2. Referees. At National Tournaments, a Director will act as Chief Referee for each class. The Referees shall inspect the equipment of competitors and pass upon whether such equipment complies with the requirements of the class in which the shooter is completing. If found to be nonconforming, the shooter shall be given the right to correct it, to shoot in a class in which his equipment does qualify, or to file a protest and shoot under protest. The Referees shall investigate any complaints of conduct on the range, hardship in the assignment of benches, alleged crossfires, and similar matters and shall report their findings to the Range Officer, who shall enforce their decision.

 If any competitor shall be aggrieved by any ruling of a Referee concerning the eligibility of his equipment, or any finding of the Statistician concerning a crossfire or a deficiency in the number of shots on his target, he shall, upon notifying the Range Officer of his objection, be advised of his right to protest as provided in these Rules, and the Range Officer, Referees, Official Scorer, and/or Statistician, as the case may be, shall prepare a statement of fact to accompany the protest if and when properly executed.

 3. The Target Detail. The Target Detail shall be appointed by the Host Club and shall be under the immediate command of a Target Captain who shall direct the activities of his men within the authority reposed in him by the Host Club. The Range Officer shall supervise the activity on the Range, and the Statistician shall supervise the handling of targets before and after being placed on, and taken from the Range.

 The Target Captain shall be charged with the proper marking and identification of every target and its backer or backers. The marking shall correspond with the numbers of the event, the bench, and the competitor who shall fire upon the target. He shall be charged with the orderly placing of targets in the target frames, the orderly removal of targets from the frames, the orderly arrangement of targets on the display rack, and the orderly delivery of the targets to the Official Scorer. He shall see that the same order is preserved with respect to the backer or backers. He shall not enter upon the Range except by order of the Range Officer and he shall be responsible for the removal of his men from positions of hazard before giving the "All Clear" signal to the Range Officer.

 The foregoing responsibilities shall be met by the observance of a Standard Operating Procedure, in which he shall be instructed by the Range Officer. The following procedure is suggested: Prior to the match an estimate of attendance and an estimate of the number of entries in the several classes shall be made. Sufficient targets shall be prepared to provide enough for each relay in each class for the first match.

 The Captain of the Target Detail shall instruct his crew in the theory and practice of keeping targets in order, and shall demonstrate on the range the methods to be followed to ensure this result. With the Range Officer he shall inspect the target frames, target covers, if any, and the moving backer mechanism, and see that all defects are corrected or repaired prior to the match.

 A routine for entering and leaving the range between relays shall be established and rigidly adhered to.

 The Captain shall be the last man to leave the range and shall be responsible for actuating the moving backer mechanism. With the Statistician he shall adopt a routine for identifying the moving backer and the stationary backer, if any, with their proper target.

 4. Statistician. The Statistician shall have charge of the Target Detail while off the Range, and shall arrange for the orderly reception of the targets by the Official Scorer. He shall supervise the work of the Scoring Detail. He shall collect the scored targets from the Scoring Detail and enter the scores on Form M & AS. He shall be in charge of all totals, subtotals, and aggregates; the operation of the adding machine, the determination and payment of all awards, and the preparation of the Tournament Bulletin and report to the official publication of NBRSA.

 The Statistician, or an assistant appointed by him, shall require each contestant:

 (a) To exhibit his current NBRSA membership card;

 (b) To fill out and sign an NBRSA registration card;

 (c) To elect the class or classes of competition in which he or she will compete;

 (d) To pay the appropriate Registration Fee or Fees;

 (e) To elect whether to compete for awards, or for record only, and if for awards, to pay the appropriate Entry Fees;

 (f) To indicate which relay, if preferred.

 The Data Thus obtained, where applicable, should be entered on NBRSA Form RD (Registration Data), and the Registration Card shall be held by the Host Club for a period of one year.

 The Statistician shall act as Treasurer and Disbursing Officer of the Tournament. He shall segregate from the Registration Fees that part reserved for NBRSA, and deliver the balance to the Host Club. He shall retain the Match Entry Fees and distribute them as awards when the winners thereof have been ascertained.

 The Statistician shall have supervision and control of all statistical forms used in the conduct of the Tournament, and shall be responsible for all entries made therein. In the event that any entry of a scoring figure shall prove to be in error, a correction shall be made in an ink of a conspicuously different color, without deleting the original entry. Mere clerical errors not involving scores may be corrected by erasure.

 5. Official Scorer. The Official Scorer shall direct the duties of the individuals comprising the Scoring Detail, and shall in most cases operate the Sweaney, or equivalent, measuring device. He shall coordinate his duties with those of the Statistician. Competitors are not permitted in scoring area.

 All scoring shall be by group size from center to center of the widest shots, using the Sweany Rule, or its equivalent.

 The following procedure has proved successful: Immediately after the conclusion of a relay, or a match, as the case may be, the Target Detail shall check the moving backers and count the bullet holes. If there are less than the required number, the backer shall be attached to its target. The targets shall then be brought to a point behind the Firing Line and posted where they may be inspected by the contestants. After a reasonable time they shall be collected and taken to the Official Scorer together with the moving backer record.

 The Official Scorer may apportion the work as follows:

 a) One person shall inspect all targets questioned by the Target Detail and shall compare the target with its moving backer. If there are less than the required number of shots, the target shall be presented to the Referees for their decision.

 b) One person, using the calibrated straight edge such as the K & E Rule, shall determine the two widest shots and indicate them by marking a line extending approximately an inch from a point 1/8 of an inch beyond outer margin of such widest shot. If more than one mark shall be advisable such plural marks shall be made.

 c) Another person, using the Official Scorer, shall operate and read the measuring device and mark the widest measurement clearly and boldly at a predetermined place on the face of the target. All targets for any one match shall be scored by the same person.

 d) The measurement so marked shall be rechecked by a third person who is experienced and careful in the use of a calibrated straight edge. Any targets found to be marked incorrectly shall be returned to the measuring device operator, who shall remeasure, and if necessary, remark.

 e) The scores thus measured shall be entered in the appropriate place on the M & AS Form, shall be copied on the duplicate M & AS Form, and the duplicate shall be posted on the board provided for that purpose.

 f) Upon completion of scoring for each match, winning places shall be decided and entered on Form CCA and transcribed to the duplicate for display to the competitors. If any place entitled to a cash award shall be won by a competitor shooting for record only, and additional place number or numbers shall be added to provide for the proper number of awards to competitors shooting for awards. Such additions shall be noted on both copies of Form CCA.

 g) National Course aggregate shall be computed and posted promptly after the last target of the last match for each course is scored. The total of scores for all NC 100-yard matches divided by the number of matches shall be the aggregate. The total of scores for the NC 200-yard matches divided by twice the number of matches shall be the NC 200-yard minute of angle aggregate. The sum of the 100-yard and 200-yard aggregates divided by two shall be the Grand Aggregate.

 h) If in an individual match, 2 or more contestants shall have groups of identical size, their relative position in the match shall be determined in accordance with their relative positions in the days aggregate for the distance at which the tie match was fired.