The Amateur Bowlers Tour, Chicagoland North conducts tournaments almost every weekend on a year round basis for both Classic and Masters divisions. All members receive periodic mailings, which include updated schedules and information about special events and promotions. Tournament results and schedules are also published in the Windy City Bowling News and right here on our web site. It consists of qualifying, semifinals, and a variety of finals with the most predominant being the top five stepladder finals. Because these tournaments are for amateurs and usually conducted on weekends, the number of games in each round has been reduced to fit the necessary time schedule.
Scores including handicap determine all cash positions.
Qualifying squads will consist of four games across eight lanes. Squad times will vary from week to week based on lane availability due to leagues and other prior center commitments. The semifinals will consist of three games across six lanes with bowlers being required to skip at least one pair of lanes moving to the right after each game. Each bowler is required to use their highest current average, highest summer average, or highest average from the past three years for entering average purposes. One of these averages must be for forty-five games or more.