FINE DISPLAY AT ROTORUA

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXV, Issue 14259, 7 January 1947, Page 3

FINE DISPLAY AT ROTORUA

MARCHING TEAMS AND BANDS

Rainster Y/ins Drill

Competition

Tauranga Pipers Perform

Well

To the Caledonian Ground (Arawa Park to Sassenachs) flocked a large crowd last week to hear the music of the pipes and to see the evolutions of the girls’ marching teams. Four pipe 'bands and five girls’ teams -took part in the display, which, from every point of view, was highly successful.

The Tauranga Highland Pipe Band performed well and though not being placed first, gained two close seconds in both the bands’ street march and the bands’ marching on grounds. The Tauranga band was also second in the drumming competition, first place honours in these three competitions being carried off by .the Hamilton band.

The Rainster marching team of Tauranga, annexed ‘the girls’ street marching competition, gaining 74 points. The gathering was organised by the South Auckland Pipe Band Centre, and evidence that the 'New Year spirit had survived the 38 hours from mid-night, Tuesday, .was given in the fact that the sma’ admission charges (saxpence extra on the stand) totalled £ 95. All events were got off on time and there was something to interest patrons all the while.

The hands and lassies assembled at the Ritz Hall and marched at short intervals to tho ground, where the bands first staged marching and countermarching evolutions on tho stand lawn. The .girls’ marching display followed; then came the bands’ marching and drumming competitions.

The judges of the hands were T. M. Battersby, P. B. Allen and M. Reid, and those who adjudicated on the girls’ teams were Messrs Battersby and Reid and Miss Nairn. In' the display on the grounds, the hands’ leaders, and their tartans were as follows: —Hamilton (DrumMajor Kenneth McAllum, Pipe-Major S. Clothier), Maclennan tartan, Tauranga (Drum-Major J. Crocker, PipeMajor L. Johnson), Black Watch. Rotorua (Drum-Major I. Russell, Pipe-Major J. McGuffog), Cameron of Erracht, Morrinsville (DrumMajor H. A. Munro, Pipe-Major K. Campbell), Cameron of Erracht.

The awards were as follow: Bands’ street march: Hamilton (IS points, 1; Tauranga 67, 2; ,Rotorua 65, 3; Morrinsville’ 63, 4. Bands’ marching on grounds; Hamilton 79 points, 1; Tauranga 76,

2; Morrinsville'67, 3; Rotorua 64, 4. Drumming competition: Hamilton 1; Tauranga 2; Rotorua 3. Girls’ street marching competition: Rainster (Tauranga) 74 points, 1; Pirates '(Rotorua) 71.5, 2; State Forest (Rotorua) 70.5,. 3; Ngongobaha 'and iMcKenzie’s ((Tam-anga), 4th equal. Girls’ display on course: Ngongotaha, 78 points, 1; State Foerst 76, 2; Pirates and Rainster 7,3, 3 equal; McKenzie’s 70, 4. The Rainster team comprised Misges Pauline Pinkerton (leader), Ruth Julian, Isabel Murphy, Tui 'German,' Zena Alexander, Kath. Leef, Joan Barker, Lesley Smythe, Lily Hunt and Anita Smith. The Ngongotaba team included Misses Melva Sterabridge (leader), Edna Stembridge, Mary and Joyce do Erneste, Lurlin-e Robinson, Betty Dawson, Valerie Richards, Claire and Pat Reidy, and Dorothy Farmer.