Bowling Competition

Date: November 11, 2012 - November 14, 2012
Area: Area 13 - Central Texas

The Special Olympics Texas - Central Texas Area bowling competition is an area-wide competition for athletes/teams in the Central Texas area.

Deadline for Medicals: October 4 by 5:00 p.m.
Deadline for Delegation and Athlete Entries: October 11 by 5:00 p.m.

This event is tentatively scheduled as a three-day competition, November 11-14, 2012. The start and end time will be determined by the number of teams/athletes that enter the competition. This information will be updated in weeks leading up to the competition.

Tentatively Scheduled Volunteer Shift Times:
Sunday, November 11
Shift A: 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. (90 volunteers needed)
Shift B: 10:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (90 volunteers needed)

Monday, November 12
Shift A: 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. (90 volunteers needed)
Shift B: 10:45 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. (90 volunteers needed)

Tuesday, November 13
Shift A: 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. (90 volunteers needed)
Shift B: 10:45 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. (90 volunteers needed)

Wednesday, November 14
Shift A: 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. (90 volunteers needed)
Shift B: 10:45 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. (90 volunteers needed)

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES: Medical Support, Souvenirs, Security, Opening Ceremonies, Families Area, Volunteer Registration, Equipment, Set up, Breakdown and Clean-Up, Runners and Escorts.

If you are interested in volunteering, please contact: Joanna Sarrett at 512.491.2962, jsarrett@sotx.org OR simply click on this link to Volunteer Now!

Lane Monitors:
-Monitor and assist the volunteer working on the lane with problems such as scoring, bowlers out of turn, broken lanes, etc.
-Patrol the lanes assigned and alert the competition director of any problems with athletes, families or volunteers if needed.
-Monitor 6 – 8 lanes.
-Need some bowling knowledge.

Lane Assistants (A minimum of 1 – 2 will be assigned per lane):
-Learn the names of the athletes and assist them to bowl in the correct order on the correct lane.
-When the game is finished, manually write down the score on the heat sheets provided.
-At the end of the competition, escort the athletes to the awards staging area.
-Deliver the completed heat sheets to the scorer’s table for final tabulations.
-Need bowling knowledge.

Scorekeepers:
-Responsible for tallying final scores based on the bowling handicapping system.
-Place athletes in correct awards order 1 – 8.
-Send completed heat sheets to awards staging area.
-Responsible for monitoring the officiating to assure game is called according to all governing body rules.
-Responsible for posting scores or communicating final scores to competition headquarters.

Awards:
-Assist in the set up awards area.
-Assist in staging of athletes.
-Assist in awarding athletes.

Start: 8:00 a.m.
End: 3:30 p.m.

Location	Contact
Showplace Lanes 9504 N. IH-35 Austin, TX 78753	Joanna Sarrett 512.491.2962 jsarrett@sotx.org