MARCHING COMPETITIONS
Sir, —Why not get outside judges instead of coaches to judge marching competitions? This would give every team a fair go, not as at present, one all the time. Marching is a healthy exercise and the girls put in a lot of time practising, hoping to gain some trophy; but it seems that at present there is a lot of favouritism for one team alone. Hoping to see fair play in future.—Yours, etc.. LOOKER ON. November 7, 1951.
[“The Canterbury centre and affiliated associations would be pleased to hear from anyone who feels he is capable of judging marching competitions,” said Major E. Boyle, of the New Zealand Marching Association, when this letter was referred to him. “In the past we have not been able to get those people. Therefore the obvious people are the instructors who know’ girls’ marching, and in addition, no instructor has ever judged his own team,” he said 1
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Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26593, 1 December 1951, Page 3
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