NRA and their requirements for Registered/Certified Matches

[Killshot]

Last year the NRA made some changes to the requirements for Registered and Approved matches (tournaments in their language).

They were said to be so burdensome that the match director just stopped registering all monthly matches.

Of course, as soon as this happened some near-records were shot which got people talking about registering matches again.

As a new set of eyes looking at this, it appears that the sticking point is having present a Referee, Match Director and Chief Statistical Officer all who cannot compete in the tournament.

Have others found this to be an obstacle?

 

[Keith Glasscock]

Nope.

The wife is match director. The kid we hired to pull targets for a couple of our older shooters is statistical officer, etc.

The requirements are just to have breathing human beings fulfilling the titles. They don't even have to do the work. All they have to do is sign off on it.

I'm waiting for a chance to appoint my 11 year old kid as Chief stat officer....

Last year, to the best of my knowledge, you were still able to use a jury instead of a referee. Members of the jury were still allowed to shoot.

I'll have to take a look at any new rules when I hear that they are out...

 

[Taildrag15X]

Last year the NRA made some changes to the requirements for Registered and Approved matches (tournaments in their language).

They were said to be so burdensome that the match director just stopped registering all monthly matches.

Of course, as soon as this happened some near-records were shot which got people talking about registering matches again.

As a new set of eyes looking at this, it appears that the sticking point is having present a Referee, Match Director and Chief Statistical Officer all who cannot compete in the tournament.

Have others found this to be an obstacle?

I haven't see any changes in the NRA Applications for Approved or Registered Matches in the last 6 years other than now you can do it online, faster and possibly not "lost" in a pile on a deck in Fairfax.

To understanding in the 30 something years I've been shooting under NRA Rules Match Directors and Stat. Officers never could compete in the Tournament they are named on.

I normally use the Club's President as Match Director, my wife as Stat. Officer the Jury Chairman and Jury from the active Competitors, switching it up monthly so no one ever felt the Jury thing was unfair. I never set up a State Championship or Regional Tournament so never had a need for an NRA supplied Referee as the Club is not associated with the NYSRPA.

Not an issue in my book.........

 

[Immike]

Can the match director shoot a approved match within the rules?

 

[Taildrag15X]

No they can't, here are the links to the NRA's Highpower Tournament Applications which states the info.

Approved Tournament:

http://competitions.nra.org/documents/pdf/compete/tourn-forms/app-tourn-hpr-app.pdf

Registered Tournament:

http://competitions.nra.org/documents/pdf/compete/tourn-forms/reg-tourn-hpr-app.pdf

These forms are found here along with other helpful info:

http://competitions.nra.org/news-and-events/tournament-operations.aspx

 

[memilanuk]

Might want to read that Approved form again, TD. The 'Match Director' can shoot, as long as there is a 'Supervisor', who cannot.

Been doing it that way for years. The club grounds keeper signs as 'Supervisor' when I shoot. NRA never said a peep.

 

[Taildrag15X]

Your right Monte, if the Approved Tournament Aplication has a named Supervisor and the NRA Sanctions it, then the Match Director can compete, thinking it's in the Rulebook Section 11 maybe....we never had a Supervisor as the Clubs President fit our need as a warm body.

The last few years we only ran Registered Tournaments do to the high scores some were shooting. Now Service Rifle is trying to make a comeback along with Mid-Range Prone, I've been practicing the ole sling hold to see if I can keep up with these new guys running the program.