2011 Tennessee State Long Range Highpower Rifle & F-Class Championship

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2011 Tennessee State Long Range Highpower Rifle Championship

2011 Tennessee State Long Range F-Class Chmpionship

September 9-11, 2011

Oak Ridge, Tennessee

An NRA Registered Tournament

Sponsor: Tennessee Shooting Sports Association and Oak Ridge Sportsmen’s

Association

Rules: All current NRA highpower rules will apply.

Eligibility: Open to all NRA members and members of NRA affiliated clubs.

Entry Fees: $50.00 for all individual matches (Matches 1-6); $35.00 for Sat individual matches (Matches 1-3); $25.00 for Sun individual matches (Matches 4-5). Friday Warm-up fee is $10.00 Make checks payable to: Oak Ridge Sportsmen’s Association

Entries: Send entries to:

Larry Sparks, 10087 Double Tree Rd, Knoxville, TN 37932

larrysparks@chartertn.net 865-777-4696 (h), 865-643-0672 ©

Advanced entries are suggested.

Entries are limited to 88 individuals.

Cancellations prior to the commencement of firing on Sat. September 9,

2011 will be refunded in full.

No refunds will be made after firing commences on Sat. September 9.

Location: The ORSA range is located on the Oak Ridge Turnpike (St. Rt. 95) 3.5 miles west of the intersection of Illinois Ave. (St. Rt. 95) and the Turnpike.

Accommodations: Oak Ridge motels are noted on the ORSA website: http://orsa.nxs.net/

Squadding: Squadding for individual matches will begin at 7:30 A.M. Saturday.

Classification: The NRA long-range classification system will be used for all matches. Divisions: There will be four divisions: service rifle, any rifle, F-Open, and F-TR. Five or more entries are required to make an award in a Division. A Palma division will be added if there is sufficient interest. Competitors must

declare division to the statistical officer before firing begins Sat.

September 10, 2011. Change of division after this time will result in

ineligibility for open or aggregate awards.

Rifles: Rifles are defined in rules 3.1, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3 for service rifles, rule 3.2 for any rifle, rule 3.3.3 for Palma rifle, and rule 3.4 for F-Class.

Rule 9.1 does not apply. Scoring & Pits: All competitors shall perform scoring and pit duties. Ammunition: Rule 3.17, provided by the competitor.

Targets: The LR target will be used at 1000 yards. (LR-FC will be used for

F-Class)

Challenges: A fee of $2.00 will be collected in advance of each challenge.

Additional: The management reserves the right to refuse any entry or cause the withdrawal of any competitor who endangers or interferes in any way with the harmony of the match. We also reserve the right to change the match program without notice if deemed advisable. Competitors and spectators assume all risk of accident and loss of property.

Course of Fire: Friday, September 9, 2011

Warm-up: Range open for sighting shots starting at 1:00 P.M.

Saturday, September 10, 2011, 10:00 A.M.

Match 1: 1000 yd. F-Class and Prone Any Rifle / Any Sight, unlimited

sighting shots and 20 shots for record in a total time of 30 minutes.

Match 2: 1000 yd. F-Class and Prone Any Rifle / Iron Sight, unlimited

sighting shots and 20 shots for record in a total time of 30 minutes.

Match 3: 1000 yd. F-Class and Prone Any Rifle / Iron Sight, unlimited

sighting shots and 20 shots for record in a total time of 30 minutes.

Sunday, September 11, 2011, 10:00 A.M.

Match 4: 1000 yd. F-Class and Prone Any Rifle / Any Sight, unlimited

sighting shots and 20 shots for record in a total time of 30 minutes.

Match 5: 1000 yd. F-Class and Prone Any Rifle / Iron Sight, unlimited

sighting shots and 20 shots for record in a total time of 30 minutes.

Match 6: Aggregate of scores fired in Matches 1-5.

Match 7: A Team match will be added if sufficient entries are received.

Awards: Individual Awards: There must be five or more entries in a class for one

place award. A second place award will be given for ten in a class, and a

third place award for fifteen, and so forth, If there are fewer than five

entries in a category, they will be combined with another category in the

same class. If there are still fewer than five entries after combining all

categories in a class, there will be no awards in that class. All competitors

will be moved back to their respective categories and combined with the

next higher class, until a minimum of five competitors is reached in the

combined class. If there are fewer than five High Masters, they will

compete for open awards only.

Team Awards: First place awards to the high team in each class and

category, provided that five or more teams compete. Place awards will be

made for every five additional teams within a class and category.

State Championship Awards:

Winner: To be determined

2nd Place: To be determined

3rd Place: To be determined

Social Activities: ORSA will host a barbeque dinner on Saturday after the completion of the

matches.