Is the aim to attract more bowlers who might later be turned into regulars customers or more immediate income? The longer the format the more immediate income you'll see, however you won't get much of a long term return. I'd go with a 3 game beat the board format tournament, with multiple re-entries allowedAfter being asked by a centre manager today what type of tournament do i think would bring bowlers in, I have to ask the question. what does everyone else think! No tap, scratch, handicap, marathons with or without max cut off how many games and what format?
Your math is wrong....The 120 average bowler will receive only 56 pins hdcp per game while the 190 averager will get 7 pins a game hdcp..Both bowling exactly their average will result in the 190 average player winning by 21 pins per game , 197 to 176.Marathons are good but it is the 70% of 200 part of the equation that I believe will keep bowlers away or prevent new bowlers from giving it a go.
If a 120 average bowler new to tournaments were to bowl and bowled exactly average in the first game they would be credited with a score of 193.
Now a 190 average bowler experienced in tournaments doing the same would get credited with a score of 197.
Badly thought out Russell..in this scenario the 130 average bowler would receive 8 pins a game more handicap than the 131 averager bowler etc.Question? If you ran a handicap system where,
100-130 average = 90% of 200:
131-160 average = 80% of 200:
161 & over = 70% of 200:
any ideas?
Wayne you have way too much time on your hands . Cheers Ralph .