{"id":4575,"date":"2026-05-12T22:50:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T02:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.al-rcs.com\/al-rcs\/?page_id=4575"},"modified":"2026-05-18T22:09:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T02:09:40","slug":"2025-26-bc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.al-rcs.com\/al-rcs\/2025-26-bc","title":{"rendered":"2025-26 BC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By-Laws for the Ball & Chain League \u2013 2025-26<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. The league\u2019s name will be “Ball & Chain League”.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. The league will be made up of up to 10 husband & wife teams.\u00a0 The first exception to this rule shall be when one member of the team is unavailable.\u00a0 If the duration of their unavailability exceeds one year, approval of the league is required for that team to remain in the league.\u00a0 The second exception is that if within two weeks of the start of the season no husband-wife team is available, unmarried teams will be accepted.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. A four-point system will be used.\u00a0 One point per game and one point for total pins.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. A 90% handicap will be used.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. The league will bowl for 35 weeks, starting the Wednesday before Labor Day.\u00a0 We will bowl 2, 17-week Halves.\u00a0 The 35th<\/sup> week will be for the Roll-off of the winners of each half and the \u201cKANN Tournament\u201d for the remaining teams.\u00a0 Bowling will be at Earl Bowl Qtown and will start at 7:00pm every Wednesday except holidays.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Weeks 1-34 – Bowling fee will be $28.00 per couple per night.\u00a0 Week 35 \u2013 Bowling fee will be waived but we will collect $5.00 per person to defray the cost of hosting the Bowling Picnic.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Averages from last season will be used to calculate the handicap for the first night.\u00a0 Those without an average from last season will establish an average the first night.\u00a0 We will use last year\u2019s team average (highest to lowest), for team numbers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. New teams coming in during the season will take over games won and lost of team dropping out.\u00a0 Handicap will be figured after the completion of their first night.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. All matches to be rescheduled must be made up by the opposing teams by the Saturday following the scheduled match.\u00a0 This allows for ten days for rescheduling, beginning with the Thursday before the scheduled match.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. Any bowler missing the money pin will be required to pay a fine.\u00a0 The money pin will be designated the 5, 7, 10 pins and will be alternated each week.\u00a0 The 5 pin will be the money pin for all tournaments.\u00a0 The 5 pin will be the money pin for all knockdown nights.\u00a0 The fine will be $0.25 for the 5 pin and $0.10 for the 7 and 10 pin.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  11. The roll-off of the winners of each half will be based on total pins of three games.\u00a0 If a tie on total pins occurs, an extra tenth frame is to be rolled.\u00a0 In the event the same team wins both halves the second-place teams from each half will roll-off for the runner-up position.\u00a0 If the same team finishes second in each half, no roll-off is required.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  12. If a tie occurs for first and second of either half, first place will be determined by a roll-off at the league’s expense.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  13. Trophies as received from the house will be awarded to the Champions, and the Runners-up.\u00a0 The champions will receive $20.00; the runners-up will receive $15.00.\u00a0 Twelve cash awards will be made to individuals.\u00a0 $10.00 and $5.00 awards respectively will be given for first and second high average, high series, and high game, for men and women.\u00a0 No individual may win more than one award.\u00a0 The order of awards is as follows: 1st average, 1st series, 1st game, 2nd average, 2nd series, and 2nd game.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  14. Figure most improved male and female bowler from last year’s average.\u00a0 For a new bowler, figure from average after 21 games.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  15. The secretary\u2019s annual salary is to be $6.00 per person plus $6.00.\u00a0 The treasurer\u2019s annual salary is to be $2.25 per person plus $2.00.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  16. In the event a team or individual is late, the team they are bowling should start at the given time.\u00a0 If the team arrives before the first three frames are bowled, they may make up the lost frames and continue through the game.\u00a0 But if the said team has bowled more than three frames, then the late team will have to forfeit that game.\u00a0 They may bowl along with the opposing team, but their scores will not count.\u00a0 The balance of the games may be bowled as usual.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  17. If a team fails to call and reschedule or cancel by 6:30pm the night of bowling, a $15.00 penalty will be assessed.\u00a0 A last-minute emergency would negate this by-law.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  18. Substitutes are allowed for family emergencies, and medical reasons. Use substitute’s average after three games to figure handicap.\u00a0 Regular bowler is responsible for all regular fees. Substitutes are not eligible for any prizes. [Substitutes may not be used for position nights or roll-offs unless they are a \u201clong-term\u201d substitute.\u00a0 Long-term defined as: Subbing for the same bowler for at least six weeks immediately preceding position night or roll-off.]\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  19. Bowling Blind: If a bowler is missing, deduct 10 pins from the bowler’s average.\u00a0 This can be used for six consecutive weeks.\u00a0 After that, 80% of average of the missing bowler will be used if no temporary replacement is brought in.\u00a0 If a bowler is missing the first night, use `blind’ score from last year\u2019s average.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  20. A scheduled meeting for the first & last night of bowling season, last night to elect officers for the coming year.\u00a0 The vice-president will automatically become the President the following year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  21. There is a waiting list to enter the league.\u00a0 The first time the name gets to the top of the list if they decline to join the league, their name may stay at the top of the list.\u00a0 The second time, if they decline to join the league, their name will move to the bottom of the list if they want to remain on the list.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  22. While the league voted to NOT Certify for the 2025-26 season, the rules in the USBC handbook are to be followed, except for the rules specified in our by-laws.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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