Junior Section Figure Marching
The Junior Section Figure Marching competition will be held at Priory Methodist Church, Bedford, on Saturday 29th November starting at 2.30 pm. It will be followed by the Dodge Ball competition.
This year's routine can be found at the foot of this page or as a PDF here.
Companies wishing to take part in either competition must contact Andrew Burchell no later than 8 pm on Friday 28th November.
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 figure marching routine consists of 17 moves. For each move 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.
A team inspection will take place after move 13. Boys should be wearing Junior Section Uniform in accordance with Brigade Regulations, i.e.
An inspection mark out of 15 will be awarded to the team.
Notes:
?>Where teams have a number of
boys that is not divisible by two, "spare" boys should always adopt the most
central position possible. For
example, in section 5, when forming into fours, one "spare" boy should march
down the centre of the hall, two "spare" boys should march in files 2 &
3.
1 Enter through the doors
in single file, going to the centre of the hall, the turning left to march down
the centre of the hall.
2 At the far end of the
hall, the leading boy turns right, the second boy left, the third right and so
on.
3 The two teams will
march around the sides of the hall, until they meet at the top when they will
turn to march down the centre of the hall in pairs.
4 At the end of the hall
the first pair turn right, the second pair turn left, the third pair turn right
and so on.
5 In pairs, the two teams
march around the sides of the hall, until they meet at the top when they turn to
march down the centre of the hall in fours.
6 At the end of the hall,
the four boys split, marching to the corners in pairs (the same pairs as in move
4. At the corner, the inner boy in
each pair heads diagonally towards the opposite corner of the hall, while the
outer boy continues up the side of the hall.
7 On reaching the
opposite corners the boys merge back two single files. The boy heading diagonally from bottom
left to top right should lead the top right file (blue on the diagram), the boy
heading up the left hand side of the hall should lead the top left file (red on
the diagram). The two single files
head across the hall.
8 The two files meet at
the top centre of the hall and merge into a single file. The boys should now be back in their
original order. (Note: this is very
dependent on getting move 7 correct).
The single file proceeds down the centre of the
hall.
9 On reaching the end of
the hall, the boys turn right, then right again and proceed towards the centre
line. On reaching the centre they
turn left, then left again, returning to the bottom of the hall. They then turn right and right again to
proceed up the left hand side of the hall.
When they reach the centre line of the hall they turn
right.
10 The boys cross the hall and
turn left.
11 On reaching the top of the
hall the team turn left and form a snake diagonally across the hall. The leading boy will stop shortly after
passing the cone. The rest of the
team shall march around him, on his right hand side, with the second boy
stopping in front of the leading boy.
The rest of the team will pass between the leading boy and the second boy
and continue with the third boy stopping in front of the second boy. The team should be spaced so that
they use the full diagonal of the hall. When the last boy stops he will raise
his hand for 5 seconds.
12 When the last boy lowers his
hand, the leading boy will march, passing to the left of the second boy, the
right of the third boy and so on.
When the leading boy passes the second boy he will march behind the
leading boy. When the two boys have
passed the third boy he will join the march and so on. On reaching the corner, the team will
turn right.
13 The team proceed up the left
hand side of the hall, across the top, and down the right hand side. At a suitable point the leading boys
will mark time so that the team is in centred on the side of the hall. On the command “Halt” from the Company
Officer the team will halt.
The
judge will undertake the inspection of the squad before asking the Company
Officer to continue.
14 On the command "Turning to
the right, right turn”, the boys will turn right, standing to
attention.
15 On the command “By the left,
quick march”, the boys will march in a single line across the
hall.
16 On reaching the opposite side of the hall the boys turn left and march to the corner, turning left and then left again to march up the centre of the hall.
17 The boys continue to march up the hall, turning right at the end to exit through the doors.