ARTICLE X.  SWEEPSTAKES                              

Section 1.  The LRBA, Inc. sweepstakes and quality points year will run from Annual State Meeting to Annual State Meeting.  The LRBA, Inc. will sponsor one open and one youth sweepstakes and quality points contest per year.  All open points to be accumulated from open shows.  All youth points to be accumulated from youth shows.  These two shall not be combined and awards shall be given separately for each sweepstakes and quality points contest.

Section 2.  Awards to be given to each open and youth sweepstakes and quality points winners of each sweepstakes and quality points year.  Each top winner will be given a choice of awards from a listing provided by the sweepstakes chairperson.  The points are recorded by the sweepstakes chairperson and kept track of through the year.  A Certificate of Achievement will be awarded for the second through fifth place.

Section 3.  To qualify for sweepstakes and quality points, the exhibitor (i.e. individual, partnership, or combined rabbitry) must:

A.     Be a member of the LRBA, Inc. at the time of or join during the Annual State Show and must renew within thirty (30) days of expiration.

B.   Exhibit his/her breed(s) at the Annual State Show, except newly acquired breeds.

C.  Open show only- Exhibit his/her breed(s) at the Annual State Show plus one of the all breed LRBA sanctioned shows held during the sweepstakes year.

D.  Youth Show Only- Exhibit his/her breed(s) at the LRBA Annual State Show and the LRBA

Youth Scholarship Show. If extenuating circumstances arise that a youth cannot attend one of the two required shows, then he/she shall turn written proof of absence over to the Executive Board of the LRBA, Inc. postmarked within thirty (30) days of the show.  The Executive Board has sixty (60) days after the show (Annual or Scholarship) to approve/disapprove any excuses received and notify the member and sweepstakes chairperson of eligibility for the sweepstakes.

Section 4. Exhibiting

A.  Points will be accumulated throughout the year per exhibitor’s entry form name.  There will be neither revisions nor combinations formed after the new series starts.

B.     To exhibit as a rabbitry, the rabbitry name must be registered with the LRBA, Inc.

C.  To exhibit as a partnership or combined rabbitry, each exhibitor must be registered with the LRBA, Inc. and each rabbitry must be registered with the LRBA, Inc.  No more than two (2) members or rabbitries shall be combined.

Section 5.  Out-of-state exhibitors must be LRBA, Inc. members and also belong to a Louisiana local affiliated club throughout the sweepstakes and quality points year to accumulate sweepstakes and quality points.  He/She must comply with qualifications set forth under Section 3 and 4 above.

Section 6.  LRBA, Inc. members will be credited with sweepstakes points as follows:

1^st place in class gets 6 times the total number of rabbits in the class

2^nd place gets 4 times the class number

3^rd place gets 3 times the class number

4^th place gets 2 times the class number

5^th place gets 1 time the class number

Plus a bonus for each BEST OF BREED (1 times the number of rabbits in the breed) and for BEST OPPOSITE SEX OF BREED (½ times the number of rabbits in the breed).  Points are to be computed on the actual number of rabbits judged.  Double points awarded for the Annual State Show and Youth Scholarship Show.

Section 6a.LRBA, Inc. members will be credited with quality points as follows:

                                                BOB – 1 point for each rabbit exhibited in the breed

                                                BOS – ½ point for each rabbit exhibited in the breed

Quality points listings will show the following:  the number of BOB’s and BOS’s of breeds won by the exhibitor; quality points for each breed by the exhibitor; total overall quality points per exhibitor.

Section 7.  If extenuating circumstances arise that an exhibitor cannot attend the LRBA, Inc. Annual State Show and provided that the exhibitor is an LRBA, Inc member in good standing prior to the time of the LRBA, Inc. Annual State Show and he/she feels the reason is valid, then he/she shall turn written proof of absence over to the Executive Board of the LRBA, Inc. postmarked within thirty (30) days of the Annual State Show.  The Executive Board has sixty (60) days after the Annual State Show to approve/disapprove any excuses received and notify the member and sweepstakes chairman of eligibility for the sweepstakes.

Section 8.  Interpretation of the sweepstakes and quality points rules by the Executive Board of the LRBA, Inc. will be binding on all shows. 

Section 9.  Participants in the LRBA, Inc. sweepstakes and quality points race should conduct themselves in honorable ways that will enhance the image and popularity of the LRBA, Inc.  Good sportsmanship should be considered the order.