65th ANNUAL FOUR STATE OPEN

PAID RESERVATION DEADLINES JAN. 31, 2026 PRE-PAID entries excepted until May 2, 2026 NO PERSONAL CHECKS MAKE MONEY ORDER OR CASHIERS CHECK PAYABLE TO FOUR STATE OPEN. ENTRY FEES: $35.00 Per Person Per Event Prize Funds Bowling $16.50 $10.00 (Prize Fund Returned 100%) Expenses $8.50 Scratch All Events (Optional) $5.00 Handicap All Events (Optional) $5.00 6 Games Combined HANDICAP (Optional) $10.00 Prize Fund $8.00 Expenses $2.00 Type or Print Name of Team and Members in Full 65th ANNUAL FOUR STATE OPEN Handicap Bowling Tournament Certified by the USBC Open to all adult USBC members Our Website: www.holidaylanesbowling.com 2026 DATES March: 7-8, 14-15, 21-22, 28-29 April: 4-(Easter No Squads), 11-12, 18-19, 25-26 May: 2-3 RULES 319A,B,C,D&E WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCED. READ RULES 4,5,6,7&16 ON BACK CAREFULLY. OPEN TO ALL USBC MEN&WOMEN DO NOT WRITE HERE Amount Remitted Team S ENTRY NO. Doubles $ Singles $ A.E. S DATE 6 GC S Total S Team Date Time Squad S&D Date Time Squad Team Name Email ***LANES WILL BE RUN FOR EVERY SQUAD*** Team Phone Captain No. Captain City State Zip Long Short Address TEAM LINE UP LAST NAME FIRST PRINT NAMES IN FULL MUST BOWL AS ENTERED HIGHEST AVERAGE SEE RULES DOUBLES AND SINGLES MUST BOWL AS ENTERED BOWL DOUBLES YOU MUST BOWL SINGLES AND VICE VERSA HIGHEST AVERAGE SEE RULES USBC ID# MATCH TO S/D All Events Handicap Optional $5.00 All Events Scratch 6 Game Combine Optional $5.00 S/D event $10.00 2 3 4 S 2 6th Member Bowls Team With Team Total $175.00 NO CREDIT CARDS OR PERSONAL CHECKS ACCEPTED MAIL ENTRIES TO: Holiday Lanes: P.O Box 405 Pittsburg, KS 66762 (620) 231-2222 Fax: (620) 231-5614 email: holidaylanesbowl@gmail.com S&D $70.00 Per Person I certify the above averages are correct and I have read all rules on back of entry. CAPTAIN'S SIGNATURE City Association Secretary or League Secretary signature needed to verify averages according to rules #4 & #6 ASSOCIATION SECRETARY SIGNATURE PHONE NUMBER OR EMAIL ADDRESS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. CAPTAINS' RESPONSIBILITY ALL BOWLERS MUST CHECK IN 30 MINUTES BEFORE BOWLING TIME TOURNAMENT RULES: Rules and regulations of the USBC, will govern the staging of this tournament All participants are required to be a member in good standing of the USBC and to have in their possession a current USBC membership card. Those participants without USBC membership cards for the current season will be required to purchase an unattached membership. Prizes in the Team, Doubles, Singles and 6 Game combined event will be determined on a handicap basis. All Events will have scratch and handicap divisions. Handicap is 75% of 220 Scratch. Use highest USBC sanctioned league average of at least 21 games or more for the 2024-2025 Season, summer league averages are included. Those without will be accepted on the basis of their highest USBC certified league average of at least 21 games or more as of January 1, 2026. All others bowl scratch. (SPORT league averages MUST be adjusted according to USBC Rule 205) If an individual's average is 10 pins or more over their last season's average by January 1, 2026 with a minimum of 21 games, they must report and use it. Handicap will be computed from a minimum average-Team- 750, Doubles-300 and Singles-150. It shall be each bowler's responsibility to verify the accuracy of their average, whether originally submitted by the bowler, the team captain or others. Failure to use the proper average or make a correction prior to completion of the first game of a series shall disqualify score if submitted average is lower than actual average or base prize winnings on submitted average if it is higher. All averages must be certified by either your City Association Secretary or your association's 2024-2025 final average book. USBC Rule 319a-b-c-d-e applies to all bowlers when entering a USBC handicap or classified tournament. Failure to comply shall cause forfeiture of all entry fees, scores and prize money, if their average is higher than the one submitted on entry form. There will be at least one cash prize awarded for each eight entries in Team, Doubles, and Singles. There will be one cash prize awarded for cach twenty entries in the All Events Hdcp and Scratch. There will be at least one cash prize awarded for each ten entries in 6 Game Combine Hdcp. To be eligible for a cash prize in the scratch and/or handicap all events (optional) an entry fee of $5.00 must accompany entry. To be eligible for a cash prize in the handicap 6 Game Combine event (optional) an entry fee of $10.00 must accompany entry. In the event of ties, the prize money for the positions affected will be equally divided. In the event of a first place tie, the above procedure will be followed. ENTRY BLANKS MUST BE COMPLETED SHOWING ALL DATA REQUESTED. RESERVATION DEADLINE JAN 31, 2026. ALL RESERVED SPOTS MUST BE PAID IN FULL 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. No entry fees will be returned after RESERVATION DEADLINE. 15. ENTRY DEADLINE as of MIDNIGHT MAY 2, 2026. NO ENTRY APPLICATION WILL BE ACCEPTED UNLESS ACCOMPANIED BY PAID ENTRY FEE. NO CHANGE IN TEAM OR DOUBLES EVENT WILL BE ALLOWED UNLESS SUBSTITUTION IS INVOLVED, substitute bowler will be placed in the missing bowler's original position in the submitted line up. CHANGES MUST BE MADE ONE HOUR BEFORE SCHEDULED TIME TO BOWL. NO SUBSTITUTIONS ARE ALLOWED ONCE PLAY HAS STARTED. No more than three players may bowl on the same team more than once. Whether it places or not. Singles and Doubles can be bowled only one time. Bowlers must enter both Doubles event and Singles if entered in either. 16. 17. The first team event of each entrant will be used in computing the All Events score. 18. 19. 20. NO SMART FUND AND MUST BE 18 YEARS OLD TO PARTICIPATE. Copies of score sheets will be available as soon as they have been checked into the Secretary's office. Original score sheets are official and any obvious errors are subject to change and correction by the Secretary. All protest and corrections must be made before payoff. Any bowler or team who arrives after a game has started will be permitted to bowl, but they must start to bowl in the frame then being bowled and no score will be given for the frames missed. TO PRINT EXTRA ENTRIES OR TO VIEW STANDINGS VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT www.holidaylanesbowling.com PREFERENCE OF BOWLING DATES & TIMES March 7 8am D/S or 12:30pm Team March 14 8am D/S or 12:30pm Team March 21 8am D/S or 12:30pm Team March 28 8am D/S or 12:30pm Team April 4 8am D/S or 12:30pm Team April 11 8am D/S or 12:30pm Team April 18 8am D/S or 12:30pm Team April 25 8am D/S or 12:30pm Team May 2 8am D/S or 12:30pm Team March 8 9am D/S or 1:30pm Team March 15 9am D/S or 1:30pm Team March 22 9am D/S or 1:30pm Team March 29 9am D/S or 1:30pm Team April 5 NO SQUADS EASTER April 12 9am D/S or 1:30pm Team April 19 9am D/S or 1:30pm Team April 26 9am D/S or 1:30pm Team May 3 9am D/S or 1:30pm Team Circle first choice - If these preferred times are filled, your entry will be scheduled at the best remaining time, base on your remarks below. If no remarks are made, we will schedule you at the nearest time to your requested time and notify you immediately. REMARKS: