Rules & Amendments
2008 ACTA Rule Book
Rule Amendments
Rule Changes Effective 1st August 2008 | Rule Changes Effective 1st January 2008
Rule Changes effective 1st August 2008.
Current Rule 3.22(a) Event Ties.-Trap.
Delete second sentence. (All competitors to commence on the same trap) Add second sentence. "When more than one squad participates in a shoot off, they may commence shooting on different traps providing management deems that the situation is equitable."
Current Rule 3.22(f) Event Ties – Trap.
Amended to read “ Mixed Targets: To be shot in any order from No. 3 lane, 2 double barrel, 2 single barrel, 2 points score, 1 pair double rise. Total 12 points until finality.
Current Rule 2.01(i) Common Mark and Handicap shooting.
Second sentence amended to read “He can only be downgraded one grade at a time” Delete wording starting at “Once attaining A Grade, a shooter cannot be regraded to C Grade and once attaining AA Grade, a shooter cannot be regraded to B Grade.”
Club Secretaries and Handicappers please note:
The process of percentage calculation as shown in Rule 2.01 (h) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) is to be used for determining grades in all graded disciplines, i.e. Trap, Skeet, Ball Trap, Sporting, Tower, ISSF Trap, ISSF Skeet, ISSF Double Trap.
Rule Changes effective 1 January 2008
1). Rule 2.01(a) amended by deleting the words "Mackintosh events" from the note.
2). Rule 2.01(g) amended to read "Club Managements have the option of running common mark events OA,AA,A,B,C; AA,A,B,C; First,Second,Third; or by combining AA & A,or A & B, or B & C grades."
3). Rule 2.01(h) amended by deleting the words "one (1)" from the third sentence.
4). Change the current grading system by the implementation of a running percentage, calculated after each 200 targets.
Add to end of Rules 2.01(h).
Process of percentage calculation
(i) Once 200 or more targets have been shot at and recorded, the percentage shall be calculated. This shall be known as the 200 target percentage. (example 215 / 225 = 95.6%)
(ii) This 200 target percentage figure shall be recorded in the percentage column above the ruled off line.
(iii) This 200 target percentage shall be added to the previously recorded grading percentage and halved. This shall determine and be known as the grading percentage. This is the percentage that shall be used for determining the shooters grade. (example: previous grading percentage 97.2 : 200 target percentage 96.5 : (97.2 + 96.5) divided by 2 = new grading percentage 96.9).
(iv) This grading percentage shall be recorded in the percentage column below the ruled off line.
5). Rule 1.02(j) amended to read: "All competitors shall change lanes as per event conditions(e.g.,Single or Multiple targets per lane)"
6). ACTA will adopt the NSSA rules (Procedures and Field/Trap Settings) in their entirety to conform to other skeet shooting nations. This requires the deletion of the last two sentences of Rule 1.25(g) starting "However" and ending with "house".
7). That Rule 4.11 is amended immeiately to read: Automatic traps are strongly recommended for all disciplines.