little_miss_marcroft
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Our band recieved our adjudication this week from Lees, and we had gained 196 points, yet came 11th. So we decided to double check incase there had been a mistake, as we thought it was quite a high mark for 11th place. When we checked it out, it turned out that infact 5 bands gained the same mark, 196 points. The officials at the contest decided that they would place the 5 bands in order of who appeared at the contest first. Which to me seems unfair!! We all got the same points, but because we played later in the night, our overall place was 11th, affecting our overall saddleworth result!
Personally (and I'm speaking on behalf of myself here - not my band!) I think it's out of order and a pretty poor way of handling the situation. Surely it's only fair that the bands recieved joint placings? Maybe I'm being biased... I think not. If a band puts on a performance which deserves a good result, why penalise them for the time of night they played?! :shock: In the end, what has happened is my band have been put off returning to that contest ever again. Not a good result for anyone really! :twisted:
Personally (and I'm speaking on behalf of myself here - not my band!) I think it's out of order and a pretty poor way of handling the situation. Surely it's only fair that the bands recieved joint placings? Maybe I'm being biased... I think not. If a band puts on a performance which deserves a good result, why penalise them for the time of night they played?! :shock: In the end, what has happened is my band have been put off returning to that contest ever again. Not a good result for anyone really! :twisted: