Officials

Event Organiser Discretion

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.

Event Organiser Discretion

Note that the event organiser may change the age requirement for judges.

Event Organiser Discretion

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.