CAT JUDGES GUILD of AFRICA - CJGA
Judges qualifications and training
Any judge qualified in an organisation acceptable to the committee may apply for membership and a judges license with CJGA in the categories or breeds as confirmed by the original organisation. Licensed judges will be issued with a certificate confirming their membership and qualifications, as well as a small license card, valid for five years. Student/Aspirant judges may join as aspirant members, but will only become full members once qualified as a judge.
CJGA judges licenses are issued in the following categories:
1. Longhair (LH)
2. Semi-Longhair (SLH)
3. Shorthair (SH)
5. Siamese/Oriental (SOSH)
5. Household Pet & Companion Cats (Shorthair, Semi-Longhair & Longhair) (HHP)
The list of breeds will follow the convention of the World Cat Federation and Independent Clubs.
Judges qualified in specific breeds, not including complete categories, may also be licensed to judge these particular breeds.
Judges training in CJGA follows the rules and conventions as per the World Cat Federation rules, with the exception that any judge licensed by an organisation acceptable to the committee may conduct the examination and it may take place at any cat show run by an organisation acceptable to the committee. The CJGA question bank, adapted from the WCF question bank is used for the entrance exam.
Applications and correspondence is with the CJGA committee and not with a cat club.
Household pet/companion cat category training.
The Household Pet category has its own set of rules.
Applicants for this category must fulfil the following criteria before applying for the entrance exam:
1. Experience in exhibiting a cat in any category at a minimum of 10 cat shows.
2. Experience in stewarding at a minimum of 3 cat shows.
3. Must currently own at least one cat of any breed.
4. Should be a respected person in the cat fraternity, without any previous convictions of animal cruelty or expulsion from a cat organisation due to animal cruelty or fraud.
Applicants should apply to the committee in writing.
The entrance exam question bank is provided to the applicants at least two weeks before the written exam. Only questions from the question bank are used during the written exam.
Applicants should obtain a minimum score of 70% in the written exam. Applicants failing to attain this mark, may apply to re-write the exam within three months.
Grandfather clause:
Applicants may produce a letter of confirmation by a respected member of the Cat Fancy, acceptable to the committee, that they fulfil the criteria on historical grounds, due to previous activities in the cat fancy, although current certificates are not available.
Applicants who previously passed a judges entrance exam, or were accepted for judges training with a cat organisation, acceptable to the committee, are exempt from the entrance exam.
Once the entrance exam is passed, the applicant is officially a CJGA student judge.
A student judge must present the following to the committee, on applying to do the formal practical exam:
1. Ten student judge assignments, obtained at any cat show of any organisation, but signed by a qualified judge and the show manager.
2. At least 8 of these must be in the Household Pet/Companion Cat or Domestic Category.
The practical exam takes place during a cat show by any organisation. A number of ten cats in the category Household Pets/Companion Cats must be judged and a full written report on each of the exhibits should be done.
The reports are evaluated and scored by two judges, qualified for at least two years in any category. The reports should be scored and signed by the two judges and presented to the committee.
The student must attain a minimum of 80% in the practical exam to qualify. On passing the exam and confirmation by the committee, the student will be licensed as a Household Pet /Companion Cat Judge.
Judges qualifications and training
Any judge qualified in an organisation acceptable to the committee may apply for membership and a judges license with CJGA in the categories or breeds as confirmed by the original organisation. Licensed judges will be issued with a certificate confirming their membership and qualifications, as well as a small license card, valid for five years. Student/Aspirant judges may join as aspirant members, but will only become full members once qualified as a judge.
CJGA judges licenses are issued in the following categories:
1. Longhair (LH)
2. Semi-Longhair (SLH)
3. Shorthair (SH)
5. Siamese/Oriental (SOSH)
5. Household Pet & Companion Cats (Shorthair, Semi-Longhair & Longhair) (HHP)
The list of breeds will follow the convention of the World Cat Federation and Independent Clubs.
Judges qualified in specific breeds, not including complete categories, may also be licensed to judge these particular breeds.
Judges training in CJGA follows the rules and conventions as per the World Cat Federation rules, with the exception that any judge licensed by an organisation acceptable to the committee may conduct the examination and it may take place at any cat show run by an organisation acceptable to the committee. The CJGA question bank, adapted from the WCF question bank is used for the entrance exam.
Applications and correspondence is with the CJGA committee and not with a cat club.
Household pet/companion cat category training.
The Household Pet category has its own set of rules.
Applicants for this category must fulfil the following criteria before applying for the entrance exam:
1. Experience in exhibiting a cat in any category at a minimum of 10 cat shows.
2. Experience in stewarding at a minimum of 3 cat shows.
3. Must currently own at least one cat of any breed.
4. Should be a respected person in the cat fraternity, without any previous convictions of animal cruelty or expulsion from a cat organisation due to animal cruelty or fraud.
Applicants should apply to the committee in writing.
The entrance exam question bank is provided to the applicants at least two weeks before the written exam. Only questions from the question bank are used during the written exam.
Applicants should obtain a minimum score of 70% in the written exam. Applicants failing to attain this mark, may apply to re-write the exam within three months.
Grandfather clause:
Applicants may produce a letter of confirmation by a respected member of the Cat Fancy, acceptable to the committee, that they fulfil the criteria on historical grounds, due to previous activities in the cat fancy, although current certificates are not available.
Applicants who previously passed a judges entrance exam, or were accepted for judges training with a cat organisation, acceptable to the committee, are exempt from the entrance exam.
Once the entrance exam is passed, the applicant is officially a CJGA student judge.
A student judge must present the following to the committee, on applying to do the formal practical exam:
1. Ten student judge assignments, obtained at any cat show of any organisation, but signed by a qualified judge and the show manager.
2. At least 8 of these must be in the Household Pet/Companion Cat or Domestic Category.
The practical exam takes place during a cat show by any organisation. A number of ten cats in the category Household Pets/Companion Cats must be judged and a full written report on each of the exhibits should be done.
The reports are evaluated and scored by two judges, qualified for at least two years in any category. The reports should be scored and signed by the two judges and presented to the committee.
The student must attain a minimum of 80% in the practical exam to qualify. On passing the exam and confirmation by the committee, the student will be licensed as a Household Pet /Companion Cat Judge.