Masters women Q&A with Sassy69

[sassy69]

With much thanks to gymdiva & some of the mods for locating this, from the North Carolina NPC site (www.ncnpc.com, Be A Judge link):






And for reference, I googled to find a copy of the NPC Rules & Guidelines for Judging and found a scanned copy on the NPC Alaska site (www.npcalaska.com):
http://www.npcalaska.com/judging/NPC...Guidelines.pdf

[Slat1]

I judge for the NPC in six states... all of New England.
The process starts off pretty simple. I contacted the District Chairman who gave me a book he put together on the criteria the NPC set. I studied it for a while and at the next show I test judged. Not only was I grading the competitors but I was being graded by the Chairman. Every catagory my scores were compared to the other judges. I had to take notes (not only for the competitors but to show what I saw). How long I took was watched.
After a few shows I was asked to become a permanent judge.
The big thing our Chairman is looking for is being consistent, being fast and showing the competitors respect. While this may be fun for me this is a livelyhood for the Promoter and how we perform affects everyone.
When things change in the NPC we get an email alerting us that the criteria has changed. This comes from the Chairman also.
I may be lucky that the two I work for take it very serious and they like to be as efficient as possible.
If you would like more information on being a judge contact your district chair.
I will tell everyone something. Everything looks a lot different from the judges table then it does from the crowd or onstage. You notice everything! EVERYTHING!!!

[sassy69]

Thx for sharing Slat!