This Web site is best viewed with:

NEW! Dixie 2005 Holiday Bowl Tournament

• Dixie 2005 Holiday Bowl Registration now open! Register now!

DIXIE 2005 HOLIDAY BOWL TOURNAMENT RULES

1. The Dixie Holday Bowl Tournament will be held by invitation Sunday, January 2, 2005. The tournament is ABC/WIBC-sanctioned and will be conducted under their jurisdiction. Proof of ABC-WIBC membership must be provided by means of a current sanction card (or the entrant’s receipt of sanction application). If any entrant is not a member of ABC or WIBC, he/she must pay a $5.00 ABC/WIBC participation fee and become concurrently subject to the ABC/WIBC rules and jurisdiction for the duration of the tournament.
2. The tournament Co-Directors reserve the right to decline any team or individual application at their discretion. That team or individual will be notified prior to the start of the tournament and will be eligible for a refund of applicable fees. Dixie Holiday Bowl can accommodate a maximum of 120 bowlers.
3. Applications for entry must be accompanied by full payment of fees. Certified checks, money orders or personal checks only should be made payable to Dixie 2005. Cash will not be accepted. If a personal check is returned NSF, the bowler will be charged the bank charges and will be responsible for replacing the funds in order to hold his/her space. Replacement funds must be certified funds.
4. The tournament shall be handicap events and are: Singles, Doubles and Team. Optional Handicap All Events will also be offered. Each participant shall bowl five games. Bowlers' scores in games 1, 2 and 3 will be used for singles; scores in games 2, 3 and 4 will be used for doubles; scores in games 3, 4 and 5 will be used for team.
5. Men and women will compete on an equal basis in each event. Teams and doubles partnerships may be made up of any combination of men and women. Teams will consist of four bowlers. EACH MEMBER OF A DOUBLES PAIR MUST BOWL ON THE SAME TEAM. Every effort will be made to complete partial team entries.
6. Priority in team scheduling will be based on the order of entry postmark date(s). However, remember that if you are not entering a full team, your team scheduling will be based on the latest entry postmark date of all the members assigned to your team.
7. The following will apply to entering averages:
1. Five-pin and candle-pin averages cannot be used.
2. Bowler ten-pin averages (as either a rostered team member or as a team/league substitute) used to determine handicaps will be:
1. The HIGHEST of any 2003-2004 Yearbook Average (minimum 21 games).
2. If a bowler does not have a 2003-2004 Yearbook Average, an established average in a qualified league (minimum 21 games) as of December 22, 2004 maybe used. Proof of average as described above must be submitted at time of registration.
3. If no established average under any of the above conditions exists, a bowler must enter at a scratch average of 225.
8. Each bowler must submit verification of all averages existing under Tournament Rule 7.C. above, except that averages in the Greater Atlanta Bowling Association 2003-2004 Yearbook, and averages attained in leagues bowling at Express Lanes will be verified by the tournament committee. All leagues in which the bowler has 21 games are subject to this rule. Failure to use the proper average will disqualify the scores if the submitted average is lower than the actual average. The entering average of any bowler may be adjusted by the tournament Co-Directors before tournament bowling begins upon consultation with the local bowling association of the bowler in question.
9. No PBA or PWBA members are permitted to enter the tournament.
10. Handicap will be calculated as 80% of the difference between 225 scratch and the entering average. Negative handicaps will apply.
11. It is solely and entirely the bowler’s responsibility to be present at the assigned lanes at the time of bowling. Late bowlers may start bowling in the frame in which they are ready, provided however, that no bowler may bowl in a game in which the third frame has been completed. All frames not bowled will be scored as zero.
12. All bowlers must check in with their teams at least 30 minutes prior to the start of bowling. Bowlers are required to verify entering information at registration.
13. Each bowler shall conduct himself/herself in a courteous and sportsmanlike manner at all times. Failure to act appropriately may result in disqualification from the Tournament with no refund.
14. Two practice balls per lane will be allowed. Late bowlers are not allowed practice balls.
15. All claims of error/dispute must be submitted in writing to the tournament Co-Directors within one hour of the error/dispute.
16. Each event has its own prize list. There is 100% cash return on all prize fees. Payout ratio will not be less than 1:10. NOTE: The Optional Handicap All Events event is open to all bowlers at an additional fee.
17. Photocopies of entry forms are acceptable.
18. Entry fees will not be refunded after acceptance by the tournament Co-Directors.
19. Prize payouts will occur within 30 days of the tournament's completion.
20. All entry forms MUST be postmarked no later than midnight, December 22, 2004. Postmark dates will determine the date of tournament entry. Entries must be sent by United States Postal Service to:

Dixie 2005 Holiday Bowl Tournament P.O. Box 14086 Atlanta, GA 30324-1086

Alternative carriers (such as, but not limited to, Airborne Express, FedEx, UPS, etc.) are not acceptable.

All online entry forms submitted at www.dixiebowl.org MUST be submitted no later than midnight, December 22, 2004. If paying online, ALL team members must submit authorized, online payments no later than midnight, December 22, 2004. Date online team entry is paid in FULL and online payment(s) are verified as described in Rule 3 will determine the date of tournament entry. Please Note: If paying online, you are still required to mail copies of average verifications as described in Rule 7. You can mail these documents First Class to above address.

21. Only applications with complete information will be accepted. The entry package MUST include:
1. Completed entry forms (individual, doubles pair and team entries will be accepted);
2. Appropriate fees in certified U.S. funds; and
3. Average verification for all qualifying averages, including signed copies of all league average sheets ABC/WIBC sanction cards. ALL PARTICIPANTS (INCLUDING LOCAL BOWLERS) MUST SUBMIT AVERAGE VERIFICATION(S) WITH THEIR ENTRIES.

PLEASE NOTE RULE 7.C.!

PLEASE NOTE: INCOMPLETE ENTRIES ARE SUBJECT TO RETURN!!