2026 Youth Masters & Queens Rules
Entry fee
- $75.00
- â—‹ ($20 lineage, $4 expenses, $51 prize fund).
Walk-Ins
- Walk-ins will be accepted if lanes are available (90 maximum entries).
- $5 additional fee ($80 entry).
Awards
- Scholarship Awards (1:6, in each division).
- Each division winner will receive a free entry into the 2026 Kentucky Youth Open.
Cut Procedures and Match Play
- Bowlers will bowl (5) qualifying games, moving pairs after every game.
- After (5) qualifying games, each division will cut to the top 8.
- After the field is cut, bowlers will be seeded based on qualifying scores and then bowl head-to-head match play, (2) game total pin-fall single elimination matches until a winner is determined in each division.
Other Tournament Details
- Youth Scratch Tournament.
- Pattern will be SPORT/CHALLENGE, announced during the tournament week.
Divisions
- Divisions: U18 Boys & U18 Girls, U15 Boys & U15 Girls (U15 can declare to bowl in the U18 division, but must be declared on entry form), U12 Boys & U12 Girls.
- Birthdate will be as of July 31, 2025.
- Must have 4 bowlers to make a division. Bowler would have the option to move to another division if entries are not met.
Eligibility
- All participants must be a USBC member.
- Bowlers do not have to be members of the LMUSBC Association.
Other Notes
- Bowlers late to the tournament will receive a zero (0) for all frames missed.
- All other USBC rules apply.
Payments & Entry
- Bowlers pre-registering can pay by credit card on the LMUSBC website or make checks payable to LMUSBC.
- $30 fee for returned checks.
Mail Entries
- LMUSBC – Attn: Karen Flora
403 Jasper Lane Mt Washington, KY 40047
