Important Judge Conference held in Bangkok

The WA Judge Committee gave input on various judging subjects such as Judging attitude, Chairperson of commissions, Updates on bylaws and interpretations and Challenges on judging equipment. Besides, the WA Event Director Juan Carlos HOLGADO, assisted by Sport Producer Rocky BESTER, gave input on Sport Presentation and cooperation with judges.

Para-Archery Committee Chairwoman Carole HICKS introduced judges on classification issues and new rules in that respect. There were also training sessions and tests on cases and rules. These sessions have provided valuable lessons to the committee. Based on the feedback from the participants, the Conference was indeed considered very useful.

Up front of the Conference, the WA Judge Committee had their annual meeting with various items on the agenda; i.e. appointments for 2014 events and plans for the Judges Guidebook. WA Secretary General Tom DIELEN attended parts of the meeting and some clarifications on future programmes could be made.

During the meeting, the following International Judge Candidates were upgraded to International Judges status:

Céline GRAVEL (CAN), Patti-Jo MIDDLEBROUGH (CAN), Andrea BORTOT (ITA), Robert ERICA (NED), Flemming SKJOLDBORG (DEN), Sunethra SENEVIRATHNE (SRI), Sabrina STEFFENS (GER), Pecilius TAN (SIN)

And the following Judges have been awarded with an honorific titles:

Judge Emeritus: Simon WEE (SIN)
Committee Award: Shinji EGASHIRA (JPN), Jay BEN ARI (ISR), Daniel RUGERONI (ARG).

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