A. GENERAL REGULATIONS
GOVERNING NRA
APPROVED TOURNAMENTS

1. Sanction of NRA Approved Tournament(s)-To obtain approval of
tournaments, the following steps must be taken by the sponsoring organization
in advance of the tournament date.

(a) Send NRA your completed applications and draft copies of your
completed programs, BOTH IN DUPLICATE, a minimum of 30
days in advance of the tournament date.

(b) If the above is not done, the NRA reserves the right to cancel its
sanction of the tournament.

(c) In order to be listed once in the Coming Events section of Shooting
Sports USA, your application and programs must be sanctioned by the

Competitions Division by the 15th of the month, two months before
the month of issue. If you desire publicity in more than one issue (up
to a maximum of 10 months), an additional month's notice must be
allowed for each monthly listing.

2. Granting of ''Approved'' Sanction-As soon as the tournament is granted
Approved sanction, one copy of the signed application, an Official Sanction
Poster, and a corrected (if necessary) copy of the draft program will be returned
to the sponsor. These items provide the authority to the sponsor to conduct the
tournament. All changes and information provided in the approved draft
program must appear in the final printed program. No maj or changes in courses
of fire, number of matches, etc., may be made unless NRA is notified. This may
be done in writing if time permits, or by including a copy of the Match
Director's Bulletin (which makes the changes) with the final results of the

3. Tournament Cancellation-If a tournament is cancelled, NRA must be
notified immediately.

4. Classification of Competitors.-The NRA Classification System may be
used, but is not required.

5. Courses of Fire in Approved Tournaments for Classification Use-
Courses of fire which may be used for classification are listed in Rule 19.4. It
is not required that these specific courses of fire be used in Approved
Tournaments, but, if the scores are to be used for classification, they must be
used.

6. Awards-All awards are furnished by the sponsor. The minimum award
schedule must include only the Tournament Winner, that person/team firing
the highest score regardless of classification or category. The method, time and
place of issuance of awards is at the option of the sponsor with due notice to
the competitors in the tournament program.

7. Entry Fees-
(a) NRA Registration Fee: A fee of $4.25 per competitor is charged by
NRA for Approved Tournaments.

(b) Sponsor Entry Fees: The amount of these fees is determined by the
sponsor, and must be stated in the program separately from the NRA
Registration Fee.

8. Tournament Officials as Competitors-All Officials of an NRA 
Approved Tournament (except Supervisors) may compete in that tournament.

9. Official Supervisor-The Official Supervisor may NOT compete in the
Tournament in which he has agreed to act as Supervisor. See Rule 11.3.

10. NRA Membership-NRA Membership is not required for participation
in NRA Approved Tournaments. However, sponsors may elect to restrict those
persons entering the tournament to NRA members only, if they wish to do so.

11. Reports to NRA-The Match Director is responsible for making certain
that the following reports are forwarded to NRA within 30 days of firing. See
Rule 19.13.

(a) An SR-1 card for each competitor showing the total number of shots
fired in individual matches and a total score; the total number of shots
fired in fired team matches, and the total score of the fired team
match(es). The NRA membership ID number must be indicated on
each card for classified competitors and NRA members who are not
yet classified. Score Reporting cards are available free of charge upon
request in packs of 50.

(b) A registration fee reporting form, and remittance of $4.25 per competitor.

(c) A copy of any Match Director's Bulletins.