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.

Below are examples of the Award System and how it works. It has been in effect now for the years of 2001 and 2002. There have been no problems with the design. This Award Policy has been confirmed by the membership both years. It and the awards dinner were unheard of in the Redwood Practical Shooters prior to our becoming an IDPA club in 2001. We believe in giving back as much of the membership's money we can, by providing this Award Program and dinner.

Examples of Award Determinations
Using The System Described Above:

Shooter "A" comes to only five out of eight Trophy Matches in a year, and manages to win first place in his chosen Division [each time]. He does not compete in any remaining matches, or he shoots in another Division. He has earned 25 award points in a single division, and wins the trophy for first place.
Shooter "B" takes a 2nd in the five matches against "A" and has earned 15 award points. Unlike shooter "A", shooter "B" stays in his same Division the entire year and shoots all eight trophy matches. "B" wins three first places in the remaining matches for another 15 award points, which now totals 30 points, or 5 more than "A" has in this Division. If we use the point system, we would award a first place trophy to a shooter who only won a first place three times, instead of shooter "A", who has won first place in the "majority" of trophy matches for the year. (5 out of 8)

Let's Hypothesize Again: Shooter "A" and "B" each win 1st place four times of eight matches and each of them also takes 2nd the 4 matches in which they did not win a first place, a tie. Both shooters have 32 points. Now, rule 3 determines the outcome. The shooters must face each other in a man-on-man steel shoot off on pepper poppers at 10 yards, using the double-based "mano a mano" pepper poppers. This would be a best 3 out of 5 runs, from the draw, with the bottom popper the winner for each run.

I have given this award system a great deal of thought, with a lot of "what if's?" thrown into the mix. It recognizes only shooting ability covering the majority of matches held during the season, it does require a commitment to show up and compete on a regular basis, so the best shooters can be determined, over the long haul, I hope you agree. If you spot any "red flags" in the system, let me know and it will get resolved quickly.

D. Brown, President
Redwood Practical Shooters 2005

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