The Traditional Gypsy Cob Association Application for TGCA Judge Panel

Judge’s Name: ______

Address:______

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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?

The Traditional Gypsy Cob Association Application for TGCA Judge Panel

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?

The Traditional Gypsy Cob Association Application for TGCA Judge Panel

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

The Traditional Gypsy Cob Association Application for TGCA Judge Panel

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- classes or conformation sections only) EV: Judge on the TGCA Evaluation selection panel.

The Traditional Gypsy Cob Association Application for TGCA Judge 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. ………………………………… Years on Panel…………………………….. AHS Arab Horse Society………………………………………….. Years on Panel…………………………….. BAPS British Appaloosa Society………………………………. Years on Panel…………………………….. BCPS British Connemara Society……………………… Years on Panel…………………………….. BDA British Association. ……………………………… Years on Panel…………………………….. BM British Miniatures. ……………………………………………… Years on Panel…………………………….. BPS British Palomino Society. Years on Panel…………………………….. BSPS British Show Pony Society. Years on Panel…………………………….. BSPA British Skewbald & Piebald Association. Years on Panel…………………………….. CHAPS Coloured Horse and Pony Society. Years on Panel…………………………….. CBS Society. Years on Panel…………………………….. DBS Donkey Society. Years on Panel…………………………….. DPS Society. Years on Panel……………………………..

NPS National Pony Society. P(UK) Association (UK). Years on Panel…………………………….. ROR Racehorse to Riding Horse. Years on Panel…………………………….. RPB&HP Breeding & Hunter Pony. Years on Panel…………………………….. SSADL Senior Showing & Ltd. Years on Panel…………………………….. Shet Shetland. Years on Panel……………………………..

SH (GB) Sports Horse of Gt Britain. Years on Panel……………………………..

SPA Spotted Pony Association. Years on Panel…………………………….. Years on Panel…………………………….. SPS Society. SPSBS Shetland Pony Stud Book Association. Years on Panel…………………………….. TARRA and Retired Racehorse Years on Panel……………………………..

Association. Years on Panel……………………………..

TSR The Showing Register. Years on Panel…………………………….. VHS Veteran Horse Scoiety. Years on Panel…………………………….. WPCS Welsh Pony & Cob Society. Years on Panel…………………………….. ASS Amateur Showing Society. Years on Panel……………………………..

Years on Panel……………………………..

ars on Panel……………………………..

The Traditional Gypsy Cob Association Application for TGCA Judge Panel

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

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