This January at Boardwalk Bowl in Orlando, teams of bowlers in the Under-15 and Under-12 age groups will compete in the USA Bowling Coastal South Regional tournament. This is a two-day “Baker format” team competition, where the champions all advance to the National tournament — held concurrently with National Junior Gold competition in July of each year (2017 is in Cleveland, OH).
Our association participated in the regional tournament last year with a U15 team and two U12 teams; one of the U12 teams won all their matches on Day 1 and eventually finished in 2nd place. Once again, we would like to extend the invite to all U15/U12 youth bowlers in the First Coast USBC to form teams for this unique competition. The entry deadline is fast approaching, so if you are ready to join one of our teams please send an e-mail to fcusbcyouth@gmail.com or speak to Donna Evans at King Pins Bowling Center. There is a practice session being held Friday 12/2 @ Nassau Bowling Center, where the team rosters will be finalized.
The regional competition begins Saturday 1/14/2017, where every team will play eight (8) Baker game matches to determine seeding in the double-elimination bracket round. On Sunday 1/15/2017, teams play heads-up Baker matches (best 2 out of 3) in a double-elimination bracket.
In case you were wondering… “Baker Style” refers to a team rotating bowlers for each frame of a game. In this competition, a team can have 4-6 bowlers on their roster but 4 bowlers rotate frames. For example, the first bowler plays the entire 1st, 5th & 9th frames of the game; the second bowler plays the 2nd, 6th & 10th frames; the third bowler plays the 3rd and 7th frames; the fourth bowler plays the 4th and 8th frames. Lineups can be changed for every game, and substitutes are allowed within a game.
