Dear Kathi McCaw,
USBC has received information indicating that the NEJST Tour has been offering Junior Gold Qualifiying events as a side event within NEJST tournaments. The evidence suggests that scores from non-USBC certified NEJST events are being taken and used in a secondary competition, a USBC certified Junior Gold Qualifier.
Junior Gold and USBC rules do not allow the scores from non-certified competitions to be submitted into a USBC certified competition. (See USBC Rule 302b)
In order to determine the compliance of the NEJST Junior Gold Qualifiers (USBC certification # 04307) with Junior Gold and USBC rules we are requesting the following information be submitted for any Junior Gold qualifier where spots for the 2009 event were awarded.
1 - A complete listing of the participants and their JG qualifying scores in each 2009 qualifying event.
2 - The standings for the respective NEJST tour events that were scheduled at the same date and time as the Junior Gold qualifier.
We request that this information be submitted to USBC by October 29, 2008. It can be submitted via e-mail to gary.schmit@bowl.com, by fax to 817-633-3810 or by mail to USBC, 621 Six Flags Drive, Arlington, TX 76011.
If it is determined that the qualifying events for the 2009 USBC Junior Gold Championships are in violation of Junior Gold and USBC rules, we will have no alternative but to void the results of these events and notify the participants they must qualify for the 2009 USBC Junior Gold Championships through another event.
Until this investigation is concluded, any further requests for additional Junior Gold spots will be held.
Your timely compliance with this request is appreciated.
Sincerely,
Gary Schmit
USBC Youth Tournament Manager
and I responded with the following:
Gary:
Needless to say I was quite surprised to receive your e-mail today. I thought this situation had been settled two years ago. And as far as I am aware USBC's rules in this regard have not changed since that time.
Please reference the e-mail, copied below, from Maureen Vicena dated 9/21/06 in which she informed me that USBC had OK'd our Jr Gold Qualifiers. Nothing in our tour has changed since that time.
Please let me know if you still require further documentation of some sort.
Kathi McCaw
Tour Director
Northeast Jr Scratch Tour
-----Original Message-----
From: Maureen Vicena [mailto:Maureen.Vicena@bowl.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 4:18 PM
To: kathimccaw@netzero.net
Subject: NE Jr. Scratch Tour
Kathi:
It was very nice to speak with you today.
As we discussed, you have "two parts" of qualifying going on during your tour stops. On one "set" of lanes are JG athletes competing for the chance to advance to Buffalo (ratio of 1:5.... separate divisions if you have enough in a gender). The other "set" of lanes are non-JG athletes still bowling the six games of qualifying. After both "sets" have bowled their six games, all scores are combined and the top 5 (additional advancers if more than 15 athletes enter your event) go to a stepladder finals were only medals are given out. At no time are scholarships awarded during these stops.
The June event is the Year End tournament. This tournament is only comprised of athletes that have bowled 7 or more of the "tour stops". It is not based on points, etc. However... at this event there are scholarships awarded. You have indicated that you do not wish to use SMART for the scholarships. Thus, this specific event could not be certified since you will not be using SMART. The individual stop CAN be totally certified if you choose since no scholarships are being awarded and the awards are in compliance with Rule 400 (i.e. medals). But that choice is up to you.
The individual tour stops are still recognized by Junior Gold. These "sets of lanes" that are earmarked for Junior Gold are also covered by USBC since you have certified those initial 6 games.
I hope this helps. Please let me know if I can be of any further assistance.
Maureen
Maureen L. Vicena
Youth Tournament Manager
United States Bowling Congress
5301 S. 76th St.
Greendale, WI 53129
1-800-514-BOWL (ext. 3442)
Phone: 414/423-3442
Fax: 414/421-3014
Website: www.bowl.com
New Email: Maureen.Vicena@bowl.com
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