Please send entries to
Pete Montalvo,
Director
Mexican-American
Bowling Org. (M Am B O)
8309 Honeycomb Way
Sacramento, CA 95828
For more
information, call
Pete or Pat
Montalvo
1-916-682-8362
MORE
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Bowl M Am B O in Mexico City.
1.
Do you have a passport? You will need
one. You can find all the info you need here:
https://pptform.state.gov/FraudAbuseNotice.aspx?Submit2=COMPLETE+FORM+DS-11+ONLINE
2.
If you are flying you need a Passport Book. If
you are driving, a Passport Card is enough.
3.
Allow yourself plenty of time to receive the
Passport, 4 - 6 weeks at least.
4.
We are using CAMINO REAL PERINORTE - (SEE
RIGHT). The hotel is about
ONE HOUR from the Benito
Juarez Airport and about 1 hour from Toluca
Airport but very close to the Bowling Center
Dorado. The cost from the Benito Juarez airport
is about $35 per car (not per person). The cost
from Toluca airport is $10 per person and they
have a Shuttle directly to the hotel. You can
visit Orbitz or any other web site and make your
hotel reservation online if you wish to stay
elsewhere. The MAMBO RATE to stay at CAMINO REAL
PERINORTE is $82. This includes 18% tax, 4%
hotel fee and Buffet Breakfast. This hotel also
advertises on the internet and the last time we
looked, the cost was $65 plus hotel tax (18% &
4% hotel fee) and did not include breakfast. Or
you can see if you can get the whole package at
a cheaper rate (air-lodging). Volaris Airline
out of Oakland is advertising $225 ROUNDTRIP .
To make hotel reservations hotel you can use
this email address
asistreservaciones.perinorte@caminoreal.com.mx.
Subject line should be MAMBO FEBRERO 2010 and
you are emailing Adrian Moreno. Info required:
Name,
Arrival Date,
Departure
Date,
Room Type: one or two beds, smoking or no
smoking, Phone Nr,
Info Guarantee
Credit Card No., Exp. Date, Security Code. If
you do not feel comfortable emailing
this information, you can call Adrian Moreno at
the hotel at this Nr: 01 (55) 53 21 58 01.
5.
You can also choose to
make your own reservations elsewhere.
6.
PLEASE NOTE: We aim to make it as
easy on you as we can. If you fly into TOLUCA
AIRPORT, they have a shuttle directly to CAMINO
REAL PERINORTE HOTEL. If you fly into Benito
Juarez Airport they do not have a shuttle so
once you have your flight and hotel
reservations, contact us and we will arrange to
have someone meet you at the Benito Juarez
Airport to pick you up and take you to the
Camino Real Perinorte hotel. THIS IS NOT
FREE. YOU WILL HAVE TO PAY THE TAXI/HOTEL
DRIVER. If you don't want or require this pickup
then you will make your own arrangements to get
yourself and your party to your hotel. But
you have to let us know in plenty of time to
make arrangements for you to be picked up. DO
NOT CALL US THE DAY BEFORE YOUR FLIGHT AND
EXPECT TO BE PICKED UP.
7.
SIGHTSEEING / SHOPPING:
If you want to do some sightseeing and/or
shopping, let us know early enough for us to put
you in contact with someone that can help you.
8.
Mexico City is less than an hour from
Tepoztlan
and Tepotzotlan.
You can find out more about these two
historical places on the web here
http://www.tourbymexico.com/morelos/tepoztla/tepoztla.htm
and here.
http://www.selway.org/calzada/tepotzotlan/tepotzotlan.htm.
Tepotzotlan is on the way to Acapulco.
Last time we visited, we took a bus from Mexico
City to Acapulco and back.
9.
THE TOURNAMENT ITSELF. We will be doing
Singles Event on Friday night at 6pm & 9pm.
TRIOS on Saturday, February 13, 2010 at 10am,
1pm and 5pm. Doubles will be on Sunday at 10am
and 1pm. We will not be getting any hotel or
other rebates so
prize fund pay offs
will be during the tournament. We will also have
an money exchange facility on site to
accommodate the money exchange from peso to
dollars and vice versa.
10.
FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT. Domino's Pizza (Mexico City)
is donating x number of pizza's to the bowlers.
You will taste Pizza al Pastor and La Mexicana
which includes Chorizo and carne molida, onions
and jalapenos. And many more surprises.
THIS TOURNAMENT IS NOT
CERTIFIED BY USBC BUT WILL ADHERE TO ALL USBC
RULES AND REGULATIONS AS DO ALL OF OUR OTHER
MAMBO TOURNAMENTS. SEE BELOW FOR A COMPLETE SET
OF TOURNAMENT RULES.
TOURNAMENT RULES FOR MEXICO CITY MAMBO
1)
MAMBO MEMBERSHIP IS $5 ANNUAL FEE. FEE IS
GOOD FOR ALL MAMBO TOURNAMENTS INCLUDING
NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL
2)
RESERVED SPOTS MUST BE PAID BY JANUARY 15, 2010.
3)
NO REFUNDS ISSUED AFTER TOURNAMENT DEADLINE,
FEBRUARY 1, 2010. ENTRIES CLOSE WITH LAST SQUAD
WHERE LANES ARE AVAILABLE.
4)
Tournament is NOT, REPEAT NOT, USBC
CERTIFIED BUT WE WILL USE THE FOLLOWING USBC
RULES:
5)
USBC: 311, 319a, 319a-3, 319d, 319e will
apply to all entrants. Rule 319a-2 will not
apply to this tournament. Multiple participation
is allowed, NOT more than 2 bowlers on the same
team can place more than ONCE on the prize list.
You can only CASH once with the same doubles
partner.
6)
YOU CAN BOWL SINGLES TWICE BUT CASH ONLY
ONCE. ANY KIND OF TRIOS must compete with
3 bowlers. TRIOS can be 3 men, 3 women or mixed.
Sunday ANY KIND OF DOUBLES can be 2 men,
2 women or mixed.
7)
All events are handicapped. Singles is
based on 220. TRIOS max average allowed is 660.
Doubles max average allowed is 440.
8)
Entering averages: RULE 319A2, IS
WAIVED.
a.
Highest 2008-09 book average of 21 or more games
AS OF APRIL 15, 2009, if NONE, then
b.
Highest 2009-10 average of 21 or more games as
of FEBRUARY 10, 2010, if NONE, then
c.
Highest 2007-08 book average of 21 or more games.
d.
Highest 2009 summer average of 21 or more games.
e.
If you don't have any of the above, men
will use 220 and women will use 200. YABA
averages will not be accepted. If you have been
re-rated to a HIGHER average by any organization
or tournament, you must use the re-rated
average. Averages must be verified prior to
distribution of funds. It is the bowler’s
responsibility to furnish average verification.
WOMEN: If you have an ABC & WIBC average, you
must use the higher of the two averages.
9)
Handicap is computed at 80% of 660 for
TRIOS event, per game; 80% of 440 for doubles
events, per game and 80% of 220 for Singles, pot
games and brackets. 220 plus averages in
singles & side pots will receive 0 Handicap.
10)
Tournament committee reserves the right
to reject and / or re-rate any entry.
11)
Payoff is based on 1 for every 8 entries
for singles, TRIOS and doubles events. 100% of
prize fund is returned.
12)
Payoff will be made within tournament.
Incorrect lower averages submitted MAY cause the
entry to forfeit all fees and prizes if not
corrected by end of 1st game of tournament.
13)
Entries close 30 minutes before start of
squad or when squad is full. Tournament is NOT
USBC CERTIFIED.
14)
All MONEY must accompany entry form.
Personal checks gladly accepted but RETURNED
checks will incur bank fees and will be
forwarded to the appropriate agency if not made
good within ten days of tournament end.
15)
All decisions made by tournament
committee will be final.
16)
Bowlers NEED NOT be members of USBC.
17)
Bowlers may not practice on assigned
lanes on tournament day.
18)
Teams violating any of the above
mentioned rules will forfeit all fees and
prizes.
Premature termination of the tournament brought
about by war, national emergency. Emergency
causes, natural disasters or any other reason
beyond the control of the Mexican-American
Bowling Organization shall cause to the extent
required thereby, all advertised prizes,
guaranteed or otherwise, to be prorated in
accordance with the number of entrants who have
bowled in each of the respective events up to
the time of such termination
