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It is a rule that each club must have at least one qualified judge able to officiate at each competition. Failure to provide a judge could disqualify our club members from competing.

Bearing in mind a full judging panel requires nine judges for Acrobatic Gymnastics with often two panels required to complete a competition programme, it is very apparent why it is important to run these courses.

The last course was held in February 2007 with 20 people taking the exam from a number of clubs in the London and the South East region.

The course was run by Caroline and Tracey, over two weekends at the RGA.

The programme covered judging theory and led to the qualification to become a club  Execution judge for tumbling and a club Technical and Artistry judge for Acrobatic Gymnastics.

Gymnasts from the RGA were on hand to provide practical judging experience during the course.

Further pre-exam experience was provided for the trainees when they were able to judge at a practice competition at the RGA prior to the London Regionals. This was the trainees first experience to practice their judging under real life conditions.

The exam itself was held at the London Regionals in East London.  The exam consisted of judging 20 Prep A and B tumbles, 10 Acrobatic Gymnastics routines for technical marks and 10 for artistry.  The scores given by the trainees needed to be within a 0.5 tolerance of the qualified judges to be acceptable.  The practical was followed by a written exam.

The course was a great success and the RGA now have four new club judges.

If you are interested in becoming a judge, please contact the administrator and we shall let you know when we are running the next course.

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