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NAWGJ WA - winner of 2009 NAWGJ Nettie Award
JULY 23, 2010
NAWGJ Symposium
held in the Chicago area July 15-17. Region 2 was well represented. Missing from this photo are Katy Tavog and Pam Lovett. (Cindy Lord - how do you keep popping up in Region 2 photos!?)
NAWJG WA Board Election Results - Congrats to our new members: Judy and Patty. Thanks to Jan and Marge for your work and dedication to gymnastics and the judging community.
NAWGJ State Meeting Minutes. Special Congrats to Chris Greso for 25 years as NAWGJ Member. Congrats to lucky Janine Bell for winning the drawing for a check for $200 for a new uniform, and to Judy Denny and Michelle Lawhorn $100 each for eductional materials.
Also, the minutes for the NAWGJ WA board meeting of June 5 are up on the Board Members link.
NOTE: per USAG - NO judges gifts at any sanctioned meet. (except by Regional board)
Newest USAG National Committe Meetings Minutes
2010 State Clinic
YO! Looking good Dean! (With Susan Okazaki and Kathy Lucero from way back!)
Have a great summer everyone!
National Judges Cup: January 7-9, 2011 at the Phoenix Marriott Mesa Hotel & Convention Center in Mesa, Arizona.
Results for Level 10 Nationals are up on the www.usagwa.com website. Congrats to AGC's Baely Rowe for her championship bar routine!
Congrats go out to UW's Kristin Linton (SGA) and Sam Walior (MN TAGS) for their tie for first place on Floor Ex at NCAA College Regionals. They will compete on Floor at NCAA Nationals.
At USAG Collegiate Nationals in Denton, TX, SPU's Anissa Madrid (METRO and Kennedy HS) took 2nd on Beam and 8th AA, and Kaysha Heck (CEG) took 2nd on Bars.
Watch this clip for an example of a class act. Just prior to the start of the Air Force-BYU football game, Sept. 22, 2009, this video was broadcast in the BYU stadium in Provo, Utah. http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=72OhOWFMf84
How The Judges Score You In A Gymnastics Meet by Regan Krueger, level 5 gymnast at LEGA
"I have been competing in gymnastics for about five years now...The judges have to sit there all day and you want to keep them in a good mood. So you should put a smile on your face while doing the routine to get a few tenths back...." Read More
JUDGES: Reminder for next Optional Season (too late for this season) - the only allowable 4" throw mat for VT, BB, and UB is the wide 7x10 mat. The skinny 5x10 mat can still be used for FX. For college - they have allowed the 5x10 4" throw mat this season for all events. (Read the Rules and Policies Equipment section - you can see it on-line
The perfect gossip killer - play a game!
This one is "Pass the Pigs".
Just don't laugh too hard while playing!
Reminder: NAWGJ MEMBERS need to pay your own NAWGJ dues:
Send to - NAWGJ National Sec/Treasurer: Betty Sroufe: 2096 Rolling Hills Blvd. Fairfield, Ohio 45014 Payment form
"I'd rather shoot for a star and hit a stump than shoot for a stump and miss." David Luttrell
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Under the NAWGJ Code of Professional Responsibility:
• A judge should not solicit meets for herself/himself or for others.
• A judge should assist in maintaining the integrity and competence of the profession of judging women’s gymnastic events.
• A judge should assist the Association in fulfilling its duty to make judges for women’s gymnastics events available.
• A judge shall be completely unbiased.
• A judge should not give any appearance of any particular friendship with any coach or competitor.
• A judge should not become intimate with coaches or affiliates of teams or contestants who she/he may later be called upon to judge.
• A judge shall not use her/his position to endeavor to influence or attempt to influence anyone in any manner whatsoever, or to obtain any special advantage for herself/himself by reasons of or as consequence or her/his being a judge.