About the NWST...

The Northwest Senior Tour, a membership owned organization, was formed in 1990 to provide scratch tournaments for senior bowlers. Each season, approximately 12 tournaments are held from August through May. These tournaments are located throughout the Willamette Valley, the north Oregon coast, and southern Washington.

MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS:
Men must have reached their 50th birthday by the last day of the tournament season. Women must have reached their 40th birthday by the same date Tournaments are sanctioned, requiring all participants be members of the USBC To be eligible for the Tour Championship, a bowler has to have bowled a minimum of 5 tournaments during the current season.

FEES:
The annual membership fee is $40. Guest fees are $10 per tournament. After bowling four times in a season as a guest, the bowler automatically becomes a member. If a guest cashes in a tournament, the balance of dues owed is deducted from the winnings and they become a member of the NWST.

Normal tournament entry fees are $140 for singles tournaments. $160 for doubles, masters, trio and tournament of champions.

TOURNAMENTS:
Throughout the year several tournament formats are provided. Click on the Formats tab to view format details Singles

Singles
Open Doubles
40-50-60 Trio Swiss
90+ Open Doubles
NW Senior Masters
Tour Championship

Typically, the top 1/3 of the qualifying round will be eligible to compete in the finals The format for finals competition will be based on the tournament type and number of bowlers participating

DRESS CODE:
A bowling shirt with your name on the back is required Men must wear Docker like slacks (no jeans, shorts, hats or t-shrits) Women may wear a skirt or slacks

NO SHOW FEE:
For those that No Call/No show will be charged $25 that will be applied and put to the TOC prize fund. Calls or Messages must be received a half hour before tournament start or sooner to avoid a fee.

PRIZE MONEY:
100% of the prize fund is returned with 5$ from each entry going towards the Tour Championship. Women bowlers are eligible to receive a Women Bowler check based on a 1:3 ratio of women bowling. Bowlers 60 to 65 are eligible to receive a Super Senior check based on a 1:3 ratio of Super Seniors bowling, bowlers 66 and older are eligible to receive a Super Senior + check based on a 1:3 ratio of bowlers in this category Women, Super Senior and Super Senior+ bowlers qualifying for the finals will not receive this payout. All monies remaining after normal operating costs ($5 to the tournament director, lineage fees, etc.), is returned to the membership in the prize funds.

NOTE:
Adjustments to this information may be made during a tournament season, some requiring a vote by the membership. Check the Schedule page for information about each tournament.

TOURNAMENT FORMATS:

SINGLES: Individual competition. Normally, 6 games of scratch qualifying followed by 4 games of match play for qualifiers.

OPEN DOUBLES *: A senior player with an adult USBC member of any age or gender as partner. 6 games of qualifying followed by 4 games of match play for qualifiers. Field limited to 50 teams.

40-50-60 TRIO SWISS *: A trio team made up of at least one player over 40, one over 50 and one over 60. Competition is SWISS format with 8 games bowled in one day. A minimum of one team member must be a member of the NWST.

90+ OPEN DOUBLES *: One player must be a senior and the other team member can be any adult USBC member that gives the team a minimum of 90 years of age between the two players. Two days of SWISS competition with 6 games bowled each day. Field limited to 48 teams.

NW SENIOR MASTERS: Singles tournament with 8 games of qualifying on Saturday. The top 16 bowlers from qualifying will return on Sunday for double elimination, 2 game match play.

TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP: Singles tournament with 8 games of qualifying on Saturday. Top 12 bowlers return Sunday for 12 games of round robin match play.

* Two national touring members may not bowl together in these tournament formats

DEFINITIONS:

BONUS POINTS: In singles a win in match play gets you 30 bonus pins added to your score. Tie is 15. Other formats have different points.

SWISS: A Swiss tournament is match play every game according to the standing of each team. Every game the team in 1st bowls the team in 2nd, the team in 3rd bowls the team in 4th and so on. Standings are determined by points or by pins depending on the particular tournament.

SENIOR: A male bowler that is 50 - 59 on or before the last date of the current season. A female bower that is 40 or older on or before the last date of the current season.

SUPER SENIOR: A male bowler that is 60 to 64 on or before the day of the event. A female bowler that is 50 to 57 on or before the day of the event.

SUPER SENIOR+: A male bowler that is 65 or older on or before the day of the event. A female bowler that is 58 or older on or before the day of the event.

Tournaments:

Sami Morris - Tournament Director
(360) 448-1764
NWSTinfo@aol.com or click on

Board of Directors 2024-2025:

Eric Parker
Shawn Copeland
Michael Kennedy
Bob Harvey
Ron Martinsson

Support the sponsors of NWST tournaments....

Click on a sponsor's logo to view their website....

Larry's Pro Shop

Lovely Tire & Wheel Company

H&R Block sponsors the 90+ doubles at Walnut City Lanes in McMinnville, OR in September

Clatsop Distributing sponsors the Budweiser Classic at Lower Columbia Bowl in October

General Distributors sponsors the Tour Championship in May through thier Coors Light product

Hammer is an overall sponsor for the NWST

Dick's Pro Shop sponsors our March tournament at Linn Lanes in Lebanon

Links of interest to NWST memebers....