Judge Registration to a Regional Competition

Step 1 for Team Judges: Gather All Information from the Team Coach:

  • School Name for the team you will represent.

  • Problem and Division that the represented team is solving.

  • Location of the Regional Tournament.

  • Main Coach's Name and Email Address.

  • Also obtain this information for any other relatives of yours that are on other teams.

  • Judges must be over 18 years old and cannot be team coaches.

  • If you do not know this information please contact the team coach.

  • Skip to Step 2 below.

Step 1 for Community Judges: Determine which Tournament

  • TX Central is the region covering Austin, San Antonio greater regions.

  • TX North is the region covering the greater Dallas/Fort Worth area & Tyler.

  • TX Houston Area tournament is named "HARO".

  • If you do not know what region tournament is closest to you geographically, please contact statejudge@txodyssey.org

Step 2: Register Online

At next window, make sure that you select the correct regional tournament. Judges should NOT register for the State tournament until after the Region tournament takes place.

Note about your email address and our Virtual Judge Training. If you have selected a Virtual Judge Training, AND you have a district or professional email, you should consider using a personal email instead. Make sure that our emails are not blocked or end up in spam folders. Also, we use Google Meeting for our online judge training, if you also use Google Meeting professionally, your account will interfere with our judge screening, again, please use a personal email to register.

Step 3: Judge Confirmation Email

  • Print and save your Judge Confirmation email attachment.

  • You will need the special link in the body of the email to make any revisions and to advance to the State Competition.

  • Information to note in this email:

    • Verify date, time, and location of judges training.

    • Be sure to follow all the steps needed to prepare for judges training, including General Training online (where applicable) prior to specific Problem Training.

    • Know date, time, and location of the regional competition that you will be judging at.

  • No confirmation email? Check your spam folder!!! You will receive a JUDGE confirmation email within one hour, after you successfully register. If you do not receive a confirmation email, check with your team coach first. Next, you can contact statejudge@txodyssey.org