| 1. The British Police Ten Pin Bowling Association (BPTBA) is the body governing all official police ten pin bowling tournaments, the competing forces and individual members. 2. Each tournament shall consist of 9 games bowled as three, three game series in Singles, Doubles and 4 person team events. 3. Individual members are those members of the competing forces bowling section who are competing with their permission and are; a. Serving police officers b. Retired police officers c. Serving civilian employees employed by the Police Authority d. Retired civilian employees e. Ex police officers who have resigned from the force in good standing i.e. not dismissed or have criminal record etc. 4. All police forces and in England, Wales and Scotland and the Police Service of Northern Ireland are eligible to compete in all police tournaments. 5. The officials of the BPTBA shall be made up of; a. President b. Chairman c. Secretary d. Treasurer 6. The officials will be made up of individual members and be elected annually at the AGM. 7. All members are entitled to attend and participate in the AGM but there is only one vote per force on any proposal. 8. There will be 7 tournaments held throughout the season at Metropolitan, West Midlands, Norfolk, Hertfordshire, Northants, Sussex, and West Yorkshire. In addition there will be a National Singles tournament the location of which will be decided at the AGM. 9. Any additional tournament to be held in the season will have to be agreed upon at the AGM for inclusion into the calendar for the following year. 10. Any other member of a forces bowling section who is not eligible under rule 2 can bowl in a tournament as a pacer at the discretion of the tournament committee. They are not eligible for awards or OOM points. The pacer score of 150 will count to the team total. 11. If any force is unable to field a 4 person team then a combined police force team can be formed provided they are all members of their respective force, under rule 2. The combined team will not be eligible for team OOM points but can win awards. 12. It is for each tournament committee to decide what awards to present but they must include First, Second, Third in scratch and handicap sections for Singles, Doubles and Team events. The awards for both male and female all events will be presented for First, Second, Third. A bowler cannot be awarded trophies in both scratch and handicap sections. The highest award will be given but the scratch takes primacy so in effect 6 different bowlers or teams can win awards. (i.e. a bowler finishes 3rd scratch and 2nd handicap they will be awarded 2nd handicap, a bowler finishes 2nd scratch and handicap they will be given the scratch award).There will also be a Ladies handicap Singles award. 13. If in any section the scores are tied for any of the places there will be a last game count back (if handicap section to include the handicap for the game) to determine the winner. 14. Order of Merit points are awarded to the top 16 males and top 8 females on overall scratch pinfall for each tournament. In the male section positions 1 – 5 will be awarded points of 20, 18, 16, 14, 12, positions 6 – 16 will be awarded points of 11 decreasing to 1. In the female section positions 1 – 5 will be awarded points of 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, positions 6 – 8 will be awarded points of 3 decreasing to 1. 15. Order of Merit points will be awarded in both scratch and handicap team sections with the highest scoring force team only gaining the points. Positions 1 – 5 will be awarded points 20, 16, 14, 12, 10 and positions 6- 14 will be awarded points of 9 decreasing to 1. 16. For both male and female OOM sections only the top five scores will count for the overall OOM total to determine the season OOM winner. 17. For the team event all points awarded will be counted towards the OOM total. 18. End of season OOM awards will be presented to First, Second, Third in the male section and First and Second in the female section. (All subject to necessary finance being made available). 19. All forces are to pay a £1 levy per bowler per tournament for OOM trophies 20. Averages for tournaments are based on National Police average over at least 18 games. If a bowler does not have a police average then their highest league average over 21 games will be taken. If no average produced then the bowler will bowl off scratch. 21. Averages will be based on 75% of difference between the highest entering average rounded up to 200, 210, 220 etc and the bowlers average. Maximum handicap for male 50, female 60. 22. The tournament average will change after each tournament, however for the Metropolitan and West midlands tournaments the previous season’s average will be used as 18 games will not have been bowled until after the West Midlands tournament. 23. The National Singles tournament will be a scratch only tournament with a male and female section and open to all members. |
BPTBA RULES