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You are invited to the 2024 YMA Bowling Night – an epic tournament featuring the best of the Canadian youth media industry battling for the 2024 title of YMA Champion!
You are invited to use this activity to network and as a team-building event for you and your colleagues. More than 100 people from the industry gather in a friendly competition mostly to have fun!
All are welcome to join – come compete or just cheer on your favourite teams! Enjoy delicious buffet- TACO -style meals and snacks, icy cold drinks from the bar and court-side must-haves from the snack bar!
Returning this year, teams will be challenged to a Flag and Team Cheer contest.
There will be two events – one in Toronto and one in Montreal, details below.
THE 2024 YMA BOWLING NIGHT CHAMPIONS!
The YMA is pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 Bowling Tournament in Toronto: SPHERE MEDIA, TEAM #1. Congratulations!
It was a close competition! Came in 2nd place: EXTRA TEAM (made up of independent players or players from several companies) and in 3rd place: KIDSCREEN. A total of 22 teams participated in a very friendly competition, networking and team-building event.
The winners of the Flag and Cheer Contest was BLUE ANT MEDIA. Jury were seven emerging talent volunteers from the Toronto area. It brought up the team-building component of the event. Teams made outstanding performances throughout the evening.
There were 22 teams registered for a total of 88 participants, over 100 in attendance.
We're delighted to announce that YMA raised a total of $1750 from our two events in Montreal and Toronto. YMA is a non-profit charitable organization.
At this event, people from all technical, operations, finance, management and production departments of Broadcasters and Production Companies are invited to use this activity to network and as a team-building event. More than 100 people from the industry gather in a friendly competition mostly to have fun!
It is also the opportunity to fundraise for the YMA. Supporting the YMA by doing your part in raising funds to be able to accomplish the many annual activities for you e.g. the Award of Excellence Gala, the Youth Media Conference, the four scholarships ,etc.
Each player is encouraged to bring in an amount to fundraise at leasure. Have your friends, your family members or neighbours pitch in $5 or more per successful strike you will perform.
Use this link or QR code to proceed to donate
Here's more information on the Toronto Bowling Night.
For information on the Bowling Night in Montréal, visit the page in French.
BUILD YOUR TEAM
Form your team of 4 people. You can have several teams per company. If you don't have a team, you can register individually. The YMA will assign you a team.
In each lane, two teams will compete against each other for about 1 hour. Then, you'll face off against another team, and so on, until the 3-hour event is over.
SCHEDULE, DATES & LOCATION
5:30 p.m. Welcome / 6:00 p.m. Play begins / 9:00 p.m. Closing
TORONTO
October 1st 2024,
Playtime Bowl & Entertainment
33 Samor Rd, North York,
Yorkdale or Lawrence Subway, TTC #29 or #329
REGISTRATION DETAILS
Registration fees are $140 per person, or $560 per team of 4, and include mandatory shoe rental, food and 2 drinks. Gender diversity is preferred and optional. Companies can register several teams! For example, one per department, e.g. accounting, human resources, information technology, can all have a separate team per company. A 5% administration fee will be added to the transaction.
FOOD & BEVERAGE
The registration fees include the following per person food and 2 drinks:
TACO BAR
Slow-braised chicken tinga & spiced taco beef. Served with warm tortillas, Mexican rice, grilled peppers & onions, house salad & traditional toppings.
DRINKS
YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BRING YOUR OWN FOOD & BEVERAGES.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE : September 20 2024
Click on 'Register' and follow the instructions.
If you are registering a team, it is preferable to have the names and e-mails of your teammates at the time of registration.
If you don't have all the names of your team members, enter the name to come and your e-mail address. You have until September 27 to send in the missing names. The YMA will contact you to confirm your team's registration to the captain, and he/she will be the primary contact for all correspondence to the rest of the team. A waiver must be signed by each team member in order to play.
SCORING
Each player will be required to submit a score.
We use the Peterson points system. Here's an example of how this points system works:
In the first game, the team with the highest team score (e.g. 1300 pins) wins 10 points, the team with the second-highest score wins 9 points, and so on down to the team with the lowest score, which wins 1 point.
The same calculation process is repeated for each game and for the total of the 3 games, i.e. the team with a total of 1100 for the first game, 1050 for the second and 1025 for the third obtains a grand total of 3175. This total gives a certain number of points on our scale of 1 to 10, depending on each team's totals.
What's more, for each game and for the total of the three games, the two teams competing on the same pair of lanes play for 2 points. The winning team automatically receives the 2 points plus points on a scale of 1 to 10.
In the event of a tie, a draw will be held to determine the winning team.
YMA reserves the right to make changes during the organization of the event, given that it is a first edition.
CONTESTS
TEAM FLAG
Each team is to create a team flag that will paraded at the opening ceremony. It should be something fun and colorful that embodies the spirit of your team but of your company values as well. It can be made from any material and should not be smaller then 36×25 inches and should keep a rectangular shape mounted on a flagpole
Guidelines:
Judging:
Judges will score flags while watching the flag entrance at the opening ceremony and how teams use its flags during the evening to cheer up its members. Judging will be based on the following, but not limited to: message or theme, design, team’s usage of flag throughout the evening, etc. Judge decision is final. No appeal allowed.
TEAM CHEER
Teams are invited to create a team cheer that represents your team character and company attitude. Make it loud, proud, and positive! Cheers are meant to get fans into the game, so have fun with it!
Guidelines:
Judging:
Judges will score the team chant during the evening as teams cheer up its members. Judging will be based on the following, but not limited to: message or theme, design, team’s usage of chant throughout the evening, etc. Judge decision is final. No appeal allowed.
Winner:
The winning team will be announced at the closing ceremony. Winning team must be present at the closing ceremony. A prize for the team flag and team chant may be two distinct prizes or be combined depending on sponsors participation.
Do you have any questions? Write to alliance@ymamj.org.
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