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WTRA By-Laws, 2010-2011

Goals
The goal and purpose of the Women’s Team Roping Association: WTRA is to provide a competitive association for women that will allow ALL eligible women team ropers to compete within their skill levels for quality prizes.

Membership
Membership is open to any female team roper that is a California resident. A membership form must be filled out and submitted with $60.00 dues to any WTRA Officer.

Leagues
There are currently four separate leagues in the WTRA; as well as the Heeling League that every member can participate in. The WTRA Leagues are based on the amount of money won the previous year that you were a member of WTRA.
League advancement occurs when you win over the current league dollar amount restrictions. (If you are in the B League and win over $3,499 you will move to the A League the following membership year.)

A League ~ $3,500 & up
B League ~ $1,500 to $3,499
C League ~ $1 to $1,499

Rookie League: Any new WTRA member or any existing member that has not won any money.
A girl can move to the B League from the A League based on a two-year consecutive average within the same league. Example 1: If a member won $7,000 one year and $2,000 the next year, her winnings would average $4,500. She would remain in the A League. Example 2: $4,000 one year and $2,000 the next year, average $3,000. She would move to the B League.
A girl can move to the C League from the B League based on a two-year consecutive average within the same league. However, a girl cannot go back to the C League if she has ever won a WTRA saddle; if she has ever been in the A League; if her classification number in ACTRA is higher than a 2, or if her USTRC number is higher than a 4.

Winnings
Any roping advertised in the Ropers Sports News, Super Looper, ACTRA Newspaper or website and/or R4R newsletter or website in California, Nevada, Arizona or Oregon will count towards the WTRA standings, except for the following: Any National Finals team roping, in any state. Also excluded would be earnings from Rodeos (Junior, Amateur, All Girl, Pro, etc.)
Ropings that are limited to a certain amount of teams will not count if a member is turned away because team limits have been met. That means that if they only accept 100 teams and a WTRA member is turned away because they had 101 teams, money won from that roping would not count for any member.
If a member gets to a roping and the amount of money roped for is changed to a smaller amount, the roping will still count. Ropings which are changed to a larger amount and ropings that are added (not advertised) will not count.
Any Advertised “added” money or prize money offered at an eligible roping will count toward year-end winnings.
WTRA Year-End Finals: Money won on the day of WTRA Finals will count that day AND it will carry over plus be doubled for the New Year’s Standings if you stay to rope the following day. If you do not rope the following day, monies won will not carry over and will not be doubled towards the new standings. Monies won on the 2nd day will also count as double toward the new standings. Example: If a girl wins $100 on Saturday and $50 on Sunday, her earnings for the New Year would count as $300. All win sheets must be completely filled out, signed by the arena secretary and postmarked within 14 days of the event when sent to the WTRA Secretary. The Secretary has the right to refuse any win sheet that is not complete or postmarked within the proper dates.
WTRA suggests that you keep copies of your win sheets for your own records.

Eligibility
In order for a member to receive any year-end prizes, she must meet one of the following requirements:
– Sell a complete book of trailer drawing tickets (a book contains 25 tickets that sell for $10.00 each.
– Sell a $250.00 advertising sign to be put on the horse trailer to be drawn.
The member is financially responsible for the tickets in her possession. All tickets, sold or unsold, must be returned to the WTRA and accounted for or the member will pay value for those tickets. Tickets and monies must be turned in by the end of the 4th go-round of the BFI in order to qualify for the year-end prizes.

Awards
A member cannot win more than one saddle in the same year. For example: A girl that wins both the heeling league and her league division, can only win one saddle. That means if she chooses the heeling saddle, the other saddle would go to the reserve champion in her league and she would get the reserve buckle or vice versa.
A member cannot win a saddle in the same category for two consecutive years. A member cannot “sit out” a year and then join back to be eligible for the saddle; they must be a member the previous year (i.e. you can only win a saddle every other year.)

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