ATA Rule Changes

ATA Rulebook Changes
August 2011

Section IV, ATA Tournaments A. Registered Shoots (Page 12, 2b)
b. each contestant must pay an ATA daily registration fee of $3.00 for each day of competition at each shooting location ($1.50 fee for Big 50 events), and such Zone or State Association fees as may be charged, and
G. Squadding, Squad Leader Responsibilities and Target Observation (Page 14)
2. In Handicap there shall be no more than two (2) yards difference between adjacent shooters in the squad, and no more than a total difference of three (3) yards in a squad. If 18, 19 or 20 yard shooters are in a squad, there shall be no more than one yard (1) difference between adjacent shooters in the squad and no more than a total difference of two (2) yards in the squad.
Section VI, The ATA Handicap System C. Handicap Yardage Assignment (Page 23)
2. New sub‐junior shooter – a new male shooter who has not reached his 15th birthday will be assigned a handicap of 19.0 yards. A new male shooter who has reached his 15th birthday will be assigned a handicap of 20 yards. All additional yardage increases or reductions will be earned.
3. Removed
Section VIII, Standards for Trap houses, Targets, Target Setting, Guns and Ammunition
Flights and Angles (Page 48, Third Paragraph, Last Sentence)
Where terrain allows, a visible stake may be placed on the centerline of the trap on the arc of a circle that has a radius of 50 yards and its center is Point B (Point F, Diagram II)