Judging

COURSES
LIST OF IRF JUDGES
JUDGE CATEGORIES – as listed in the Race Rules:

Race Judges fall into the following categories: Assistant Judges, General Judges, Chief Judges and Assessor Judges.
Assistant and General Judges’ certifications lapse after 2 years unless they prove they have worked at a minimum of 2 events during the past 2 years.
Assistant Judges cannot judge at A and B level events; They must know sections A, B, E, F of the race rules in depth. They can judge slalom providing there is more than one judge per gate and they are supervised either by a Chief Judge or an Assessor.
General Judges must have judged at a minimum of 2 events during the past 2 years. General Judges can be provisionally appointed if they pass the exams but have not done the time at events;
General Judges should have a thorough knowledge of sections D, E, F, G and a working knowledge of the rest of the rules.
General Judges wishing to become Chief Judges must apply to the IRF Sport & Competition Committee. They will be assessed on their time spent judging at events as well as the judging assistance they have been providing at these events and their knowledge of the rules.
Chief Judges can be Event Chief Judges on B, C and D level races but not on A level races.
Assessors will be appointed by the IRF Sport & Competition Committee and are to be proposed by another Assessor. As part of their assessment they will be asked to assist or even run a workshop with another Assessor.
Assessors’ duties include being on the Sport & Competition Committee, judging as Chief Judges on all event levels, being part of an event Jury when appointed as well as being an assessor of IRF judges.
Chief Judges may assess Assistant Judges.
Assessments of Judges must follow a specific proceduer as defined by the S&C Committee.

JUDGE EXAMS – as stated in the Race Rules:

Education and examination of IRF judges will be organised by the IRF Sports & Competitions Committee. Any examination of IRF judges must meet the requirements set down by this committee.
Education of judges will be in a workshop format.
Workshops are to be run before A & B level events at the event location and attendance will be mandatory for certified judges wanting to judge at the event, to learn more about recent changes of the rules. Competitors and interested spectators are to be encouraged to attend these workshops to grow the number of IRF Judges.
Examination of judges on the IRF Rules will consist of a theoretical plus a practical section.
The examination will vary on the depth of knowledge of the race rules that judges need to know, according to the category they are to be certified on.
Education and examination of judges can be done regionally if done by an Assessor.

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