Zone Finals

[Tinkerbell]

I was talking to Miss Paynter about the Zone Finals coming up.

In this sentence, Zone Finals refers to region/area finals or something else?

[BobK]

'Zone' may be defined differently (arbitrarily) in different contexts, but you've got the idea.

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[BobK]

... But - I've just thought - that possibly-arbitrary definition of 'zone' would put it either above or below 'region' or 'area' in the hierarchy prescribed by a particular competition. (That's a fancy way of saying an area or region might be divided into zones, or a zone might be divided into areas and/or regions. ) Wasn't Cindy/-ie(?) Paynter an ice skater? Maybe it has something to do with Canadian administrative boundaries... (guessing here )

b

[Tinkerbell]

Thank you Bob.

Miss Paynter is a swimming teacher in this novel and it takes place in Australia.