Rattlesnake Slim Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 Howdy Cowboys, Cowgirls, and Wild Bunchers, After considering the input received from our shooter's surveys from past years, we have a new policy on the collapsing of categories. From our our website: We have been listening to you and have made a major change regarding the collapsing of unfilled categories. The policy we will follow for EOT 2025 is: END of TRAIL offers all categories but categories with less than the minimum competitors on November 1 will be eliminated. All category minimums (5 for Ladies Categories and 10 for all others for Cowboy; 3 for Ladies Categories and 7 for all others for Wild Bunch) will be determined on November 1 and categories will be collapsed until those minimums are met. The base categories are protected and that is the lowest of collapsing. No further collapsing will take place but no new categories will be added after the collapsing takes place. You will be notified ASAP of the category collapsing and will be allowed to change to an offered category or receive a full refund. No category changes will be allowed after December 15 without medical documentation of necessity. We hope this is a more satisfactory method of guaranteeing competition for the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP without causing undo stress on the Rough Riders putting on the match and the shooters that MAKE IT THE BEST MATCH around. Protected categories are: Buckaroo Buckarette Junior Boy Junior Girl Wrangler Lady Wrangler Forty-Niner Lady Forty-Niner Senior Lady Senior Silver Senior Lady Silver Senior Elder Statesman Grand Dame Cattle Baron Cattle Baroness El Patron La Patrona El Rey La Reina B-Western Lady B-Western Classic Cowboy Classic Cowgirl Duelist Lady Duelist Gunfighter Lady Gunfighter Frontier Cartridge Lady Frontier Cartridge Frontier Cartridge Duelist Lady Frontier Cartridge Duelist Frontier Cartridge Gunfighter Lady Frontier Cartridge Gunfighter Frontiersman Wild Bunch Modern Wild Bunch Traditional Wild Bunch Lady Modern Wild Bunch Lady Traditional 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyliefoxEsquire Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 Are there any "protected" categories at all? Examples, only 3 in La Reina or Buckerette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlesnake Slim Posted August 5 Author Share Posted August 5 1 hour ago, wyliefoxEsquire said: Are there any "protected" categories at all? Examples, only 3 in La Reina or Buckerette From P.10 of the SASS Shooter's Handbook: "Exceptions to the category mandate include protected age-based categories: Buckaroo/Buckarette, Junior, Elder Statesman/Grand Dame, Cattle Baron/Cattle Baroness, El Patron/La Patrona, and El Rey/La Reina. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tell Sackett SASS 18436 Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 If there’s no senior B western and you actually have to earn top 10 in B Western, I’m good with that!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Meadows,SASS#28485L Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 Perfectly acceptable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying W Ramrod Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 What if the required number of competitors changes after November 1? Increases to fulfil the 5/10 requirement. Will the category be re-opened? Decreases to less than the required number of competitors. Will the category be merged, and if so, when will those affected be notified? Since the competition is four months after the merge date, does that mean EOT will not accept applications after November 1? These questions need addressing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlesnake Slim Posted August 6 Author Share Posted August 6 Awards are ordered on November 1st. Categories will be "frozen" after that date. Even if an underpopulated category reaches the minimum later, we wouldn't have the trophies and buckles to give out. No categories will be collapsed after November 1st. In the past, we continued collapsing in order to maintain the competition that we felt was necessary to crown a World Champion. That procedure became unpopular with our shooters, as some were unsure of what their final category would be. Now, your category on 11/1 will be your category when you show up to shoot the match. EOT will continue to accept applications until the match is full. If someone applies for a category that has been collapsed, they will be contacted by Sunshine Kay and given their choice to shoot in a category that remains or a be given a refund. Thanks Ramrod for helping to clarify this. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightfoot Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 Lets say you have 3 FCGF sign up, and 9 Senior FCGF. do you round up or down? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightfoot Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 12 minutes ago, Lightfoot said: Lets say you have 3 FCGF sign up, and 9 Senior FCGF. do you round up or down? I guess rules won't allow you to make youngsters shoot in a age based category . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlesnake Slim Posted August 19 Author Share Posted August 19 2 hours ago, Lightfoot said: I guess rules won't allow you to make youngsters shoot in a age based category . That's right. The age limits on P.6 of the Shooter's Handbook list the ages as "and up". Anyone, either voluntarily or by category collapsing, may shoot in a younger category, except as a Junior or Buckaroo(ette). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cemetery Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 6 hours ago, Lightfoot said: Lets say you have 3 FCGF sign up, and 9 Senior FCGF. do you round up or down? They would round down since Senior FCGF doesn't have the minimum of 10. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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