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Event Details: October 11th, 2026
- Location: Thunderbowl #1
Fortwayne, Indiana
- *Check-in:* 9:30am - 10:15am
- *Start Time:* 10:30a.m.
- ENTRY FEE: $20 per Bolwer!!
$10 for Lineage
$2 For Season finals
$8 to prize fund
*Format:*
- Singles event
- 4 games of qualifying, discard lowest
- 80% handicap of 220
- Average: Highest 25/26 USBC average with 21 or more games..
💵 Payouts 💵
- Final 8 cash!
*Match Play:*
- Top 16 bowlers advance to match play
- Top 14 overall + 2 wildcards (highest scratch series that didn't make top 14)
●Match play format:●
●Seeded single elimination bracket
●Wildcards will be seeded as 15 and 16
💶 Side Action 💶
●All Side action is games 1-3,
except 4 game total pot●
- $5 Progressive Mystery Game:
●Pot will be divided by 3
●One number drawn Games 1&2
●If No winner that pot, it will be added to the game 3 pot
●Game 3, numbers will be drawn until a Winner, No carry over)
- $10 handicap blind drawn doubles
(1:5 payout - 1st 3 game total)
- $5 200 avg and Below HDCP brackets
- $5 Scratch brackets
- $5 (Any avg) Hdcp reverse brackets
(Games 3 - 2 - 1)
●All Brackets are limit 30/Bowler/type●
- $10 Handicap High game Pot
-$10 Scratch high game pot
- $20 Handicap 4-game total side pot (pays 1:6 spots)
🎳Strike Pots🎳
- pots will be divided by 3 or 4
*One pot in that events Prize fund*
- Profits from 50/50 will be added to that day's prize fund
- Ball Raffle Profits will be added to the Season Finals Prize Fund.
- $2/Entry will be added to the Season Finals Prize Fund as well
🏆Qualifying for Season Finals🏆
● Automatic advancement: Each events top qualifier and event winner(s)
● Bowl 3 or more events
● Make any Match of any event
(Except @ Butler Bowl - Must finish top 8)
●Throw a natural 300 game
●Bowl a 800 for 1st three games in Qualifying
- USBC and NEI tournament guidelines/Modified Rules and NEI's code of conduct rules apply
Tournament directors:
Brad Damron
(260-573-5119)
Maggie Johnson
(260-233-1034)
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Event venue
Thunder Bowl, 6700 Lafayette St,Fort Wayne,IN,United States
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