NSCA End-of-Year Review Process

Each year in January, NSCA conducts a review of members’ performance for the previous year to ensure that everyone will be competing in the most appropriate class in the coming year.

When we run the end-of-year review, we look at your CCFR (Current Class Finish Ratio), which is how you finished in your end-of-year class, against all the other shooters in your end-of-year class at all the shoots you participated in during the year. Note: You can see your CCR/Current Class Ratio anytime at the bottom of your Member Profile. Here is the criteria for the end-of-year review:

1. All shooters who started and ended the year in the same class and shot a minimum of 500 registered targets or more are eligible for review.
2. All shooters who shot 1,000 registered targets or more in their ENDING class for the year are eligible for review.
3. If a shooter has accumulated LESS THAN the following required minimum number of punches in their ending class for the year (the aggregate over all gauges), and if their calculated CCFR (Current Class Finish Ratio) in their ending class for the year is greater than 0.700 , the shooter will be reviewed and down-classed.
   • Number of punches earned per class, in order to be down-classed:
     • Master Class – less than 7 punches
     • AA Class – less than 4 punches
     • A and B Classes – less than 3 punches
     • C and D Classes – less than 2 punches
   • The CCFR is determined from the total finishes in ending class events divided by the total number of entries in ending class events for the current year (for all gauges), which can be found on the NSCA website in the individual shooter information records, and on the annual shooter card to be distributed at year end.
4. Any shooter (except AA Class) will be moved up a class if the criteria is met and their current class finish ratio is less than 0.200.
5. A shooter who has opted out of the end-of-year review will not be reviewed.
6. Any international shooters will not be down-classed at the end-of-year review.

Remember: A shooter who has been down-classed may refuse the down-class by returning the class-refusal form at the bottom of their class card.