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1992 European Championships - A Section

Date:
Saturday, May 2, 1992

Venue:
St. David's Hall, Cardiff

Test piece:
Five Blooms in a Welsh Garden, Gareth Wood

Adjudicator(s):
Roy Newsome, Markus Bach, Gareth Wood

Pos Band Conductor Dr Pts
1BBS Foden
Year of the Dragon
H. Snell4/895[1]+98[1]=193
2Black Dyke Mills
Odin
J. Watson2/792[3]+95[3]=187
3Eikanger Bjørsvik Musikklag [Norway]
Trittico
R. Farr11/594[2]+90[8]=184
4BB Willebroek [Belgium]
Partita
F. Violet8/1191[4]+93[5]=184
5BB Berneroberland [Switzerland]
Paganini Variations
J. Gourlay5/1386[9]+94[4]=180
6BTM
Harmony Music
M. White9/390[5]+89[9]=179
7CWS (Glasgow)
English Heritage
S. Sykes6/1288[7]+91[7]=179
8Desford Colliery Dowty
Of Men and Mountains
R. Wiffen1/282[12]+97[2]=179
9Tredegar
Contest Music
N. Weeks3/684[11]+92[6]=176
10Scottish Brewers Newtongrange
Dances and Arias
J. Scott13/189[6]+85[11]=174
11Brass Band Limburg [Holland]
Variations on an Enigma
M. Hamers7/1085[10]+87[10]=172
12Gothenburg Brass Band [Sweden]
Cloudcatcher Fells
B. Eklund12/487[8]+83[12]=170
13Silkeborg Blaeserne [Denmark]
Oceans
H. V. Christensen10/980[13]+82[13]=162

[SW] Set Work
[OC] Own Choice

Prizes:

1st Prize: £2500 plus The Boosey and Hawkes European Trophy
2nd Prize: £200 plus The Besson Salver
3rd Prize: £1500 plus The Besson Salver

The best Welsh band received a Stuart Crystal Trophy and £1000
All competing bands received a souvenir trophy
 



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