- BG Trampoline Judging Qualifications

Club Judge

• Minimum age 15 & Had some trampolining experience
• Competition Rules, Structure and Procedures.
• Recording (Individual & Team).
• Execution judging routines up to a difficulty of 4.0
• 30 minute theory paper. 60% pass mark on all sections.

County Judge

• Minimum age 16 & Held Club Judge award for 1 year
• Judged a minimum of 8 competitions at 3/4/5/6 grade as an Execution Judge.
• Competition Rules, Recording Synchro.
• Difficulty judging up to 5.0
• Execution judging routines up to difficulty level 7.0
• 1 hour theory paper. 70% pass mark on all sections.

Regional Judge

• Minimum age 18 & held County Judge award for 1 year. Have full BG membership.
• Judged a minimum of 10 competitions at 2/3/4/5 grade as a County Judge including 3 as difficulty judge.
• Competition Rules and Interpretations.
• Duties of Chair of Judges.
• Difficulty Judging up to 7.5. Execution judging routines up to a difficulty level of 10.0
• 1 hour theory paper. 75% pass mark on all sections.

Zonal Judge

• Minimum age 20 & held Regional award for 1 year.
• Judged a minimum of 12 competitions at 1/2/3/4 grade as a Regional Judge. Including 2 as difficulty and 2 as Chair of judges, preferably at grades 1 or 2.
• All competition rules. Be able to resolve situations not mentioned in rules. Knowledge of national competition scheme.
• Execution judge routines of unlimited difficulty.
• Difficulty Judge up to 12.0. Synchro Judge unlimited.
• 1 hour theory paper. 80% pass mark on all sections.

National Judge

• Judged a minimum of 15 competitions at 1/2/3/4 grade since becoming a Zonal Judge. Including 3 as Chair, 3 as difficulty and 3 as Execution at Grade 1 or 2.
• All competition rules, including differences between BGA and FIG Trampoline rules. Working knowledge of BGA competition scheme.
• Execution and Synchro routines of unlimited difficulty. Difficulty judging routines between 11.5 and 14.5 difficulty.
• 1 hour theory paper. 80% pass mark on all sections.

International Judge

• Selected from National Judges and approved by the Trampoline Technical Committee. Details of syllabus and examinations are in FIG handbook.

These details are only a brief summary, for full details, please refer to your judges handbook.