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Sketches from Norway 6

4BR talks to John Wallace, Torodd Wigum and Maurice Hamers about the Elite Section and their thoughts on adjudicating in the open.

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4BR spoke exclusively to John Wallace, Torodd Wigum and Maurice Hamers in Bergen to gain their opinions on the playing in the Elite Division as well as their thoughts about open adjudication.

And strong opinions they were too, especially when it came to the question of what they thought about being able to both see and hear the bands play.

It's not often you get the Turin Shroud used as an analogy...

An interview not to be missed then...

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