The results of the 2008 Regional Championships
* Denotes qualification to the ‘Finals’

Yorkshire
Venue: St. George’s Hall, Bradford

Number of competing bands: 
57
Saturday 1 March: 3rd and 4th sections
Sunday 2 March: Championship, 1st and 2nd sections


Championship Section
Sunday 2 March
Test-piece: Festival Music (E. Ball)
Adjudicators: D. Read and Peter Bassano
The top four bands qualified
*1. Black Dyke (N. Childs) 195
*2. Grimethorpe Colliery (A. Withington) 193
*3. Carlton Main Frickley Colliery (R. Gray) 191
*4. Rothwell Temperance (D. Roberts) 189
5. Brighouse and Rastrick (A. Morrison) 187
6. Marsden Silver (Ossett Brewery) (G. Williams) 185
7. Pennine Brass (R. Farr) 183
8. YBS (M. Griffiths) 182
9. Hepworth (Cookson) Homes (M. Bentham) 181
10. Yorkshire Imperial Urquhart Travel (J. Davies) 180
11. Powerfield Hatfield (G. O’Connor) 178
12. Stocksbridge (D. Nesbitt) 177
Best Soloist: Richard Marshall,
Principal Cornet, Black Dyke
Best Instrumentalist: David Thornton,
Principal Euphonium, Black Dyke.

Section 1
Sunday 2 March
Test-piece: James Cook - Circumnavigator (G. Vinter)
Adjudicators: James Scott and Dr. Robert Childs
The top two bands qualified
*1. Skelmanthorpe (J. Roberts) 189
*2. Stannington (D. Renshaw) 187
3. Wakefield Metropolitan (N. Law) 185
4. Old Silkstone (A. Exley) 184
5. Yorkshire Co-op (M. Fowles) 183
6. Hebden Bridge (D. Hadfield) 182
7. Drighlington (K. Belcher) 181
8. Grange Moor (K. Wadsworth) 180
9. Barnsley Building Society (K. Rushworth) 179
10. Hade Edge (S. Wood) 178
11. South Yorkshire Police (I. Scott) 177
12. Knottingley Silver (Dr. J. Wedgewood) 176
13. Meltham and Meltham Mills (S. Fawcett) 175
14. Lindley (N. Jowett) 174
Best Soloist: Cornet, Wakefield Metropolitan.

Section 2
Sunday 2 March
Test-piece: Three-Part Invention (K. Downie)
Adjudicators: Barry Thompson and Alan Hope
The top two bands qualified
*1. Slaithwaite (B. Hudson) 187
*2. YBS Concert Brass (I. Craddock) 186
3. Holme Silver (Disposables UK Group) (D. Beckley) 185
4. Strata (D. Hirst) 184
5. Frickley (South Elmsall) (D. Nichols) 183
6. Kippax (R. Gray) 182
7. Dodworth Colliery M. W. (E. Darwin) 181
8. Wetherby and District Silver (R. Roe) 180
9. Horbury Victoria (R. Walker) 178
10. Chapeltown Silver (T. Bannan) 177
11. Clifton and Lightcliffe (J. Clay) 176
Best Soloist: Euphonium, YBS Concert Brass.

Section 3
Sunday 1 March
Test-piece: The Dark Side of the Moon (Paul Lovatt-Cooper)
Adjudicators: Dr. Robert Childs and Philip Harper
The top two bands qualified
*1. Rockingham (F. Hoyland) 188
*2. Garforth (S. Bailey) 185
3. Elland Silver (P. Shaw) 184
4. Emley (G. Hallas) 183
5. Gawthorpe Brass ’85 (J. Edward) 179
7. West Yorkshire Police (Capt. G. Clegg) 178
8. Oughtibridge (W. Rushworth) 177
9. Crofton Silver (M. Simpson MBE) 176
10. Huddersfield and Ripponden (S. Platten) 175
Best Soloist: Samantha Harrison, Cornet, Elland Silver.

4th Section
Sunday 1 March
Test-piece: Four Cities Symphony (R. Newton)
Adjudicators: Philip Harper and Rodney Newton
The top two bands qualified
*1. Lofthouse 2000 (A. Whitaker) 176
*2. Skelmanthorpe ‘B’ (P. Garlick) 175
3. Maltby Miners Welfare (T. Clifford) 174
4. Armthorpe Elmfield (H. Griffiths MBE) 173
5. Barnsley Metropolitan (J. Grinnell) 172
6. Thurcroft Welfare (K. Vernon) 170
7. Friendly Band (Sowerby Bridge) (D. Caton) 168
8. Tingley (G. Fowler) 167
9. Linthwaite (D. Smith) 166
10. Deepcar (G. Somerset) 165
Best Soloist: James Whitaker, cornet, Lofthouse 2000
Youngest Player: Jacob Lusk, 11, Friendly Band (Sowerby Bridge)

The Midlands
Venue: Civic Hall and Nicholas Chamberlaine Technology College, Bedworth

Number of Bands: 81

Saturday 8 March: 2nd, 4th and 3rd
sections
Sunday 9 March: 1st and Championship sections



Championship Section


Sunday 9 March

Venue: Civic Hall

Test-piece: Festival Music: (Eric Ball)
Adjudicators: Jim Davies and Steve Pritchard-Jones

The top two bands qualified
*1. Desford Colliery (N. Seaman) 194

*2. Virtuosi GUS (J. Berryman) 193

3. Sovereign Brass (D. Maplestone) 190

4. Staffordshire (S. Kerwin) 189

5. Thoresby Colliery (S. Lippeatt) 188

6. Kibworth (J. Wise) 187

7. Newstead Brass (D. Beckley) 186

8. Ratby Co-operative (B. Baker) 185

9. Jaguar (Coventry) (D. Lea) 184

10. Derwent Brass (K. Leonard) 183

11. Enderby (H. Thomas) 182

12. Raunds Temperance (J. Mott) 181

Section 1


Saturday 8 March

Venue: Civic Hall
Test-piece: James Cook - Circumnavigator (Gilbert Vinter)

Adjudicators: John Roberts and Kevin Wadsworth

The top three bands qualified
*1. Glossop Old (J. Davies) 183

*2. Phoenix West Midlands (D. Maplestone) 180

*3. Hathern (D. Newman) 179

4. Carlton Brass (W. Richie BEM) 178
5. Foss Dyke (J. Davis) 177

6. Wigston Band (G. Sleath) 175

7. Shirley (A. Green) 174

8. Jackfield (Elcock Reisen) (J. Maines) 173

9. Foresters Brass 2000 (P. Collins) 172

10. Gresley Colliery (D. Hirst) 171

11. Langley (C. Parker) 170

12. Hopkins Blidworth Welfare (K. Steward) 169

13. Towcester Studio (H. Thomas) 168

14. Ibstock Brick Brass (K. Ferguson) 167

15. Bedworth Brass (S. Tighe) 166

16. Tintwistle (D. Shutter) 165

17. Shirland Welfare Training (M. Smith) 164

18. Brackley and District (D. Richards) 162



Section 2


Sunday 9 March

Venue: Civic Hall

Test-piece: Three-Part Invention (Kenneth Downie)
Adjudicators: John Roberts and David Lancaster

The top two bands qualified
*1. City of Coventry Brass (S. Cooper) 185

*2. Harborough (C. Groom) 181

3. Leicestershire Co-op (G. Jacklin) 179

4. Oddfellows Brass (R. Boulter) 178

5. Bilton Silver (Rugby) (B. Clarke) 177

6. Stourport-on-Severn (C. Farlow) 175

7. Long Eaton Silver Prize (S. Stansfield) 173

8. Arrow Valley (A. Culshaw) 171

9. Daventry Brass (N. Howard) 170

10. Porthywaen Silver (S. Gittins) 169

11. West Mercia Constabulary (D. Bishop-Rowe) 168





Section 3


Saturday 8 March

Venue: Nicholas Chamberlaine Technology College

Test-piece: The Dark Side of the Moon (Paul Lovatt-Cooper)

Adjudicators: Malcolm Brownbill and David Lancaster

The top three bands qualified
*1. Matlock (R. Jepson) 184

*2. Wellington (Telford) (S. Curtis) 182

*3. University of Warwick (S. Hogg) 181

4. Shirebrook MW (Unison) (M. Wilcockson) 180

5. WEM Jubilee (R. Thorne) 179

6. Bakewell Silver (M. Wilcockson) 178

7. Kirkby Colliery Welfare (S. Berrill) 177

8. Avonbank (Evesham) (G. Smallwood) 176

9. Rushden Windmill (J. Fletcher) 175

10. Newstead Abbey Brass (L. Cooper) 174

11. Stamford (M. Ford) 172

12. City of Birmingham (W. Belshaw) 171

13. Audley Brass (S. Farrington) 169

14. Dronfield CMW (A. Tyler) 168

15. Syston (D. Powell) 167

16. Moulton '77 (M. France) 166

17. Cubbington Silver (P. Johnson) 165



Section 4


Sunday 9 March

Venue: Nicholas Chamberlaine Technology College

Adjudicators: Malcolm Brownbill and Kevin Wadsworth

Test-piece: Four Cities Symphony (Rodney Newton) 

The top three bands qualified
*1. Amington (W. Kendrick) 179

*2. Croft Silver (I. Needham) 176

*3. Thoresby Colliery Youth (C. Gent) 175

4. Ratby Co-operative Mid (G. Newman) 172
5. Burbage (Buxton) (S. Critchlow) 171

6. Bestwood Welfare Black Diamonds (D. Clark) 170

7. Melton (L. Blankley) 169

8. Trentham Brass (M. Caveney) 168

9. Shipston Town (H. Gibbs) 167

10. Whitwell (D. Fretwell) 166

11. Rolls Royce (Derby) (G. Cardwell) 165

12. Ireland Colliery Chesterfield (I. Knapton) 164

13. Rushden Town (P. Lewsey) 163

14. Malvern Hills and District (M. West) 162

15. Ilkeston Brass (D. Jones) 161

16. Chapel-en-le-Frith (A. Howgate) 160

17. Fairfield (Buxton) (C. Kitchen) 159

18. Marken Rasen RPC (A. Needham) 158

19. Corby Silver (K. Espin) 157

20. Pleasley Colliery Welfare (D. Cutting) 156

21. Newhall (K. Holgate) 155

22. Dunchurch (M. Dutton) 154

23. Creswell Colliery (R. Woffinden) 152



Wales
Venue: Brangwyn Hall, Swansea

Number of Bands: 43

Saturday 8 March: 3rd, 2nd and 1st sections

Sunday 9 March: 4th and Championship sections



Championship Section


Sunday 9 March
Test-piece: Festival Music (Eric Ball)

Adjudicator: Alan Morrison

The top two bands, plus automatic qualifier, Cory, qualified.
*1. Tredegar (I. Porthouse) 194

*2. BTM (G. O'Connor) 191

*3. Cory (Dr. R. Childs) 190

4. Burry Port Town (P. Bailey) 189

5. Northop (T. Wyss) 188

6. Parc and Dare (C. Robert), 187

7. Tongwynlais Temperance (G. Pritchard) 186

8. Cwmaman Institute (G. Shepherd) 185

9. Wrexham Brass (W. Ruston) 184


Best Instrumentalist: Dewi Griffiths, cornet, Tredegar

Section 1


Saturday 8 March

Test-piece: James Cook - Circumnavigator (Gilbert Vinter)

Adjudicator: Alan Morrison

The top two bands qualified

*1. Newbridge (Celynen) (P. Holland) 189

*2. Beaumaris (G. Evans) 185

3. Markham and District (A. Morton) 184

4. Abergavenny Borough (G. Ritter) 183

5. Penclawdd Brass (A. Small) 182

6. Thomas Coaches Mid-Rhondda (A. Gibbs) 181

7. Pontardulais Town (P. Jenkins) 180

8. RAF St. Athan Voluntary (A. Bourne) 179

9. Deiniolen (G. Saynor) 178

10. Ammanford Town (C. John) 177


Best Instrumentalist: Andrew Smith, cornet, Newbridge (Celynen)

Section 2


Saturday 8 March

Test-piece: Three-Part Invention (Kenneth Downie)
Adjudicator: David Horsfield

The top two bands qualified
*1. Point of Ayr Colliery (P. Christian) 187

*2. Tylorstown Arriva Trains (G. Davies) 186

3. Rogerstone (M. Hutcherson) 184

4. Newtown Silver (S. Edwards) 182

5. Lewis Merthyr (G. Pritchard) 181

6. Llwydcoed (R. Griffith) 180

7. Briton Ferry Silver (Dr. C. Jenkins) 179

8. Llanrug (B. Connolly) 178


Best Instrumentalist: Dave Roberts, euphonium, Point of Ayr





Section 3


Saturday 8 March

Test-piece: The Dark Side of the Moon (Paul Lovatt-Cooper)

Adjudicator: Alan Morrison

The top two bands qualified
*1. Blaenavon Town (L. Price) 180

*2. City of Cardiff (Melingriffith) (G. Ritter) 179

3. Royal Oakeley (J. Jones) 178

4. Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen (G. Davies) 176

5. Goodwick Brass (G. Ritter) 175

6. Ynyshir Clarity DOS (G. Shepherd) 174

7. Royal Buckley Town (D. Beckley) 173

8. Ogmore Valley Silver (I. Barnett) 171

9. Porthaethwy Menai Bridge (C. Williams) 170


Best
Instrumentalist: Luke Jenkins, cornet, Goodwick
Brass

Section 4


Sunday 9 March

Four Cities Symphony (Rodney Newton)
Adjudicator: David Horsfield

The top two bands qualified
*1. Crosskeys Silver (K. Bowden) 179

*2. Severn Tunnel (A. Ayres) 178

3. Newport Borough (M. Davies) 177

4. Ebbw Vale (C. Thomas) 176

5. Knighton Town Silver (M. Amplett) 175

6. Upper Rhondda (A. Jones) 174

7. Crwbin (C. John) 173

Best Instrumentalist: Kelli Phillips, cornet, Newport
Borough
Youngest player: Molly Williams, aged seven, Severn Tunnel

West of England
Venue: Riviera International Conference Centre, Torquay

Number of competing bands: 72
Saturday 8 March: 3rd and Championship sections

Sunday 9 March: 4th, 2nd and 1st sections



Championship Section


Sunday 9 March

Venue: The Forum

Adjudicators: Alan Hope and Colin Hardy

Test-piece: Festival Music (Eric Ball)

The top two bands qualified

*1 Mount Charles (A. Duncan) 193

*2. SWT Woodfalls (Dr. N. Childs) 192

3. PolySteel (P. Harper) 190

4. St. Keverne (S. Chappell) 189

5. Lydbrook (T. Brevik) 188

6. Camborne Town (F. Renton) 187

7. St. Austell Town (Dr. R Newsome) 186

8. Yeovil Town (D. Barringer) 185

9. Poole Borough (P. Randell) 184

10. Bournemouth Concert Brass (Major P. Parkes) 183

11. Hyde (P. Wise) 182

12. Aldbourne (M. White) 181



Section 1


Saturday 8 March

Venue: The Forum

Adjudicators: Alan Hope and Colin Hardy

Test-piece: James Cook - Circumnavigator (Gilbert Vinter)
The top two bands qualified
*1. Helston Town (J. Hitchens) 191

*2. Otterbourne Brass (Lt. Col. C. Davis OBE) 190

3. Sherborne Town (P. Cosh) 188

4. Lympstone South West Telecoms (C. Fleming) 187

5. St. Dennis (B. Minear) 185

6. Ocean Brass (N. Grace) 184

7. Portishead Town (I. Dickinson) 183

8. Chalford (S. Tubb) 182

9. Bodmin (H. Williams) 181

10. Woodfalls Concert Brass (S. Dunster) 180

11. City of Bristol (I. Holmes) 179

12 Lanner and District Silver (C. Toghill) 178

13. Swindon Pegasus Brass (S. Armstrong-Watkins) 177

14. Cinderford (L. Baglin) 176



Section 2


Saturday 8 March

Venue: The Forum

Adjudicators: Alan Hope and Colin Hardy

Test-piece: Three-Part Invention (Kenneth Downie)

The top two bands qualified


 *1. Bristol East and Kingswood (R. Curran) 188

*2. Shrewton Silver (M. Dunford) 186

3. Soundhouse Brass (G. Pumford) 185

4. Michelmersh Silver (M. White) 183

5. Camborne ‘B’ (A. Pope) 181

6. Forest Of Dean Brass (J. Gwynne) 179

7. Phoenix Brass (Crewkerne) (P. Slator) 177

8. Gillingham Imperial Silver (A McRae) 176

9. South Molton Town (T. Treherne) 175

10. Filton Concert Brass (B. James) 174

11. St. Pinnock (S. White) 173

12. Solent Concert Brass (W. Garner) 171


Section 3


Sunday 9 March

Venue: The Forum

Adjudicators: Peter Roberts and Rob Wiffin

Test-piece: The Dark Side of the Moon (Paul Lovatt-Cooper)

The top two bands qualified
*1. Verwood Concert Brass (D. Johnson) 182

*2. Bath Spa (D. Hayward.) 181

3. Pendennis Brass (Falmouth) (S. Thomas) 180

4. Hayle Town (D. Johnstone) 179

5. Denmead Brass (J. Hill) 178

6. Bugle Silver (D. Pope) 177

7. Pillowell Silver (P. Uzzell) 176

8. Corsham (M. Perry) 175

9. Wotton and District Silver (D. Grant) 174

10. St. Stythians (D. Johnston) 173

11. Weston Brass (J. Bryant) 172

12. Sidmouth Town (A. Harvey) 171

13. Launceston Town (D. Dobson) 170

14. A. W. Parker (Drybrook) (R. Phelps) 169





Section 4


Saturday 8 March

Venue: The Arena

Adjudicators: Peter Roberts and Rob Wiffin

Test-piece: Four Cities Symphony (Rodney Newton) 

The top three bands qualified

*1. Brunel Brass (J. Winterflood) 185

*2. Wincanton Silver (B. Kelloway) 183

*3. Totnes (I. Wilkinson) 182

4. Bream Silver (H. Cole) 181

5. Shanklin Town Brass (Low) (M. Lewis) 180

6. Weymouth Concert Brass (A. Glynn) 179

7. Chalford Academy Brass (S. Tubb) 178

8. Tewkesbury Town (N. Morgan) 177

9. New Forest Brass (I. Luxford) 176

10. Swindon Brass (F. Cowley) 175

11. Downton (R. Wright) 174

12. Spinnaker Brass (D. Jones) 173

13. Torrington Silver (T. Hutchings) 172

14. Bideford Town (G. Taylor) 171

15. Cheltenham Silver (M. Earl) 170

16. Porthleven Town (E. Ralph) 169

17. Hatherleigh Silver (R. Wonnacott) 168

18. Marshfield (P. Cornford) 167

19. Okehampton Excelsior Silver (D. Law) 166

20. Gosport Silver (R. Sharp) 165


Scotland
Venue: Rothes Halls, Glenrothes.
Number of competing bands: 50


Championship Section
Sunday 9 March

Test-piece: Festival Music (Eric Ball)

Adjudicators: David Read and Steve Sykes

The top two bands qualified
*1. Whitburn (R. Gray) 193

*2. Kirkintilloch (S. Simonsen) 192

3. Kingdom Brass (C. Anderson) 189

4. Scottish Co-op (A. Ramsay) 188

5. Unison Kinneil (C. McKenzie) 184

6. Bon-Accord Silver (M. Hansen) 182

7. Dalmellington (A. Hutchison) 181

8. Newtongrange (R. Farr) 180

9. Dunaskin Doon (J. Boax) 177

10. Newmilns and Galston (A. McCutcheon) 175


Best Cornet: Chris Bradley, Whitburn
Best Horn or Flugel: Alan Wardrope, Kirkintilloch
Best Euphonium or Baritone: Neil Phillip, Kirkintilloch
Best Trombone: Paul Kiernan, Scottish Co-op
Best Bass Section: Whitburn

Section 1


Sunday 9 March

Test-piece: James Cook - Circumnavigator (Gilbert Vinter)

Adjudicators: David Thornton and Steve Sykes

The top two bands qualifed

*1. Bo'ness and Carriden (M. Marzella) 190

*2. Clackmannan District Brass (P. Kiernan) 189

3. Lochgelly (P. Drury) 187

4. Barrhead Burgh (M. Ramsay) 186

5. Kirkintilloch Kelvin Brass (C. Keenan) 185

6. Bathgate (J. Smith) 184

7. Broxburn and Livingston (K. Price) 183

8. Arbroath Instrumental (M. Robertson) 182

9. St. Ronan's Silver (A. Knox) 180

10. Granite City Brass (E. Paley) 179


Best Intsrumentalist: Richard Tobin, soprano cornet, Bo'ness and Carriden



Section 2


Saturday 8 March

Three-Part Invention (Kenneth Downie)
 

Adjudicators: David Thornton and Steve Pritchard-Jones

The top two bands qualified

*1. Campbeltown Brass (C. Anderson) 188

*2. Johnstone (R. Tennant) 186

3. Croy (K. Blackwood) 184

4. Tullis Russell Mills (G. Lindsay) 182

5. Shotts St. Patrick’s (M. Marzella) 181

6. Jedforest Instrumental (C. Bradley) 180

7. Perthshire Brass (G. Annan0 179

8. Selkirk Silver (C. Hogg) 178

9. Kilmarnock Concert Brass (A. Keachie) 177

10. City of Discovery Brass (B. Fraser) 175

11. Clydebank Burgh (J. Grant) 174


Best Instrumentalist: Hannah McSporran, soprano cornet, Campbeltown Brass

Section 3


Saturday 8 March

Test-piece: The Dark Side of the Moon (Paul Lovatt-Cooper)

Adjudicators: Steve Sykes and Steve Pritchard-Jones

The top two bands qualified

*1. Dalkeith and Monktonhall Colliery (J. Chamberlain) 179

*2. Annan Town (APD) (D. Shanks) 177

3. St. David's Brass (J. Dickson) 175

4. Bon-Accord Silver ‘B’ (B. Wallace) 174

5. Dunfermline Town (D. Neil) 173

6. Coalburn Silver (G. Bowman) 172

7. Tayport Instrumental (F. Culross) 171

8. MacTaggart Scott (A. Fernie) 170

9. Dundee Instrumental (St. Margaret's) (E. Tonner) 169

10. Buckhaven and Methil Miners (G. Evans MBE) 168

11. Turriff Silver (. Cranna) 167


Best Instrumentalist: Stuart Dickson, cornet, St. David's Brass



Section 4


Saturday 8 March

Test-piece: Four Cities Symphony (Rodney Newton)
Adjudicators: David Read and Raymond Tennant

The top two bands qualified
*1. Renfrew Burgh (David Hutchison) 180

*2. Irvine and Dreghorn Brass (D. McKellar) 179

3. Newland Concert (R. Fraser) 177

4. Penicuik Silver (T. Johns) 175

5. Brass Sounds Inverclyde (A. McCorkell) 174

6. Dumfries Town (P. Heyes) 173

7. Queensferry Community Brass (J. Gilmour) 171

8. Dysart Colliery (W. Sandell) 170


Best Instrumentalist: Alan Taggart, cornet, Irvine and Dreghorn Brass

Youngest Bb Bass: Graham Deacon, Renfrew Burgh

North West
Wintergardens, Blackpool
Sunday 9 March
Number of competing bands: 79

Championship Section


Venue: Opera House

Test-piece: Festival Music (Eric Ball)
Adjudicator: Dennis Wilby

Second and third placed bands, plus the automatic qualifier, Foden’s, qualified
*
1. Foden’s Richardson (G. Cutt) 192

*2. Leyland (J. Katsikaris) 190

*3. Fairey (P. Chalk) 189

4. Wingates (A. Berryman) 187

5. United Co-op (Crewe) (J. Sparkes) 186

6. Stockport Brass (M. Fowles) 185

7. United Co-op Milnrow (J. Ward) 184

8. Bactiguard Wire Brass (P. Andrews) 183

9. Timperley (D. Evans) 182

10. Pemberton Old Wigan JJB (M. Peacock) 181
11. Freckleton (P. Dalton) 180

Section 1


Venue: Empress Ballroom

Test-piece: James Cook - Circumnavigator (Gilbert Vinter)
Adjudicator: Chris Wormald

The top two bands qualified 


*1. Roberts Bakery (C. Cranson) 192

*2. Blackburn and Darwen (N. Sheppard) 190

3. Vernon Building Society Poynton (A. Lawton MBE) 189

4. Ashton-under-Lyne (C. Whiteoak) 188

5. Tyldesley (R. Taylor) 187

6. Poulton-le-Fylde (G. Clegg) 186

7. Mossley (D. Byers) 185

8. Longridge (S. Tarry) 184

9. Bollington Brass (P. Christian) 183

10. Silk Brass AstraZeneca Macclesfield (J. Cant) 182

11. Blackpool Brass (A. White) 181

12. Haydock (N. McNulty) 180

13. Diggle (L. Beevers) 179


Section 2


Empress Ballroom

Test-piece: Three-Part Invention (Kenneth Downie)
Adjudicator: John Maines

The top two bands qualified
*1. Wardle and District Anderson Brass (S. Conway) 184

*2. Haslingden and Helmshore (D. Holland) 182

3. Manx Concert Brass (I. Clague MBE) 181

4. Eccleston Brass (I. Bateson) 180

5. Rainford (N. Samuel) 179

6. Old Hall Brass (T. Halliwell) 178

7. Delph (P. Goodwin) 177

8. United Co-op 2000 Brass (J. Meredith) 176

9. Middleton (M. Stringer) 175

10. Trinity Girls (S. Barton) 174

11. Stalybridge Old (J. Lewis) 173

12. Hoover (Bolton) (A. Cooke) 172



Section 3


Venue: Opera House

Test-piece: The Dark Side of the Moon (Paul Lovatt-Cooper)
Adjudicator: James Scott

The top three bands qualified



*1. Oldham (Lees) (J. Collins) 184

*2 Eagley (G. Moore) 183

*3. Pemberton Old Wigan JJB B (P. Ashley) 182

4. Flixton (I. McKnight) 181

5. Douglas Town (G. Higginbottom) 180

6. BMP Europe Goodshaw (K. Gibbs) 178

7. Morecambe (A. Warriner) 177

8. Formby (L. Hough) 175

9. Hawk Green (Marple) (P. Pavey) 173

10. Dobcross Silver (D. Hadfield) 171

11. Skelmersdale Prize (G. Clough) 170

12. Ramsey Town (R. Quane) 169

13. Valley Brass (Haydock) (D. Chadwick) 167

14. Whitworth Vale and Healey (J. Binns) 166

15. Greenalls (H. Bousefield) 165

16. Rivington and Adlington (D. Mort) 164

17. City of Chester (P. Mottershead) 163

18. Boarshurst Silver (A. Hobbins) 162

19. Dobcross Youth 2003 (B. Lamb) 160

20. Pilling Jubilee Silver (B. Porter,) 159



Section 4


Venue: Spanish Hall

Test-piece: Four Cities Symphony (Rodney Newton) 

Adjudicator: Geoffrey Whitham

The top three bands qualified
*1. Uppermill (A. Widdop) 179

*2. Lostock Hall Memorial (J. Wood) 177

*3. Tarleton and District Brass (G. Bould) 176

4. St. John's Mossley (S. Corbett) 175

5. Farnworth and Walkden (P. Ashley) 174

6. Coppull and Standish (A. Baker) 173

7. Cheshire Constabulary (D. Woollam) 172

8. Hazel Grove (N. Beasley) 171

9. Golborne (G. Smith) 170

10. Besses Boys (J. Holt) 169

11. Farndon and District Brass (M. Robertson) 168

12. Greenfield (S. Black) 167

13. Tottington Public (M. Ryan) 166

14. Darwen Brass (S. Hartley) 165

15. Friezland (T. Haslam) 164

16. Eccles Borough (L. Webb) 163

17. Sale Brass (J. Dickinson) 162

18. Parr (Richardson Ltd.) St. Helens (R. Prescott) 161

19. Denton Brass (J. Davies) 160

20. Barnton Silver (S. Yates) 159

21. Blackley (A. Smith) 158

22. Brindle (K. Richmond) 157

23. Nelson Brass (J. Roberts) 156



London and Southern Counties
Venue: Arts and Leisure Centre, Stevenage

Number of competing bands: 79
Saturday 15 March: 3rd and 1st sections

Sunday 16 March: 4th, 2nd and Championship sections



Championship Section

Sunday 16 March

Venue: Gordon Craig Theatre

Test-piece: Festival Music (Eric Ball)
Adjudicator: David Horsfield

The top two bands qualify

*1. Redbridge Brass (R. Wiffen) 193

*2. Aveley and Newham (N. Taken) 192

3. Milton Keynes Brass (Broseley) (P. Fensom) 189

4. Zone One Brass (P. Archibald) 188

5. Staines Brass (M. White) 187

6. KM Medway (M. White) 186

7. Clacton-on-Sea Co-operative (T. Brotherhood) 185

8. Bedford Town (J. Berryman) 184

9. Wantage Silver ‘A’ (P. Bailey) 183

10. Kidlington Concert Brass (C. Underwood) 181

11. Welwyn Garden City (D. Stoke) 179

12. Haverhill Silver (M. Ager) 177


Best Cornet: Ralph Brill, cornet, Redbridge
Brass
Best Euphonium: Derick Kane, euphonium, Aveley
and Newham
Best Horn: Redbridge
Brass

1st Section 

Saturday 15 March
Venue: Main Concert Hall
Test-piece: James Cook - Circumnavigator (Gilbert Vinter)
Adjudicator: David Horsfield
The top two bands qualified

*1. Jersey Premier Brass (T. Pritchard) 192

*2. Ipswich and Norwich Co-op (R. Norman) 190

3. St. Albans City (D. Shead) 188

4. Matthews Norfolk Brass (D. Stowell) 187

5. Egham (G. Green) 186

6. Horsham Borough (K. Maxwell) 185

7. Sandhurst Silver (I. McElligott) 184

8. City of Cambridge (P. Bassano) 183

9. Friary Guildford (C. King) 182

10. Becontree Brass (Chambers) 180

11. Regent Brass (A. Duguid) 178

12. Soham Comrades (G. Sheldon) 176

13. Cawston (C. Swaep) 174

14. Northfleet Brass (A. Austin) 172

15. Denham Hendon (G. Davies) 170


Best Soloist: Cornet, St. Albans City



2nd Section 


Sunday 16 March
Venue: Gordon Craig Theatre

Test-piece: Three-Part Invention (Kenneth Downie)
Adjudicator: Steve Pritchard-Jones
The top two bands qualified
1. Alder Valley Brass (R. Burke) 186

2. Epsom and Ewell Silver (E. Howard) 185

3. Grimsdyke Brass (S. Broughall) 184

4. Thundersley Brass (R. Morris) 183

5. Chinnor Silver (D. Pegram) 182

6. Epping Forest (M. Easener) 181

7. Fairlop Brass (K. Jordan) 180

8. Chichester City (J. Williams) 179

9. East London Brass (J. Murrill) 178

10. Ware Brass (P. Littlemore) 177

11. Tilbury (D. Lewis) 176

12. Yiewsley and West Drayton (C. Cole) 175

13. Norfolk Wherry Brass (G. Barber) 170



3rd Section 


Saturday 15 March
Venue: Main Concert Hall
Test-piece: The Dark Side of the Moon (Paul Lovatt-Cooper)
Adjudicator: Steve Pritchard-Jones
The top three bands qualified
*1. Littleport Brass (N. Bramley) 183

*2. Hangleton (M. Pollard) 182

*3. Brighton and Hove City Brass (M. Hackett) 181

4. Stantonbury Brass (A. Jenkin) 180

5. St. Sebastian Wokingham (A. Porter) 179

6. Uckfield Concert Brass (S. McIntyre) 178

7. Waterbeach Brass (J. Utting) 177

8. Woodbridge Excelsior (A. Duguid) 176

9. Hitchin Town (M. Hurrell) 175

10. Fulham (S. Jones) 174

11. Croydon Brass (P. Martin) 173

12. Hungerford Town (T. Crouter) 172

13. Chalgrove (M. Pegram) 171

14. BAE Systems (K. Woodger) 170

15. LGB Brass (I. Stewart) 169

16. Great Yarmouth Brass (S. Philpot) 168

17. EPB (I. Mitchell) 167



4th Section 


Sunday 16 March
Venue: Main Concert Hall
Test-piece: Four Cities Symphony (Rodney Newton)
Adjudicator: P. Norley

The top three bands qualified
*1. Hemel Hempstead (G. Weeks) 180

*2. Tadley Concert Brass (C. Chapman) 178

*3. Cold Ash (M. Clark) 177

4. Wantage Silver ‘B’ (D. Dulforce) 176

5. Watford (R. Graves) 175

6. Amersham (A. Duguid) 174

7. Jubilee Brass (Oxford) (C. Sadler) 173

8. Charles Church Camberley (R. Cherry) 172

9. Battle Town Band (J. Penton) 171

10. Bletchington Silver (N. Hall) 170

11. Cobham (D. Ruel) 169

12. Kings Lynn Town (P. Mole) 168

13. Harwich RBL (A. Sanders) 167

14. Fakenham Town (D. Wakefield) 166

15. Bradwell Silver (C. Johnston) 165

16. Royston Band (S. Jones) 164

17. Hilgay Silver (K. Beckett) 163

18. MK Development (Broseley) (D. Johnston) 162

19. Letchworth Garden City (T. Welch) 161

20. Newmarket Town (L. Ager) 160

21. Snowdown Colliery Welfare (K. Twyman) 159

22. Crystal Palace ‘B’ (I. Whittaker) 158