WESTERN STATES INDIAN RODEO ASSOCIATION

Regional Finals GROUND RULES 2013

  1. The Western States Indian Rodeo Association Region Finals will be open to all members who are financial and membership eligible regardless if they have points.
  2. Any WSIRA card holder may enter however, to qualify for theINFR the 50% Rule will apply. Contestants must have attended 50% of the Region rodeos to qualify for the INFR.
  3. Year End champions are declared by most points won in the season including the finals. If there is a tie, we will revert to most money won.
  4. Average points will be awarded at the Finals.
  5. Year End points at the finals will be awarded to 10 places, 10 for 1st, 9 for 2nd, 8 for 3rd, 7 for 4th, 6 for 5th , 5 for 6th ,, 4 for 7th, 3 for 8th, 2 for 9th and 1 for 10th.
  6. The Finals or Sudden Death Finals will be two full go rounds and an average.
  7. Year-End Champions will be determined AFTER the Regional Finals and include Regional Finals average points.
  8. Region Finals winner or Sudden Death winner will be determined by the fastest total time from both days or the highest total scoreon two head of bucking stock from both days (i.e. Average Winner).
  9. INFR qualifications:
  10. Year end and finals winners will represent the Region, unless they have qualified in the Top Ten of the Tour Standings.(with the exceptions to the team roping)
  11. The following conditions apply:
  1. Only contestants that have competed at 50% of the Region rodeos in that event can qualify as year-end and finals winners.
  2. If only one contestant has competed at 50% of the rodeos in that event, that contest will win the year end.
  3. If the Year end and finals winners are the same person, that contestant must take his/her finals seat, and the 2nd place in the year end will be awarded the Year end seat. (Example: JoeMoe won 1st in the Calf Roping at the Sudden Death Finals, but he qualified in the Tour, in the Calf Roping. Joe Moe must take his Tour seat to the INFR. John Jack is 2nd in the Sudden Death Finals in the Calf Roping, John takes the Sudden Death seat to the INFR; Sara White won 1st at the Sudden Death Finals, but she won the Year End, Sarah must take her Sudden Death seat, and Brandy Johnson, is 2nd in the Year End, then Brandy will go to the INFR in the year End seat, and so on until there is a Sudden Death seat and a Year End seat to the INFR.)
  4. If there is no sudden death or finals winner (no qualified times or scores in an event for the finals rodeo), the 2nd place Year End finisher will go or 3rd place Year End, or on down the standings, until the seat is filled, in the Sudden Death or finals seat to the INFR.
  1. Team Roping:
  1. Team Ropers remember if your enter with a partner and you win sudden death, you must go as a team. If you enter with a partner and do not want to go to the INFR with that partner you must declare such at the time of entry. It will be noted and posted as such.
  2. Finals/Average winners must rope together at the INFR. If they don’t want to rope together they forfeit their position as a team and then the 2nd place team finishers will rope at INFR.
  3. Team Roping Exceptions see INFR Rule Book, B4.1.4 & 5
  1. Jr/Sr Qualifications to the INFR will be the year-end standings winners and the Region Finals sudden death/average winner.
  1. Region qualifiers (Year-End and Sudden Death) must declare/decline their position at the INFR through the WSIRA secretary immediately after the conclusion of the Finals.
  1. INFR fees must be paid, and paper work turned in to region secretary immediately after the conclusion of the WSIRAFinals. Anybody leaving the rodeo grounds without paying the INFR fee will revoke/decline their position at the INFR. NO EXCEPTIONS.

Western States Indian Rodeo Association:

______, Cody Barney, President

______, Bob Joseph, Vice President

______, Cheryl Tom, Secretary

______, Kim Just, Treasurer