Active Duty/Vets	Retired & Senior Retired
4500 West Tropicana Avenue Las Vegas, NV 89103	4000 W. Flamingo Rd Las Vegas, NV 89103

• January 18 - 22, 2015
• Awards Party January 23rd

• Tournament only - $160
• Tournament Side Pots for 3 events - $12
• Active/Vets Sunday Sweeper (Orleans, 7pm) - $25 (includes sidepots)
• Retired Sunday Sweeper (Gold Coast, 12pm or 5pm) - $25 (includes sidepots)
• Senior Retired Sunday Sweeper (Gold Coast, 12pm or 5pm) - $25 (includes sidepots)
• Optional Brackets available at check-in for tournament & sweepers
• No Tap Monday Sweeper (Orleans, 6pm) - $25
• Open age Tuesday Sweeper (Orleans, 6pm) - $40
• Age 50 & over Wednesday Sweeper (Orleans, 6pm) - $40

• PLAYING RULES - Rules of the Military Bowling Championships. (MBC) stated herein, and those of the USBC will govern all participants. The High Roller (HR) manager will have the right to resolve all questions and disputes. All decisions shall be final unless an appeal is made in accordance with Rule 329.
• GENERAL - The MBC is primarily a team event with teams comprised of 6 players. Individuals can only be on one team. Team, Doubles and Singles are 4-game events.
• COMPETITION – All events are scratch. Competition is in 3 Divisions: Active/Vets, Retired or Senior Retired. If a team has at least 1 Active Duty or Vet who is not retired, that team will bowl in the Active Duty division. If a team is comprised of Retired and Senior Retired members, that team will bowl in the Retired division. To bowl in the Senior Retired division, all team members must be at least 60 years old by January 19, 2015, and be retired. HR manager must approve any roster changes prior to bowling. In Team, Singles & Doubles, each participant may enter only once
• SUBSTITUTIONS – Once competition has begun, subs are allowed providing the sub is not on another team. A player who is replaced may not bowl in any other events except the Mixed Doubles. Players can only compete in one division.
• ALL-EVENTS - Purses are determined by adding scores from Team, Singles & Doubles separately by each division.
• PRIZES – Any unclaimed prizes will be mailed within 10 days of tournament end. Prizes earned will be paid with High Roller check. Of the $160 entry fee, $30 is lineage, $10 is for tournament expense, approximately $18 is for operational expense and approximately $102 is prize money returned 100%. Prizes include trophies, plaques, pennants and other awards and displays.
• TOURNAMENT CONDUCT - The HR manager shall have the right to reassign participants, if for any reason, the MBC cannot be completed on all or some of the lanes, or on the dates drawn in any round. If by fire, war, weather conditions, gas shortage, water damage, labor unrest, terrorism acts or threats, mechanical malfunctions, acts of God, etc., it becomes impossible to conduct the MBC and/or companion events, all unused portions of entry fees shall be returned.
• IRS REPORTING – It is the tournament’s legal obligation to report an individual’s earnings (not profit) of $600 and over, including Brackets and Sidepots. 1099 forms will be issued to those players along with an accounting of their tournament expenses.
• USBC CERTIFIED – Players not a member of USBC must purchase a USBC Associate Membership card on site prior to bowling.
• REFUNDS – All entry fees can be refunded 100% with notice to the HR manager of at least 24 hours before bowling starts. Hotel fees can be refunded with 48 hours notice of scheduled check-in date. Once competition begins, refunds are at the discretion of the HR manager. Once a player has competed in any event, including Sweepers, they may not receive a refund for Team, Singles or Doubles unless replaced.
• EVENT STATUS – Regardless of personal status or age, each player bowls singles and doubles in the same division that they bowled the team event. Players may bowl in the Sunday Sweeper by personal status instead of their team’s division but only in the same center that they bowl their Team event.
• CLOSING DATE - Closing date to enter is January 19, 2014, or upon full field.

Team Count

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• 4 games scratch
• Entry Fee $25/squad (includes sidepots)

Retired & Senior Retired Sweepers bowled at

• Sunday, January 18 - Noon & 5 pm
• Separate purses for each division
• Scores are combined for the 2 squads
• Players can re-enter, but can only cash once
• Lanes will be oiled between squads

Active Duty/Vets Sweepers bowled at

• Sunday, January 18 - 7:00 pm

• For all MBC players
• $20 entry fee includes Sidepots
• 3 games
• 1 in 5 cash

• For all MBC players
• $40 entry fee includes Sidepots
• 3 games scratch
• 1 in 5 cash

• For MBC players aged 50 & over
• $40 entry fee includes Sidepots
• 3 games scratch
• 1 in 5 cash