On race day · Judges J1–J9

Judging on your phone

You judge exactly as you always have. The phone replaces the radio and the runner: type the bib, tap one button, press OK. Your yellow paddle or red card reaches the chief judge's board within a second, stamped with the time.

You see your own cards and nothing else. TR 54.3.2 says judges act individually, so the screen never shows an athlete's name, how many cards they already have, or what other judges have done. When you type a bib, it only tells you whether the number is valid.

Before the race

Get your code and PIN. The administrator registers you once and gives you a code (e.g. SMITHJ) and a 6-digit PIN. If your email address is on file, they're emailed to you too. They're yours for life, at every meet.
Open racewalk.deltasportstechnology.com on your phone. You don't need to install anything.
Choose your language (English, Ελληνικά, Español, Français, Italiano or 简体中文). The phone remembers it.
On the Official tab, enter your code and PIN and tap Log in.
Check the top of the screen. It shows your judge number and name (e.g. #3 SMITH Jane). If the number is wrong, tell the chief judge or recorder before the start.

Then:

Stay logged in all day. One login covers every race of the meet you're judging, including two races at once. The bib tells the system which race a card belongs to, so you never choose a race.
Charge your phone, turn the brightness up, and set the screen not to lock too quickly.
You can't send cards until the chief judge or administrator has started the race.

Your phone's clock doesn't matter. Every time is stamped by the server in the meet's own timezone.

The screen

State Championships08:31:07

Judge

#3 SMITH Jane

Bib 41 ✓

Bent
Knee

Loss of
contact

My cards

RC Contact — bib 1808:24 Delete

YP Knee — bib 5708:19 Delete

Part	What it does
Bib box	Type the athlete's number. Bib 41 ✓ means it's valid; Unknown Bib means it isn't.
Yellow buttons	A yellow paddle (caution), on the left.
Red buttons	A red card, on the right.
Bent Knee / Loss of contact	The offence: top row < bent knee, bottom row ~ loss of contact.
OK	Lights up once you have a bib and a button chosen. Nothing is sent until you press it.
My cards	Everything you've sent, newest first, with its time and a Delete button.

Step by step

Showing a yellow paddle

Show the paddle to the athlete on the course, as usual.
Type the bib and check you see Bib … ✓.
Tap the yellow button for the offence: Bent Knee or Loss of contact.
Press OK. You'll see "Sent: Yellow paddle — Bent knee — bib 41", and it appears in My cards.

Sending a red card

Type the bib and check you see Bib … ✓.
Tap the red button for the offence.
Press OK. You'll see "Sent: RED CARD — Loss of contact — bib 41".

Changed your mind before pressing OK? Tap the selected button again to deselect it, or choose another. Clearing the bib box starts again.

That's the whole job. The system counts the red cards, works out penalty-zone and disqualification decisions, and puts everything on the summary sheet.

What the system allows

Rule	In practice
TR 54.5	One yellow paddle per athlete per offence, so at most one for bent knee and one for loss of contact. A second for the same offence is refused.
TR 54.6	One red card per athlete. A second is refused, whatever the offence.
Disqualified athletes	You can card any athlete while the race is open, including one who has already been disqualified. It's recorded like any other card. The screen doesn't tell you whether an athlete has been disqualified, because that would show what other judges have done.

A red card doesn't need a yellow paddle first. Judge what you see.

Correcting a mistake

Find the card in My cards and tap Delete.
Confirm. You'll see "Card deleted". The card stays in your list greyed out, with a ✗.
If it was the wrong bib or offence, send the right one.

You can only delete your own cards, and only while the race is running. After the race is closed, ask the recorder.
The chief judge's board updates straight away. If deleting the card means an athlete no longer has enough red cards for a disqualification, the disqualification is lifted automatically. Red cards sent after the disqualification count too, so the athlete stays disqualified if enough remain.
Every deletion is kept in the audit log.

No signal

Courses have dead spots, and the system is built for them.

If your phone can't reach the server, the card is kept on the phone. You'll see "No network — queued: …" and an OFFLINE banner.
Keep judging. Queued cards are sent automatically as soon as the signal returns, and you'll see "2 queued card(s) sent".
Don't log out or clear your browser while cards are queued, because that would lose them.
A queued card keeps the time you tapped OK, not the time it got through (for dropouts of up to two hours).
If the race has been closed by the time your card arrives, it isn't lost and it isn't counted automatically either. It's held for the chief judge to confirm or discard.

When something goes wrong

You see	What it means / what to do
Unknown Bib	Check the number. If it's right, the athlete isn't in a race you're judging or the race hasn't started. Tell the recorder.
"Race is not active"	The race hasn't been started yet, or has already been closed.
"You have already shown a yellow paddle to 41 for Bent knee"	You've already recorded that paddle. Check My cards.
"You have already sent a red card for 41"	You've already carded this athlete. Check My cards; delete it first if the earlier one was a mistake.
"That bib is in more than one race"	Two races running at once share a bib number. Tell the recorder: the start lists need fixing.
"Invalid code or PIN"	Check the code's spelling. After 5 wrong PINs the account locks for 15 minutes; the recorder or administrator can unlock it.
Forgotten PIN	Tap Forgotten your PIN? on the login screen. If your email is on file, a link for a new PIN is sent to you. Your old PIN keeps working until you use the link. Otherwise ask the administrator.
"Logged in, but you are not assigned to a race in progress"	You're not on this meet's panel yet, or the race hasn't started. Ask the recorder.
Not sure you're logged in as the right person?	Tap About in the top bar. It shows who you are, your position, the meet and the races you cover.

What happens with your cards

They appear instantly on the chief judge's and recorder's boards, in your judge column, with time and offence.
Red cards also go on the public posting board as offence symbols, never with your name or number.
Three red cards from three different judges send the athlete to the penalty zone or disqualify them, depending on the race (TR 54.7). The system applies this. You don't need to do anything.
Your cards print in your column on the official summary sheet.
When the race is closed you lose access to it, unless you're judging another race that's still running.

Quick reference

Card bib → yellow or red button for the offence → OK

Check Sent: … message and the card in My cards

Mistake Delete in My cards, then send the right one

No signal keep judging, don't log out, cards send themselves

Applies to version 2.14 and later.