CHAMPIONSHIP - Held at the Halifax Fairlanes, 
Nova Scotia, Canada
**SINGLES
  Any bowler can compete in the singles 
championship. They do not have
to be competing in the team championship in order 
to bowl.
The competition consists of two distinct 
portions: 
 *Qualifying:
All of the bowlers bowl in a qualifying round. 
Each person bowls 5
strings, and the people with the top 32 totals 
will compete in the
knockout round. A tie for the final qualifying 
spot will result in a 1
string roll-off.
 *Knockout:
The knockout round consists of individual 
matches. Two people bowl
against one another, based upon their qualifying 
rank (i.e. 1st
bowls against 32nd). They each bowl one string, 
and the man with the
highest total continues on to the next round 
(ties result in a
second complete string being bowled). This 
results in a structure of: 
     1st round - 32 bowlers 
     2nd round - 16 bowlers 
     3rd round - 8 bowlers 
     4th round - 4 bowlers 
     Championship - 2 bowlers

**TEAMS
  Twenty-four teams from Canada and the United 
States compete in the
championship each year. The location of the 
competition
alternates between Canada and the United States 
every year. The last
two Canadian tournaments have been held at the 
Halifax
Fairlanes Bowling Alley, in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
  The teams that are in the competition are 
arranged months in
advance. However, it is important to note that 
teams sometimes do not
show up. In 1997 a team was prevented from coming 
due to a snowstorm.
In 1999 it was necessary to fill a spot at the 
last minute,
and the new team ended up making it to the semi 
finals.
  The team competition consists of two distinct 
components: the
qualifying rounds and the round-robin playoffs. 
There are two
divisions of 12 teams, and during the qualifying 
rounds each team
bowls every other team in their division. The 
playoffs consist of
alternating matches between the top 5 qualifiers 
in each division.
Each division is known by its sponsor's name, 
which were Coca
Cola and Keddy's Motel in 1997 and 1999, or by 
the lanes that they
bowl on (i.e. RIGHT or LEFT).
 *Qualifying:
Qualifying begins on Tuesday morning, and 
continues until Friday at
lunch. Each round consists of 3 strings, with 2 
points for each
win, and 2 for total pinfall. Ties result in 1 
point each. 
 *Playoffs:
The first round of the playoff was held on 
Friday, and the other
rounds were on Saturday. Each round consists of 3 
strings of
head-to-head competitions, with the highest total 
pinfall determining
the winner.

CHAMPIONSHIP:

MacLaughlin Truck & T, NS (1770: 571 593 606) defeats
Bowlarama, NS (1764: 609 560 595)

A nail-biter, as the deciding pinfall was only 6 pins!