Richard...Judges getting same privileges as winners at Telford? Please explain your question! What privileges exactly? I have judged a number of times at Telford. All I give is some of my time voluntarily for free as all the other judges do. The competition winners get medals not privileges, so cannot understand your question and where you are coming from with it.
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Hi Noel, not talking about Telford.
Locally all judges here give their time freely and expect no remunerations or gifts. The priviledge we get is the undisturbed one to one with the competition display and being able to judge it. The winners here too get medals but it is up to descretion of how the manufacturers and sponsors want to reward the winners. We were taken aback by the free trip to Telford for best of show and was just ribbing the winner that the next time we would enter as competitors and vie for that prize. :smiling2:
I don't know about you but I'm not in the same calibre as some well known foreign modelers who are sponsored and invited with all paid expense to judge at shows . But if the planets line up and I am asked I wouldn't say no. :smiling4:
Cheers,
RichardComment
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Thanks for your reply Richard and bringing me up to speed on this one. Similarly the judging at Telford takes place with only the judges and show organisers allowed in the area whilst judging undisturbed. In order to be impartial, all the Telford judges are not individually sponsored in any way.
Regarding well known modellers who get sponsored for all expenses paid trips to judge at shows.....Nice work if you can get it! My only reservation about this sort of thing may be an expectancy of the judge(s) by the manufacturer or sponsor involved. I would guess that they get sponsored by a manufacturer to solely judge models built from their own kits or products and I have no problem with this, otherwise there could be a conflict of interest if they are asked to judge in open classes against models made from other manufacturers products as there may be an expectancy by their sponsors.
All the best NoelComment
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Hi Noel, on the sponsored judge...yes it was specifically for the Kinetic challenge which held the grand prize. Strictly Kinetic products or I'd have kicked up a fuss. :tears-of-joy: The open catergory recieved medals.
Cheers,
RichardComment
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Guessed as much re sponsorship Richard.
All the best NoelComment
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