Mon 4 Man 2025-2026 Bylaws
President: Skip Delorme
Vice Pres.: Mike Ronzo
Secretary: Domm's Bowling
General Rules
About our League:
The league will have 16 teams of 4 bowlers per team, and the teams will be bowling 3 games each week/session.
The League will bowl on Monday at 6:30 pm beginning September 8, 2025. It will be a Fall Season and will bowl for 32 weeks/sessions. The final week of competition will be week number 31. The League starts on lane 1. The teams will not shift lanes if the league schedule repeats.
Position Rounds: The league season shall have 2 position rounds. They will be on weeks 16 and 32.
No-Point Nights:
Type of bowling will be Standard 10-pin bowling
The League will be Handicapped.
The League will be certified/sanctioned with the USBC
Legal Lineup
This league shall consist of 16 teams with a playing strength of 4 bowlers per team. The minimum legal lineup shall consist of 1eligible player.
When advancing to the next week, the team rosters will display Bowlers in the order that they last bowled.
VACANCIES shall count towards a legal lineup for the first 33 weeks of the league
Injured bowler scores (type "I" scores) shall count towards a legal lineup.
Individual Average and Handicap
Book and Entering Averages
- bowler's Book Average (never Entering Average) shall be used for the first 3 games bowled.
-for bowlers without a book average, the first night's average shall be used for the first 3 games bowled.
Individual Handicaps
Basic Individual Handicap Rules
The handicap will be 90% of the difference between the bowler’s average and 225.
If the bowler's average is above 225 then that individual receives a negative 100% handicap per game.
The handicap shall not be limited.
Dummy score ( absentee score with no handicap) shall be 150.
VACANCY score shall be 150.
An absentee score shall be the bowler's average less 10 pins.
Team Handicaps
The team handicap shall be the sum of the bowlers' individual handicaps.
The team handicap shall not be limited.
Absent Players
Absentee Score Rules
An absentee score shall be the bowler's average less 10 pins for all bowlers.
The vacancy score shall be 150.
Forfeits
Opposing a Forfeiting Team
When bowling against a FORFEIT, the team must bowl within 40 pins of the team average to win the points. The team average will be
the sum of the averages of the bowlers who bowled. In the case of a "tie", the team wins the points (points will not be split).
Bye Teams
Team
When bowling against a BYE, the team must bowl within 40 pins of the team average to win the points. The team average will be the
sum of the averages of the bowlers who bowled. In the case of a "tie", the team wins the points (points will not be split).
The BYE team name shall be VACANT TEAM.
Team Points
Point System
The League will use the standard team point system.
2 points will be awarded to the winner of each team game.
2 points will be awarded for the winner of the team series (total pinfall with handicap).
Team Standings
Summary of Points
The following standard points will be awarded:
8 Total Standard Team Points per night
8 Total possible points for a team to win each time bowled
Standard Team Points
The following standard team points will be awarded:
6 Total HDP game points (2 points per game x 3 games per night)
2 Points for winning HDP series
8 Total possible points per team per week
Special Recognition
Team Awards
This league will award team prizes for the high scratch and handicap scores for the season.
When a team has a zero handicap, the scratch scores shall be included with the handicap scores for determining handicap prizes.
(Because technically it is a ZERO handicap, rather than NO handicap.)
Team handicap scores will be counted towards league prizes beginning with scores bowled in week 1.
Individual Awards
This league will award individual prizes for the high scratch and handicap scores for the season.
Individual handicap scores will be counted towards league prizes starting with each bowler's game # 13.
Scores bowled prior to that shall not count for handicap awards.
When a bowler has a zero handicap, the scratch scores shall be included with the handicap scores for determining handicap prizes.
(Because technically it is a ZERO handicap, rather than NO handicap.)
Temporary substitute bowlers will not be eligible to receive league prizes.
Permanent substitute bowlers will not be eligible to receive league prizes.
Most Improved Average:
The Most-Improved-Average will be determined by comparing the bowler's average at 12 games and the average at the end of the season.
At the end of the season, a bowler must have completed 62 of the games to be eligible for a league award. 2/3rds of season
Pre-bowled and Make-Up games shall not qualify for association awards.
One Lane courtesy
Payouts
50/50 Money will be evenly distributed???
Banquet: Will any money be allocated???
Teams can only win one prize???
Continue Hi/Low Doubles???
Special Prize Fund: $460 will be allocated for 9 additional awards
High Average- $50 total- $25-$15-$10
High Game Scratch - $100 total- $10/person if 10 bowlers $20/person if 5 bowlers
High Series - Scratch- $50 total $25-$15-$10
High Game Handicap- $50 total- $25-$15-$10
High Series Handicap - $50 total- $25-$15-$10
High Team Game Scratch $40 total- $20-$12-$8
High Team Series Scratch $40 total- $20-$12-$8
High Team Game Handicap $40 total -$20-$12-$8
High Team Series Handicap $40 total- $20-$12-$8
Team Prize Money Broken Down
League Revenue: $23 per bowler x 64 bowlers x 32 weeks= $47,104
League Expenses: Lineage- $13 per bowler x 64 bowlers x 32 weeks= $26,624
Special prize fund $460
Trophy $20
Total Team Prize Fund Allocated $20,000
Total League Money Distributed $47,104
| Place | Prize | Prize Per Person |
| 1 | $1380 | $345 |
| 2 | $1360 | $340 |
| 3 | $1340 | $335 |
| 4 | $1320 | $330 |
| 5 | $1300 | $325 |
| 6 | $1280 | $320 |
| 7 | $1260 | $315 |
| 8 | $1255 | $313.75 |
| 9 | $1245 | $311.25 |
| 10 | $1240 | $310 |
| 11 | $1220 | $305 |
| 12 | $1200 | $300 |
| 13 | $1180 | $295 |
| 14 | $1160 | $290 |
| 15 | $1140 | $285 |
| 16 | $1120 | $280 |