Every year Area 15a enters a team and an individual representative for the Young Judges competition held at the BSPS Summer Championships. The competition is held on the Tuesday afternoon, with the results being announced in the Vauxhall hall during the evening.
Candidates will be asked to judge a class of 4 ponies, which can be of any type and height, hence it must be judged as a supreme championship. Each pony must be placed and given marks for performance and conformation. To conclude the competition, each team/individual is interviewed and must answer questions on why they placed the ponies as they did, conformation, and rules of the BSPS.
The team competition is open to members who have attained their 14th but not their 21st birthday before 1st January in the current year, and the individual, to those who have attained their 18th but not their 24th birthday before 1st January in the current year.
Training sessions are organised throughout the year and provide an excellent opportunity to understand the judge’s point of view, and learn about conformation and the correct way of going. All members are welcome to attend the training sessions whether or not they wish to compete.