SoCal NBA Membership Application

SoCal NBA Membership Application

You will contacted within 7 days of approval. Membership is $5 and can be paid with cash, check or zelle (info@scnba.com). Membership is valid from August 1 – August 31 annually.
Name*

First NameLast Name
Maiden Name or Japanese Family Name
Gender*
Senior (Aged 50+)?*
Address*

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityState / Province

Postal / Zip Code
E-mail*
example@example.com
Phone Number*
Format: (000) 000-0000.
SCNBA # (if applicable)
USBC # (if applicable)
Name of Qualifying Nikkei League*
What letter of eligibility are you applying under*
SCNBA ELIGIBILITY FOR NON-JAPANESE
(CARDS CAN BE PURCHASED ON-SITE FOR “A” ELIGIBILITY PARTICIPANTS ONLY)

Membership eligibility shall be governed as:
1. Those persons with at least 25% Japanese ancestry. (If current last name is not Japanese, the Japanese surname of parent/grandparent must be provided).
2. Those persons of non-Japanese ancestry currently married to an individual with at least 25% Japanese ancestry.
3. Those persons of non-Japanese ancestry with a parent* that is at least 25% Japanese ancestry. *Child must be natural, legally adopted or step.
4. Those persons of non-Japanese ancestry who meet the following requirements:
  1. Must have bowled a minimum of 60% of the regular league games in a qualified “Nikkei” bowling league for two (2) consecutive winter seasons immediately preceding application for membership, and
  2. Must be currently bowling in a Nikkei bowling league as a regular league member with 21 games or more.
    
    Eligibility is not effective until 50% of the current winter total league games as a regular league member are met, at which time they can apply for membership the following year.
    
    Membership re-establishment can be obtained once the bowler has at least 50% of the current season’s games as a regular league member
5. Non-Japanese card-holders whose Japanese spouse is deceased remains eligible until remarried to a non-Japanese.
The term “NIKKEI” bowling league refers to a USBC certified league having not less than 60% of its league members including substitutes being at least 25% Japanese family ancestry and non-Japanese actively belonging to the SCNBA (all bowlers minimum 21 games). If a league falls below 60% at the end of the winter season, the non-Japanese bowlers shall not be eligible for membership for the upcoming winter season.
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