Are you up for some forms lines, counter marches or fixed pivot wheels? Do you know a left turn from your about turn?

Because the coach needs you. Now.

Coach is Anita MacLeod. She is anxious to resurrect her marching career and needs seven to 10 likeminded souls to join her – that's women aged 30-60 years old.

Anita is keen to establish another team for what they call leisure marching, a phenomenon which began in Tauranga 20 years. It is display marching as opposed to competitive marching, with women who marched as young women are coming back to the sport.

'I have been marching on and off since I was seven,” she explains. It has eaten into her soul. 'You can't shake it off. It's always there.” So Anita isn't going to fight the urge any more.

Soon as possible she is going to pop on her busby, new jacket and fuchsia, black and silver tartan skirt, paint up those legs and step out as the new generation Balmoral Kilties.

'You don't have to have been a marcher in a previous life. You don't have to be fit and can be any shape or size.” The one pre-requisite is determination.

'Because it takes hours and hours of practice to achieve that military and technical precision. When a team is working perfectly in sync, it can be a beautiful sight,” she says.

Anita says that effort will be rewarded with enduring friendships, fun and travel. She's itching to get started and she wants to be down at Greerton Primary School with the new Kilties before daylight saving kicks in on September 27.

Marching has its origins in the Depression of the 1930s, offering girls fitness and health. Rules were drawn up and it became a competitive sport. It enjoyed popularity through until the 1980s when many discovered gyms, dance forms and other things to do.

Competitive marching continues today alongside a flourishing leisure model.

'My mother was a marcher and an instructor; my father was an administrator. I didn't stand a chance,” says Anita.

Anita says she's been a national champion coach and has all the credentials.

'I am supportive and encouraging, and I can get a team to a very high standard with ladies who've never done it.”

So practice for two hours once a week, probably on a Tuesday, and then off to the Greerton RSA for a debrief.

Anita, the coach of the soon-to blossom Balmoral Kilties would be delighted to hear from you. She can be contacted on (07) 571 4096 or 021 0257 6094.