If there is no Proprietor Association member centre in the area in which a bowler lives they may bowl in the centre available to them and will purchase the Canadian 5 Pin Association card through the Master Bowlers Association of B.C. To join Master Bowlers Association of B.C. the individual must be a resident of British Columbia.
The following Rules of Conduct must be adhered to by all Master Bowlers Association of B.C. members:
- First Offence – a verbal warning from the Judge of Play or the Tournament Director. If consider more serious in nature a first warning may be more severe than a verbal warning.
- Additional Offences – any additional offences after the first offence will be brought to the attention of the Board of Directors of the Master Bowlers Association of B.C. and may result in suspension.
A full Masters uniform MUST be worn for all Masters tournaments. It must follow the standard dress code below or one of the variations allowed for qualifying, Provincial or National tournaments. Each dress code infraction will be dealt with separately by the Masters Board of Directors, providing no prior permission has been granted by the Tournament Director.
- Membership Pin – left side
- Provincial Participation Pin – right side
- Other Pins – National Participation and Year bars – front
- Each team member must be dressed uniformly in an approved Masters shirt with black bottoms. Individuals on a team must wear bottoms in the same colour but each may wear a different length/style bottom dress pants, skirts, skorts/kilts, dress shorts or capris shall be of the same colour with a straight hemmed bottom (no fluorescent colours, no denim of any colour, stirrups, see-through or sheer leggings, harem, cargo, ruggers, or sweatpants of any kind. No draw strings or no elastic at the hem of any kind). The dress pants, skirts, skorts, capris or dress shorts shall not be faded, torn, ripped, contain studs, buttons, or pockets on the legs. The skirts, skorts or dress shorts may not be shorter than just below the fingertips when placing your arms at your side. Other variations of clothing may be worn with prior approval of MBA of BC and MBA of Canada.
- All socks worn must be of uniform style and be either black, white or similar in color. E.g. the team must all wear the same color.
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Tournament Division
- a one (1) game roll off will be held between the participants involved in the tie to determine first place overall or team final positions and alternates.
- If all team members have signed a no singles waiver a roll off must take place to determine first place overall.
- If bowlers have bowled all six (6) tournaments and there is tie. A one (1) game roll off is required to determine the ring winner.
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Teaching/Pins Over Average
- If a tie occurs a formal tiebreak system involving W-L records amongst the persons involved in the tie will be used.
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Seniors
- If a tie for Scratch and Pins Over Average occurs a formal tiebreak system involving W-L records amongst the persons involved in the tie will be used.
- A person of the opposite gender must qualify on the Seniors team and this individual will always come from the Pins Overage Average standings.
- For any new bowler who has not played in the MBABC Seniors Division previously the average will be all leagues total pinfall divided by total number of games bowled. This average will be counted as representing 40 games. Once a Master plays in an MBABC tournament of eight (8) games the average will be calculated using the following formula. The pinfall of eight (8) games from tournament play plus 32 games at last season’s average divided by 40. As the Master continues to bowl their average will be calculated by increasing tournament pinfall games and decreasing the previous season average games until 40 tournament games have been played.
- A MBABC bowler that has previously bowled Tournament Division or Teaching Division and is changing divisions will use their previous 40 tournament games in establishing a Seniors average Any bowler who does not have a league average within the last three years and who did not bowl in the Masters in the last three years MUST establish an average of twenty (20) or more games to bowl in the Seniors Division. The Seniors Division is a Pins Over Average division so each bowler must have an established average or spared a minimum of 20 games in one league to be eligible.
- A bowler in the Senior Division must have 20 games in one league in the current bowling year before the cut-off date for Provincials to qualify to participate in the Provincials.
- If a Senior member is rejoining the division after a lapse of more than three (3) years he/she will have to re-establish an average in the same manner as a new bowler.
- AVERAGE CALCULATION FOR PROVINCIALS. All league pin fall including houses not sanctioned by Bowl BC will be included in average calculation and pin fall from sparing along with Masters top 3 qualifying tournaments pinfall (plus/minus) and your previous years Provincial pinfall will be added together. Total number of games bowled in league and sparing, the 24 games from the Masters top three tournaments and the 16 games from the previous year’s Provincials will be added together. The total pinfall will then be divided by total number of games bowled to arrive at the tournament average. The 16 game Provincial pinfall will only be included if the bowler qualified for the previous year’s Provincials.
- Failure to provide the information for the above by the deadline date may result in you forfeiting your spot at the Provincial Championships.
- A Master Bowler Association of B.C. bowler that has previously bowled Tournament Division or Seniors Division and is changing divisions will use their previous 80 tournament games in establishing a Teaching average.
- Any new bowler who does not have a league average within the last three years (3) and who did not bowl in the masters in the last three (3) MUST establish an average of twenty (20) or more games in order to bowl in the teaching division. This is because you must have an established average to bowl in the Teaching division since it’s a pins over average division
- If a Master National Championship is cancelled it will not constitute a year off if a coach is required to sit out a year, as he/she has reached their maximum of two (2) consecutive years coaching.
- If a qualified coach has coached two (2) consecutive years in the POA division they may coach in the Tournament or Senior division if asked and return to coaching in the fourth (4) year.
- If all available qualified coaches are required to sit out the current season as they have reached their maximum of two consecutive years, or available coach is deemed unacceptable, then full approval by Board and POA members bowling in the Provincial Championship must be given. Approval must be granted prior to qualified coach being asked to coach.
- If a qualified coach is required to coach POA under rule 13.3 then they will now be required to sit out coaching POA the following season.