2017 race official training - register your interest now

Yachting New Zealand will be facilitating a range of seminars around the country over the winter months to improve and maintain the quality of judging, umpiring and race management, train up new people and ensure current race officials are kept educated and informed with what is an evolving discipline. 

Seminar locations are based on demand and where they are required, so if you would like to attend a seminar or hold one at your club, register your interest now or contact Danika at danika@yachtingnz.org.nz or on 09 360 2246.

The seminars we offer are:

Race Management 

Race management seminars are targeted at anyone interested in learning or improving the knowledge and skills required to undertake any of the on-the-water duties to run round-the-buoys-type yacht races. Attending a race management seminar and passing the exam is a prerequisite to becoming qualified or re-validated as a Yachting New Zealand club race officer or national race officer.

Racing Rules (Level 1) - 1 day

These seminars offer sailors, parents, coaches and beginners to judging an opportunity to become more familiar with the racing rules of sailing, judging processes and the roles of judges. They will be facilitated by national and international judges.

National Judging (Level 2)

These seminars focus on the skills and practices of judging and protest committees and include interactive exercises and mock protest hearings. They are a prerequisite for becoming qualified as a club or national judge.

The National judging Level 2 course presumes knowledge of the racing rules of sailing and of protest committee and judging procedures and practices. These are covered in the racing rules seminars (Level 1).

Teams Racing Umpire Seminar

This course is suitable for anybody with a basic understanding of the rules or teams racing and provides a great basis for umpiring at local events. Attendance is a requirement when attaining club or national teams racing umpire qualification. An opportunity will be given to those who wish to sit the exam to gain club/national umpire teams racing status, with on-the-water practical assessments/evaluations occurring during the regatta.

Match Racing Umpire 

These seminars are suitable for anybody with a basic understanding of the rules and/or the game of match racing. It provides a great platform for attendees to learn the basic skills required to be able to umpire at local events, and is a step towards a club umpire qualification.

The first day is focused primarily on the rules and appendix C of the racing rules of sailing. Day 2 focuses more on the practical components of umpiring.

For more information about any of these seminars, visit the HRG Race Officials Seminars page on the YNZ website.