Day 1

Yesterday, being the first day of competition, no one really knew what to expect. Nick and I obviously had similar ideas, coming in with plain, unpatterned T-shirts. Mine was a plain grey with dark trim around a v-neck, bought some time ago from Eisenegger in their perpetual 70% off sale. Nick's was plain maroon/burgundy. Pete, however, went for an elaborate design of Japanese characters which apparently read "International Pornstar" and "Prototype" (the name of the make).

Judging took place late in the day as we spent some time working out the rules. First lab to judge was 207. We had to walk up and down the lab once while being scrutinised - Nick gave a jaunty skip during his walk, I went for a slide turn and Pete used his 'Blue Steel' look to good effect. 5 minutes later we had the phone call. Pete got top spot (3 points) and a comment that they liked the design but felt that a back print would have been nice. Nick's burgundy effort was judged 'a positive point that it was colourful but just a shame that it was a horrible colour', leaving him with a single point and me with 2 points.

So a successful start. Lab 301 judging tomorrow so tactics may start to come into force.