CNS Officials

Cheer Nova Scotia's Officials Development Committee provides training once annually, typically in late fall/early January. CNS has official trainers, as designated by Cheer Canada:

Nadine Brown (also a Cheer Canada Officials Trainer/Official Committee member)
Taylor Power-Routledge
Jennifer Spencer
Erica Royal

Cheer Canada Officials resources can be found here: https://cheercanada.ca/education/score-sheets/

CNS trains officials in NS in the practices and methodologies determined by Cheer Canada. Officials are required to take the Cheer Canada Officials exams for the disciplines in which they judge. Cheer Canada does not train nor test officials in IASF Legality training; this is only managed by the IASF/USASF.

Officials may also be certified in other disciplines such as the Unified Scoresheets, Varsity, and/or ICU.

Officials Reference Materials

Age Grid & Rules

Cheer Canada Age Grid

IASF Rules

ICU Rules

Additional Prep & Novice Rules found here on the Cheer Canada website

Cheer Canada Policies

TIME LIMITS

Novice = Maximum Routine length of 1:30 minutes
Prep = Maximum Routine length of 2:00 minutes
All Star = Maximum Routine length of 2:30 minutes
All Star Non-Tumbling = Maximum routine length of 2:00 minutes
Specialty Divisions (Stunt groups, individuals, duos, etc) = Maximum Routine length of 1:00 minutes
ICU Divisions = Cheer Portion can be placed in the beginning or middle of routine. Cheer portion minimum time requirement is 30 seconds. Maximum time between cheer and music is 20 seconds. Music portion is a maximum of 2 minutes and 15 seconds (2:15).