Junior Section Figure Marching

The Junior Section Figure Marching competition will be held at Priory Methodist Church, Bedford, on Saturday 1st December starting at 2.30 pm.  It will be followed by the Dodge Ball competition.

This year's routine can be found by clicking here.

Companies wishing to take part should contact Calvert Powell.

Figure Marching Rules

Teams must have a minimum of four and a maximum of eight boys. Companies may enter more than one team.

Scoring:

The afternoon will start with inspection. Marks will be awarded for boys wearing correct smart uniform and for correctly standing to attention and at ease during the inspection as instructed.

• clean black shoes,
• dark socks,
• black, dark grey or dark blue trousers,
• BB polo shirt,
• BB sweatshirt,
• Armband with badges correctly laid out (Note: The Company Officer must inform the judge before the competition if any boy on the team is not entitled to wear an armband, i.e. they have not yet received any BB awards).

An inspection mark out of 20 will be awarded to the team.

For each move in the figure marching routine a total of 5 points are available as follows:
      0 points - move missed out;
      1 point - move attempted but not correctly completed;
      2 points - move recognisable;
      3 points - move correct but very messy;
      4 points - move correct but a bit ragged;
      5 points - move perfect.