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CHAPTER 7: Match Management
7.1

Match Officials

The duties and terms of reference of Match Officials are defined as follows:
7.1.1

Range Officer ("RO") – Issues range commands, oversees competitor compliance with the written stage
briefing and closely monitors safe competitor action. He also declares the time, scores and penalties
achieved by each competitor and verifies that these are correctly recorded on the competitor's score sheet
(under the authority of a Chief Range Officer and Range Master).

7.1.2

Chief Range Officer ("CRO") – Is the primary authority over all persons and activities in the courses of fire
under his control, and oversees the fair, correct and consistent application of these rules (under the direct
authority of the Range Master).

7.1.3

Stats Officer ("SO") – Supervises the stats room team, which collects, sorts, verifies, tabulates and retains all
score sheets and ultimately produces provisional and final results (under the direct authority of the Range
Master).

7.1.4

Quartermaster ("QM") – Distributes, repairs and maintains all range equipment (e.g. targets, patches, paint,
props etc.), other range needs (e.g. timers, batteries, staplers, staples, clipboards etc.) and replenishes Range
Officer refreshments (under the direct authority of the Range Master).

7.1.5

Range Master ("RM") – Has overall authority over all persons and activities within the entire range,
including range safety, the operation of all courses of fire and the application of these rules. All
disqualifications and appeals to arbitration must be brought to his attention. The Range Master is usually
appointed by and works with the Match Director. However, in respect of IPSC sanctioned Level IV or higher
matches, the appointment of the Range Master is subject to the prior written approval of the IPSC Executive
Council.
7.1.5.1

References to "Range Master" throughout this rulebook mean the person serving as Range Master
at a match (or his authorized delegate for one or more specific functions), regardless of any
international or regional rank.

7.1.6

Match Director ("MD") – Handles overall match administration including squadding, scheduling, range
construction, the coordination of all support staff and the provision of services. His authority and decisions
will prevail with regard to all matters except in respect of matters in these rules which are the domain of the
Range Master. The Match Director is appointed by the host organization and works with the Range Master.

7.2

Discipline of Match Officials

7.2.1

The Range Master has authority over all Match Officials other than the Match Director (except when the
Match Director is actually participating as a competitor at the match), and is responsible for decisions in
matters concerning conduct and discipline.

7.2.2

In the event that a Match Official is disciplined, the Range Master must send a report of the incident and
details of the disciplinary action to the Match Official's Regional Director, the Regional Director of the
Region hosting the match, and to the President of the International Range Officers Association (IROA).

7.2.3

A Match Official who is disqualified from a match for a safety infraction while competing will continue to be
eligible to serve as a Match Official for the match. The Rang HX\