Game format:

Weekday Date From To Activity
Sunday 12.10.2014 - - Unofficial practise
- - Ball Registration


Weekday Date From To Activity
Monday 13.10.2014 - - Unofficial practise
- - Last day of arrivals
- - Ball Registration


Weekday Date From To Activity
Tuesday 14.10.2014 - - Ball Registration
- - Lane maintenance
09.00 10.00 Team Managers’ meeting in the centre
10.00 11.30 Official Practice Squad 1, max 11 federations
11.30 12.30 Lane Maintenance
12.30 14.00 Official Practice Squad 2, max 11 federations
14.00 15.00 Lane Maintenance
15.00 16.30 Official Practice Squad 3, max 11 federations
16.30 17.30 Lane Maintenance
17.30 19.00 Official Practice Squad 4, max 11 federations
19.00 20.00 Break and line up
20.00 20.30 Opening Ceremony

 

Weekday Date From To Activity
Wednesday 15.10.2014 08.00 09.00 Lane Maintenance
09.00 13:30 Women, Squad 1
13:30 14:30 Lane Maintenance
14:30 19:00 Men, Squad 1

Weekday Date From To Activity
Thursday 16.10.2014 08.00 09.00 Lane Maintenance
09.00 13:30 Men, Squad 2
13:30 14:30 Lane Maintenance
14:30 19:00 Women, Squad 2

Weekday Date From To Activity
Friday 17.10.2014 08.00 09.00 Lane maintenance
09.00 13.30 Women, Squad 3
13.30 14.30 Lane maintenance
14.30 19.00 Men, Squad 3

Weekday Date From To Activity
Saturday 18.10.2014 08.00 09.00 Lane maintenance
09.00 10,30 Quarter finals women and men, best of 3 games
10.30 11.00 Lane maintenance
11.00 12.30 Semi-finals women and men, best of 3 games
12.30 14.00 Final women, best of 3 games
14.00 15.30 Final men, best of 3 games
15.30 16.00 Medal ceremonies and closing
20.00 - Banquet

Weekday Date From To Activity
Sunday 19.10.2014 - - Departures

Prizes:

Prize fund: fixed

Prize tax: No

Unofficial Practice
Lanes will be available for unofficial practice on 12 and 13 October from 10.00 hrs. The unofficial practice lanes will have the length of the Championship pattern, but this pattern will not be the official Championship pattern.
Squads for unofficial practice will be 2 hours each and will be available at 10.00 / 13.00 / 16.00 / 19.00 hours. The fee is 25 EUR per lane for 1 hour and to be paid directly to the bowling centre on site. Spots for the unofficial practice will be available on a first come, first served basis. Please submit your reservations for the unofficial practice directly to the Bowling centre Keiluhollin; [email protected]
Check in for the unofficial practice will start 1 hour before every squad. Please show up in time to avoid your spot being given away.

Bowling balls
Each player can bring an unlimited amount of bowling balls to the championship venue.
As soon as possible after arrival, all bowling balls, which might be in use during the competition, must be registered in Form H and inspected by the ETBF Technical delegate.
The inspection is limited to:
Eligibility of the ball as specified in the list of approved bowling balls.
Serial number
Visual inspection with regard to material, surface, plugs etc.
Only bowling balls that are included in the USBC Approved Bowling Ball list may be used in the competition. The official list of approved balls is published at www.bowl.com.
Bowling balls manufactured prior to 1991 cannot be found on the USBC Approved Bowling Ball list. However, the Championship Committee may accept such bowling balls to be used during the championship if it is proven that they were produced prior to 1991.
Immediately following the completion of an official practice session for a team, the coach of the team must modify Form H for all team members, so each form includes only a maximum of six bowling balls to be used during competition.
All bowling balls, not selected to be used during competition, must be removed from the bowling centre immediately and brought back to the hotel. The ball store room will occasionally be examined for non-registered balls, which will be declared in use, if found.

No replacements or additions of bowling balls will be allowed once the event has started, and no modifications of a bowling ball shall be permitted, apart from altering of the surface as described below. In very special circumstances, the Championship Committee may allow a replacement of a registered bowling ball once the event has started.
Random checks of the identity of the bowling balls used in the competition will be performed during the squads at the discretion of the Championship committee. The penalty for violation of the rule is disqualification and all scores null and void.
Cleaning of the surface of the bowling ball is permitted prior to any delivery during a game. Any cloth product that is non-abrasive, and contains no chemical additives that would modify the surface finish of the ball, would be acceptable to use. Cleaners, which are products meant to clean the ball surface without changing the surface roughness, may be used, provided that they are on the list of approved products list.
Adjusting the surface of the bowling ball by means of scrub sponges, scoring pads and polish, which are on the list of approved products list, may be done only during practice sessions and between blocks of games, as well as between semi-finals and finals of an event.
Altering the surface of a bowling ball by means of bonded or coated abrasives may only be done between any block of games, as well as between semi-finals and finals of an event.
The list of approved as well as not acceptable products for cleaning and adjusting of the surface of bowling balls can be found at www.bowl.com.

Please separate bowling bags and packages with balls and equipment from private cloth and goods.
Each bowling bag and each package with balls must be provided with a ticker or a label with the full name of the player and the federation.
At your arrival at the airport in Iceland, we will separate bowling bags/packages from the private luggage of the players.

Various information
Bus services
All delegations not using other means of transportation and accommodated at the official hotel, will be met at the airport, and transferred by bus/minibus/car to hotel/bowling centre in Reykjavík. All bowling equipment will be taken care of and transported from the airport to the bowling centre.
An hourly shuttle service hotel-centre-hotel will be provided for all players, coaches, officials and registered guests staying at the official hotel.
In addition there will be mini busses available for various situations.
Entry Cards
Each player, official, press representative, registered guest and member of the local organisation will receive an entry card of which there will be various categories, some with certain restrictions depending on duties.
There will not be any entrance fee to the bowling centre for spectators during the ECC 2014.
Registration
It is very important that each team manager turns up for a team registration in the centre soonest possible after arrival. During the registration, we will validate the names of players, the nationality of the players, and all payments.
The sooner all teams complete their registration, the sooner we can publish the lane assignments.
Flags
All necessary flags will be provided in due time. So please do not bring any flags with you to Reykjavik.
National anthems
All necessary national anthems will be picked from the ETBF website. Therefore is it not necessary to bring any national anthems with you.
Doping tests
No international doping tests will be performed, but the Icelandic Olympic Committee might decide to perform tests at any moment they want during the championships.
Please be aware of that any player must be prepared to be t

2014 - ECC

Pattern by: Marios Nicolaides, ETBF Technical Delegate