AIR RIFLE, AIR PISTOL AND SMALL BORE RIFLE CHAMPIONSHIP
SANCTIONED BY:
USA Shooting, One Olympic Plaza, Colorado Springs, CO 80909
SPONSORING ORGANIZATION: Bend of the River
CONTACT: Charlie Pardue, 2880 Standing Stone State Park
Hwy., Cookeville, TN 38506-7813 or cpardue@multipro.com
PHONE: (931) 498-2829 WK (931) 526 - 7941 HM
DATE: February 1, 2009
LOCATION: Cookeville, TN - TTU rifle range
Eligibility: This competition is open to all competitor
s born in 1988 or later. All competitors must be individual
members of USA Shooting. All competitors must be USA citizens.
No exemptions.
RESIDENCE: Each competitor may claim residence in only one
state and must declare the state of residence on the entry form.
Team residence is determined by the state in which the club's
headquarters is located. All residents are eligible for the 1st,
2nd and 3rd place USA Shooting State Champion medallions. Non-residents
may compete for automatic and at-large invitations to the National
Championship and are encouraged to do so.
STATE RESIDENT QUALIFIERS: USA Shooting will issue official
invitations to the National Junior Olympic Shooting Championships
(NJOSC) for the high male and high female resident from each
state JOSC, provided they fire a minimum qualifying score. Resident
collegiate and / or military competitors are eligible for the
state resident champion awards and are also eligible for resident
state qualifier invitations.
ENTRY: Shooters may not compete in more than one state
JOSC. Juniors who fire in their own home state JOSC will
not be allowed to shoot in another state. Juniors from
states which are not holding a state JOSC and those who cannot
attend their own state JOSC will be allowed to enter the automatic/at-large
division in other state. At entry, non-resident juniors must
declare that they are shooting for an at-large/automatic invitation.
Residents may choose to enter the Automatic/At-large category
instead of the Resident Qualifier category if they are confident
they can shoot above the automatic score and secure an invitation.
This would allow another competitor to receive the State Qualifier
invitation.
A. Resident Qualifier - Competitors shooting in their
declared state of permanent residency. Competitors in this category
are eligible to be the State resident qualifier to the National
JOSC.
B. Automatic/ At Large - Competitors shooting in other
than their declared state of residency are eligible for at-large/automatic
invitations to the National JOSC.
TEAMS: All teams entered in the team competition must
represent USAS affiliated clubs. Teams will consist of three
firing members.
CATEGORIES: The following categories will be used for
individual competition: Junior (J 1): age 18-20. Born from 1989
to 1991. Intermediate Junior (J 2): age 15-17. Born from 1992-1994.
Sub-Junior (J 3): age 14 and under: Born 1995or later. (Based
on the age the competitor will be in the year 2009)
RULES: Current USA Shooting rules will govern.
COURSE OF FIRE: AIR PISTOL - 10 meters: Women must shoot
a 40 shot match. Men must shoot a 60 shot match. AIR RIFLE -
10 meters: Women must shot a 40 shot match. Men must shoot a
60 shot match. SMALLBORE RIFLE - 50 feet: Women must shoot a
3 X 20 match. Men must shoot a 3 X 20 match.
STATE QUALIFIER: One male and one female State Qualifier
will be invited per state, provided they fire above the minimum
required "state Qualifier" score. Automatic invitations
are issued to all who fire above the minimum "automatic
invite: score. Remaining at-large competitors will be ranked
by age category and score and invited up to the range and bed
space availability.
| STATE QUALIFIER | AUTOMATIC INVITE | |||
| AIR PISTOL | ||||
| 40 SHOT | 60 SHOT | 40 SHOT | 60 SHOT | |
| J1 | 330 | 510 | 360 | 550 |
| J2 | 330 | 500 | 350 | 530 |
| J3 | 330 | 490 | 340 | 520 |
| AIR RIFLE | ||||
| JI | 380 | 575 | 390 | 580 |
| J2 | 370 | 565 | 385 | 575 |
| J3 | 360 | 545 | 370 | 560 |
| SMALLBORE | ||||
| 60 SHOTS | 60 SHOTS | |||
| Women | Men | Women | Men | |
| J1 | 560 | 570 | 575 | 575 |
| J2 | 550 | 550 | 565 | 570 |
| J2 | 540 | 540 | 545 | 550 |
TIME LIMIT:
Air Pistol 40 shots 1 hour and 15 minutes. 60 shots 1 hour and
45 minutes Air Rifle 40 Shots 1 hour and 15 minutes. 60 shots
1 hour and 45 minutes. Smallbore Rifle Prone 20 shots 40 minutes,
includes sighters. Standing 20 shots 60 minutes, includes sighters.
Kneeling 20 shots 50 minutes, includes sighters. Block time for
smallbore is 2 hours 30 minutes.
FIRE ARMS: Air Pistol Rule 4.7 - 4.7.7 Air Rifle Rule
4.6-4.6.9 Smallbore Rifle Rule 4.2-4.2.7
SIGHTS: Metallic
DISTANCE: Air events 10 meters. Smallbore 50 feet.
Targets: The MEGAlink electronic target system will be
used. The current target for each discipline will be used
COACHING: Coaching will not be permitted.
SCORING PROTESTS: A scoring protest $1 per shot will be
charged.
TIES: All ties will be broken in accordance with USA Shooting
Rules.
AWARDS: USA Shooting will provide a gold medallion to
the top resident individual, a silver medallion to 2nd place
resident individual and bronze medallion to the 3rd place resident
individual. The sponsor will provide the following awards: There
will be first, second and third place in J1, J2, and J3 when
the number of entries warrants awards. (There must be 3 in category
for first place. There must be 5 entries in category for second
place. There must be 8 entries for third. There will be one
additional award for each 5 entries. ) Team entries will be
given first if there are three teams. Second for 5 teams and
third for 8 teams.
PARTICIPATION PINS: A JOSC participation pin provided
by USA Shooting will be given to each competitor (provided pins
are requested by the sponsor).
SCORE SHEETS: Special Score sheets will be used for all
State JOSCs. They are to be filled in completely and signed by
the competitor to be considered for invitation to the National
JOSC. LEGIBLE handwriting is required. If USAS cannot
read the forms you will not get an invitation.
MAKE ENTRY: Entries may be made using the entry form enclosed
with this program. Mail entries to Charlie Pardue, 2880 Standing
Stone State Park Hwy, Cookeville, TN 38506-7813. Contact by e-mail
cpardue@multipro.com . Ph. (931) 498- 2829. Hm (931) 526 - 7941
ENTRY FEE: The entry fee will be $11.00 per event. ($8
of each entry fee will be sent to USAS). Team Entry will be $11.00
per team.
ENTRIES CLOSE: Advance entries will close November 10,
2006. Entries from all state residents received prior to the
closing date will be accepted to range capacity (14 per relay).
Every effort will be made to accept all non-resident competitors
who enter before the closing date.
POST ENTRIES: Entries made after the closing date will
be accepted up to range capacity.
CANNCELLATIONS: Cancellations received one week in advance,
or earlier, will receive a full refund. An additional refund
schedule may be used.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: Sunday
Relay 1 - 8:00 AM air rifle/pistol
Relay 2 - 10:30 AM air rifle/pistol
Relay 3 - 1:00 PM smallbore
Relay 4 - 3:30 PM smallbore
DIRECTIONS: Exit Interstate 40 at the Burgess Falls exit
(exit #286) in Cookeville. This is the first Cookeville exit
when approaching from Nashville and the last ( 4th ) exit when
approaching from Knoxville. Proceed north on Burgess Falls Road
(this is also called Willow Avenue) to 12th street (about 4.5
miles). The basketball arena will be on your right at this corner
and you can also see the football stadium as you look east along
12th street. Turn right and proceed to the west side of the stadium.
The rifle range is on the second floor of the north end of the
west side of the stadium.
Entry form must be used! One form for each person for each event.
