Firstly, what is an interclub competition?
- Basically, it's a competition organised by individual clubs rather than the association (eg. BjP, APDA). Around 10 clubs are present and the number of girls/women that enter vary with each age group and category. For BjP Physie, each club may only participate in two interclubs per year. Prizes such as certificates, medallions and fundraising raffles are presented at these events.
Interclub #1 2016
In the late afternoon, I drove to the venue with my hair undone and not freshly washed which I planned be styled by the lovely ladies who were part of my club. Upon arrival, I had the impression that the venue was massive compared to my class location, however, nearly half of the floor space was taken up by audience seating making the performance floor an adequate size. Firstly, I had to register and get my number which was a very smooth process. I was actually expecting the number to be bigger, but I guess the little girls have the same size numbers too. Then, I headed to the makeshift hair salon where many clubs gathered to create awesome physie hair-dos. My hair was teased and transformed by an amazing physie mum. Soon after that, I got changed into my physie gear and sat down to watch a few sections of the competition. This was useful to see how the competition was run before my turn. Each age group/section commenced with marching and the awards presentations were done directly after the routines with the champion leading the marching off the floor.
After that, I went to the marshalling area with the other beginner ladies and started to warm-up. Soon after marshalling, it was time for the real deal. We marched on in the order of our competitor number, did our routines (with teachers in front helping us) and received our prizes. I would like to commend all the ladies on getting out there and competing for their very first time.
