the three bowlers chosen to fill the next bracket. [0061]
Lee(2), Sam(1), Aaron(1), Eugene(1), Jeff(1), Barbara(0), Phil(0), and Oliver(0) are the eight bowlers in this bracket. Now that the bracket is full there will be a random drawing to match up opponents and lane assignments. The following eight-bowler bracket was the result of the random drawing. [0062]

1^stGame Winner 2^ndGame Winner 3^rdGame Winner

Phil (0) Oliver (0)

Oliver (0) Oliver (0)

Sam (1) Sam (1)

Aaron (1) Eugene (1)

Barbara (0) Jeff (1)

Jeff (1) Eugene (1)

Lee (2) Eugene (1)

Eugene (1)
Eugene has qualified for the Second Round. There were only five paid entries from this eight-bowler bracket that goes into the tournament prize fund because of the three bowlers with no entries. [0063]
Phil(-0),Oliver(-0), and Barbara(-0) are out of the tournament until all of the bowlers who have no entries and were not chosen in random drawings to fill brackets are used. [0064]
Since only one bowler Lee(1) has one unused entry, this will be the last eight-bowler bracket in this average division. The bowlers who have no remaining entries will fill the other seven spots in this eight-bowler bracket. They will be placed in a random drawing to fill the seven remaining spots in this eight-bowler bracket. [0065]
Sam(0),Aaron(0), and Jeff(0), will join Amy(0), Belle(0), Cary(0), James(0),Jenny(0),John(0),Luke(0),Nathan(0),Ralph(0),Robert(0), and Wayne(0) as bowlers who have no remaining entries and were not chosen to fill any previous eight-bowler brackets. These bowlers will have preference over the three bowlers (Phil(-0),Oliver(-0), and Barbara(-0)) who have no remaining entries and were chosen to fill any previous eight-bowler brackets. [0066]
Phil(-0),Oliver(-0), and Barbara(-0) will not be in the random drawing to fill these seven spots because they were already chosen to fill a previous eight-bowler bracket. There are enough bowlers who have no remaining entries and were not chosen to fill any previous eight-bowler brackets to fill the seven available spots. [0067]
Sam(0),Aaron(0),Jeff(0),Amy(0),Belle(0),Cary(0),James(0),Jenny(0), John(0),Luke(0),Nathan(0),Ralph(0),Robert(0), and Wayne(0) will be placed in the random drawing to fill the seven spots in this bracket. [0068]
Ralph(0),Wayne(0), Sam(0), Luke(0), Robert(0), Jenny(0), and Jeff(0) are the seven bowlers chosen from the random drawing to fill the eight-bowler bracket along with Lee(1). Now that the bracket is full, there will be a random drawing to match up opponents and lane assignments. The following eight-bowler bracket was the result of the random drawing. [0069]

1^stGame Winner 2^ndGame Winner 3^rdGame Winner

Wayne (0) Wayne (0)

Sam (0) Wayne (0)

Lee (1) Lee (1)

Luke (0) Jenny (0)

Jeff (0) Robert (0)

Robert (0) Jenny (0)

Ralph (0) Jenny (0)

Jenny (0)
Jenny has qualified for the Second Round. There was only one paid entry from this eight-bowler bracket that goes into the tournament prize fund because of the seven bowlers with no entries. [0070]

This average division is finished with its brackets because there are no bowlers who have any unused entries. The proprietor owes the tournament prize fund 38 entries. ($25×38=$950) Two entries were not used in the brackets. (Rose and Alex had one each.) The proprietor gets to use the money from the unused entries to offset any expenses incurred while running the tournament. Six bowlers have qualified to bowl in the Second Round from this the 185 to 199 AVERAGE DIVISION. (Paul, Rose, Ira, Alex, Eugene and Jenny)

4. DIVISION IV AVERAGES 170 to 154

NAME	ENTRIES	AVERAGES

1. Alice	(1)	184
2. Bob	(3)	177,172,169
3. Chris	(1)	182
4. Claude	(1)	177
5. Dale	(1)	174
6. Dan	(1)	183
7. Eric	(1)	181
8. Gus	(1)	178
9. Herman	(1)	176
10. Jack	(1)	175
11. Justin	(1)	175
12. Larry	(1)	171
13. Matt	(1)	170
14. Pat	(1)	173
15. Ted	(1)	175
16. Yvonne	(1)	173

There are sixteen bowlers in this average division. All of the bowlers are placed into a random drawing. There will be two eight-bowler brackets. The first eight-bowler bracket is Claude(1), Alice(1), Chris(1), Bob(3), Ted(1), Gus(1), Matt(1), and Eric(1). The second eight-bowler bracket is Pat(1), Larry(1), Jack(1), Yvonne(1), Justin(1), Dan(1), Herman(1), and Dale(1). [0072]
Claude(1),Alice(1),Chris(1),Bob(3),Ted(1),Gus(1),Matt(1), and Eric(1) are the eight bowlers in the first eight-bowler bracket. There is a random drawing in order to match up opponents and lane assignments. The following eight-bowler bracket was the result of the random drawing. [0073]

1^stGame Winner 2^ndGame Winner 3^rdGame Winner

Ted (1) Ted (1)

Chris (1) Matt (1)

Gus (1) Matt (1)

Matt (1) Alice (1)

Bob (3) Claude (1)

Claude (1) Alice (1)

Eric (1) Alice (1)

Alice (1)
8 Paid Entries [0074]
Alice has qualified for the Second Round. Since all of the bowlers in this eight-bowler bracket had at least one unused entry, there were eight paid entries that go into the tournament prize fund. [0075]
Ted(0),Chris(0),Gus(0),Matt(0),Claude(0), and Eric(0) are out of the tournament unless there is a need to have bowlers who have no remaining entries fill any future eight-bowler brackets. [0076]
Pat(1), Larry(1), Jack(1),Yvonne(1), Justin(1), Dan(1), Herman(1), and Dale(1) are the eight bowlers in the second eight-bowler bracket. There will be a random drawing to match up opponents and lane assignments. The following eight-bowler bracket was the result of the random drawing. [0077]

1^stGame Winner 2^ndGame Winner 3^rdGame Winner

Justin (1) Justin (1)

Yvonne (1) Dale (1)

Jack (1) Dale (1)

Dale (1) Larry (1)

Dan (1) Herman (1)

Herman (1) Larry (1)

Larry (1) Larry (1)

Pat (1)
Larry has qualified for the Second Round. Since all of the bowlers in this eight-bowler bracket had one unused entry, there were eight paid entries that go into the tournament prize fund. [0078]
Justin(0),Yvonne(0), Jack(0), Dale(0), Dan(0), Herman(0), and Pat(0) will join Ted(0),Chris(0),Gus(0),Matt(0),Claude(0), and Eric(0) as bowlers who are out of the tournament unless there is a need to have bowlers who have no remaining entries fill any future eight-bowler brackets. [0079]
Since one bowler Bob(2) has at least one unused entry, there will be another eight-bowler bracket. The bowlers who have no remaining entries will fill the other seven spots in this eight-bowler bracket because there are no other bowlers who have any unused entries. All thirteen bowlers who have no remaining entries will be placed in a random drawing to fill the seven spots in this eight-bowler bracket because they all have equal preference. [0080]
Ted(0),Chris(0),Gus(0),Matt(0),Claude(0),Eric(0),Justin(0),Yvonne(0), Jack(0),Dale(0),Dan(0),Herman(0), and Pat(0) are the thirteen bowlers in the random drawing for these seven spots. [0081]
Dale(0),Dan(0),Eric(0),Gus(0),Jack(0), and Yvonne(0) are out of the tournament unless there is a need to have bowlers who have no remaining entries fill any future eight-bowler brackets. [0082]
Herman(0),Chris(0),Claude(0),Matt(0),Pat(0),Justin(0), and Ted(0) are the seven bowlers chosen to fill this eight-bowler bracket in addition to Bob(2). Now that the bracket is full, there will be a random drawing to match up opponents and lane assignments. The following eight-bowler bracket was the result of the random drawing. [0083]

1^stGame Winner 2^ndGame Winner 3^rdGame Winner

Ted (0) Herman (0)

Herman (0) Herman (0)

Chris (0) Bob (0)

Bob (2) Herman (0)

Claude (0) Claude (0)

Pat (0) Matt (0)

Matt (0) Matt (0)

Justin (0)
Herman has qualified for the Second Round. There was only one paid entry from this eight-bowler bracket that goes into the tournament prize fund because of the seven bowlers with no entries. [0084]
Ted(-0),Chris(-0),Claude(-0),Pat(-0),Matt(-0), and Justin(-0) are out of the tournament unless there is a need to have bowlers, who have no remaining entries and were chosen to fill previous brackets, fill any future eight-bowler brackets. [0085]
Since only one bowler (Bob (1)) has one unused entry, this will be the last eight-bowler bracket in this average division. Bowlers who have no entries will fill the other seven spots in this eight-bowler bracket. Since Dale(0), Dan(0), Eric(0), Gus(0), Jack(0), and Yvonne(0) were not chosen in the previous random drawing to fill an eight-bowler bracket from bowlers who have no remaining entries, they will get the first preference to fill this bracket. Since there were only six bowlers who have no entries and were not chosen in the previous random drawing, there is one additional spot needed to fill this bracket. A random drawing with the six bowlers who are out of entries and were chosen to fill a previous eight-bowler bracket will fill this one spot. Chris(-0),Claude(-0),Justin(-0),Matt(-0),Ted(-0), and Yvonne(-0) are in the random drawing for the one remaining spot. Claude(-0) is the bowler chosen to fill this bracket. [0086]
Bob(1),Dale(0),Dan(0),Eric(0),Gus(0),Jack(0),Yvonne(0), and Claude(-0) are the eight bowlers in the last eight-bowler bracket. Now that the bracket is full, there is a random drawing in order to match up opponents and lane assignments. The following eight-bowler bracket was the result of the random drawing. [0087]

1^stGame Winner 2^ndGame Winner 3^rdGame Winner

Yvonne (0) Claude (−0)

Claude (−0) Eric (0)

Eric (0) Eric (0)

Bob (1) Dan (0)

Dale (0) Dale (0)

Gus (0) Dan (0)

Jack (0) Dan (0)

Dan (0)
Dan has qualified for the Second Round. There was only one paid entry from this eight-bowler bracket that goes into the tournament prize fund because of the seven bowlers with no entries. [0088]

Since there are no bowlers who have any unused entries, this average division is finished with its brackets. The proprietor owes the tournament prize fund 18 entries. ($25×18=$450) All the entries were used in the brackets. Four bowlers have qualified to bowl in the Second Round from this the 170 to 184 AVERAGE DIVISION. (Alice, Larry, Herman, and Dan)

5. DIVISION V AVERAGES 155 to 169

NAME	ENTRIES	AVERAGES

1. Barry	(1)	165
2. Carol	(1)	162
3. Chloe	(1)	168
4. Claire	(1)	156
5. David	(2)	168,165
6. Dusty	(1)	169
7. Edna	(1)	168
8. Ezra	(3)	169,161,160
9. Ivan	(1)	157
10. Jeanie	(1)	155
11. Karen	(1)	156
12. Max	(2)	169,169
13. Melvin	(1)	157
14. Penny	(1)	162
15. Regan	(2)	158,158
16. Robbie	(3)	166,163,162
17. Sallie	(1)	157
18. Tony	(1)	161
19. Zack	(1)	155

There are nineteen bowlers in this average division; therefore there will be two full eight-bowler brackets and one incomplete eight-bowler bracket with three bowlers. All of the bowlers are placed in the three eight-bowler brackets from a random drawing with the two full eight-bowler brackets bowling until a Second Round qualifier from each bracket has been accomplished. While the one incomplete eight-bowler bracket with three bowlers will wait until the other two full eight-bowler brackets are completed to fill the bracket. [0090]
The first full eight-bowler bracket is Edna(1), Jeanie(1), Karen(1), Ivan(1), Melvin(1), Ezra (3), Sallie (1), and Barry(1). The second full eight-bowler bracket is Tony(1), Regan(2), Penny(1), Chloe(1), David(2), Dusty(1), Carol(1), and Zack(1). The two full eight-bowler brackets will have separate random drawings in order to match up opponents and lane assignments. The eight-bowler bracket with three bowlers will wait until both eight-bowler brackets are finished in order to fill their bracket. Max(2), Robbie(3), and Claire(1) are the three bowlers in the incomplete eight-bowler bracket. [0091]
Edna(1),Jeanie(1),Karen(1),Ivan(1),Melvin(1),Ezra(3),Sallie(1),and Barry(1) are the eight bowlers in the first eight-bowler bracket. There is a random drawing in order to match up opponents and lane assignments. The following eight-bowler bracket was the result of the random drawing. [0092]

1^stGame Winner 2^ndGame Winner 3^rdGame Winner

Barry (1) Barry (1)

Jeanie (1) Barry (1)

Melvin (1) Ezra (3)

Ezra (3) Sallie (1)

Ivan (1) Sallie (1)

Sallie (1) Sallie (1)

Edna (1) Edna (1)

Karen (1)
Sallie has qualified for the Second Round. Since all of the bowlers in this eight-bowler bracket had at least one unused entry, there were eight paid entries that go into the tournament prize fund. [0093]
Barry(0),Jeanie(0),Melvin(0),Ivan(0),Edna(0), and Karen(0) are out of the tournament unless there is a need to have bowlers who have no remaining entries fill any future eight-bowler brackets. [0094]
Tony(1), Regan(2), Penny(1), Chloe(1), David(2), Dusty(1), Carol(1), and Zack(1) are the eight bowlers in the second eight-bowler bracket. There is a random drawing in order to match up opponents and lane assignments. The following eight-bowler bracket was the result of the random drawing. [0095]

1^stGame Winner 2^ndGame Winner 3^rdGame Winner

Zack (1) David (2)

David (2) David (2)

Tony (1) Regan (2)

Regan (2) David (2)

Chloe (1) Carol (1)

Carol (1) Carol (1)

Dusty (1) Dusty (1)

Penny (1)
David has qualified for the Second Round. Since all of the bowlers in this eight-bowler bracket had at least one unused entry, there were eight paid entries that go into the tournament prize fund. [0096]
Zack(0),Tony(0), Chloe(0), Carol(0), Dusty(0), and Penny(0) will join Barry(0),Jeanie(0),Melvin(0),Ivan(0),Edna(0), and Karen(0) as bowlers who are out of the tournament unless there is a need to have bowlers who have no remaining entries fill any future eight-bowler brackets. [0097]
Ezra(2) and Regan(1) have unused entries. They will be joined with Robbie(3),Max(2), and Claire (1) in an eight-bowler bracket thus causing a need for three spots to fill this bracket. These three spots will come from the bowlers who used their only entry in the previous brackets. Barry(0), Jeanie(0), Melvin(0), Ivan(0), Edna(0),Karen(0),Zack(0),Tony(0), Chloe(0),Carol(0),Dusty(0), and Penny(0) will be placed in a random drawing to choose three bowlers to fill this bracket. [0098]
Ivan(0),Zack(0), and Penny(0) are chosen in the random drawing thus joining Robbie(3),Max(2),Claire(1),Ezra(2), and Regan(1) in this eight-bowler bracket. There is a random drawing in order to match up opponents and lane assignments. The following eight-bowler bracket was the result of the random drawing. [0099]

1^stGame Winner 2^ndGame Winner 3^rdGame Winner

Regan (1) Ivan (0)

Ivan (0) Ivan (0)

Penny (0) Zack (0)

Zack (0) Max (2)

Claire (1) Claire (1)

Ezra (2) Max (2)

Max (2) Max (2)

Robbie (3)
Max has qualified for the Second Round. There were only five paid entries from this eight-bowler bracket that goes into the tournament prize fund because of the three bowlers with no entries. [0100]
Regan(0) and Claire(0) will join Barry(0), Jeanie(0), Melvin(0), Edna(0), Karen(0), Tony(0), Chloe(0), Carol(0), and Dusty(0) as bowlers who are out of the tournament unless there is a need to have bowlers who have no remaining entries fill any future eight-bowler brackets. [0101]
Ivan(-0), Zack(-0), and Penny (-0) must wait until all of the bowlers who have no remaining entries and were not chosen to fill any of the previous brackets are used to fill any future eight-bowler brackets. [0102]
Robbie(2) and Ezra(1) still have unused entries therefore at least one more eight-bowler bracket is needed. Six bowlers who have no remaining entries and were not chosen to fill any of the previous brackets will fill this bracket. Since there are eleven bowlers who have no remaining entries and were not chosen to fill any of the previous brackets, then the six available spots will come from these eleven bowlers in a random drawing. (Barry(0),Jeanie(0),Melvin(0), Edna(0), Karen(0),Tony(0),Chloe(0),Carol(0), Dusty(0),Regan(0), and Claire(0)) [0103]
Chloe(0),Edna(0),Dusty(0),Carol(0),Regan(0), and Jeanie(0) are chosen from the random drawing to fill this bracket. [0104]
Robbie(2),Ezra(1),Chloe(0),Edna(0),Dusty(0),Carol(0),Regan(0), and Jeanie(0), are in a random drawing in order to match up opponents and lane assignments in the next eight-bowler bracket. The following eight-bowler bracket was the result of the random drawing. [0105]

1^stGame Winner 2^ndGame Winner 3^rdGame Winner

Ezra (1) Ezra (1)

Carol (0) Ezra (1)

Robbie (2) Robbie (2)

Chloe (0) Ezra (1)

Edna (0) Regan (0)

Regan (0) Regan (0)

Jeanie (0) Dusty (9)

Dusty (0)
Ezra has qualified for the Second Round. There were only two paid entries from this eight-bowler bracket that goes into the tournament prize fund because of the six bowlers with no entries. [0106]
Carol(-0),Chloe(-0),Edna(-0),Regan(-0),Jeanie(-0), and Dusty(-0) will join Ivan(-0),Zack(-0), and Penny(-0) as bowlers who must wait until all of the bowlers who have no remaining entries and were not chosen to fill any of the previous brackets are used to fill any future eight-bowler brackets. [0107]
Since only one bowler (Robbie(1)) has one unused entry, this will be the last eight-bowler bracket in this average division. Bowlers who have no remaining entries will fill the other seven spots in this eight-bowler bracket. The five bowlers who have no remaining entries and were not chosen to fill any of the previous brackets will have preference to fill this bracket over the nine bowlers who have no remaining entries and were chosen to fill any of the previous brackets. The five bowlers with preference are Barry(0),Melvin(0),Karen(0),Tony(0), and Claire(0). There are now six bowlers in this eight-bowler bracket so two more bowlers are needed to fill this bracket. The two bowlers who will fill this bracket will come out of the random drawing from the nine bowlers who have no remaining entries and were chosen to fill any of the previous brackets. Ivan(-0), Penny(-0), Zack(-0), Carol(-0), Chloe(-0), Edna(-0), Regan(-0), Jeanie(-0), and Dusty(-0) are the nine bowlers in the random drawing. [0108]
Dusty(-0) and Jeanie(-0) are the two bowlers chosen from the random drawing to fill this bracket. [0109]

Robbie(1),Barry(0),Melvin(0),Karen(0),Tony(0),Claire(0), Dusty(-0), and Jeanie(-0) are the eight bowlers in the last eight-bowler bracket. Now that the bracket is full, there is a random drawing in order to match up opponents and lane assignments. The following eight-bowler bracket was the result of the random drawing.



1^stGame Winner	2^ndGame Winner	3^rdGame Winner

Dusty (−0)	Dusty (−0)
Melvin (0)		Karen (0)
Claire (0)	Karen (0)
Karen 0			Barry (0)
Barry (0)	Barry (0)
Robbie (1)		Barry (0)
Jeanie (−0)	Jeanie (−0)
Tony (0)

Barry has qualified for the Second Round. There was only one paid entry from this eight-bowler bracket that goes into the tournament prize fund because of the seven bowlers with no entries. [0111]

Since there are no bowlers who have any unused entries, this average division is finished with its brackets. The proprietor owes the tournament prize fund 24 entries. ($25×24=$600) Two entries were not used in the brackets. (David and Max had one each.) The proprietor gets to use the money from these entries to offset any expenses incurred while running the tournament. Five bowlers have qualified to bowl in the Second Round from this the 155 to 169 AVERAGE DIVISION. (Sallie, David, Max, Ezra, and Barry)

6. DIVISION VI AVERAGES 140 to 154

NAME	ENTRIES	AVERAGES

1. Adam	(2)	143,143
2. Amos	(1)	145
3. Barney	(1)	142
4. Beau	(2)	154,151
5. Billy	(1)	148
6. Daphne	(1)	143
7. Dawayn	(1)	143
8. Dawn	(2)	147,137
9. Dick	(2)	154,153
10. Earl	(1)	154
11. Ernest	(1)	149
12. Gene	(2)	153,149
13. Heidi	(1)	147
14. Jane	(1)	141
15. Karmylle	(1)	142
16. Lucy	(2)	153,151
17. Margot	(1)	150
18. Mary	(2)	141,138
19. Molly	(1)	143
20. Roy	(1)	154
21. Suzie	(1)	145
22. Virgil	(1)	153
23. Walt	(2)	146,143
24. Wendy	(1)	140
25. Zelda	(1)	141

Since there are twenty-five bowlers, there will be three full eight-bowler brackets and one eight-bowler bracket with one bowler. All of the bowlers are placed into a random drawing in order to separate the bowlers into the four eight-bowler brackets. The three full eight-bowler brackets will compete until a Second Round qualifier has been accomplished. While the eight-bowler bracket with one bowler will wait to compete after all three of the other eight-bowler brackets are completed in order to fill the other seven spots in the bracket. [0113]
The first full eight-bowler bracket is Earl(1), Zelda(1), Lucy(2), Earnest(1), Dawayn(1), Beau(2), Roy(1), and Adam(2). The second full eight-bowler bracket is Karmylle(1), Jane(1), Walt(2), Wendy(1), Mary(2), Suzie(1), Virgil(1), and Molly(1). The third-full eight-bowler bracket is Amos(1), Heidi(1), Gene(2), Margot(1), Dawn(2), Billy(1), Barney(1), and Dick(2). Each of these eight-bowler brackets will have separate random drawings in order to match up opponents and lane assignments. [0114]
The eight-bowler bracket with just one bowler Daphne(1) will wait until the three full brackets are finished to completely fill this bracket. [0115]
Earl(1),Zelda(1), Lucy(2), Earnest(1), Dawayn(1), Beau(2), Roy(1), and Adam(2) are the eight bowlers in the first full eight-bowler bracket. There is a random drawing in order to match up opponents and lane assignments. The following eight-bowler bracket was the result of the random drawing. [0116]

1^stGame Winner 2^ndGame Winner 3^rdGame Winner

Zelda (1) Zelda (1)

Beau (2) Earnest (1)

Lucy (2) Earnest (1)

Earnest (1) Roy (1)

Earl (1) Earl (1)

Adam (2) Roy (1)

Dawayn (1) Roy (1)

Roy (1)
Roy has qualified for the Second Round. Since all of the bowlers in this eight-bowler bracket had at least one unused entry, there were eight paid entries that go into the tournament prize fund. [0117]
Zelda(0),Earnest(0),Earl (0), and Dawayn(0) are out of the tournament unless there is a need to have bowlers who have no remaining entries fill any future eight-bowler brackets. [0118]
Beau(1), Lucy(1), and Adam(1) have one remaining entry. [0119]
Karmylle(1),Jane(1),Walt(2),Wendy(1),Mary(2), Suzie(1),Virgil(1), and Molly(1) are the eight bowlers in the second full eight-bowler bracket. There is a random drawing in order to match up opponents and lane assignments. The following eight-bowler bracket was the result of the random drawing. [0120]

1^stGame Winner 2^ndGame Winner 3^rdGame Winner

Suzie (1) Mary (2)

Mary (2) Virgil (1)

Virgil (1) Virgil (1)

Wendy (1) Virgil (1)

Karmylle (1) Karmylle (1)

Walt (2) Jane (1)

Jane (1) Jane (1)

Molly (1)
Virgil has qualified for the Second Round. Since all of bowlers in this eight-bowler bracket had at least one unused entry, there were eight paid entries that go into the tournament prize fund. [0121]
Suzie(0),Wendy(0),Karmylle(0),Jane(0), and Molly(0) will join Zelda(0),Earnest(0),Earl(0), and Dawayn(0) as bowlers who are out of the tournament unless there is a need to have bowlers who have no remaining entries fill any future eight-bowler brackets. [0122]
Mary(1) and Walt(1) will join Beau(1), Lucy(1), and Adam(1) as bowlers who have one remaining entry. [0123]
Amos(1),Heidi(1),Gene(2),Margot(1),Dawn(2),Billy(1),Barney(1), and Dick(2) are the eight bowlers in the third full eight-bowler bracket. There is a random drawing in order to match up opponents and lane assignments. The following eight-bowler bracket was the result of the random drawing. [0124]

1^stGame Winner 2^ndGame Winner 3^rdGame Winner

Dawn (2) Margot (1)

Margot (1) Dick (2)

Dick (2) Dick (2)

Gene (2) Dick (2)

Amos (1) Barney (1)

Barney (1) Heidi (1)

Heidi (1) Heidi (1)

Billy (1)
Dick has qualified for the Second Round. Since all of the bowlers in this eight-bowler bracket had at least one unused entry, there were eight paid entries that go into the tournament prize fund. [0125]
Margot(0),Amos(0),Barney(0),Heidi(0), and Billy(0) will join Zelda(0), Earnest(0), Earl(0), Dawayn(0), Suzie(0),Wendy(0), Karmylle(0), Jane(0), and Molly(0) as bowlers who are out of the tournament unless there is a need to have bowlers who have no remaining entries fill any future eight-bowler brackets. [0126]
Dawn(1) and Gene(1) will join Beau(1), Lucy(1), Adam(1), Mary(1), and Walt(1) as bowlers who have one remaining entry from the previous brackets. Since there are exactly seven bowlers available, they will join Daphne(1) in the last eight-bowler bracket in this average division. There is a random drawing in order to match up opponents and lane assignments. The following eight-bowler bracket was the result of the random drawing. [0127]

1^stGame Winner 2^ndGame Winner 3^rdGame Winner

Walt (1) Daphne (1)

Daphne (1) Daphne (1)

Adam (1) Beau (1)

Beau (1) Gene (1)

Mary (1) Mary (1)

Lucy (1) Gene (1)

Gene (1) Gene (1)

Dawn (1)
Gene has qualified for the Second Round. Since all of the bowlers in this eight-bowler bracket had at least one unused entry, there were eight paid entries that go into the tournament prize fund. [0128]

Since there are no bowlers who have any unused entries, this average division is finished with its brackets. The proprietor owes the tournament prize fund 32 entries. ($25×32=$800) One entry was not used in the brackets. (Dick had one.) The proprietor gets to use the money from this entry to offset any expenses incurred while running the tournament. Four bowlers have qualified to bowl in the Second Round from this the 140 to 154 AVERAGE DIVISION. (Roy, Virgil, Dick, and Gene)

7. DIVISION VII AVERAGES 125 to 139

NAME	ENTRIES	AVERAGES

1. Amie	(1)	129
2. Amon	(1)	136
3. Anita	(1)	126
4. Ann	(1)	129
5. Brent	(1)	133
6. Claudia	(1)	131
7. Clyde	(1)	137
8. Colin	(1)	139
9. Gary	(1)	131
10. Gloria	(1)	127
11. Greg	(1)	139
12. Henry	(1)	137
13. Hugh	(1)	131
14. Janet	(1)	128
15. Janice	(1)	129
16. Jay	(1)	138
17. Jill	(1)	135
18. Jon	(1)	132
19. Joy	(1)	139
20. Joyce	(1)	129
21. Karl	(1)	135
22. Neal	(1)	126
23. Ned	(1)	132
24. Pam	(1)	131
25. Peggy	(1)	129
26. Phoebe	(1)	126
27. Polly	(1)	134
28. Rachel	(1)	137
29. Ray	(1)	138
30. Sandy	(1)	134
31. Tammy	(1)	131

Since there are thirty-one bowlers in this average division, there will be three full eight-bowler brackets and one eight-bowler bracket with seven bowlers. All of the bowlers are placed in a random drawing with the three full eight-bowler brackets bowling until a Second Round qualifier has been accomplished. While the one eight-bowler bracket with seven bowlers will wait to bowl until all three of the full eight bowler brackets are completed. [0130]
The first full eight-bowler bracket is Joyce(1), Claudia(1), Janet(1), Hugh(1), Joy(1), Polly(1), Neal(1), and Henry(1). The second full eight-bowler bracket is Anita(1),Sandy(1),Rachel(1),Greg(1),Pam(1),Jay(1),Gloria(1), and Tammy(1). The third eight-bowler bracket is Brent(1), Karl(1), Jon(1), Amie(1), Ned(1), Ray(1), Phoebe(1), and Clyde(1). Each of these three full eight-bowler brackets will have separate random drawings in order to match up opponents and lane assignments. [0131]
The incomplete eight-bowler bracket with these seven bowlers Gary(1),Ann(1),Jill(1),Peggy(1),Colin(1),Janice(1), and Amon(1) will wait until the three full brackets are finished in order to completely fill this incomplete eight-bowler bracket. [0132]
Joyce(1),Claudia(1),Janet(1),Hugh(1),Joy(1),Polly(1),Neal(1), and Henry(1) are the eight bowlers in the first full eight-bowler bracket. There is a random drawing in order to match up opponents and lane assignments. The following eight-bowler bracket was the result of the random drawing. [0133]

1^stGame Winner 2^ndGame Winner 3^rdGame Winner

Neal (1) Neal (1)

Joy (1) Neal (1)

Janet (1) Janet (1)

Claudia (1) Hugh (1)

Polly (1) Joyce (1)

Joyce (1) Hugh (1)

Hugh (1) Hugh (1)

Henry (1)
Hugh has qualified for the Second Round. Since all of the bowlers in this eight-bowler bracket had at least one unused entry, there were eight paid entries that go into the tournament prize fund. [0134]
Neal(0),Joy(0),Janet(0),Claudia(0),Polly(0),Joyce(0), and Henry(0) are out of the tournament unless there is a need to have bowlers who have no remaining entries fill any future eight-bowler brackets. [0135]
Anita(1), Sandy(1), Rachel(1), Greg(1), Pam(1), Jay(1), Gloria(1), and Tammy(1).are the eight bowlers in the second full eight-bowler bracket. There is a random drawing in order to match up opponents and lane assignments. The following eight-bowler bracket was the result of the random drawing. [0136]

1^stGame Winner 2^ndGame Winner 3^rdGame Winner

Greg (1) Greg (1)

Tammy (1) Rachel (1)

Rachel (1) Rachel (1)

Sandy (1) Jay (1)

Pam (1) Jay (1)

Jay (1) Jay (1)

Gloria (1) Gloria (1)

Anita (1)
Jay has qualified for the Second Round. Since all of the bowlers in this eight-bowler bracket had at least one unused entry, there were eight paid entries that go into the tournament prize fund. [0137]
Greg(0),Tammy(0),Rachel(0),Sandy(0),Pam(0),Gloria(0), and Anita(0) will join Neal(0),Joy(0),Janet(0),Claudia(0),Polly(0),Joyce(0), and Henry(0) as bowlers who are out of the tournament unless there is a need to have bowlers who have no remaining entries fill any future eight-bowler brackets. [0138]
Brent(1),Karl (1),Jon(1),Amie(1),Ned(1),Ray(1),Phoebe(1), and Clyde(1) are the eight bowlers in the third full eight-bowler bracket. There is a random drawing in order to match up opponents and lane assignments. The following eight-bowler bracket was the result of the random drawing. [0139]

1^stGame Winner 2^ndGame Winner 3^rdGame Winner

Ray (1) Brent (1)

Brent (1) Karl (1)

Karl (1) Karl (1)

Clyde (1) Phoebe (1)

Ned (1) Jon (1)

Jon (1) Phoebe (1)

Phoebe (1) Phoebe (1)

Amie (1)
Phoebe has qualified for the Second Round. Since all of the bowlers in this eight-bowler bracket had at least one unused entry, there were eight paid entries that go into the tournament prize fund. [0140]
Ray(0),Brent(0),Kari(0),Clyde(0),Ned(0),Jon(0), and Amie(0) will join Greg(0),Tammy(0), Rachel(0), Sandy(0), Pam(0), Gloria(0),Anita(0), Neal(0), Joy(0),Janet(0),Claudia(0),Polly(0),Joyce(0), and Henry(0) as bowlers who are out of the tournament unless there is a need to have bowlers who have no remaining entries fill any future eight-bowler brackets. [0141]
Since the fourth eight-bowler bracket has seven bowlers it needs just one bowler to be full. None of the twenty-one bowlers in the three previous eight-bowler brackets who did not qualify for the Second Round have any remaining unused entries. These twenty-one bowlers will be in a random drawing to select the one bowler to fill this eight-bowler bracket. Ray(0), Brent(0), Karl(0), Clyde(0), Ned(0),Jon(0),Amie(0), Greg(0), Tammy(0), Rachel(0), Sandy(0), Pam(0), Gloria(0),Anita(0), Neal(0), Joy(0), Janet(0),Claudia(0),Polly(0),Joyce(0), and Henry(0) are the bowlers in the random drawing. [0142]
Sandy(0) is the bowler selected from the random drawing to fill the last eight-bowler bracket. [0143]

Gary(1),Ann(1),Jill(1),Peggy(1),Colin(1),Janice(1),Amon(1), and Sandy(0) are the eight bowlers in the last eight-bowler bracket. There is a random drawing in order to match up opponents and lane assignments. The following eight-bowler bracket was the result of the random drawing.



1^stGame Winner	2^ndGame Winner	3^rdGame Winner

Suzie (1)	Mary (2)
Peggy (1)	Peggy (1)
Jill (1)		Ann (1)
Ann (1)	Ann (1)
Janice (1)			Ann (1)
Gary (1)	Sandy (0)
Sandy (0)		Colin (1)
Amon (1)	Colin (1)
Colin (1)

Ann has qualified for the Second Round. There were only seven paid entries from this eight-bowler bracket that goes into the tournament prize fund because of one bowler with no entries. [0145]

Since there are no bowlers who have any unused entries, this average division is finished with its brackets. The proprietor owes the tournament prize fund 31 entries. ($25×31=$775) All of the entries were used in the brackets. Four bowlers have qualified to bowl in the Second Round from this the 125 to 139 AVERAGE DIVISION. (Hugh, Jay, Phoebe, and Ann)

8. DIVISION VIII 124 or LESS

NAME	ENTRIES	AVERAGES

1. Alan	(1)	119
2. Alvin	(1)	121
3. Brett	(1)	108
4. Felix	(1)	120
5. Flora	(1)	117
6. Fred	(1)	111
7. Ida	(1)	123
8. Iris	(1)	108
9. Joan	(1)	101
10. Julie	(1)	114
11. Lance	(1)	118
12. Michelle	(1)	112
13. Oscar	(1)	124
14. Rex	(1)	117
15. Rita	(1)	99
16. Ron	(1)	111
17. Scott	(1)	121
18. Sharon	(1)	119
19. Tess	(1)	123
20. Tim	(1)	114
21. Wes	(1)	124
22. Will	(1)	121
23. Wilma	(1)	117
24. Zoe	(1)	109

Since there are twenty-four bowlers with one entry each, there will be exactly three eight-bowler brackets. There will be a random drawing with the twenty-four bowlers in order to separate them into the three eight-bowler brackets. The first eight-bowler bracket is Felix(1), Ron(1), Tim(1), Michelle(1), Oscar(1), Julie(1), Lance(1), and Rita(1). The second eight-bowler bracket is Rex(1), Alvin(1), Ida(1), Flora(1), Wilma(1), Zoe(1), Wes(1), and Will(1). The third eight-bowler bracket is Fred(1), Alan(1), Sharon(1), Scott(1), Tess(1), Joan(1), Brett(1), and Iris(1). [0147]
Felix(1),Ron(1),Tim(1),Michelle(1),Oscar(1),Julie(1),Lance(1), and Rita(1) are the eight bowlers in this eight-bowler bracket. There is a random drawing in order to match up opponents and lane assignments. The following eight-bowler bracket was the result of the random drawing. [0148]

1^stGame Winner 2^ndGame Winner 3^rdGame Winner

Felix (1) Felix (1)

Oscar (1) Felix (1)

Ron (1) Ron (1)

Rita (1) Felix (1)

Tim (1) Tim (1)

Julie (1) Tim (1)

Michelle (1) Michelle (1)

Lance (1)
Felix has qualified for the Second Round. Since all of the bowlers in this eight-bowler bracket had at least one unused entry, there were eight paid entries that go into the tournament prize fund. [0149]
Oscar(0),Ron(0),Rita(0),Tim(0),Julie(0),Michelle(0), and Lance(0) are out of the tournament unless there is a need to have bowlers who have no remaining entries fill any future eight-bowler brackets. [0150]
Rex(1),Alvin(1),Ida(1),Flora(1),Wilma(1),Zoe(1),Wes(1), and Will(1) are the eight bowlers in the second eight-bowler bracket. There is a random drawing in order to match up opponents and lane assignments. The following eight-bowler bracket was the result of the random drawing. [0151]

1^stGame Winner 2^ndGame Winner 3^rdGame Winner

Flora (1) Flora (1)

Will (1) Flora (1)

Wilma (1) Wilma (1)

Ida (1) Zoe (1)

Wes (1) Wes (1)

Alvin (1) Zoe (1)

Zoe (1) Zoe (1)

Rex (1)
Zoe has qualified for the Second Round. Since all of the bowlers in this eight-bowler bracket had at least one unused entry, there were eight paid entries that go into the tournament prize fund. [0152]
Flora(0),Will(0),Wilma(0),Ida(0),Wes(0),Alvin(0), and Rex(0) will join Oscar(0),Ron(0),Rita(0),Tim(0),Julie(0),Michelle(0), and Lance as bowlers who are out of the tournament unless there is a need to have bowlers who have no remaining entries fill any future eight-bowler brackets. [0153]
Fred(1),Alan(1),Sharon(1),Scott(1),Tess(1),Joan(1),Brett(1), and Iris(1) are the eight bowlers in the third eight-bowler bracket. There is a random drawing in order to match up opponents and lane assignments. The following eight-bowler bracket was the result of the random drawing. [0154]

1^stGame Winner 2^ndGame Winner 3^rdGame Winner

Sharon (1) Alan (1)

Alan (1) Fred (1)

Brett (1) Fred (1)

Fred (1) Fred (1)

Iris (1) Tess (1)

Tess (1) Tess (1)

Joan (1) Joan (1)

Scott (1)
Fred has qualified for the Second Round. Since all of the bowlers in this eight-bowler bracket had at least one unused entry, there were eight paid entries that go into the tournament prize fund. [0155]
Sharon(0),Alan(0),Brett(0),Iris(0),Tess(0),Joan(0), and Scott(0) will join Oscar(0),Ron(0),Rita(0),Tim(0),Julia(0),Michelle(0),Lance(0),Flora(0), Will(0),Wilma(0),Ida(0),Wes(0),Alvin(0), and Rex(0) as bowlers who are out of the tournament unless there is a need to have bowlers who have no remaining entries fill any future eight-bowler brackets. [0156]
Since there are no bowlers who have any unused entries, this average division is finished with the brackets. The proprietor owes the tournament prize fund 24 entries. ($25×24=$600) All of the entries were used in the brackets. Three bowlers have qualified to bowl in the second round from this the 124 or Less AVERAGE DIVISION. (Felix, Zoe, and Fred) [0157]
In the previous example there are three bowlers who have qualified to bowl in the Second Round from the 124 or Less AVERAGE DIVISION. Felix, Zoe, and Fred are joined with seventy-seven bowlers who have qualified from other Bowling Centers to bowl in this Second Round location. Since the total number of bowlers bowling in this Second Round location is more than 64 but less than 128, the tournament director will use 64 as the base number in order to find out how many bowlers will receive a bye in the first game of the Second Round. [0158]
Since there are 80 bowlers, the tournament director will subtract 64 from 80 to get 16. (80−64=16) Now they will subtract 16 from 64 to get 48, the number of bowlers receiving a bye in the first game of match play in the Second Round. (64−16=48) Forty-eight bowlers will receive a bye in the first game of match play in this Second Round. The first game of match play in the Second Round will have 32 bowlers (80−48=32) competing against each other. [0159]
These 80 bowlers will have a random drawing in order to separate the bowlers who receive a bye from the bowlers who will compete in the first game of the Second Round. Felix, Zoe, Fred, Albert, Arlene, Arnold, Arthur, Betty, Bonnie, Boris, Brenda, Brian, Bruce, Bruno, Carrie, Conrad, Craig, Daisy, Debbie, Dennis, Denise, Diane, Dinah, Dwight, Edgar, Edith, Eileen, Ellis, Ethan, Ethel, Evan, Floyd, Frank, Gerald, Gladys, Goldie, Greta, Harry, Hazel, Hope, Hugo, Irene, Irma, Jared, Jesse, Joe, June, Keith, Kevin, Kitty, Laura, Leah, Lewis, Lilly, Linda, Mabel, Maria, Martha, Martin, Marvin, Maude, Merlin, Mimi, Nancy, Naomi, Nina, Noah, Norma, Olga, Orson, Peter, Roger, Russ, Ruth, Sarah, Stan, Stella, Susan, Sybil, and Trudy are the bowlers in the random drawing. [0160]
Felix, Fred, Arnold, Carrie, Debbie, Dennis, Edith, Ellis, Ethan, Ethel, Evan, Floyd, Gerald, Goldie, Hugo, Irma, June, Laura, Lilly, Linda, Mabel, Marvin, Maude, Mimi, Nancy, Naomi, Norma, Roger, Russ, Ruth, Sarah, and Sybil are the 32 bowlers competing in the first game of the Second Round. [0161]
Zoe, Albert, Arlene, Arthur, Betty, Bonnie, Boris, Brenda, Brian, Bruce, Bruno, Conrad, Craig, Daisy, Denise, Diane, Dinah, Dwight, Edgar, Eileen, Frank, Gladys, Greta, Harry, Hazel, Hope, Irene, Jared, Jesse, Joe, Keith, Kevin, Kitty, Leah, Lewis, Maria, Martha, Martin, Merlin, Nina, Noah, Olga, Orson, Peter, Stan, Stella, Susan, and Trudy are the 48 bowlers receiving a first game bye. [0162]

The 32 bowlers competing in the first game will have a random drawing in order to match up opponents and lane assignments. The following was the result of the random drawing.



1. Roger		3. Linda		5. Felix
	Roger		Linda		Hugo
2. Ellis		4. Dennis		6. Hugo
7. Debbie		9. Maude		11. Fred
	Debbie		Goldie		Naomi
8. Irma		10. Goldie		12. Naomi
13. Nancy		15. Ethel		17. Carrie
	Nancy		Russ		Carrie
14. Edith		16. Russ		18. Norma
19. Mabel		21. Floyd		23. Ethan
	Mimi		Floyd		Arnold
20. Mimi		22. Marvin		24. Arnold
25. Lilly		27. Sarah		29. Sybil
	Lilly		Sarah		Sybil
26. Ruth		28. Gerald		30. Evan
31. Laura
	June
32. June

Dennis, Edith, Ellis, Ethan, Ethel, Evan, Felix, Fred, Gerald, Irma, Laura, Mabel, Marvin, Maude, Norma, and Ruth are out of the tournament. [0164]

Arnold, Carrie, Debbie, Floyd, Goldie, Hugo, June, Lilly, Linda,-Mimi, Nancy, Naomi, Roger, Russ, Sarah, and Sybil will join the 48 bowlers who received first game byes in the second game of match play. These 64 bowlers will have a random drawing in order to match up opponents and lane assignments. The following was the result of the random drawing.



1.Greta		3. Jesse		5. Stan
	Maria		Carrie		Stan
2. Maria		4. Carrie		6. Keith
7. Joe		9. Sybil		11. Craig
	Lewis		Dinah		Craig
8. Lewis		10. Dinah		12. Russ
13. Hope		15. Sarah		17. Dwight
	Kevin		Harry		Dwight
14. Kevin		16. Harry		18. Goldie
19. Diane		21. Linda		23. Orson
	Diane		Martha		Martin
20. Brenda		22. Martha		24. Martin
25. Boris		27. Eileen		29. Gladys
	Bruno		Irene		Gladys
26. Bruno		28. Irene		30. Daisy
31. Floyd		33. Merlin		35. Betty
	Floyd		Merlin		Roger
32. Zoe		34. Debbie		36. Roger
37. Jared		39. Hazel		41. Hugo
	Jared		Hazel		Arlene
38. Arthur		40. Stella		42. Arlene
43. Lilly		45. Noah		47. Olga
	Lilly		Noah		Olga
44. Trudy		46. Albert		48. Frank
49. Arnold		51. Edgar		53. Nina
	Bonnie		Susan		Nina
50. Bonnie		52. Susan		54. Mimi
55. Nancy		57. Conrad		59. June
	Nancy		Denise		June
56. Kitty		58. Denise		60. Naomi
61. Peter		63. Brian
	Bruce		Leah
62. Bruce		64. Leah

Albert, Arnold, Arthur, Betty, Boris, Brenda, Brian, Conrad, Daisy, Debbie, Edgar, Eileen, Frank, Goldie, Greta, Hope, Hugo, Jesse, Joe, Keith, Kitty, Linda, Mimi, Naomi, Orson, Peter, Russ, Sarah, Stella, Sybil, Trudy, and Zoe are out of the tournament. [0166]

Arlene, Bonnie, Bruce, Bruno, Carrie, Craig, Denise, Diane, Dinah, Dwight, Floyd, Gladys, Harry, Hazel, Irene, Jared, June, Kevin, Leah, Lewis, Lilly, Maria, Martha, Martin, Merlin, Nancy, Nina, Noah, Olga, Roger, Stan, and Susan are the 32 bowlers competing in the third game. They will have a random drawing in order to match up opponents and lane assignments. The following was the result of the random drawing.



1. Merlin		3. Roger		5. Stan
	Merlin		Roger		Nancy
2. Olga		4. Martha		6. Nancy
7. Lewis		9. Carrie		11. Hazel
	Lewis		Diane		June
8. Bonnie		10. Diane		12. June
13. Noah		15. Nina		17. Bruno
	Noah		Nina		Leah
14. Kevin		16. Floyd		18. Leah
19. Irene		21. Harry		23. Dinah
	Irene		Denise		Bruce
20. Gladys		22. Denise		24. Bruce
25. Lilly		27. Dwight		29. Susan
	Lilly		Maria		Jared
26. Craig		28. Maria		30. Jared
31. Arlene
	Martin
32. Martin

Arlene, Bonnie, Bruno, Carrie, Craig, Dinah, Dwight, Floyd, Gladys, Harry, Hazel, Kevin, Martha, Olga, Stan, and Susan are out of the tournament. [0168]

Bruce, Denise, Diane, Irene, Jared, June, Leah, Lewis, Lilly, Maria, Martin, Merlin, Nancy, Nina, Noah, and Roger are the 16 bowlers competing in the fourth game. They will have a random drawing in order to match up opponents and lane assignments. The following was the result of the random drawing.



1. Leah		3. Bruce		5. Jared
	Irene		Diane		Nancy
2. Irene		4. Diane		6. Nancy
7. Roger		9. Noah		11. Maria
	June		Noah		Maria
8. June		10. Lilly		12. Lewis
13. Merlin		15. Nina
	Merlin		Martin
14. Denise		16. Martin

Bruce, Denise, Jared, Leah, Lewis, Lilly, Nina, and Roger are out of the tournament. [0170]
Diane, Irene, June, Maria, Martin, Merlin, Nancy, and Noah are the 8 bowlers competing in the fifth game. They will have a random drawing in order to match up opponents and lane assignments. The following was the result of the random drawing. [0171]

1. Diane 3. June 5. Martin

Nancy Maria Noah

2. Nancy 4. Maria 6. Noah

7. Merlin

Irene

8. Irene
Diane, June, Martin, and Merlin are out of the tournament. [0172]
Irene, Maria, Nancy, and Noah are the 4 bowlers competing in the sixth game. They will have a random drawing in order to match up opponents and lane assignments. The following was the result of the random. drawing. [0173]

1. Irene 3. Maria

Nancy Noah

2. Nancy 4. Noah
Irene and Maria are out of the tournament. [0174]
Nancy and Noah are the final two bowlers competing in the Second Round. They will have a random drawing for lane assignments. The following was the result of the random drawing. [0175]

1. Noah

Nancy

2. Nancy
Noah lost the final game. Since Nancy won the final game of the Second Round, she will receive an all expense paid trip to compete in the CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND. Nancy will compete against 511 bowlers who won their Second Round Regional in the 124 or Less AVERAGE DIVISION. [0176]
This bowling tournament method is an attempt to help the bowling industry and league bowlers who have been loyal participants of the sport. The bowling industry has lost over 5 million league bowlers in the last 15 years while it has maintained its participation from the 50 million non-league bowlers over the same period of time. The bowling industry needs to have a national tournament for all league bowlers who compete on a weekly basis. This tournament will give all league bowlers a chance to compete against other league bowlers of equal ability. The bowling lane proprietor should benefit from this tournament because current league bowlers will be encouraged to bowl in additional leagues so that they would get additional entries in the First Round of this tournament. Non-league bowlers will want to join a league so that they can have a chance to win money from one of the many large prize fund purses. Future tournaments can have more than one tournament per year with the additional tournaments changing the formats like having men competing against only men and women competing against only women, and/or changing pin difference in the average divisions, and/or changing the bracket sizes. [0177]
Some activities and/or sports such as golf can use this tournament process. [0178]

Claims

I claim:

1. A one game scratch match play single elimination tournament for league players, comprising the steps of:

a. providing a pool of eligible league players;

b. placing each eligible league player into one of eight divisions, each division being defined by highest average scores attained by league players in current league play;

c. conducting a local first round of competition in which each of the eligible league players in each of the eight divisions engages in one game scratch match play, single elimination, eight-player brackets, until one player prevails in each division and continues on to a regional second round;

d. conducting a regional second round in 512 locations that are geographically distributed as equally as possible in which each of the eight divisions engages in one game scratch match play, single elimination, until one player prevails in each division and continues on to a championship round;

e. conducting a championship round in a single location in which each of the 512 league players who prevail in the regional second round in each of the eight divisions engages in one game scratch match play, single elimination, until 8 tournament champions prevail, one in each of the eight divisions.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the providing step includes defining eligible league players as those who have paid weekly tournament entry fees over a league season.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the placing step includes placing eligible league players into one of eight divisions based upon each player's highest average in the current league season based upon at least 60 games.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the placing step includes placing eligible league players into one of eight divisions based upon each player's highest average in the last three years or highest lifetime league average based upon at least 60 games.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the providing step includes discretionarily defining eligible league players at the local league level.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the placing step includes eight divisions based on average bowling scores, including one division for average scores of 215 or more; one for average scores between 200 and 214; one for average scores between 185 and 199; one for average scores between 170 and 184; one for average scores between 155 and 169; one for average scores between 140 and 154; one for average scores between 125 and 139; and one for averages less than 124.