Tournament Officials

The Match Director is directly responsible for the efficient conduct of the entire tournament.

Match Directors may change the match and firing conditions as shown by the program provided a bulletin is posted for the information of all competitors and coaches, and that such changes are not contrary to current NRA Rules.

They are directly responsible for the safety and proper discipline of all tournament operating personnel, competitors, coaches, and spectators.

Instructions from Match Directors for the operation of the tournament will be complied with by all persons on the range.

Match Directors will use their best judgment at all times and their behavior and decisions must be characterized by absolute impartiality, firmness, courtesy and constant vigilance.

In the application of these rules the Match Director will confer with the NRA Official Referee or Jury on any doubtful point and will be guided by the Official Referee's decision.

The Deputy Match Director, when appointed, is responsible to the Match Director for the efficient conduct of the entire tournament, and acts for the Match Director in all matters listed in Rule 11.1.

A Deputy Match Director is appointed at the discretion of the Sponsor.

An official referee will be assigned to all NRA National Championships and may be assigned to State Championships.

Assignments are made from Headquarters of the National Rifle Association.

NRA Official Referees are not an administrative or operating official and are not responsible for the behavior or efficiency of either range or Statistical Office personnel.

Referees are responsible for seeing that all National Rifle Association rules are properly interpreted and applied.

Referees decisions will be final in scoring of challenged targets.

Referees will not score except when called on to rule on challenges.

It is the Referee's duty to rule on all protests and challenges.

Except in an emergency involving the safety of personnel or property the Referee will not give instructions directly to tournament operating personnel but will give such instructions through the Match Director.

The NRA Official Referee may not change the NRA rules as printed herein and as officially amended.

It is the duty of the Referee to render a complete report to the National Rifle Association covering all phases of the tournament.

The Referee may recommend that all or any portion of the scores be disregarded if, in the Referee's opinion, conditions warrant such action.

The Referee will report any tournament official who refuses to accept proper instruction from the Official Referee.

An NRA Official Referee may not compete in any match fired in conjunction with any tournament where that person is officiating as the Official Referee.

In all registered tournaments other than national championships, a 3-person Jury will be formed by the match sponsor to function as described in Rule 11.2.

One member of the Jury must be a member of the sponsoring organization and complete the reports required by the NRA.

All members of the Jury may or may not be competitors in that tournament.

Under no circumstances may any match official be a member of the Jury.

When appointed, the Range Director and Deputy Director are responsible to the Match Director, and have supervisory responsibility for the Chief Range Officers and for the efficient and safe operation of the ranges.

Appointment of a Range Director and Deputy Range Directors is authorized when multiple ranges are in operation.

Will have full charge of the range and will conduct the matches on the schedule approved by the Match Director.

He is responsible for range safety, and for enforcing all rules.

Each Range Officer is an assistant to the Chief Range Officer. Competitors or coaches may be assigned this duty.

The Range Officer is responsible for the safety and discipline of range personnel, competitors, coaches, and spectators, in the sector of the range to which that person has been assigned.

The Range Officer shall make a signed notation on a target which has a crossfire, and an allowed double hit, or any circumstance in which a notation would be of assistance to the Statistical Office.

The Range Officer is responsible for seeing that the competitor's equipment and position are as authorized for the particular match being fired.

It is the Range Officer's duty to be completely familiar with the program and with the rules.

Range Officers are to comply to the best of their ability with all instructions issued by the Match Director or Chief Range Officer and will render all possible cooperation to other officials.

Range Officers must be constantly alert, impartial in their handling of competitors and courteous though firm.

The Chief Statistical Officer is in charge of the scoring of all targets and statistical work in connection with the match.

The Statistical Officer is directly responsible to the Match Director.

He may be assisted by Assistant Statistical Officers.

Register competitors, and check their eligibility and classifications.

Accept match entries.

Prepare, post and keep current a list of competitors showing name, number, and classification.

Squad competitors and prepare range assignment cards where such cards are used.

Prepare official score cards.

Check addition on score cards and correct totals.

Score targets and tabulate scores in order of merit.

Prepare Preliminary and Official Bulletins.

Maintain an Official Bulletin Board.

Determine award winners and distribute awards.

Report to Match Director, NRA Official Referee or Jury Chairman for appropriate disciplinary action any irregularities in firing or scoring which may be indicated by squadding records or score cards.

Make required reports to NRA within specified time.

All fired targets must be retained until the end of the challenge period for that match.

When targets are used as scorecards and the score is transferred into a computer, the computer record becomes the official scorecard at the end of the posted challenge period for that match.

Targets for the National Record consideration shall be retained and sent with documentation to the National Rifle Association.

Preliminary Bulletins on all matches will be posted promptly on the Official Bulletin Board and remain a reasonable length of time to allow competitors or coaches to notify the Statistical Office of apparent errors.

The challenge closing time will be stated on each bulletin.

However, where a bulletin board is used and all scores of competitors are copied thereon, such will be accepted in lieu of the above, provided a notice appears as to the close of challenge time.

Official Bulletins will be posted on the Official Bulletin Board.

The Statistical Office will correct errors which come to the attention of the office prior to publication of the Official Bulletin.

No Official Bulletin shall be changed except on authority of Match Director, Official Referee or Jury granted before the time has expired for challenging the last of Preliminary Bulletins required to cover all the scheduled events.

Subsequent changes from the Executive Officer, Official Referee or Jury requesting a change, are limited to correction of: typographical errors.

Subsequent changes are limited to correction of: aggregate bulletins on which total score does not agree with scores shown on the Official Bulletins for the matches constituting the aggregate.

Subsequent changes are limited to correction of: where an error has been made by not following the program schedule of awards.

Subsequent changes are limited to correction of: errors in classification of competitors, the competitor having been previously advised of such error and of correct classification.

Subsequent changes are limited to correction of: disqualification of competitors as provided by Rule 9.35.

A National Championship Protest Committee may be appointed by the Match Director of any NRA National Championship (see Rule 16.2.1.).

When such a Championship Protest Committee is appointed, decisions on Protest by that Committee at that Championship are final, without appeal to the NRA Protest Committee.

When possible cases of suspension from competition arise from an incident in a Championship, the Championship Protest Committee may not act, but must forward a recommendation to the NRA Protest Committee for action.

No member of the National Championship Protest Committee may be a competitor in that tournament.

A protest procedure must begin no later than one hour after the completion of firing for the day.

In the case of awards, the protest must begin no later than one half hour after the completion of the awards ceremony.

It shall be the duty of all operating officials and personnel to properly conduct themselves by being fair and impartial to all carrying out their various duties.

No official shall, without cause, disturb or interfere with a competitor or coach nor allow such practice by another official or other competitors or coaches.

Should a competitor's equipment or demeanor warrant disqualification for an individual match or tournament, it should be done in such a manner as to cause the least inconvenience to all concerned.

In so doing, the official should state to the competitor the rule or section of rules under which the disqualification is being made.