SENIOR TEAM ROPERS ASSOCIATION RULES

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• 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 DEC.31-CURRENT YEAR
  • HUSBAND AND WIFE CAN JOIN 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  IS Required
• CLASSIFICATION
  • EACH ROPER WILL BE ASSIGNED A NUMBER RANGING FROM 1 THROUGH 6 DEPENDING ON ROPERS ABILITY BASED ON THE USTRC CLASSIFICATION. 
  • ROPERS WITH A US NUMBER 6E AND ABOVE  ARE NOT ELIGIBLE
  • EACH ROPER WILL BE CLASSED ON THE HIGHEST NUMBER.NO DUAL NUMBERS.. ROPERS WITH A 5E NUMBER WILL ROPE AS A 6.
  • THE STRA RESERVES THE RIGHT TO RECLASSIFY ROPERS ANYTIME.
  • THE FINAL ASSIGNED NUMBER IS DETERMINED BY THE STRA OFFICE
  • NOT THE PRODUCER.
    ROPERS WILL BE EVALUATED AT THE END OF EACH SEASON AND RECLASSIFIED. THIS HELPS ELIMINATE ANYONE DOMINATING ANY ONE CLASS FROM YEAR TO YEAR.  
  • 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 7 -  HEADER CAP-4 AND HEELER CAP 3. , 8-CAP-4,  9-CAP-5, 10- 6 CAP, 
  • FINALS - BASIC CATEGORIES PLUS MIXED-CAP AT 5, SUPER SENIOR-9-5cap, MEMORIAL-9-5CAP, ALL GIRLS
• EACH CATEGORY TO BE ENTER UP.
• ROPING PARTNERS COMBINED NUMBERS CANNOT EXCEED CATEGORY      NUMBER.
• THE YEAR END EVENT MAY INCLUDE DIFFERENT CATEGORY ROPINGS.

• PRODUCER ROPING OPTIONS----MUST ROPE AS ADVERTISED
•      DRAW TEAM ROPINGS ARE DETERMINED BY PRODUCER LOCATION
•      ENTRY FEE VARIES DEPENDING ON LOCATION AND ARENA CHARGES.
  • $100.00 PER TEAM----------------- PRODUCTION CHARGE 40 TO 50% DEPENDS ON 
  • $80 PER TEAM--------------------- BARN/CATTLE CHARGES AND LABOR
• ROPING ENTRIES
•   8 LIMIT ON ENTRIES PER ROPING    
      ROPERS COMBINED NUMBERS CANNOT EXCEED THE ROPING CATEGORY.
• IF SO THE ENTRY FEES ARE FORFEITED AND ROPERS ARE      DISQUALIFIED FOR
      THE PARTICULAR ROPING.
• 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 AND UP  TEAMS 3/GO - 5/AVG   50/30/20                30/25/20/15/10

FINALS PAYOUT MAY GO TO TO 4 IN GO AND 6 IN AVG IF MORE THAN 200 TEAMS

• 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 
• ROPERS CANNOT WIN SADDLES BACK TO BACK YEARS IN SAME GROUP.
• WILL BE FOR EACH ROPER CLASS GROUP #1 THROUGH #5.
      POINTS IN GO. PAID PLACES UP TO 4 PLACES. 20 - 16 - 12 - 8 .
      POINTS IN AVE. PAID PLACES UP TO 5 PLACES. 100-80-60-40-20.
• IF A ROPER COMPETES IN A ROPING OUTSIDE THE CAP LIMIT OR AS AN
• INELIGIBLE TEAM  NO POINTS WILL BE AWARDED. STRA OFFICE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ELIGIBLITY DUE TO AVAILABLE ROPERS TO PARTICIPATE AT ANY DISTRICT ROPING SINCE WE DO NOT DO DUAL NUMBERS. 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.  
• 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. FRONT LEG IN HEAD LOOP IS NO TIME. 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 
  • IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE FLAGMAN. THE FLAGMAN'S DECISION IS FINAL. PRODUCER CANNOT OVERRULE THE FLAGMAN. WHEN  THE HEADER CALLS FOR THE STEER IT THEN BELONGS TO THE ROPER. HEAVY  DRAGGER
    RERUNS TO BE DETERMINED BY THE FLAGGER. HEADER OR HEELER PINCH BACK  OF THE STEER TO CAUSE THE STEER TO STOP DOES NOT GIVE A RERUN.   RERUNS WILL BE VERY LIMITED.  !  NO RERUNS IN THE SHORT
  • GO FAST BACK.
  • 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.
  • COGGINS PAPERS REQUIRED ON EACH HORSE.
• THE STRA RESERVES ALL RIGHTS TO RULES, ROPING FORMATS, PRODUCERS AND MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION REGARDING CHANGE HEREIN.