Redwood Practical Shooters Fort Bragg California Awards Policies

Redwood Practical Shooters Awards Program
Originally Published 2003

Award Entitlement
.... shall be based upon the following criteria, in order of numerical priority

A Member who places 1st through 3rd in a majority of Trophy Matches during the year, shall be declared the winner of their placement standing, with appropriate points awarded for first, second and third placement.
Award Point totals shall be used to determine winners of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in each Division or Class competed in.
Ties in Award Points shall require affected shooters to compete in a "mano a mano" man against man on double steel pepper poppers at 10 yards. Draw and shoot down your popper first, 3 out of 5 runs determines the winner.
Awards are also available for Classes within each Division, providing that a minimum of four (4) shooters of the same class compete within any division. This provides for more opportunity for more members to win an award. This would mean that if there were four Novices, Marksmen, Sharpshooters, Experts, and Masters in the Stock Service Pistol (SSP) Division (or any other Division) awards would be available for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in a particular Class, within any Division.
Any Shooter who wins both Division and Class awards shall have his placement stated on a single trophy, whether it is a trophy, shirt or plaque. There shall be a single award made.

Eligibility
Member of RPS • Member of IDPA

IDPA Classified in Division competing in can be done by shooting the "classifier" match RPS holds at the start and end of each shooting season.
Declares Division for trophy points prior to first match shot. Must shoot in declared Division first on each match day.
Places 1st, 2nd, 3rd in declared Division SSP, CDP, ESP, SSR

No Award Points shall issue for the following ineligible shooters:
Non-IDPA members • Non-members of RPS
Unclassified shooters • Undeclared shooters • Solo shooters

Definitions

Competition and Derivations mean: One person competing against another person, both meeting eligibility criteria listed above.

Member: Those persons who have paid all club fees by the end of the grace period at the May match each year. Those persons joining later in the year shall be allowed to accrue points for all matches shot after membership is granted.

Trophy Match: Regularly scheduled club matches, other than IDPA classifier matches. It does not include "side" matches, or any special event matches.

Award Points: A system of points accrued, based on placement in Trophy Matches in a single year's season.
Points Earned Are:
First Place: Five (5) Points
Second Place: Three (3) Points
Third Place: One (1) Point

Awards

First Place Winners is awarded a full-sized trophy, or an embroidered Official IDPA polo shirt, with the Redwood Practical Shooters logo and his first place Division winner, with his/her name embroidered on the front of the shirt.
Second Place Winners will receive a beautiful engraved plaque with their placement and Division, plus name and year engraved on it.
Third Place Winners will receive a beautiful engraved plaque with their placement and Division, plus name and year engraved on it.
Other Awards Winners have yet to be developed. If you have ideas for different types of awards you would like to have, contact the director in charge of the Award Program and discuss the exploration and implementation of your ideas.

The awards system has been delegated to Edward Davies Jr. and he has been doing an excellent job. He usually has extra awards that have accumulated over the course of the year. These are generally a surprise at the awards ceremony. You hve to be there to appreciate it. So plan on sticking around.

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