11. TOURNAMENT OFFICIALS

Tournament Officials-Officials will be thoroughly familiar with conditions 
of the program and with National Rifle Association Rules. Match
Director Chief Statistical Officer and Official Referee may not compete in any
Registered tournament where they are officiating. In Approved tournaments,
the Supervisor is the only official who may not compete.

11.1 Match Director-The Match Director is directly responsible for the
efficient conduct of the entire tournament. The Match Director may change the
match and firing conditions as shown by the program provided. A Match
Director's Bulletin is posted for the information of all competitors, and that
such changes are not contrary to current NRA Rules. The Match Director is
directly responsible for the efficient operation of the range and of the Statistical
Office and for the safety and proper discipline of all tournament operating
personnel, competitors and spectators. Instructions from the Match Director
for the operation of the tournament will be complied with by all persons on the
range. The Match Director will use the best judgment at all times and 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, Jury or Supervisor on any
doubtful point and will be guided by the Official Referee's, Jury's, or
Supervisor's decision. The Match Director may disqualify a competitor(s)
under provisions of Rule 9.30. (See Rule 11.9).

11.1.1 Deputy Match Director-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
1 1. 1. A Deputy Match Director is appointed at the discretion of the sponsor.
(See Rule 11.9).

11.2 Official Referee-An NRA Official Referee is required at NRA
National Championships. At NRA State and Regional Championships the Jury
system (Rule 11.2.1) will be used unless the sponsor specifically requests a
Referee. Assignments are made from the Headquarters of the National Rifle
Association. The NRA Official Referee is not an administrative or operating
official and is not responsible for the behavior or efficiency of either range or
Statistical Office personnel. It is the responsibility of the referee to see that all
National Rifle Association rules are properly interpreted and applied. The
Referee's decision will be final in the interpretation and application of these rules
and in scoring of challenged targets except when scoring is in the pit, and at
National Championships. The Referee will not score except when called on to
rule on challenges. It is the duty of the Referee to rule on all protests and
challenges when challenges cannot be resolved by the Range Officer or Match
Director. 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 all such instructions through the Match Director. In the event of a
disagreement between match officials, the Official Referee shall prevail at the
match with recourse only to the Protest Committee. 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 disqualify
all or any portion of the scores if, in the Referee's opinion, the conditions warrant
such action. A report will be submitted on any Tournament Official who refuses
to accept proper instructions given by the Official Referee. After a full hearing
is held by the Protest Committee on such a report, the Association may:

(a) Warn, suspend, or bar anyone from serving or competing in NRA
       competition.

(b) Warn, suspend, or cancel the Certificate of the Official Referee.

(c) Refuse to accept for registration or approval of any further tournament
      conducted on the same range or by the same organization until
      the unsatisfactory condition reported by the Official Referee has been
      corrected.

Official Referees may not compete in any match fired in conjunction with
any tournament where they are officiating. The Official Referee assigned to a
Registered Tournament may disqualify a competitor(s) under provisions of
Rule 9.30. (See Rule 11.9).

11.2.1 Jury-In all Registered Tournaments where no Official Referee is
assigned, a 3-member Jury will be formed by the Match Director to function
as described in Rule 11.2. The Chairman of the Jury must be a member of the
sponsoring organization, and complete the reports required by NRA. The
members of the Jury may or may not be competitors in that tournament. Jury
members shall exempt themselves from ruling on a matter in which they are
personally involved. The Match Director will name a replacement for that Jury
member while ruling on that action. Under no circumstances may any Match
Official (Rules 11. 1, 11.4, 11.5, 11.6 and 11.7) be a member of the Jury. The
Jury Chairman may disqualify a competitor(s) as directed by the Jury under
provisions of Rule 9.30. (See Rule 11.9). Tournament sponsors have the option
of using an NRA Referee or Jury in State or Regional tournaments.

11.3 Supervisor-A Supervisor is required at all NRA Approved Tournaments. 
The Supervisor may be an NRA Official Referee, or an officer of an
NRA Club, League or State Association who is familiar with NRA competition
rules and match procedure. The Supervisor may also act as Match Director. The
Supervisor is responsible for seeing that all NRA Rules are properly interpreted 
and applied. The Supervisor's decisions will be final in scoring of
challenged targets, except when targets are scored in the pit. It is the Supervisor's
duty to rule on all challenges and protests when challenges cannot be remedied
by the Range Officer or Match Director. The Supervisor may not change NRA
Rules. The Supervisor will make a complete report to the NRA on the
Approved Tournament where he serves. It is the duty of the Supervisor to report
the facts concerning any competitor or Tournament Official who refuses to
comply with proper instructions given. A Supervisor may not compete in any
match fired in conjunction with any tournament where he is officiating. The
Supervisor may disqualify a competitor(s) under provisions of Rule 9.30. (See
Rule 11.9).

11.4 Chief Range Officer-The Chief Range Officer will have full charge
of the range and pits and will conduct the matches on the schedule approved
by the Match Director. He is responsible for range safety, and for enforcing all
rules. (See Rule 11.9).

11.5 Range Officers-Each Range Officer is an assistant to the Chief
Range Officer; competitors may be assigned this duty. He is responsible for the
safety and discipline of range personnel, competitors and spectators in the
sector of the range to which he has been as signed. He is responsible for seeing
that competitors' equipment and positions are as authorized for the particular
match being fired. It is his duty to be completely familiar with the program and
with the National Rifle Association Rules. He is to comply to the best of his
ability with all instructions issued by the Match Director or Chief Range
Officer and will render all possible cooperation to other officials. He must be
constantly alert, impartial in his handling of competitors and courteous though
firm. (See Rule 11.9). Any equipment or position violation observed by a
Range Officer, other than a safety violation, will be reported to the Chief Range
Officer or Referee without causing a delay in the match.

11.6 Statistical Officer-The Chief Statistical Officer is in charge of all
statistical work in connection with the match except the actual recording of
scores when this is done on the range. The Statistical Officer is directly
responsible to the Match Director. He is assisted by such Assistant Statistical
Officers as may be required.

11.6.1 Duties of Officer (Stat)-it is the duty of the Statistical Office to:
(a) Register competitors and check their eligibility and classification.
(b) Accept match entries.
(c) Prepare, post and keep current a list of competitors showing name,
competitor number and classification.
(d) Squad competitors and prepare range assignment cards where such
cards are used.
(e) Prepare official score cards.
(f) Check addition on score cards and correct totals.
(g) Tabulate scores on order of merit.
(h) Prepare Preliminary and Official Bulletins.
(i) Maintain an Official Bulletin Board.
(j) Determine winners and distribute awards.
(k) Report to Match Director, NRA Official Referee, Jury or Supervisor
for appropriate disciplinary action any irregularities in firing or
scoring which may be indicated by squadding records or score cards.
(l) Make required reports to NRA within specified time.

11.6.2 Retention of Records-The Statistical Office will retain in good
order all completed official score cards for 30 days, and all fired targets (except
those scored on frames) until the expiration of the time allowed for challenges
and protests.

11.6.3 Preliminary Bulletins-Preliminary Bulletins on all matches will
be posted promptly on the Official Bulletin Board and remain a reasonable
length of time to allow competitors 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 posted thereon,
such will be accepted in lieu of the above, provided a notice appears as to the
close of challenge time.

11.6.4 Official Bulletins-Official Bulletins will be posted on the Official
Bulletin Board. However, in the procedure outlined in Rule 11.6.3 for bulletin
boards, such scores shall be acceptable and become final after the elapse of the
challenge time period and shall act as an Official Bulletin.

11.6.5 Correction of Bulletin Errors--The Statistical Office will correct
errors which may come to the attention of the office prior to the publication of
the Official Bulletin.

11.6.6 Changing Official Bulletins-No Official Bulletin shall be changed
except on authority of the Match Director, Official Referee, Jury, or Supervisor
granted before the time has expired for challenging the last of the preliminary
bulletins required to cover all the scheduled events. Subsequent changes from
the Match Director, Official Referee or Supervisor are limited to correction of-.
(a) Typographical errors.
(b) Aggregate bulletins on which the total score does not agree with the
scores shown on the Official Bulletins for the matches constituting the aggregate.
(c) Where an error has been made by not following the program schedule
of awards.
(d) Errors in classification of competitors, the competitor having been
previously advised of such error and of his correct classification.

(e) Disqualification of competitors as provided by Rule 9.30.

11.6.7 Individual Squadding-

(a) Whenever possible, all competitors of the same classification should
be squadded on the same relay.

(b) In State, Regional, and National Championship tournaments, one
match must be completed before another match is started. i.e. all
relays must fire standing before starting sitting. The National Match 37
Course is one match, one relay could fire any number of stages before
the next relay fires.

11.6.8 Team Squadding-

(a) Normally each team will be assigned one firing point, all teams to fire
concurrently. The Team Captain designates the firing order for his
team. If enough filing points are available more than one may be
assigned each team, provided all teams are squadded to fire concurrently, 
and provided the majority of Team Captains concur.

(b) For slow fire stages, the team time allowance is computed according
to Rule 8.3. The Team Captain may nevertheless elect to fire singly
or by pairs within that allowance. In pair firing, the shooter on the right
fires first and the shooters proceed to fire alternately. Any shot fired
out of sequence will be scored as a miss.

(c) Team targets may be assigned by the Statistical Officer or drawn by
chance by Team Captains under supervision of the Statistical Officer
or Chief Range Officer.

11.6.9 Infiltration Squadding-In individual slow fire matches where
"infiltration squadding" is allowed, whenever a target becomes vacant the
competitor next squadded to fire on that target may take his place on the proper
firing point and on command of the Range Officer may commence firing. The
Assistant Range Officer in charge of the target concerned will see that no
competitor exceeds the time limit. The time each competitor is commanded to
commence filing will be noted on his score card, and on the score board if one
is used.

11.6.10 Range Assignment Cards-When used, range assignment cards
are prepared by the Statistical Office and delivered to the Range Officer prior
to each match. Range Officers check competitors on the filing line to ascertain
that each is on the proper firing point as indicated by the range assignment
cards. Should any reassignment of competitors be necessary on the firing line,
Range Officers will carefully note such reassignments in the space provided
on the range assignment card. These cards will be turned in to the Statistical
Office immediately upon the conclusion of each relay.

11.7 Pit Officers-The Chief Pit Officer controls the target frames or target
pits, with such Assistant Pit Officers as may be required. See Rules 10.11 and
16.1(e).

11.8 National Championship Protest Committee - 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.

11.9 Duty to Competitors--It shall be the duty of all operating officials
and personnel to conduct themselves properly by being fair and impartial to all
in carrying out their various duties. No official shall molest a competitor nor
allow such practice by another official or other competitors. Should a
competitor's equipment or demeanor warrant disqualification for an individual 
match or tournament, it should be done in such a manner as will 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. Said official shall not handle any of the competitor's equipment.
Said official shall not disturb individual competitors during the preparation
period or firing period except for determining alibis and malfunctions, or for
safety reasons or rule infractions.