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SENIOR TEAM ROPERS ASSOCIATION

RULES

THESE RULES ARE THE GUIDELINES WE WILL FOLLOW TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF THE STRA.

• ELIGIBILITY
  • MEN MINIMUM AGE IS 45 AND WOMEN IS AGE 40. 
  • YOU CAN JOIN AND ROPE ANYTIME DURING THE YEAR IF YOU MEET THE MINIMUM AGE BY DECEMBER 31, 2012. 
  • HUSBAND AND WIFE CAN JOINED ON ONE MEMBERSHIP. MEMBERSHIP FEE IS $50.00 ANNUAL.  
  • AGE 70 AND ABOVE - MEMBERSHIP FEE IS COMPLIMENTARY APPLICATION REQUIRED.
  • A CURRENT NEGATIVE COGGINS PAPERS ON EACH HORSE USED MUST BE ON FILE WITH THE STRA OFFICE.  
• CLASSIFICATION
  • STRA WILL USE THE USTRC NUMBERING SYSTEM..
  • EACH ROPER WILL BE ASSIGNED A NUMBER RANGING FROM 1 THROUGH 8 DEPENDING ON ROPERS ABILITY 
  • EACH ROPER WILL BE CLASSED ON THE HIGHEST NUMBER.
  • THE STRA RESERVES THE RIGHT TO RECLASSIFY ROPERS ANYTIME.
  • THE STRA RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CHANGE ROPING CATEGORY OR ADD CATEGORIES.
  • THE STRA RETAINS THE RIGHT TO REFUSE ANY APPLICANT.
• ROPING LOCATIONS
  • ROPING WILL BE HELD AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
  • ROPERS MUST ROPE IN THREE AREA ROPINGS TO QUALIFY FOR THE YEAR END ROPING.
• ROPING FORMAT
  • ROPING CATEGORIES WILL VARY. BASIC CATEGORIES-
  • FINALS Basic Categories plus  women's, mixed, Super Senior, 
  • DAWPOT OPTION ON EACH CATEGORY TO BE DETERMINED BY THE PRODUCER.
  • ROPING PARTNERS COMBINED NUMBERS CANNOT EXCEED CATEGORY NUMBER.
  • THE YEAR END EVENT MAY INCLUDE DIFFERENT CATEGORY ROPINGS.
  • ROPING FORMATS MAY VARY FROM YEAR END EVENTS.
• PRODUCER ROPING OPTIONS----MUST ROPE AS ADVERTISED
  • $60.00 PER TEAM----------------- PRODUCTION CHARGE 40 TO 50% DEPENDS ON 
  • $50 PER TEAM--------------------- PRODUCTION CHARGE                BARN/CATTLE CHARGES
  • $40.00 PER TEAM----------------- PRODUCTION CHARGE
  • $30.00 PER TEAM----------------- PRODUCTION CHARGE
• ROPING ENTRIES
  
•  NO LIMIT ON ENTRIES.  
  ROPERS COMBINED NUMBERS CANNOT EXCEED THE ROPING CATEGORY.
• IF SO THE ENTRY FEES ARE FORFEITED AND ROPERS ARE DISQUALIFIED FOR
  THE PARTICULAR ROPING.
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• PAYOFF 20 % TO GO / 80 % TO AVG GO ROUND PAID ON PROGRESSION OF THE ROPING

  1 - 20 TEAMS 1/GO - 1/AVG                     21 - 40 TEAMS 1/GO - 2 AVG                                60/40 41 - 60 TEAMS 2/GO - 3/AVG  60/40                     50/30/20 61 - 100 TEAMS 3/GO - 4/AVG 50/30/20               40/30/20/10 101 - 150 TEAMS 3/GO - 5/AVG 50/30/20              30/25/20/15/10 151 - 200 TEAMS 4/GO - 6/AVG 40/30/20/10          29/24/19/14/9/5 201 - PLUS TEAMS 4/GO - 7/AVG 40/30/20/10        26/22/18/14/10/6/4

• EACH AREA ROPING WILL BE FOR MONEY. ADDITIONAL PRIZES MAY BE AWARDED AT THE YEAR END EVENT. 
• ROPING CATEGORIES MAY BE COMBINED FOR PRIZES.
  THE YEAR END AWARDS WILL BE FOR EACH ROPER CLASS GROUP #1 THROUGH #8. 
• IF A ROPER COMPETES IN A ROPING OUTSIDE THE CAP LIMIT OR AS AN INELIGIBLE
• TEAM NO POINTS WILL BE AWARDED.
  THE STRA OFFICE CALCULATES ALL POINTS FOR EACH ROPER BASED ON THE PRODUCER REPORTS OF THE WINNERS.
• THE FINALS WILL NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE POINT CALCULATIONS.  
• THE STRA OFFICE DETERMINES ALL POINTS AND STANDINGS.  
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• ROPING RULES
  • A BARRIER WILL BE USED. THE PRODUCER RESERVES THE RIGHT TO HAVE A ALTERNATE ROPING DEPENDENT 
  • ON AVAILABLE SERVICE AT ANY ARENA. THE BARRIER WILL BE AN ELECTRIC EYE. 
  • A BROKEN BARRIER RESULTS IN A 5 SECOND PENALTY.
  • A FIVE SECOND PENALTY WILL BE ASSESSED IF A HEELER FAILS TO ROPE BOTH BACK LEGS.
  • THE THREE LEGAL HEAD CATCHES ARE: AROUND BOTH HORNS, 
  • AROUND THE NECK OR "HALF HEAD" AROUND ONE HORN AND THE NECK
  • WHEN A STEER'S HEAD ENTERS THE STRIPPING CHUTE THE TEAM WILL RECEIVE A "NO TIME". STEERS
  •  MAY NOT BE PULLED OUT OF THE STRIPPING CHUTE.
  • NO CROSSFIRE'S. 
  • A "NO TIME" WILL BE ASSESSED IF A ROPER REMOVES HIS ROPE WITHOUT THE PERMISSION FROM THE FLAGMAN 
  • WHILE THE STEER IS STILL IN THE ARENA. ROPERS REQUIRED TO TAKE STEER OUT OF THE ARENA.
  • IF THE BARRIER MALFUNCTIONS OR A ROPER FEELS HE HAS NOT RECEIVED A FAIR CHANCE HE MUST
  •  IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE FLAGMAN. THE FLAGMAN'S DECISION IS FINAL.
  • RERUNS WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE END ON THE GO ROUND.
  • BOOKS WILL CLOSE AT PRODUCERS OPTION.
  • ALL TIES WILL BE DECIDED IN A MANNER BY THE TEAMS WHICH TIE. 
• CATTLE CHANGES
  • THE FLAG JUDGE OR PRODUCER RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REMOVE ANY STEER FROM THE HERD AT
  •  ANY TIME REGARDLESS OF HOW MANY TIMES THE STEER HAS RUN. IF YOU TAKE A STEER AND COMPLETE THE RUN, 
  • YOU OWN THAT RUN. BECAUSE A STEER RUNS AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS OR GOES IN VARIOUS ROUTES IN THE ARENA DOES 
  • NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THE JUDGE WILL AWARD A RERUN. FLAGMAN DECISION IS FINAL
  • ROPER HORSEMANSHIP AND CATTLE HANDLING IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ROPER.
  • HORSE, CATTLE OR ANY OTHER ANIMAL ABUSE BY ANY ROPER IN COMPETITIVE OR NON-COMPETITIVE ACTIVITY 
  • SHALL RESULT IN THE ROPER BEING DISQUALIFIED AND FORFEIT ALL ENTRY FEES.  THIS ACTION SHALL BE DETERMINED 
  • BY THE FLAG JUDGE OR THE PRODUCER.
  • A ROPER MAY BE DISQUALIFIED DUE TO UNSPORTSMAN LIKE CONDUCT AND FORFEITS ALL FEES.
• THE STRA RESERVES ALL RIGHTS TO RULES, ROPING FORMATS, PRODUCERS AND MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION REGARDING CHANGE HEREIN.