Rifle: Short Range Championships 2024-25

DATES

Postal:
LDFS R1+2: 9th of December 2024
LDFS R3+4+5: 10th of February 2025

Shoulder-to-shoulder final:
22nd & 23rd of March 2025 @ Staveley RC 

VENUE

Postal: Entrants own range

Shoulder-to-shoulder final:
Address: Staveley Rifle Range, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 2PP
Google Maps https://www.google.com/maps/@53.2765779,-1.3850535,187m/data=!3m1!1e3
What 3 words: pure.organ.wells

SINGLE ENTRY

This competition will NOT operate a staged entry process. As such, please ensure all entries are submitted through BUCS Play prior to the closing date listed above.

“Stage 2” will be opened on Friday 1 November 2024 for the addition of reserves ONLY and will remain open until 11:59pm on Tuesday 26 November 2024.  Note that this deadline is different to the usual Thursday closing of BUCS Play events to enable institutions to add reserve players, and then use them to replace withdrawn entries, for the duration of the team element of the Championships.

ENTRY PROCESS – INDIVIDUAL EVENTS

To apply for the competition all eligible competitors must follow these steps:

1. Competitor to apply to the event on BUCS Play (Instructions on how to do this can be found here)
2. Institution administrator approves entry (Instructions on how to do this can be found here)
3. BUCS approves/denies entry into competition and publishes confirmed entry list

Any data will be handled in accordance with BUCS Privacy Policy

By participating in this event you agree to adhere to BUCS General Event Disclaimer

To check whether you are eligible to compete in BUCS competitions, please visit REG 4 Individual Eligibility.

Individuals wishing to enter the Men’s Individual Championship, Women’s Individual Championship and/or the Novice Individual Championship must make their entry in addition to any Team Event entry.

ENTRY PROCESS – TEAM EVENTS

To apply for this competition:

1. Entries will need to be submitted via the team entries section of our online entry system, BUCS Play (Instructions on how to do this can be found here)
2. Please speak to your Institution Administrator as they will need to submit your entry.
3. Competitors then need to apply for their respective team. (Instructions on how to do this can be found here)
4. Institution Administrators must approve a competitor’s application before their entry is confirmed. Institution Administrators are able to give team captains approval access to help with this process (Instructions on how to do this can be found here)

Any data will be handled in accordance with BUCS Privacy Policy

By participating in this event you agree to adhere to BUCS General Event Disclaimer

To check whether you are eligible to compete in BUCS competitions, please visit REG 4 Individual Eligibility.

RULES AND REGULATIONS

All shooters, team captains and witnesses must familiarise themselves with the NSRA Rules & Regulations 2024 for postal competitions.  These can be found here: https://www.nsra.co.uk/rules-information

Particularly:

University Rifle Clubs do not need to be affiliated to the NSRA in order to take part in the BUCS Rifle Competitions. But it is recommended.

Rule 7.4.10.1.1 – stickers must be affixed to the cards before shooting.

Rule 7.4.10.1.2 – the shooter must be correctly named on each card, either on the sticker or written in block capitals.

Rule 7.4.2 – the only thing that a shooter should be doing after shooting is signing the cards – nothing else.

Witnesses must be qualified to act as a witness under Rule 7.5.2 and must be fully conversant with their duties under R 7.6.

Rule 7.6.3.1 - the witness checks that the shooter has signed the card after shooting

Rule 7.6.3.2 - the witness signs and dates the card with the date of shooting after the card has been shot (and, de facto, signs that they have actually witnessed the shoot).

Therefore, to summarise:

1. Cards must not be dated before shooting commences as this is strictly forbidden.
   If there is already a date on the card, the witness should cross it out, initial it and write the date in again in their own handwriting.
2. Witnesses must witness the shoot, ie they must be watching while the competitor shoots their competition cards.
3. Competitors sign their card after shooting.
4. Witnesses sign and date the card after the competitor has shot and signed it.

WITHDRAWALS

Please see REG 7.9 for our withdrawal policy

During this event various filming, photography and broadcasting may take place. By your presence at this event you grant your permission for your likeness and voice to be included in pictures and/or on film and their advertising without compensation or credit.

All questions should in the first instance should be directed to your Institution Administration.