2nd April 2003
British Championships Report
The 2003 WinterGuard United Kingdom drew to a close on Saturday 29th March at The Brentwood International Centre, Essex with the British Championships.
The 10 members of the Seniors were really pumped up and ready for their Prelims performance and what a performance it was! The work over the previous two weeks had cleaned the show to a new level and crowd loved it. Joint 2nd Place with Forgemen and under 2 points behind 1st Place - what could they do in the evening?
The Rugrats have a had a great time with their Time show and were brilliant for their final performance of the season. The 12 members looked like they really enjoyed it and were very pleased to come in 4th (out of 7) especially looking at the higher average age of the units placed above them. These young members are the future and things look bright for SK.
What can be said about the Juniors. The Guard had been promoted at the end of January into A Class and had thrived in this environment. There Finals performance was a joy to watch and the smiles on their 13 faces really shone though. Coming in 3rd (out of 11), including beating all the original A Class units was a magnificent achievement and when looking at the re-cap they were extremely unlucky not to come even higher!!!
And so back to the Seniors and their Finals. After the excitement of the morning prelims could they better that performance? There Spring show had always been a crowd favourite and the audience was behind them tonight as well. Well - Finals night nerves must have taken hold for the first couple of minutes of their performance and although the second half shown massive improvement they finished the season in 3rd Place (out of 11) which is still a great achievement.
So that was the 2003 season. Congratulations to all the members and staff for proving, once again, that SK are still one of the UK's top winterguard organisations. Huge thanks to all the parents, friends and supporters for all the encouragement throughout the season and we all look forward to entertaining you again in 2004.
We now start our summer programme of training and local performances as we prepare for the next winterguard season.