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# Bar Sports Rules

### TEAMS

- Each team must consist of a minimum of **Four** (**4) players** and a maximum of **5 players**, 21 years of age or older. Four or five bowlers will bowl during the game, the four highest scores will be counted when determining the winner of each game. 

### EQUIPMENT

- The following equipment is provided:  Bowling Shoes & Bowling Balls

### GAME LENGTH

- Teams will play 3 games each week.  The average time per game is 45 minutes to 1 hour.

### RULES

- Standard bowling rules apply, in addition to the bullet points below:
- A maximum of** five (5) **bowlers can bowl per game
- Only the top **four (4) **scores per game may be counted for a team’s total score.

### SCORING

- Standard bowling scoring will be used. 
- Teams will play against another team for three games each night. Each game of the night will be worth 1 point to the winning team based on total team score.
-  Scores will be (3-0, 2-1, 1-2, or 3-0)

### FORFEITS

- A team must have at least 3 bowlers at game time or it becomes a forfeit.
- Teams that forfeit 2 weeks in one season are eligible to be fined and/or removed from the league with no refund.
- Teams that forfeit 3 weeks will automatically be removed from the league with no refund.  Teams are encouraged to contact the FXA office to inform them 24 hours in advance about forfeiting.
- Tiebreakers:

1. 1. Wins/Losses
     2. Head to Head Results
     3. Game Differential

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