elk crazy, are these shoots you speak of national 3d shoots held in bedford indiana, erie penn, or nelsonville ohio? from the information in your post it sounds like a local triple crown and a local problem. the busted group problem did happen in bedford, but it sounds like it is a local problem. is there a triple crown near your home? being from idaho and traveling 2000 miles to shoot triple crown shoots is quite a bit of driving, but tells me that you are not shooting the national triple crown.

the ibo gives the host club a copy of the ibo rule book with the membership packet, and if they host a world qualifier. if the clubs are simply hosting a triple crown, with no ibo affiliation (world qualifier), they may mirror the ibo rules, but not follow them to the T. our local clubs use the ibo rules as a guideline, but still score the center as a 12.

not having scales at the ranges is a no-no if it is an ibo event. again, might be a local thing.

if this is a local problem, i would get the host clubs together, establish rules and guidelines as a group, and function as a group. this helps out when you have mulitple clubs in the same area, but not all use the same rules. we had clubs locally shooting differently each weekend. the complaint we kept hearing was no one knew what the rules were. after establishing the central ky archery assn, we all got on the same sheet of music, no matter where you went to shoot in the ckaa the rules were the same. it helps keep shooters coming back, and conditions them to your methods.