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| - Allocating and evaluating the performances of judges is perhaps the most controversial area of the Chief Adjudicator’s responsibilities, so it’s worth being clear about the issues. Firstly, most judges want to judge most of the time; apart from an occasional opportunity to watch their own team, it is the reason they have attended the tournament. Secondly, most judges think they are good judges – the inevitable subjectivity of judging means that judges should believe in the marks and votes they award, as they are reflections of the impression a team has made on them. So, generally speaking, judges don’t like being dropped. As a CA, though, your over-riding responsibility is to pick the best panels you can for the World Championships. Luckily we have had so many more experienced judges in recent years that ‘outrageous panel decisions’ are increasingly uncommon – although votes and marks may stray a little.
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