1- Exactly four (4) team members must be named before the start of the first event that is part of this team award. No caster may be on more than one team. All casters of a team shall belong to the same club. Teams must be registered with a person dedicated to the team award management. Team members shall be required to demonstrate their club membership at the time of registration.
2- The team award manager may charge a nominal fee to recover any costs for the award management. No contribution towards the prize money is required.
3- Team members can be any combination of women, senior women, men, senior men, and intermediates. There are no minimum requirements for any of the divisions.
4- The scores from the following six events will be considered for this special team award: Trout Fly, Bass Bug, 1/4 oz. Accuracy, 5/8 oz. Accuracy, Angler’s Fly Distance, and 1/4 oz. Distance.
5- Each caster’s score in each event is divided by a reference score. These ratios are expressed as a percentages. The percentages of all casters in a team and for all six events are added. The team with the largest sum wins the special team award. The reference scores are the winner’s scores in each of the divisions and events at the previous national tournament. Women’s scores are compared to scores of women, senior men’s scores are compared to scores of senior men, etc. If certain events in certain divisions have not been cast at the previous national tournaments, the most recent prior tournament will be used or the results of the most similar division will be used—at the discretion of the team award manager and as announced before the tournament. For example, since George Revel won Trout Fly Accuracy with a score of 87 in 2005, an intermediate caster casting a 90 in Trout Fly in 2006 would earn (90/87) x 100%= 103.4% toward his/her team’s total.
6- The prize for first place is $1200. Second Place gets $275. This may change as additional funds become available.
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