Competition Rule Queries
We’ve noticed a few questions coming up recently about competition rules and what to do in certain situations. To help, here are some reminders covering the most common queries received by the Competitions Team.
1.7 DISCREDITABLE CONDUCT AND FAILURE TO OBSERVE RULES
1.7.1 It is the responsibility of all shooters, team officials and range officials to make themselves acquainted with NSRA rules and regulations, the special conditions applicable to any meeting or competition and orders exhibited on the notice-board at meetings in which they take part. Ignorance of any rule, condition or order will not be accepted as an excuse.
SAME RANGE:
INDIVIDUAL COMPETITIONS:
7.2 All cards for a competition or a stage of a competition must be shot on the same range and on a single day.
TEAM COMPETITIONS:
7.3.1 Unless otherwise specified, all the cards of each team match must be shot on the same range. Clubs having both indoor and outdoor ranges on the same site will be regarded for the purpose of this rule as having a single range and a shooter may shoot on either or both.
LEAGUE COMPETITIONS:
7.8.3 Unless otherwise provided for in these rules, team members must fire their targets in the same round on the same range (see Rule 7.3.1) and may shoot at any time during the period allowed, but each member of the team must complete their cards within the time specified for the competition.
KNOCK-OUT COMPETITIONS
7.7.3 In any round all the cards for a team must be shot on the same range. Unless otherwise provided for by the special conditions of the competition, teams must complete their cards on a single day.
EXTENSIONS:
7.3.3 Team members are not permitted to fire after the close of the match period unless an extension is approved by the Referees Committee (Competitions Department). An application for an extension must be made within one working day of the close of the match period.
SUBSTITUTES
7.3.5 Stickers for competitions are specific to a particular competition, including where appropriate the division of a league, the round of a league or knock-out competition, and the team (A, B, C etc) where the club or county has more than one team in a competition. These details must not be changed in the event of a substitute being used for a registered shooter. Instead the name of the substitute shooter shall be added to the card and the name of the registered shooter may be struck through, but must remain readable so that the correct application of any relevant promotion or demotion rules may be checked
STICKERS
7.4.9.1 Stickers will be issued on the basis of one sticker per match card. For rifle this will normally be ten competition shots per card. For pistol, air rifle and air pistol competitions where the conditions require fewer than ten competition shots per card, the number of stickers issued will be increased accordingly. In air rifle competitions, if a shooter chooses to fire on cards with a single aiming mark, the cards must be serially numbered by the manufacturer, must be shot in consecutive serial number order and a sticker must be placed on every fifth card, starting with the card for the first competition shot.
7.4.9.2 Where the stickers are numbered, they shall be used in sticker number order.
LEAGUE COMPETITIONS
7.8.1 Each team will fire its matches according to the fixture list. It is permissible for team members to fire matches in advance, but each team member must shoot the matches in the order of the round numbers.
WITNESS:
7.4.2 In all individual and team events shot under postal conditions the shooter must add their signature to each card they have shot, to certify that they have complied with all the rules, unless otherwise authorised by the conditions of the competition.
7.5.1 Every shoot must be witnessed.
7.6.3.2 sign and date each card and/or record with the date of shooting, their signature to be in a position adjacent to the signature of the shooter. A computer-generated date printed on a record shall not be valid in fulfilling the requirements of this rule. A witness’s signature and date on a witness certificate issued by the NSRA, instead of on the cards and/or records shall be deemed sufficient if:
7.6.3.2.1 the certificate has been issued by the NSRA for that team or individual in that competition; or
7.6.3.2.2 the competitor is shooting a set of six or more cards.
