Officials
This rulebook specifies several roles and their duties, is up to the event organiser to appoint the Tournament Director and the Appeals Committee.
Judge and volunteer nominations
We recommend that judges are at least 15 years of age, however, this is decided by the tournament organiser. For all IJRU tournaments, judges must be at least 15 years of age as of the date of their judge assignment.
Note that the event organiser may change the age requirement for judges.
The event organiser must publish any requirements for delegations to nominate judges and/or volunteers and what qualifications are required for the different judge positions, and any penalties for not nominating enough qualified judges and/or volunteers.
Number of judges
The minimum and recommended number of judges required for any competition event is detailed below.
Single Rope freestyle events
Min. | Judge | Description |
---|---|---|
2 | DP | Difficulty - Power and Gymnastics |
2 | DM | Difficulty - Multiples |
2 | DR | Difficulty - Rope Manipulation |
2 | P | Presentation |
1 | T | Technical Judge |
For definitions and roles of judges see JM - Judging Single Rope freestyle.
Double Dutch freestyle events
Min. | Judge | Description |
---|---|---|
2 | DJ | Difficulty - Jumpers |
2 | DT | Difficulty - Turners |
2 | P | Presentation |
1 | T | Technical Judge |
For definitions and roles of judges see JM - Judging Double Dutch freestyle.
Wheel freestyle events
Min. | Judge | Description |
---|---|---|
2 | DA | Difficulty - Athlete A |
2 | DB | Difficulty - Athlete B |
2 | P | Presentation |
1 | T | Technical Judge |
For definitions and roles of judges see JM - Judging Wheel freestyle.
Show freestyle events
Min. | Judge | Description |
---|---|---|
3 | PA | Athlete Presentation |
3 | PR | Routine Presentation |
3 | R | Required Disciplines |
5 | D | Difficulty |
For definitions and roles of judges see JM - Judging show freestyle
DDC performance events
Amount | Judge | Description |
---|---|---|
2 | J | Jumper Judge |
2 | T | Turner Judge |
3 | E | Expression Judge |
3 | S | Staging Judge |
For definitions and roles of judges see JM - Judging DDC freestyle and DDC freestyle battle events
Speed and multiples events
Min. | Judge | Description |
---|---|---|
1 | H | Head Judge |
2 | S | Speed Judge |
For definitions and roles of judges see JM - Judging speed and multiples events
Assignment of judges
Each judge will be assigned by the Event Organiser. Judge assignments will be provided to each delegation prior to the tournament. An NGB may request changes to the assignment, this must be made in communication with the Event Organiser and the NGB should make all efforts to offer suitable replacements from their own delegation.
For international competitions, there should never be more than 2 judges from the same country on a judging panel. There can only be one judge from a country in each judge type (i.e. Presentation, Difficulty etc.) (If insufficient number of judges from different countries are available to achieve this, the Tournament Director can make an exception.)
The same judge types (I.e. difficulty or presentation) should never sit next to each other on a panel.