Results Archive

The results of the 2008 Regional Championships 

* Denotes qualification to the ‘Finals’

The number appearing after the name of each conductor represents the band’s draw position

North of England

Venue: The Dolphin Centre, Darlington

CHAMPIONSHIP SECTION


Sunday 22 March
Test-piece: Salute to Youth (Gilbert Vinter)
Adjudicator: David Read

The top two bands qualify for a place in the Final at the Royal Albert Hall

*1. EYMS (Dr. R. Childs) 3
*2. Reg Vardy (Dr. N. Childs) 7
3. NASUWT Riverside (I. Robinson) 4
4. Fishburn (G. Cutt) 6
5. Felling (G. Tindall) 8
6. Lockwood Brass (J. Roberts) 9
7. Easington Colliery (R. Farr) 5
8. Kirkbymoorside Town (J. Woodward) 1
9. Westoe Brass (J. Smith) 2


Withdrawals: Greggs Bakery (D. Beckley) 



Best Soprano: John Belton, EYMS
Best Principal Cornet: Tina Mortimer, NASUWT Riverside
Best Bass Section: EYMS
Best Percussion Section: Lockwood
Brass

SECTION 1

Saturday 21 March
Test-piece: Pentacle (Graham Cole)
Adjudicator: David Read

The top two bands qualify for a place in the ‘Finals’ in Harrogate

*1. GT Group Peterlee (S. Malcolm) 3

*2. Barton Town (R. Evans) 8
3. Shepherd Building Group (T. Oldroyd) 7
4. Wansbeck’s Ashington Colliery (N. Stedman) 4
5. Harrogate (R. Waite) 6
6. Broughtons Brass (A. Exley) 5
7. Murton Colliery (D. Noble) 2
8. Northumbrian Water Ellington (R. Farr) 1



Best Bass Section: Barton
Town
Best Percussion Section: Shepherd
Building Group

 

SECTION 2


Sunday 22 March
Test-piece: New World Sketches (Daniel Cole)
Adjudicator: Richard Evans

The top two qualify for a place in the ‘Finals’ at Harrogate

*1. Flookburgh (A. Lewis) 6
*2. Houghton Brass (H. Smith) 5
3. Dearham (G. Williams) 4
4. Cockerton Silver (G. Nicklin)
5. Durham Constabulary (K. McDonald) 2
6. York Railway Institute (D. Warley) 1



Best Euphonium: Houghton
Brass
Best soprano: Flookburgh
Best Basses: Flookburgh 


 

SECTION 3

Sunday 22 March
Test-piece: The Once and Future King (Andrew Baker)
Adjudicator: Richard Evans



The top two bands qualify for a place in the ‘Finals’ at Harrogate.

*1. South Milford Brass (R. Wilton) 9

*2. North Skelton (T. Oldroyd) 5
3. Marske Brass (A. Prest) 8
4. Ferryhill Town (S. Norris) 1
5. Billingham Silver (V. Evans) 4
6. Ripon City (M. Dibb) 7
7. East Riding of Yorkshire (P. Andrews) 3
8. Stape Silver (M. Breckon) 2
9. Dunston Silver (S. Murrill) 6



Best Percussion: Billingham
Winning Conductor: Richard Wilton

SECTION 4

Saturday 21 March
Test-piece: The Talisman for Brass Band (Frank Hughes)
Adjudicator: Barry Thompson

The top two bands qualify for a place in the ‘Finals’ in Harrogate

*1. Kirkby Lonsdale (A. Greenwood) 4
*2. Kingsway Printers Cleethorpes (S. Askew) 2
3. Swinton and District Excelsior (N. Sutherland) 9
4. Backworth Colliery (D. Beckley) 6
5. Bearpark and Esh Colliery (V. Eckerman) 3
6. Lanchester (J. Fenwick) 8
7. NASUWT Riverside Youth (J. Bell) 1
8. Trimdon Concert (B. Wright) 5
9. Craghead Colliery (J. Robson) 7



Best Principal Cornet: Kingsway Printers
Cleethorpes
Best Euphonium: Kirkby Lonsdale


London and Southern Counties

Venue: The Arts and Leisure Centre, Stevenage
Asterisk indicates qualification to the ‘Finals’
The number appearing after the name of each conductor represents the band’s draw position

 

CHAMPIONSHIP SECTION


Sunday 22 March
Test-piece: Salute to Youth (Gilbert Vinter)
Adjudicator: Philip Sparke

The top two bands qualify for a place in the ‘Final’ at the Royal Albert Hall

*1. Redbridge Brass (J. Wise) 8
*2. Zone One Brass (R. Ward) 4
3. Aveley and Newham (N. Taken) 2
4. Clacton-on-Sea Co-operative (L. Morgan) 3
5. KM Medway (M. White) 1
6. Bedford Town (P. Mayes) 12
7. Wantage Silver ‘A’ (P. Bailey) 7
8. Milton Keynes Brass (Broseley) P. Fensom 11
9. Kidlington Concert Brass (C. Underwood) 5
10. City of Cambridge (D. Wilson) 6
11. Ipswich and Norwich Co-op (R. Norman) 10
12. Staines Brass (M. White) 9



Best Cornet: Zone One
Brass
Best Euphonium: Clacton-on-Sea Co-operative
Best Tenor Horn: Wantage Silver


SECTION 1


Sunday 22 March
Test-piece: Pentacle (Graham Cole)
Adjudicator: Paul Cosh



The top two bands qualify for a place in the ‘Finals’ at Harrogate

*1. Norfolk Brass (D. Stowell) 15
*2. Sandhurst Silver (I. McElligott) 14
3. Regent Brass (A. Duguid) 7
4. Haverhill Silver (M. Ager) 13
5. Friary Guildford (C. King) 2
6. Welwyn Garden City (J. Marshall) 5
7. Jersey Premier Brass (T. Pritchard) 6
8. Cawston (C. Swaep) 3
9. Soham Comrades (K. Schroeter) 16
10. Northfleet Brass (A. Austin) 1
11. Denham Hendon Brass (G. Davies) 8
12. Egham (G. Green) 4
13. St. Albans City (D. Shead) 11
14. Horsham Borough (K. Maxwell) 9
15. Epsom and Ewell Silver (T. Howard) 12
16. Grimsdyke Brass (S. Broughall) 10 

SECTION 2

Saturday 21 March
Test-piece: New World Sketches (Daniel Price)
Adjudicator: Philip Sparke


The top three bands qualify for a place in the ‘Finals’ in Harrogate

*1. East London Brass (J. Murrill) 6
*2. Yiewsley and West Drayton (C. Cole) 14
*3. Fairlop Brass (K. Jordan) 17
4. Alder Valley Brass (R. Burke) 13
5. Chichester City (M. Grace) 2
6. Ware Brass (P. Littlemore) 9
7. Colchester (P. Ivey) 16
8. Becontree Brass (G. Chambers) 8
9. Littleport Brass (N. Bramley) 3
10. Epping Forest (M. Easener) 15
11. Chinnor Silver (D. Pegram) 1
12. Thundersley Brass (R. Morris) 7
13. Crystal Palace (M. Gray) 12
14. Tilbury (A. Duguid) 5
15. Brighton and Hove City Brass (M. Hackett) 4
16. Norfolk Wherry Brass (L. Purdy) 10
17. Stantonbury Brass (A. Jenkin) 11



SECTION 3

Saturday 21 March
Test-piece: The Once and Future King (Andrew Baker)
Adjudicator: Paul Cosh

The top two bands qualify for a place in the ‘Finals’ in Harrogate

*1. St. Sebastian Wokingham (L. Woodward) 10
*2. Hungerford Town (T. Crouter) 15
3. Waterbeach Brass (J. Utting) 4
4. Fulham Brass (S. Jones) 11
5. Hitchen (C. Patterson), 1
6. Betteshanger Welfare (S. Cutting) 3
7. Tadley Concert Brass (P. Chapman) 14
8. Chalgrove (M. Pegram) 13
9. BAE Systems (K. Woodger) 8
10. Hangleton (M. Pollard) 7
11. Croydon Brass (P. Martin) 2
12. Woodbridge Excelsior (G. Shaw) 9
13. Watford (R. Graves) 12
14. Great Yarmouth Brass (S. Philpot) 5
15. LBG Brass (I. Stewart) 8

 


 

SECTION 4


Sunday 22 March
Test-piece: The Talisman for Brass Band (Frank Hughes)
Adjudicator: Roy Roe



The top two qualify for a place in the ‘Finals’ at Harrogate

*1. Battle Town (J. Penton) 14
*2. Wantage Silver ‘B’ (D. Dulforce) 8
3. Jubilee Brass (Oxford) (C. Sadler) 3
4. Hemel Hempstead (G. Weeks) 5
5. Harwich RBL Brass (A. Sanders) 10
6. Kings Lynn Town (S. Ingham) 9
7. Bletchington Silver (N. Hall) 13
8. Letchworth Garden City (T. Welch) 1
9. Cold Ash Brass (M. Clark) 4
10. Charles Church Camberley (R. Cherry) 2
11. Royston (S. Earley) 7
12. Amersham (I. Hogan) 11
13. Milton Keynes Development (D. Johnston) 6
14. Bradwell Silver (B. Keech) 12
15. Cobham (D. Ruel) 15
16. Hilgay Silver (K. Beckett) 16



Scotland

Venue: Caird Hall, Dundee
Asterisk indicates qualification to the ‘Finals’
The numbers appearing after the name of each conductor represent the band’s draw position, followed by the points awarded

 

CHAMPIONSHIP SECTION

Sunday 22 March
Salute to Youth (Gilbert Vinter)
Adjudicator: Alan Morrison and Lt. Col. Graham Jones MBE



The top two bands qualify for a place in the ‘Final’ at the Royal Albert Hall

*1. Scottish Co-op (R. Gray) 2, 193
*2. Kirkintilloch (S. Simonsen) 9, 192
3. Whitburn (S. Mead) 7, 191
4. Bon-Accord Silver (J. Maines) 10, 190
5. Kingdom Brass (J. Gourlay) 6, 189
6. Dalmellington (A. Hutchison) 1, 187
7. Clackmannan (P. Kiernan) 5, 185
8. Unison Kinneil (A. Duncan) 4, 184
9. Dunaskin Doon (J. Boax) 8, 183
10. Bo’ness and Carriden (M. Marzella) 3, 182



Best Cornet: Scottish Co-op
Best Trombone: Scottish Co-op
Best Horn: Scottish Co-op
Best Euphonium: Bon-Accord Silver
Best Basses: Whitburn

SECTION 1


Sunday 22 March
Test-piece: Pentacle (Graham Cole)
Adjudicator: Kevin Wadsworth and Peter Bassano



The top two bands qualify for a place in the ‘Finals’ at Harrogate

*1. Kirkintilloch Kelvin (C. Keenan) 6, 185
*2. Newtongrange Silver (N. Boddice MBE) 9, 180
3. Newmilns and Galston (A. McCutcheon) 2, 178
4. Campbeltown Brass (C. Anderson) 4, 177
5. Lochgelly (P. Drury) 8, 176
6. Broxburn and Livingston (T. Swainson) 1, 175
7. Johnstone (R. Tennant) 7, 174
8. Bathgate (S. Baird) 5, 173
9. Barrhead Burgh (M. Ramsay) 3, 172
10. St. Ronan’s Silver (A. Knox) 10, 171



Best Instrumentalist: Rachel Baxter, Kirkintilloch Kelvin (solo horn)



SECTION 2

Saturday 21 March
Test-piece: New World Sketches (Daniel Price)
Adjudicators: Kevin Wadsworth and Lt. Col. Graham Jones MBE



The top two bands qualify for a place in the ‘Finals’ in Harrogate

*1. Arbroath Instrumental (M. Robertson) 1, 176
*2. Annan Town (APD) (D. Shanks) 11, 174
3. Tullis Russell Mills (J. Hinckley) 3, 173
4. Granite City Brass (D. Ashworth) 8, 172
5. City of Discovery (B. Fraser) 5, 171
6. Shotts St. Patrick’s (G. Lindsay) 4, 170
7. Dalkeith and Monktonhall (J. Chamberlain) 7, 169
8. Croy Silver (K. Blackwood) 6, 168
9. Jedforest Instrumental (C. Bradley) 9, 167
10. Selkirk Silver (M. Bell) 2, 166
11. Perthshire Brass (G. Annan) 10, 164



Best instrumentalist: Granite City, Kenny Chapman (euphonium)



SECTION 3

Saturday 21 March
Adjudicators: Peter Bassano and Allan Ramsay
Test-piece: The Once and Future King (Andrew Baker)

The top two bands qualify for a place in the ‘Finals’ in Harrogate

*1. Coalburn Silver (G. Bowman) 5, 180
*2. Dunfirmline Town (D. Neil) 8, 177
3. Renfrew Burgh (D. Hutchinson) 9, 176
4. St. Davids (J. Dickson) 11, 175
5. Buckhaven and Methil Miners (G. Evans MBE) 1, 174
6. Dundee Instrumental (O. Connor) 4, 173
7. Irvine and Dreghorn (D. McKellar) 6, 171
8. Bon Accord Silver 'B' (B. Wallace) 2, 170
9. MacTaggart Scott Loanhead (R. Duff) 10, 169
10. Tayport Instrumental (F. Culross) 3, 168
11. Turriff Silver (F. Cranna) 7, 165



SECTION 4

Saturday 21 March
Test-piece: The Talisman for Brass Band (Frank Hughes)
Adjudicators: Allan Ramsay and Alan Morrison


The top two bands qualify for a place in the ‘Finals’ in Harrogate

*1. Peebles Burgh (A. Fernie) 1, 179
*2. Brass Sounds Inverclyde (G. Bowman) 2, 177
3. Penicuik Silver (A. Knox) 3, 175
4. Dumfries Town (P. Heyes) 4, 174
5. Queensferry Community Brass (J. Anderson) 5, 173



Best Instrumentalist: Principal Cornet, Brass Sounds Inverclyde
Youngest Player: Greg Rusca, Dumfries Town
( Bb bass)

West of England

Venue: The Riviera International Centre, Torquay
Asterisk indicates qualification to the 'Finals'
The number appearing after the name of each conductor represents the band's draw position.

CHAMPIONSHIP SECTION

Venue: The Forum
Test-piece: Salute to Youth (Gilbert Vinter)
Adjudicators: Nigel Boddice and Alan Fernie

The top two bands qualify for a place in the ‘Final’ at the Royal Albert Hall.

*1. Camborne Town (G. Cutt) 8
*2. Flowers (Dr. Roy Newsome) 5
3. Lydbrook (S. Sykes) 11
4. Mount Charles (A. Duncan) 2
5. SWT Woodfalls (Dr. N. Childs) 9
6. Aldbourne (M. White) 10
7. Yeovil (D. Barringer) 7
8. Helston Town (J. Hitchens) 3
9. Bournemouth Concert BRass (J. Camps) 6
10. St. Dennis (B. Minear) 1
11. St. Keverne (J. Maines) 4

SECTION 1

Saturday 14 March
Venue: The Forum
Test-piece: Pentacle (Graham Cole)
Adjudicators: Nigel Boddice and Alan Fernie

The top two bands qualify for the ‘Finals’ in Harrogate

*1. Poole Borough (P. Randell) 10
*2. Sherborne Town (P. Cosh) 14
3. St. Austell Town (G. Pritchard) 1
4. Portishead Town (I. Dickinson) 2
5. Hyde (I. Hutchinson) 8
6. Lanner and District Silver (C. Toghill) 11
7. Michelmersh Silver (M. White) 3
8. Lympstone South West Telecome (C. Fleming) 12
9. Chalford (S. Tubb) 4
10. Otterbourne Brass (Lt. Col. C. Davis OBE) 7
11. Swindon Pegasus Brass (P. Uzzell) 13
12. Ocean Brass (N. Grace) 9
13. Soundhouse Brass (G. Pumford) 5
14. Woodfalls Concert Brass (S. Dunster) 6

SECTION 2

Saturday 14 March
Venue: The Forum
Test-piece: New World Sketches (Daniel Price)
Adjudicators: Nigel Boddice and Alan Fernie

The top two bands qualify for a place in the ‘Finals’ at Harrogate

*1. Camborne ‘B’ (A. Pope) 13
*2. Verwood Concert Brass (D. Johnson) 4
3. Shrewton Silver (S. Lippeatt) 12
4. Heyl Town (D. Johnston) 5
5. Filton Concert Brass (B. James) 9
6. City of Bristol (C. Thomas) 6
7. Phoenix Brass (Crewkerne) (P. Slator) 11
8. St. Pinnock (J. Willcock) 3
9. Bristol East and Kingswood (J. Griffin) 14
10. Cinderford (D. Lea) 7
11. Forest of Dean Brass (J. Gwynne) 1
12. Gillingham Imperial Silver (A. MacRae) 8
13. South Molton Town (D. Marshall) 2
14. Solent Concert (H. Garner) 10



SECTION 3

Saturday 14 March
Venue: The Arena
Test-piece: The Once and Future King (Andrew Baker)
Adjudicators: Paul Norley and Simone Rebello

The top two bands qualify for a place in the ‘Finals’ at Harrogate.

*1. Brunel Brass (J. Winterflood) 11
*2. Bugle Silver (D. Pope) 16
3. Wotton and District Silver (D. Grant) 12
4. Pendennis Brass (Falmouth) (S.Thomas) 10
5. Denmead Brass (E. Flood) 1
6. Weston Brass (A. Osborne) 4
7. St. Stythians (J. Burns) 2
8. Bath Spa (D. Haywood) 14
9. Sidmouth Town (A. Harvey) 7
10. Pillowell Silver (S. Ruck) 3
11. Bream Silver (H. Cole) 6
12. Corsham (D. Barringer) 9
13. Wincanton Silver (B. Kelloway) 13
14. Torbay Brass (M. Faro) 15
15. A. W. Parker (Drybrook) (K. White) 5
16. Launceston Town (D. Dobson) 8



SECTION 4

Sunday 15 March
The Forum
Test-piece: The Talisman for Brass Band (Frank Hughes)
Adjudicators: Paul Norley and Simone Rebello



The top three bands qualify for a place in the ‘Finals’ at Harrogate

*1. St. Breward Silver (G. Lannie) 6
*2. Downton (R. Wright) 14
*3. Test Valley Brass (S. Large) 1
4. Tewkesbury Town (N. Morgan) 2
5. Wilton and District Youth (C. Herbert) 9
6. Weymouth Concert Brass (A. Glynn) 11
7. Marsfield (D. Jones) 3
8. Shanklin Town (IoW) (M. Lewis) 19
9. Chalford Academy (S. Tubb) 16
10. Spinnaker Brass (D. Jones) 17
11. Totnes (I. Wilkinson) 4
12. Hatherleigh Silver (R. Wonnacott) 10
13. Swindon Brass (F. Cowley) 7
14. Bratton Silver (M. Fricker) 13
15. Porthleven Town (E. Ralph) 18
16. New Forest Brass (I. Luxford) 8
17. Cheltenham Silver (D. Grant) 12
18. Lostwithiel Town (D. Stephens) 15
19. Bideford Town (R. Ashby) 5

Midlands

 

Midlands
Venues: Civic Hall and Nicholas Chamberlaine Technology College, Bedworth
Asterisk indicates qualification to the 'Finals'
The number appearing after the name of each conductor represents the band's draw position

 

CHAMPIONSHIP SECTION

Sunday 15 March
Venue: Civic Hall
Test-piece: Salute to Youth (Gilbert Vinter)
Adjudicators: Derek Broadbent and C. Brian Buckley

The top two bands qualify for the ‘Finals’ in Harrogate.



*1. Desford Colliery (R. Gray) 11
*2. Newstead Brass (D. Beckley) 6
3. Thoresby Colliery (G. Stevens) 10
4. Virtuosi GUS (J. Berryman) 2
5. Glossop Old (P. Pavey) 9
6. Jaguar (Coventry) (D. Lea) 4
7. Sovereign Brass (P. Parkes) 3
8. Enderby (J. Mott) 13
9. Derwent Brass (K. Leonard) 8
10. Kibworth (J. Hudson) 12
11. Ratby Co-operative (M. Fowles) 7
12. Staffordshire (H. Thomas) 5
13. Jackfield (S. Platford) 1


SECTION 1

Saturday 14 March
Venue: Civic Hall
Test-piece: Pentacle (Graham Cole)
Adjudicators: C. Brian Buckley and Derek Broadbent



The top two bands qualify for the ‘Finals’ in Harrogate.



*1. Phoenix West Midlands (D. Maplestone) 14
*2. City of Coventry (S. Cooper) 8
3. Gresley Colliery (S. Shimwell) 6
4. Foresters Brass 2000 (P. Collins) 15
5. Foss Dyke (A. Keegan) 10
6. Carlton Brass (W. Richie BEM) 11
7. Bedworth Brass (G. Bennett) 3
8. Brackley and District (J. Glynn) 12
9. Wigston (G. Sleath) 2
10. Hathern (D. Newman) 7
11. Hopkins Blidworth (K. Steward) 16
12. Harborough (C. Groom) 9
13. Langley (C. Parker) 5
14. Towcester Studio (H. Thomas) 1
15. Shirley (A. Green) 13
16. Ibstock Brick Brass (K. Ferguson) 4



SECTION 2

Sunday 15 March

Civic Hall
Test-piece: New World Sketches (Daniel Price)
Adjudicators: Colin Hardy and Christopher Wormald



The top two bands qualify for the ‘Finals’ in Harrogate.



*1. Shirland (A. Dennis) 8
*2. Wellington Telford (S. Curtis) 3
3. Oddfellows Brass (R. Boulter) 11
4. Tintwistle (P. Denton) 1
5. Leicestershire Co-op (G. Jacklin) 2
6. Matlock (R. Jepson) 4
7. Bilton Silver (Rugby) (B. Clarke) 5
8. Arrow Valley (D. Stanley) 9
9. West Mercia Constabulary (S. Pritchard-Jones) 6
10. Stourport (M. West) 7
11. Long Eaton Silver Prize (S. Stansfield) 10



SECTION 3

Saturday 14 March
Venue: Nicholas Chamberlaine Technology College
Test-piece: The Once and Future King (Andrew Baker)
Adjudicators: Colin Hardy and Christopher Wormald



The top two bands qualify for the ‘Finals’ in Harrogate.



*1. Cubbington Silver (G. Smallwood) 3
*2. Bakewell Silver (M. Wilcockson) 13
3. Shirebrook (M. Wilcockson) 2
4. Amington (W. Kendrick) 14
5. Hucknall and Linby (P. Whyley) 5
6. Stamford (R. Prew) 15
7. Porthywaen (M. Parry) 4
8. WEM Jubilee (R. Thorne) 11
9. City of Birmingham (W. Belshaw) 12
10. Avonbank (Evesham) (N. Smith) 6
11. Rushden Windmill (J. Fletcher) 8
12. Moulton ’77 (M. France) 1
13. Burbage Buxton (S. Critchlow) 9
14. Daventry (N. Howard) 7
15. Kirkby Colliery (S. Berrill) 10


Withdrawal: University of Warwick (S. Hogg)

 

SECTION 4


Sunday 15 March
Nicholas Chamberlaine Technology College
Test-piece: The Talisman for Brass Band (Frank Hughes)
Adjudicators: David Hirst and Derek Southcott



The top three bands qualify for the ‘Finals’ in Harrogate.



*1. Whitwell (D. Fretwell) 17
*2. Dronfield (J. Davis) 11
*3. Fairfield (Buxton) (C. Kitchen) 21
4. Rolls Royce (Derby) (G. Cardwell) 10
5. Ireland Colliery Chesterfield (I. Knapton) 2
6. Rushden Town (P. Vine) 9
7. Croft Silver (I. Needham) 7
8. Thoresby Colliery Youth (C. Gent) 15
9. Ceramic Brass (S. Churchill) 16
10. Bestwood Welfare Black Diamonds (B. Draper) 8
11. Shipston Town (H. Gibbs) 1
12. Ilkeston Brass (D. Jones) 18
13. Ratby Co-operative Mid (G. Newman) 14
14. Pleasley Colliery Welfare (D. Cutting) 4
15. Trentham Brass (M. Caveney) 6
16. Malvern Hills and District (J. Swindells) 20
17. Corby Silver (G. Riseley) 19
18. Newhall (K. Holdgate) 12
19. Melton (G. Sutton) 13
20. Market Raisen RPC (S. Askew) 5
21. Burbage Silver (A. Ellis) 3



Wales

Brangwyn Hall, Swansea
Asterisk indicates qualification to the 'Finals'
The number appearing after the name of each conductor represents the band's draw position

 

CHAMPIONSHIP SECTION

Sunday 15 March
Test-piece: Salute to Youth (Gilbert Vinter)
Adjudicator: David Read



Cory Band already enjoys automatic qualification by virtue of its place in the top four of the 2008 Championship Section 'Final' and will be joined at the Royal Albert Hall by Tredegar and Northop bands.

*1. Cory (Dr. R. Childs) 10
*2. Tredegar (I. Porthouse) 2
*3. Northop (T. Wyss) 7
4. BTM (J. Katsikaris) 9
5. Beaumaris (G. Evans) 6
6. Newbridge (Celynen) (P. Holland) 8
7. Cwmaman Institute (G. O’Connor) 3
8. Wrexham Brass (W. Ruston) 5
9. Burry Port Town (C. Roberts) 1
10. Penclawdd Brass (A. Small) 4



Best Instrumentalist: David Childs, principal euphonium, Cory

SECTION 1

Saturday 14 March
Test-piece: Pentacle (Graham Cole)
Adjudicator: David Read




The top two bands qualify for a place in the Harrogate ‘Finals’.

*1. Point of Ayr (J. Hinckley) 4
*2. Tongwynlais Temperance (P. Harper) 6
3. Abergavenny Borough (G. Ritter) 5
4. Markham and District (N. Seaman) 1
5. Pontardulais (Burns Pet Nutrition) (P. Jenkins) 2
6. RAF St. Athan Voluntary (A. Bourne) 3



Best Instrumentalist: David James, flugel, Tongwynlais



SECTION 2

Saturday 14 March
Test-piece: New World Sketches (Daniel Price)
Adjudicator: Alan Hope



The top two bands qualify for the ‘Finals’ in Harrogate.

*1. City of Cardiff (Melingriffith) (G. Ritter) 5
*2. Deiniolen (G. Saynor) 8
3. Rogerstone (J. Jones) 6
4. Tylorstown (G. Davies) 3
5. Newton Silver (S. Edwards) 9
6. Blaenavon Town (L. Price) 10
7. Lewis Merthyr (G. Pritchard) 7
8. Llanrug (P. Hughes) 2
9. Briton Ferry (Dr. C. Jenkins) 1
10. Ammanford Town (C. John) 4



Best Instrumentalist: Paul Jenkins, bass trombone, City of Cardiff



SECTION 3

Saturday 14 March
Test-piece: The Once and Future King (Andrew Baker)
Adjudicator: David Read

The top two bands qualify for the ‘Finals’ in Harrogate.


*1. Royal Buckley Town (P. Lovatt-Cooper) 5
*2. Ynyshir (D. Evans) 3
3. Crosskeys Silver (K. Bowden) 4
4. Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen (G. Davies) 2
5. Ogmore Valley Silver (I. Barnett) 1
6. Goodwick (C. Hogg) 6



Best intrumentalist: Norman James, trombone, Ynyshir 



SECTION 4

Sunday 15 March
Test-piece: The Talisman for Brass Band (Frank Hughes)
Adjudicator: Alan Hope

The top two bands qualify for the ‘Finals’ in Harrogate

*1. Pontypool Brass (P. O’Leary) 4
*2. Ebbw Vale (C. Thomas) 3
3. Corus (Port Talbot) (C. Hogg) 5
4. Upper Rhondda (T. Davoren) 6
5. Crwbin (R. Davies) 2
6. Ystradgynlais Public (P. Williams) 7
7. Newport Borough (A. Hathaway) 1



Best intrumentalist: Paul Jones, solo cornet, Ebbw Vale
Youngest player: Livia Jones, ten, Upper Rhondda 


North West

Venue: Winter Gardens, Blackpool
Asterisk indicates qualification to the 'Finals'
The number appearing after the name of each conductor represents the band's
draw position.

CHAMPIONSHIP SECTION

Opera House
Test-piece: Salute to Youth (Gilbert Vinter)
Adjudicator: David Read

Foden's enjoys automatic qualification by virtue of its placing in the first
four of the 2008 Championship Section 'Final' and is joined at the Royal
Albert Hall by Fairey and Pemberton Old Wigan bands.

*1. Foden's (Garry Cutt) 5
*2. Fairey (Philip Chalk) 4
*3. Pemberton Old Wigan JJB (Mark Bentham) 3
4. Bactiguard Wire Brass (Paul Andrews) 11
5. Wingates (Andrew Berryman) 1
6. United Co-op Milnrow (John Ward) 10
7. United Co-op (Crewe) (Jef Sparkes) 8
8. Leyland (Jason Katsikaris) 6
9. Roberts Bakery (Colin Cranson) 2
10. Timperley (Michael Fowles) 7
11. Poulton-Le-Fylde (Gareth Westwood) 9

SECTION 1

Empress Ballroom
Test-piece: Pentacle (Graham Cole)
Adjudicator: Colin Hardy

The top two bands qualify for a place in the 'Finals' at Harrogate

*1. Wardle Anderson Brass (Sean Conway) 5
*2. Blackburn and Darwen (Nick Sheppard) 12
3. Ashton-Under-Lyne (Martyn Evans) 11
4. Manx Concert Brass (Ian Clague MBE) 3
5. Longridge (Steve Tarry) 8
6. Bollington Brass (Peter Christian) 4
7. Vernon Building Society Poynton (Kevin Gibbs) 9
8. Tyldesley (Robert Taylor) 6
9. Freckleton (Paul Dalton) 10
10. Mossley (Duncan Byers) 7
11. Haydock (Mark Quinn) 1
12. Blackpool Brass (Andrew Warriner) 2

Withdrawal: 
Diggle (Les Beevers)

SECTION 2

Empress Ballroom
New World Sketches (Daniel Price)
Adjudicator: Malcolm Brownbill

The top two bands qualify for a place in the 'Finals' at Harrogate

*1. Oldham (Lees) (John Collins) 8
*2. Silk Brass (Macclesfield) (James Cant) 7
3. Flixton (Alan Hobbins) 9
4. United Co-op 2000 Brass (Jamie Meredith) 12
5. Middleton (Matt Stringer) 5
6. Hoover (Bolton) (Lee Dunkly) 10
7. Rainford (Neil Samuel) 2
8. Besses o’ th’ Barn (Carl Whiteoak) 1
9. Old Hall Brass (John North) 6
10. Delph (Philip Goodwin) 4
11. Haslingden and Helmshore (David Holland) 3
12. Eccleston Brass (Ian Bateson) 11

SECTION 3

Spanish Hall
The Once and Future King (Andrew Baker)
Adjudicator: Derek Broadbent

The top three bands qualify for a place in the 'Finals' at Harrogate

*1. Dobcross Silver (Grenville Moore) 9
*2. Douglas Town (Gordon Higginbottom) 5
*3. Lostock Hall Memorial (John Wood) 19
4. Uppermill (Alan Widdop) 18
5. Morecambe (Andrew Warriner) 19
6. Skelmersdale Prize (John Ludden) 1
7. Formby (Louise Hough) 13
8. Hawk Green (Marple) (Andy Wilson) 2
9. Whitworth Vale and Healey (John Binns) 15
10. Trinity Girls (Brian Harper) 7
11. Greenall’s (Karl Stott) 3
12. Eagley (Gareth Westwood) 11
13. Boarshurst Silver (David Ashworth) 17
14. City of Chester (Philip Mottershead) 4
15. Stalybridge Old (John Binns) 20
16. Pemberton Old Wigan JJB 'B' (Peter Ashley) 10
17. Ramsey Town (Robert Quane) 8
18. Valley Brass (Haydock) (David Chadwick) 14
19. BMP Europe Goodshaw (Iain McKnight) 6
20. Dobcross Youth (Brian Lamb) 12

SECTION 4

Venue: Opera House
Test-piece: The Talisman for Brass Band (Frank Hughes)
Adjudicator: C. Brian Buckley

The top three bands qualify for a place in the 'Finals' at Harrogate

*1. Eccles Borough (Les Webb) 18
*2. Cheshire Constabulary (David Woollam) 7
*3. Rivington and Adlington (Malcolm Wilson) 12
4. Pilling Jubilee Silver (Billy Porter) 17
5. Greenfield (Stuart Black) 13
6. Coppull and Standish (Andrew Baker) 9
7. Nelson Brass (David Holland) 10
8. Darwen Brass (Steve Hartley) 5
9. Tarleton and District Brass (Gillian Bould) 11
10. Farnworth and Walkden (Peter Ashley) 3
11. Besses Boys (James Holt) 1
12. Blackley (Adrian Smith) 16
13. Carrbrook Brass (Jason Smith) 19
14. Sale Brass (John Dickinson) 14
15. Golborne (David Houghton) 15
16. Denton Brass (Graham Smith) 8
17. Parr (Richardson Ltd.) St. Helens (Russell Prescott) 4
18. Friezland (Tom Haslam) 6
19. Hazel Grove (Nigel Beasley) 2

Withdrawals:
St. John’s Mossley (Stephen Corbett)
Farndon and District Brass (Milne Robinson)
Barnton Silver (S. Yates)

Yorkshire

Venue: St. George’s Hall, Bradford
Asterisk indicates qualification to the 'Finals'
The number appearing after the name of the conductor represents the band’s draw position

CHAMPIONSHIP SECTION

Sunday, 8 March
Test-piece: Salute to Youth (Gilbert Vinter)

Adjudicators: Nigel Boddice and Steve Sykes


Black Dyke and Carlton Main Frickley enjoy automatic qualification by virtue of their places in the top four of the 2008 Championship Section ‘Final’ and are joined at the Royal Albert Hall by Rothwell Temperance and Hepworth (Cookson Homes).

*1. Rothwell Temperance (David Roberts), 7

*2. Hepworth (Cookson Homes) (Ian Porthouse), 3

3. Grimethorpe Colliery (Allan Withington), 8

*4. Black Dyke (Dr. Nicholas Childs), 1

5. Brighouse and Rastrick (Garry Cutt), 6

6. Skelmanthorpe (John Roberts), 5

*7. Carlton Main Frickley Colliery (Russell Gray), 4
8. Marsden Silver Prize (Ossett Brewery) (Glynn Williams), 9

9. Powerfuel Hatfield Colliery (Graham O’Connor), 2

10. Stannington (Derek Renshaw), 12

11. Hammonds Saltaire (Morgan Griffiths), 10

12. Yorkshire Imperial Urquhart Travel (Richard Evans), 11


Bests Soloist: James McCabe, solo cornet, Rothwell Temperance
Best instrumentalist: James Fieldhouse, euphonium Hepworth
(Cookson Homes)

SECTION 1

Saturday 7 March 


Test-piece: Pentacle (Graham Cole)

Adjudicators: Malcolm Brownbill and Colin Hardy


The top two bands qualify for a place in the ‘Finals’ at Harrogate

*1. Wakefield Metropolitan (Norman Law), 8

*2. Hade Edge (Simon Wood), 4

3. Drighlington (Kevin Belcher), 9

4. Meltham and Meltham Mills (Stuart Fawcett), 7

5. Stocksbridge (Miles Davison), 12

6. Old Silkstone (Alan Exley), 3

7. Hebden Bridge (Dennis Hadfield), 11

8. Lindley (Neil Jowett), 1

9. Knottingley Silver (Owen Wedgewood), 5

10. Slaithwaite (Barry Hudson), 10

11. Yorkshire Co-op (Simon Kerwin), 6

12. Cornerstone (Gavin Lamplough), 2


Best Soloist: Michael May, soprano, Hade Edge
Withdrawn: YBS Concert Brass

SECTION 2

Sunday 8 March 
2009

Test-piece: New World Sketches (Daniel Price)

Adjudicators: Malcolm Brownbill and Christopher Wormald


The top two bands qualify for a place in the 'Finals' at Harrogate

*1. Holme Silver (Disposables UK Group) (Duncan Beckley) 11

*2. Frickley/South Elmsall (David Nichols) 1

3. Kippax (Stanley Lippeatt) 9

4. Grange Moor (Mark Bentham) 5

5. Strata (David Hirst) 6

6. South Yorkshire Police (Kevin Wadsworth) 4

7. Dodworth Colliery M.W. (Eliot Darwin) 8

8. Barnsley Building Society (William Rushworth) 7

9. Clifton and Lightcliffe (John Clay) 10

10. Horbury Victoria (Bob Walker) 12

11. Rockingham (Stephen Shimwell) 2

12. Elland Silver (Phillip Shaw) 3



Best Soloist: Solo cornet, Frickley/
South Elmsall

SECTION 3

Saturday 7 March 2009
Test-piece: The Once and Future King (Andrew Baker)

Adjudicators: Simone Rebello and Ian Brownbill


The top two bands qualify for the ‘Finals’ in Harrogate

*1. Garforth (Steven Bailey) 10

*2. Crofton Silver (Tim Sidwell) 3

3. Emley (Garry Hallas) 12

4. Gawthorpe (Stephen Bradnum) 1

5. Wetherby & District Silver (David Ashworth) 11 

6. Lofthouse 2000 (Andrew Whitaker) 7

7. Gawthorpe Brass '85 (John Edward) 9

8. Skelmanthorpe ‘B’ (Philip Garlick) 8

9. West Yorkshire Police (Captain Gary Clegg) 4

10. Chapeltown (Andrew Dennis) 2

11. Barnsley Metropolitan (Alex Francis) 6

12. Oughtibridge (David Corker) 5



Best Soloist: Mark Wears, soprano cornet, Crofton SIlver

SECTION 4

Sunday 8 March
Test-piece: The Talisman for Brass Band (Frank Hughes)
Adjudicators: David Horsfield and Roy Roe

The top two bands qualify for the ‘Finals’ in Harrogate

*1. Maltby Miners Welfare (Terry Clifford) 1

*2. Thurcroft Welfare (Ken Vernon) 4
3. Linthwaite (Chris Askew) 2

4. Huddersfield and Ripponden (Steve Platten) 3

5. Armthorpe Elmfield (Haydn Griffiths) 8

6. Wilsden (Ken Lee) 9

7. Deepcar (Gavin Somerset) 5

8. Worsbrough Brass (John K. Hopkinson) 6

9. Friendly Band (Sowerby Bridge) (Carol Caton) 7



Best Soloist: Euphonium: Thurcroft Welfare

Youngest player: Jorden Deardon, Wilsden