Blue Owl - IWF Referee Light System for owlcms

[Scott González]

We’re excited to announce the upcoming release of Blue Owl, a complete set of devices providing an IWF compliant referee decision system. Together with owlcms, it offers a complete system for running weightlifting meets.

For local meets, we recommend the Club Kit, featuring devices for referees, a timekeeper, and a down signal. For higher level meets, we recommend the Federation Kit, which adds a Jury Control Panel and devices for jury members to adjudicate the lifts.



We’ve been hard at work since October, prototyping and iterating to perfect the designs with feedback from TOs at all levels. As we are finalizing the details for our initial release, all devices are now available for preorder, with fulfillment planned for this summer.

For more information, check out http://blue-owl.nemikor.com and follow @blue_owl_wl on Instagram to stay up to date. If you will be at Masters Pan Ams later this month, come find the Blue Owl table for a live demo.

[Scott González]

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[Scott González]

I should also note that some of the devices in the photos are prototypes. The Referee Control Boxes, Referee Hub, Timekeeper Device, and Jury Control Panel are production quality enclosures and components. The down signal and the darker Jury Control Units are early prototypes that do not represent the high quality resin used for the final products. You can see close ups of the devices on https://blue-owl.nemikor.com. In addition, all labels in the photos are temporary as we wait for our velvet matte finish polycarbonate labels to be delivered. These labels are extremely durable and prevent glare and fingerprints.

If you're curious what's inside these beautiful enclosures, here's a peek at our custom circuit boards that power these devices: