GENERAL COMPETITIVE EVENT
GUIDELINES updated
9/21/06 changes in green
Must be enrolled as a 4-H member during
the current year.
Cloverleafs must be at least 9
years old or must not have completed the 6th grade on January 1 of the
current 4-H year. Juniors must be in the 7th grade or must
not have completed the 8th grade on January 1 or the current 4-H year.
Seniors
must have passed their 14th birthday and be attending classes in the 9th
grade or must not have passed their 19th birthday on January 1 of the current
4-H year. The 4-H program year begins on September
1 and ends on August 31
Participants must have attended county
training sessions and must meet any specific requirements for the event
participating in.
A state judging events team is made up
of 4 members even if one member was unable to compete in the area event
Any 4-H'er attending an area or state
judging event must be a contestant. Area and state events cannot be used
for practice sessions.
Expenses for Senior district/ area judging
events winners going to the state contest will be paid as outlined on the
individual judging events pages. These are located under the Project Awards
section and based on the availability of donor funds. Overnight lodging
where authorized is for county teams only over 100 miles away from the
state event.
Seniors may enter the same 4-H national
or regional judging event only one time. Participating members of a state
winning judging events team are ineligible to enter the same event again
as a member of another team. This includes team members whether or not
they accepted the trip to the national contest.
The high individual at the state contest
will be named a Master 4-H'er and is eligible to compete again,
if
they are not a member of the state winning team.
Ties will be broken as outlined on each
activity page or under the direction of the contest coordinator.
In most cases, if
a member of a team participates in a regional or national contest as a
result of placing at a state 4-H contest, that member may not be on a team
that is awarded the same placing (and/or trip) in subsequent contests.
4-H'ers may not
have cell phones, two way radio or other communication devices in their
possession during judging and special events competitions. Coaches are
strongly encouraged to collect phones and keep them until the contest is
over. Any 4-H'er with one of these items may have his/her card collected,a
zero given for that class, or may be disqualified from the contest.
