2025 Baker Doubles Thanksgiving Eve 14th Annual Shaun's Bowling Tournament at Inman's Valpo 11/26/25

Name: 2025 Baker Doubles Thanksgiving Eve 14th Annual Shaun's Bowling Tournament at Inman's Valpo 11/26/25
Start: 2025-11-26T22:30:00-06:00
Location: 3201 Evans Ave, Valparaiso, IN, United States, Indiana 46383

Schedule

Wed, 26 Nov, 2025 at 10:30 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

3201 Evans Ave, Valparaiso, IN, United States, Indiana 46383 | Valparaiso, IN

Prepay NOW on www.AboveALLBowling.com to GUARANTEE your spot. We have SOLD OUT 90 TEAMS many times over the last 14 years!!
Thanksgiving Eve on Wednesday Night 11/26/25 Check in Starts 9p, Hope to be started by 10:30p-10:40p. Pre-Pay on AboveALLBowling.com: Entry Fee: $60 Per Person/$120 Per Team By 11/19/25. LATE Entry Fee Starting 11/20/25: $70 Per Person/$140 Per Team
OIL PATTERN: Shaun’s 45ft Turkey & 44ft Gravy
MAJOR SPONSOR STORM BOWLING PRODUCTS
1st Place gets 2 Bowling Balls (1 Per Bowler) - STORM/ROTO GRIP/900 GLOBAL Bowling Balls of Choice
2nd Place gets 2- 3 Ball Tournament Tote Bags
Those that do not make Top 16 Matchplay will be in a Random Drawing to win 2 Backpacks.
1st $1,200
2nd $1,000
3rd $715
4th $715
5th $500
6th $500
7th $500
8th $500
9th- 16th $250 each
17th -24th $160 Each
Based on Sold Out 90 Team Entries
Sells Out Almost Every Year!
Around 1 in 4 Teams Cash.
Optional Qualifier
Team High 5 Game Pot
1st $100 2nd $60 3rd $40
Paid Each Game based on 50 Teams
Scratch Format and Prize Money Info
~LIMITED to the 1st 90 TEAMS THAT PRE-PAY. 3 Teams Max on 30 Lanes! Check-In Starts at 8:30pm-9pm
~Open to Adult Bowlers Only Youth Eligibility Rule 400 where Youths cannot bowl in Doubles Competition with Adults unless all tournament prize money is scholarship only. More Rule 400 Youth info: http://www.bowl.com
~NO Team Avg. Limit. Any Gender Combination, Teams of 2. Can be 2 Men, 2 Women, or 1 Man/1 Woman
~Lanes WILL be oiled before we start on Left Lane Shaun’s Turkey & Right Lane Shaun’s Gravy
~Random Draw for Starting Lanes at check-in. We’ll do our best to accommodate requests to bowl together.
~10-15 minutes of practice starts around 10:30pm-10:40pm (if people show on time) on your starting lane only
~5 Games Scratch Team Baker Qualifier. 1 Bowler Bowls in frames 1,3,5,7,9 on one lane and the other bowls in frames 2,4,6,8,10 on the other lane. Teams can opt to change who starts each game.
~Lane Rotation: Bowl ALL 5 Games on the same pair to speed up the pace.
~The Top 16 will make the Matchplay Bracket after the 5 Team Baker Games. Teams will Bowl 2 game total series baker match play with NO pins carrying over. Both teams bowl at the same time non cross lane and will switch lanes each game. Higher seed has choice of start lane. We don’t want to end at 6:30am like in 2012 haha.
~Ties for 16th Place after the 5 games will be broken with the Highest Single Game of the 5 Games.If same, next
~Around 1 in Every 4 Teams will Cash. Payouts are done the same night as the tournament. Teams will be paid once teams are eliminated. Everything will run as smooth as all of our tournaments do.
~$5 Team Brackets Forward Brackets Games 2,3,4 & Reverse Brackets Games 4,3,2
(Last Year we had 107 Forward & 99 Reverse Brackets!)
~$10 Tam High Game Pot covers 5 games of the qualifier. $10 per person/$20 a Team
~$5 Mystery Team Doubles, 2 Teams, 4 Bowlers using the 5 game Qualifier Scores. $5 Person/$10 team
Pre-Pay to GUARANTEE YOUR SPOT. Deadline Sun. Nov. 19: $60.00 Per Person/$120.00 Per Team. ($99.00 Prize Fund, $21.00 Bowling Fees) After $70.00 Per Person/$140.00 Per Team.
~This isn’t a sanctioned tournament, but 10 Pin & Kings Rules Apply. Surface changes & Bowl LH or RH anytime
ALL DECISIONS AND PAYOUTS MADE FINAL BY THE TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR