The Junior Bowlers Tour

This is the website for the SW-NW version of JBT, and the Las Vegas Main Event. For the east coast JBT, visit www.jbtbowling.com.

CLAIMING JBT SCHOLARSHIP MONEY

using JBT's scholarship management program, called "SMARTER":

Scholarship

Money's

Always

Received

Timely,

Every (valid)

Request

You may check on your JBT scholarship funds, or claim them at any time, via this webpage. If you'd like a hard copy of your current statement anytime, just contact us and we'll be happy to send you one (it's also below). Please contact us at bowljbt@aol.com if you have any questions.

If you've moved since you last bowled a JBT event, we obviously won't have your current address. Please contact us anytime to update address, email, or other contact information.

You may request to claim your scholarship money using the form below. Please take a moment to review the sample scholarship statement below to see exactly how your funds may be used. Remember, our website will only list funds won in JBT events (not city tournament, state tournament, etc.). 06-07 Pac NW events, and select other events (Junior Gold Qualifiers) use the USBC 'smart' accounting system. Again, just ask if you have any questions- one of the many reasons we use our own program is so that we can have this one-on-one communication with you.

Note: If you choose to move on to adult bowling, your JBT earnings are NOT forfeited, so you don't need to claim your funds before you 'go adult'. Once you earn a scholarship, it's yours to claim in the manner below, whether youare an adult or junior at the time you claim.

SCHOLARSHIP CLAIM REQUEST FORM: Fill this out and hit 'send', OR email the info on this form to us at bowljbt@aol.com, OR print this out, and mail it to: JBT, PO BOX 33574, Phoenix AZ 85067; OR fax to (602) 795-8337.

Notes: If everything's good, we'll send you your check to the address you listed, usually within 2 weeks. Confirmation is automatic- if you don't hear anything from us, all is well- but if you'd like confirmation that we received your request, just contact us and we'll be happy to do so. In this age of most everyone using email, please remember it is not a 100% reliable technology. If a request is taking longer than expected, we might not have received the email! You can always call us at 480-748-9299 or fax at 602-795-8337 if you have any concerns about your email. If you have any other questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

If you are using certain browsers, such as Firefox, the "Submit" function may not work properly. In that case, please send us a traditional email with the information requested below.

Name:

Address:

City: State Zip

Email Address:

Amount you are requesting: $

made payable to:

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING "FINE PRINT" before hitting send. Hitting send implies understanding of and consent to all JBT scholarship rules, including but not limited to the following:

- We make scholarship checks out to an educational institution, or to you as reimbursement for your payments to an educational institution. Best Buy, for example, is not an educational institution.

-If we are making the check out to an educational institution, your check will be mailed to your home address within 2 weeks (usually much sooner), pending verification of funds and eligibility.

- If we are making the check out to you for a reimbursement, you must first provide us with receipts, tuition bills, etc. on school letterhead in at least the amount you are requesting (so we know that we are reimbursing you for educational funds). This information may be mailed to us at PO Box 33574, Phoenix AZ 85067, OR scans may be emailed to us at bowljbt@aol.com, OR you may fax it to us at (602) 795-8337. Once we receive this information, checks will be mailed to you within 2 weeks (usually sooner) pending verification of funds and eligibility.

- Laptops, etc.:

THE FOLLOWING RULES APPLY TO SCHOLARSHIP MONEY EARNED AFTER 8/12/08:

Again, best Buy is not an educational institution. JBT scholarship checks are wither made out to a school, or reimbursements are made for bills from an institution. As such, the only way a laptop (or any other non-traditional request) is a redeemable expense is if it is bought from the institution itself.

THE FOLLOWING APPLIES TO ALL SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS EARNED PRIOR TO 8/12/08:

To be reimbursed for laptops or other untraditional requests,, we MUST have proof that this is a necessary educational expense, not simply a way to play online Poker (not that any of you would). A letter from a school professor, counselor, etc. stating as much will do fine. Whatever you send, it must be on school letterhead, or verified from a school professor, etc. that we can double check with.

-Camps: we allow funds to be used for tuition only to any educational-type camp, which as far as we're concerned includes bowling camps. Be sure to check with your local high school or NCAA regulations (for NCAA females), as usbc's 'smart' doesn't allow this, to our knowledge. Also, checks written for camps must be for UPCOMING CAMPS, or camps completed within the last 90 days, not for your Dick Ritger Camp tuition from 1981.

-Double-dipping: It has come to our attention that a few folks of poor character have attempted to 'double-dip'- use a receipt to get scholarship funds from one source, and then use the same receipt to get funds from another source. Not cool. If we catch you doing this, LEGAL ACTION will be taken to recover funds, return them to JBT, at which point said funds are forfeited and assigned to other JBT prize funds.

- We strongly recommend against sending checks directly to schools- you don't know that they got there, and they tend to get lost in bursars' offices. We will do so, however, if you choose.

Extra info you want us to know:

SAMPLE STATEMENT OF SCHOLARSHIP MONIES HELD

Congratulations! Your performance(s) in the Junior Bowlers Tour have earned you a grand total of the following amount of unclaimed scholarship money as of August 1, xxxx:

JOE BOWLER $x,xxx

RULES FOR CLAIMING SCHOLARSHIP MONEY

A bowler may apply for scholarship monies earned upon acceptance to or anytime during college or any institution of higher learning, having graduated high school with a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher (4.0 scale), and / or having maintained a 2.0 GPA for any completed semesters of college. Money may also be claimed if you are attending a private high school with a current GPA of 2.0 or higher, or may be possibly used for other educational purposes such as summer internships, bowling camps, or other such programs, to be considered on a case by case basis (please see above). Checks are made payable to your school for any or all of the money in your account, at any time which you are eligible to receive funds. Funds may not be used for bowling tournaments, travel expenses, laptop computers without a note from an educational institution stating that such an item is a necessary educational expense, or other such items. A spreadsheet with all bowlers� career and season JBT winnings, claimed and unclaimed, is available at every tournament site, as well as on the website, www.bowljbt.com. Funds are disbursed through Bank Of America in the "Junior Bowlers Tour Southwest Scholarship Fund Account".

Any funds not yet recovered from NSF checks, unpaid entries, etc. will be withheld until payment is made.

Be sure to save this document for your records. Funds not claimed by the bowler�s 23^rd birthday are forfeited and recycled into current JBT scholarship programs unless notification of a request for an extension is received before that time.

It is the bowlers� responsibility to notify the JBT if you are moving, so materials can be sent to the proper address. We have provided a post office box for all JBT correspondence. If you have any questions, or would like to request your money, please contact tournament director Jeff Hemer through the JBT website at www.bowljbt.com, or via mail at:

Junior Bowlers Tour

P.O. Box 33574

Phoenix, AZ 85067

At that time a check will be mailed to you (made payable to your school) for the amount listed above. Checks will be mailed within 2 weeks of completed requests.

Congratulations again on your accomplishments with the JBT.

Jeff Hemer, Executive Director

Junior Bowlers Tour

This statement revises and updates all previous statements. Revised 1/18/08

For more info, feel free to write us at jbtsouthwest@aol.com.