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1980 National Championships of Great Britain - Championship Section

Date:
Saturday, October 4, 1980

Venue:
Royal Albert Hall, London

Test piece:
Carnival Overture (Anton Dvorak arr. Geoffrey Brand)

Adjudicator(s):
Kenneth Dennison, Joseph Horowitz, Trevor Sharpe

Pos Band Conductor Dr Pts
1Brighouse & RastrickDerek Broadbent19194
2Black Dyke MillsMajor Peter Parkes20193
3Fairey EngineeringWalter Hargreaves16192
4GrimethorpeJames Scott15190
5Besses o' th' BarnRoy Newsome17188
6CoryDenzil Stephens4187
7DesfordHoward Snell14185
8=Solent ConcertWesley Garner18184
8=Yorkshire ImperialJohn Pryce-Jones6184
10Birmingham School of MusicRoy Curran7183
11Ever ReadyTrevor Walmsley10182
12=CamborneDerek Greenwood9181
12=GUSKeith Wilkinson11181
14Hammonds SauceGeoffrey Whitham3180
15DalmellingtonRichard Evans5179
16=TemplemoreJack Burch8178
16=Foden'sDerek Garside2178
18Whitburn Kevin Bolton12176
19BodminAlan Jenkins1174
20LutonLyn Morgan21172
21National Smokeless FuelsJim Foxcroft13170

Prizes:
First: £2000
Second: £1000
Third: £500
Fourth: £250

Winning conductor received a presentation score of the test piece.
The event was sponsored by Bank America Finance

Information supplied by Gordon Simpson.
 



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