How many of you have gotten to the end of a major match and while reviewing scores noticed something that doesn’t seem right? Maybe it was a procedural penalty that you don’t remember or a miss or no-shoot that you can’t place. What happens when we find an error in a score that has already been approved by both the range officer and the competitor?
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At our recent monthly club match, three of the six stages used Virginia Count scoring. There was a bit of good-natured grumbling about it, but the stages turned out to be very interesting. A 20-round medium course had a lot of comments and groans from the competitors.
[Read more…] about Counting Shots: When and Why?Another Virginia Count question?
While the July Question of the Month was actually based on a Fixed Time stage it is important to remember that when it comes to scoring the stage, a Fixed Time stage can be thought of as a Virginia Count stage with a time limit. Extra shot and extra hit penalties apply to both VC and FT stages, as would stacking penalties. A couple of differences between VC and FT stages is that in a FT stage, overtime shots are penalized, missed shots are not penalized, and failure to shoot at penalties are not applicable.
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Rule 3.2.1 requires that the competitor start position is included in the Written Stage Briefing (WSB) for each stage. We’ve all seen a wide variety of start positions at matches: anywhere inside the shooting area, feet or hands touching a marked location, heels or toes touching the rear fault line, etc. Words matter, of course, and it is important that WSBs are clearly written and that the start position is consistently enforced. This article will discuss one specific nuance of the competitor start location relative to the shooting area.
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Shots that travel partially or wholly through props and hit a cardboard target usually require a bit of detective work by the RO to determine the proper score. Let’s talk about how a RO should score these targets and some tricks to avoid scoring issues.
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