| What do you have to do to become a judge and what are the levels of qualification? |
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| Club Judge | County Judge |
- Minimum age 15
- Covers competition rules, structure and procedures
- Recording for individual and team competitions
- Execution judging of routines up to a difficulty level of 4.0
- 30 minute theory paper plus practical. 60% pass mark
|  | - Minimum age 16
- Must have held Club Judge for at least one year
- Must have judged execution at a minimum of 8 grade 3-6 competitions since attaining Club Judge
- Covers competition rules and recording of synchronised competitions
- Execution judging of routines up to a difficulty level of 7.0
- Difficulty judging of routines up to a difficulty level of 5.0
- 1 hour theory paper plus practical. 70% pass mark
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| Regional Judge | Zonal Judge |
- Minimum age 18
- Must have held County Judge for at least one year
- Must have judged execution at a minimum of 10 grade 2-5 competitions since attaining County Judge, including 3 as a difficulty judge
- Covers competition rules and interpretations
- Duties of a Chair of Judges
- Execution judging of routines up to a difficulty level of 10.0
- Difficulty judging of routines up to a difficulty level of 7.5
- 1.5 hour theory paper plus practical. 75% pass mark
| - Minimum age 20
- Must have held Regional Judge for at least one year
- Must have judged execution at a minimum of 12 grade 1-4 competitions since attaining Regional Judge, including 3 as a difficulty judge and 3 as a chair of judges at grades 1 or 2
- Covers all competition rules and resolution of solutions not covered by them
- Duties of a Chair of Judges
- Execution judging of routines with unlimited difficulty
- Difficulty judging of routines up to a difficulty level of 12.0
- Synchronised routines of unlimited difficulty
- 1.5 hour theory paper plus practical. 80% pass mark
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| National Judge | |
- Must have judged a minimum of 15 grade 1-4 competitions since attaining Zonal Judge, including 4 as a difficulty judge, 4 as a chair of judges and 4 as an execution judge at grade 1
- Covers all competition rules including the differences between BG and FIG
- Execution judging of routines with unlimited difficulty
- Difficulty judging of routines with difficulty between 11.5 and 14.5
- Synchronised routines of unlimited difficulty
- 1.5 hour theory paper plus practical. 80% pass mark
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