Judge s Name: Address: Telephone No: 1. Applicants to be over 25 years of age, unless express permission is obtained from the TGCA to apply to be a Judge. 2. Applicants to be a fully paid up member (judge membership) of the TGCA before you can go onto the Judge s panel or undertake any appointments for TGCA classes. 3. Applicants must have an in depth knowledge of the TGCA s members handbook, judge s handbook and the TGCA s breed standard. 4. Applicants must make themselves available to attend the TGCA Judge s Conference in the first year, and at least every three years thereafter. Please provide a short CV below (Please use a separate piece of paper if required) including: a. What is your idea of a Traditional Cob and your views on type?
b. Your knowledge and experience of the Traditional Gypsy Cob breed. c. Why do you wish to go on the panel? d. As a judge, what can you bring to the TGCA?
e. What is your interest in the breed? Any other relevant information Personal Recommendation: Please list two people who have known you for a minimum of 5 years who will personally recommend you and include their letters
Please tick the panel you wish to be considered for: please tick if you want to do Conformation Only. INT: International Level Judge INT R&C: International Ride & Conformation. A Judge who can ride the exhibits and/or assess conformation. INT S&C: International Judge who can judge a ridden show from the ground (but not actually ride exhibits) and assess conformation but cannot judge an International ridden section, although may ride at Level 1) Level 1: County / Championship / Quest Level 1 R&C: County level Ride & Conformation Judge who can ride exhibits and/or assess conformation. 1 S&C: County level. Can judge ridden show from the ground (but not actually ride exhibits) and assess conformation Level 2: Riding Club. Riding Club level. Can judge a ridden show from the ground (but not actually ride exhibits) and assess conformation. Level 3: Junior Judge: A young person between the ages of 14 & 24 years. Enrolled onto our judges training programme. They steward, attend training days and judge with mentor judges to gain valuable experience in the progression to becoming a Panel Judge in the future. (P): Probationary Required to attend 3 probationary shows with a TGCA Level 1 or above Judge, to ensure they have a full appreciation of the breed type / characteristics. WH: Style & Performance/Working Hunters. (C): Judges who can assess conformation only (i.e. In-hand classes or conformation sections only) EV: Judge on the TGCA Evaluation selection panel.
Please indicate which panels you are currently on and years on panel (please indicate with a H if you are HOYS panel) APHC Appaloosa Horse Club. AHS Arab Horse Society.. BAPS British Appaloosa Society. BCPS British Connemara Pony Society BDA British Driving Association. BM British Miniatures. BPS British Palomino Society. BSPS British Show Pony Society. BSPA British Skewbald & Piebald Association. CHAPS Coloured Horse and Pony Society. CBS Cleveland Bay Society. DBS Donkey Society. DPS Dartmoor Pony Society. NPS National Pony Society. P(UK) Ponies Association (UK). ROR Racehorse to Riding Horse. RPB&HP Riding Pony Breeding & Hunter Pony. SSADL Senior Showing & Dressage Ltd. Shet Shetland. SH (GB) Sports Horse of Gt Britain. SPA Spotted Pony Association. SPS Shetland Pony Society. SPSBS Shetland Pony Stud Book Association. TARRA Thoroughbred and Retired Racehorse Association. TSR The Showing Register. VHS Veteran Horse Scoiety. WPCS Welsh Pony & Cob Society. ASS Amateur Showing Society.
Applications are accepted throughout the year, however TGCA reserve the right to delay placing any judge on the panel until all requirements have been met. On receipt of your application it will be reviewed & scored by the TGCA Judges Committee. Applicants will be advised via email/post when they have been successful. All judges must be current members BEFORE inclusion onto the panel. For full details please see the judges procedure on the website Signed:... Date:...