CD's

[Ken Thompson III]

Hi All,
 I have yet to be at a contest that Sportsman pilots were given the opportunity to judge, however, I can surely see that logic.  Most Sportsman pilots, that I have met, are so new to the Pattern world, they haven't the knowledge of proper form of the maneuvers in the upper classes to judge them fairly.
You have to know what the maneuver is supposed to look like to judge it properly.  As for myself, I have completed about half of a complete season as a Sportsman pilot in D4, and I plan to attend a judging seminar next year so I can be of service if called upon.

Ken
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Wayne Galligan 
  To: discussion at nsrca.org 
  Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 6:58 PM
  Subject: Re: CD's


  Nat,

  I think one should at least have attended a judging seminar.  I for one did not feel comfortable judging till I went to a judging seminar.  At that point do you have a good idea of what constitutes the criterion for being able to judge a given class?  I think when you can keep up with each maneuver with out any lapse in judgment to the next maneuver your capable of judging that class.  Heck... sportsman class can be a challenge when you have a guy that flies a fast pattern.   Be fair to yourself and don't be ashamed if you missed a maneuver. That's what N/O (not observed) rule is for.  Use a scribe if you feel the flow goes to fast so you can concentrate on the whole picture.  As Master Don Ramsey taught me... All maneuvers start with 10 and then get deductions from there.  Don't make the mistake like I did when I  first started judging of watching the whole maneuver then giving a score.  Takes to much time to think about it.

  Wayne GO. want be a good judge.


    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Nat Penton 
    To: discussion at nsrca.org 
    Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 4:07 PM
    Subject: CD's


    The Sulphur , La. contest was just completed with six rounds flown. There were 23 fliers with 8 sportsman and 7 intermediate.

    The judge assignments were approached with the following (mis) conceptions:
            Sportsman            no judging
            Intermediate          Sports and Adv only

    This placed quite a burden on the upper class judges.

    Would appreciate comments regarding criteria. TIA
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