CUTTHROAT TOURNAMENT

November 16 , 2011


   ELIGIBILITY:     Open to the first 18 members that sign-up.  

    FORMAT:            Games will be 12 ends.  All positions will be luck of the draw.

                                1st Round:  18 bowlers will compete on 6 rinks.  The winner on each rink will                                         advance to the next round.

                                2nd Round:  The 6 advancing winners from above will play on 2 rinks producing 2                                 winners.

                                3rd Round:  The 3rd round will be a singles match to determine 1st and 2nd places                                 and will be played on Friday, November 18.

    SCORING:          There will be 1 point scored per end.  An extra end will be played to break a tie.                                     

  


Photos by Bob Smith with assitance of Dick Gibson

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Jordan Austin explaining the process of elimination and method of scoring.  
Playing cards on the table are used for luck of the draw selection of groups of three.


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    Front L-R:Mike Newton, Armand Escalante, Dick Gibson and Bob Smith
Rear: L-R: Haji Cat, Sybil Ziv, Conrad Bilodeau, Carol Smith, Denny Ryan, Rich Purcell, John Op de Coul, Doug Dow, Ron Creager, Jose Rodriquez, Jordan Austin, Tory Smith, Vince Sepich and Amador Martinez.


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These are the winners of the first round to compete in the 2nd round.

 Rink #3-Rich Purcell, Bob Smith and Doug Dow
 Rink #6-Jordan Austin, Mike Newton and Armand Escalante

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Second round being played off.  Rink #6 in foreground and rink #3 in the background.

ResidentLizard
Our club's resident lizard came out to see what all the excitment was  about.

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Mike Newton and Doug Dow were the winners of the second round playoff.  
They decided to playoff their singles match on Friday, November 18th to decide the winner and second place of the cutthroat tournament.

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1st  Place:  Doug Dow
After 12 ends the score was a tie and it took an extra end for Doug to pull out a win.

ScoreSheet
Score chart shows how the elinimation progressed to the winner.