SARA Gate Judge Education & Incentive Program

Gate Judges

Thank you for your interest in becoming a more educated and confident gate judge. The success and fairness of SARA racing depends on volunteers like you. Recognizing that the fairness of ski racing is often determined by the quality of the gate judging, SARA and its member clubs have created this program to give gate judges an opportunity to increase their knowledge. Volunteers will become eligible for additional incentives at some races if they choose the option of becoming a certified Gate Judge or certified Chief Gate Judge. At some point in your child’s racing career, you WILL be asked to be a Gate Judge. Whether you are interested in certification or not, we strongly encourage all SARA members to attend a Gate Judge educational clinic or watch the USSA video and review the self-study materials available on the links below. Clubs that do not fulfill their responsibility of providing an adequate number of willing, qualified Gate Judges may jeopardize their ability to host SARA races. By learning this material, you are helping to ensure that your club will continue hosting races in the future, that races are conducted fairly for your child and all others, and that you can help your child learn some of the basic rules of ski racing.

• Click to view the USSA Gate Judge educational video
• Click for more information about Gate Judge certification and incentives
• Click to download the Gate Judge self-study materials
• Click to download the Gate Judge certification exam. Mac users: if the Submit Form button is not visible on your computer, save the file and send as an email attachment to gatejudge@brsef.org
• Click to download the outline for clubs to conduct a Gate Judge clinic
• Contact SARA Gate Judge Coordinator

Please encourage your club to offer an educational clinic for gate judges. The materials necessary for a clinic are available for download above. Thank you for your interest.

Chief Gate Judges

SARA is recommending to all member clubs that they use only certified Chief Gate Judges for USSA races. To become certified, you must first pass the gate judge certification exam available on the links above. One of the duties of a Chief Gate Judge is to conduct the gate judge meeting prior to the race. SARA has put together an outline for you to follow in this meeting that mirrors the gate judge educational materials available in the links above. Even if you have the knowledge to pass the gate judge exam, you should study the online gate judge educational materials so that we are all conducting the gate judge meetings in a uniform manner. After studying these materials, and submitting your gate judge exam, you should review the additional educational materials for chief gate judges available by clicking the link below.

• Click to download the Chief Gate Judge self-study materials
• Click to download the Chief Gate Judge certification exam. Mac users: if the Submit Form button is not visible on your computer, save the file and send as an email attachment to gatejudge@brsef.org

Please encourage your club to offer an educational clinic for gate judges. The materials necessary for a clinic are available for download above. Thank you for your interest.

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