The Throwing Contest.
Competition Regulation.
General prescripts.
The throwing contest is divided into technical and free-style. Technical contest is held separately for men and women. Free-style is common to all participants. The participants use the same type clay body and throwing wheels.
Technical contest:
T1 - throwing a cylinder
T2 - throwing a plate T3- throwing a ball
Free-Style:
V1 - a composition made up of 3 wheel-thrown pieces
Competitors get their clay batch before the contest starts and may prepare it by themselves.
Before the contest begins all competitors have to get their clay weighed (1 g is the degree of precision). The participants have their own tools: a sponge, a throwing slab, cutting wire
(special tools are not allowed during T1 and T2 contest) etc. During the contest the competitor has the right to ask for measuring which is made by a vice-judge. It is not taken into account. The judges carry out the final measuring when the competitor has finished or the contest is over. When a participant has finished, he or she stops the throwing-wheel and leaves his or her work place.
The throwing-wheels and the sequence of the competitors is decided by lots.
If the thrown piece collapses, the competitor has the right to throw a new piece during the time given for the contest. Repreparing the same clay for throwing is allowed. Neither new clay nor extra time is given.
The first prizes both of technical and free-style contests are not given to the same competitor. If one competitor wins both contests, he or she is given the diploma of the winner of both contests and the prize of the technical contest. In this case the prizes of the free-style contest are redistributed by jury.
Jury has the right to make changes in the competition regulation, giving preceding information to all participants.
The competitive works belong to the jury and are destroyed after the end of the contest.
Competition Regulation of the Technical Contest.
T1 – throwing a cylinder throwing period 20 minutes

the amount of clay: women 4 kg men 5 kg
Measuring is carried out when either throwing is finished or the time is over.
The cylinder must be stable during the height, the diameter and the thickness of the bottom are measured. The minimum diameter is 150 mm. The bottom must be thick enough not to show the cutting wire during cutting the bottom. If the upper ridge of the cylinder is not even, the height is measured from the lowest point.
THE HEIGHT OF THE CYLINDER IN MILLIMETRES = THE POINTS
T2 – throwing a plate throwing period 20 minutes the amount of clay: women 5 kg men 6 kg
The plate must be stable during the diameter is measured. The bottom must be thick enough not to show the cutting wire during cutting the bottom. The height of the plate is not measured. If the plate is in oval shape, the smallest diameter is taken.
THE DIAMETER OF THE PLATE IN MILLIMETRES = THE POINTS
T3- throwing a ball
Throwing period 20 minutes
The amount a clay: women 5kg men 6kg The ball must be stable during the diameter is measured. The height and the diametr of ball must be equal. The top of a ball must be closed. The winner is person who made the ball with parameters are most close to the ideal. Measuring is carried out for the diameter and the height of ball, difference between both measurements must be as much as possible smaller.
The sum of the points of the first turn (T1 + T2 -T3) determines the finalists. The number of the finalists (not less than 3 participants) is decided by the judges and the task of the final contest (throwing a cylinder or a plate or a ball) is decided by lots.
T1 + T2 - T3 FINALS = FINAL RESULT
The winner is determined by the final points. If two competitors have the same sum of points, the extra contest is decided by lots (throwing a cylinder or a plate or a ball). Winner of the extra contest is the winner of the technical contest.
Competition Regulation of the Free-Style contest.

V1 – throwing a set. throwing period 30 minutes the amount of clay is not limited
The composition must be made up of 3 pieces. The work is estimated by an extra jury. Unity, design and technical skills are evalueted. The criterions of estimation are fixed by the jury and their desicion is not up for an appeal. The jury is not allowed to watch the free-style contest because its anonymous. The competitive works are numbered and exhibited to everyone.