(New rules/details/clarifications in bold italics)

Brandon Martins is the Reigning King of the Hill

1. $30 entry fee, 80% handicap, 3 game qualifier to reach the Ladder or Bracket/Ladder.
With more entries, more bowlers will qualify to advance.

1a. The reigning King or Queen may pay a discounted entry fee of $20 (all to Prize Fund).

2. The number of qualifiers for the ladder/bracket will vary with the number of entries. All qualifiers per the table below will advance; none will be knocked out by a Reigning King or Queen,

3. The reigning King or Queen of the Hill will have the choice bowl in the qualifying round to earn a seed, if desired. If unable to qualify, the Reigning King or Queen may accept the Royal Seed, which will be placed as designated below.

3a. If not bowling in the qualifying round, the reigning King or Queen must arrive prior to the completion of the qualifying round to utilize the Royal seed and participate.

4. Formats for the Ladder or Bracket/Ladder will be as follows:
Entries       Qualifiers    Paid Places      Format
up to 10              6*             3                 6 person ladder (R* vs. 6)
11-15                  7*             4                 4 person bracket followed by ladder (top 3) (R* vs. 5 & 6)
16-20                  8*             5                 4 person bracket followed by ladder (top 4) (R* vs. 6 & 7)
21-25                  9*             7                 6 person bracket followed by ladder (top 3) (R* vs. 7 & 8)
26-30                 11*            7                 8 person bracket followed by ladder (top 3) (R* vs. 7 & 8)
31 or more         11*          11                 8 person bracket followed by ladder (top 3) (R* vs. 7 & 8)

* = Reigning King or Queen if added via Royal Seed will increase the field by one. If added to a Bracket format, the Royal seed will participate in a 3-way match with two seeds as designated.

Bracket games will all be bowled simultaneously by round.
In each format, the Brackets and Ladder consist of single game handicap matches, except the final match against the #1 seed, which will be two games.

5. Tie-breakers:
• Seeding or to advance to ladder/bracket: All ties for last spot advance, Seeding tie-breaker is High Handicap Single, <except>
• Difference between Ladder and Bracket: 4 boxes (2 per lane) each, with 32% handicap (80% * 4/10) of full single game average.
<Or> • Game or Finals tie-breaker: 4 boxes (2 per lane) each, with 32% handicap (80% * 4/10) of full single game average.
• 4 box roll-off (2 per lane) each, with 32% handicap (80% * 4/10) of full single game average.

6. Handicap per game will be 80% of the difference in average from 130, based on the following criteria. Averages used for handicap in each tournament will continue to be a blend of tournament and league averages. For each event we will use:
A. Tournament average (if 9 strings or more) since September 2021 (season 6). If less than 9 strings, this component will not be included. We will have this data at the event.
B. All regular and summer league and tour (e.g. ACST) averages from Fall of 2023 forward, with 21 or more strings. These averages will be combined for a single component average, rounding down. If you do not have all of the averages, please supply the highest.
Example: a bowler with league averages of 93 and 90 will have a League component of 91.
B1. A bowler with no recent league average may use older league average(s), subject to tournament director discretion.
B2. A bowler with no league average may bowl with Tournament average only as in A above, or with no handicap given.

Your composite average for this event will include A and B above as applicable, averaged together and rounded UP (since league averages and the composites above are rounded down).

https://agawambowl.com/events/king-of-the-hill-9-02/

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