How to make a National Team

How to make a National Team?

The Aggregate in the MBAO is a set number of games that must be played during the course of the Season in order to qualify to make our National Teams and travel to the National Championships

Men's and Ladies teams from the Teaching Division and the Tournament Division and one Mixed Team from the Seniors Division are chosen each year. Team Members travel free to these Championships wherever they are in Canada. This season the National Championships will be held in Winnipeg Manitoba during the month of July.

Teaching Division Affiliated

The Aggregate consists of a total of 28 Games for the Season.

Teaching Masters who attain the top 5 positions in the province over the course of our entire season base on a Pins Over Average total for both Ladies and Men’s teams. Events that Teaching Masters must attend to be considered for our National Team are:

Master Junior Tournament - 3 Games

Mid Winter Blues Event - 6 Games

Master Bantam Tournament - 3 Games

One of the following Optional Events - 6 Games

Eastern Classic Tournament

Central Classic Tournament

Western Classic Tournament

Year End Event - 10 Games

Teaching Masters who play in more than one Optional Event will be allowed to drop the lowest Pins Over Average Total from any other Optional Event or the combined POA total for the Master Bantam and Master Junior Tournaments. The lowest POA total will dropped automatically to calculate the aggregate total as our season progresses. However a Teaching Master must have played in both youth tournaments in order to keep their aggregate eligibility for the National Team.

Teaching Members must play in all Mandatory Events plus at least one of the three Optional Events. If a member plays in more than one Optional Event, the highest Pins Over Average Total will be used for the Aggregate. If a member plays in both the Master Bantam and Master Junior events and two or more Optional Events, the top two 6-game blocks will be used to

Members may also enter any Optional Event twice by playing in both the Saturday and Sunday shift. In this case the first 6 game POA total will be used for the Aggregate. (The highest 6 game total is used for the Tournament Results and average calculations.)

Mandatory Events - Master Bantam - 3 Games, Master Junior - 3 Games, Mid Winter Blues - 6 Games, Year End Tournament - 10 Games.

Optional Events - Eastern Ontario Championships, Central Ontario Championships or Western Ontario Championships - 6 Games.

The winner of the Aggregate in the Teaching Division for both Men and Ladies will have their scores at the National Championships calculated separately as well as for their Team. This separate calculation is used to declare a National Teaching Division Singles Champion.

Teaching Division Unaffiliated

The Aggregate consists of a total of 28 Games for the Season. Unaffiliated Teaching Members must play in all Mandatory Events plus at least two of the three Optional Events. If a member plays in all three Optional Event, the two highest Pins Over Average Totals (12 games) will be used for the Aggregate.

Mandatory Events - Mid Winter Blues - 6 Games, Year End Tournament - 10 Games.

Optional Events - Eastern Ontario Championships, Central Ontario Championships or Western Ontario Championships - 12 Games.

Tournament Division

The Tournament Division Aggregate will consist of 50 Games for the Season. Tournament Masters must play in all Events to be eligible for the National Championships.

The winner of the Aggregate in the Tournament Men's and Ladies Division will compete as the Singles Representative at the National Championships. A player must have played in every event on the Tournament Division schedule in order to be eligible for the Singles and National Team spots.

Seniors Division

The Seniors Division Aggregate will consist of 15 Games for the Season. Senior Masters must be at least 50 Years old and must play in 3 of the 4 Events during the Season

For those players who play in all 4 events the lowest event will be dropped from the Aggregate Total in both POA and Scratch.

The Seniors National Team will be made up of the Highest man and woman in the Scratch Aggregate and the highest man and woman in the POA Aggregate. The 5th team member will be a "wildcard" spot. During players meetings in 2006 the selection of the wildcard position was revised. The "wildcard" spot will rotate as the next highest Scratch Male, POA Male, Scratch Female, Scratch Male, POA Male, POA Female. The extra spots allocated to the men are due to the higher number of male participants on the Seniors Tour.

For the 2006-07 Season the "wildcard" will be the next highest Ladies Scratch position.

Our thanks to Will Shortt, MBAO Teaching Member and 2004 National Gold Medalist for the suggestion for this page.