Date: 3 Thursday evenings, 3rd November, 10th November and 17th November 2022
To be delivered remotely via Zoom
Instructors: Chris Atkins & Carol Haines
Time: 19.00 - 21.15 each evening.
The RYA Regional Judge course is focused on equipping attendees with the knowledge and skills on rules and hearings needed to support their local and regional events. It is the first qualification rung on the ladder to International Judge.
Attendees will take part in mock hearings, and develop the skills to chair hearings and write decisions, to focus on the key rules that determine the decision, and to ask questions of sailors and their witnesses.
Attendees will need to have a good grasp of Part 2 of the Racing Rules of Sailing, and how they apply to common racing incidents. Experience of attending protest hearings (as a sailor or a judge) will be an advantage, but it is not essential. However all attendees should review Part 5 of the RRS before the course, and a pre-course briefing and informal quiz will be sent to all attendees to help sharpen your knowledge.
Attendance on the course meets one requirement for appointment as an RYA Regional Judge. The other requirements are to pass the RYA's Regional Judge test (which covers rules and hearings), and to be a judge at two events and four hearings, supported by a satisfactory reference from a qualified judge.
There will be more information, including the joining instructions for Zoom, sent at least 2 weeks before the course.
In the meantime, if you have any questions, please contact RaceOfficials@rya.org.uk
