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1967 Spring Festival - Grand Shield

Date:
Saturday, April 29, 1967

Venue:
Belle Vue, Manchester

Test piece:
Scheherazade, Rimsky Korsakoff, arr. Drake Rimmer

Adjudicator(s):
Harry Mortimer

Pos Band Conductor Dr Pts
1Cowpen & CroftonJ. R. Carr--
2Mirlees WorksN. Ashcroft--
3Wharncliffe SilkstoneF. Hoole--
4Greenway MoorT. Gray--
-Bestwood Colliery Black DiamondsJ. Baldwin--
-Broxburn PublicP. Wilson--
-Cheetham HillN. Coglan--
-CinderfordC. Chappell--
-Cwmaman Institute SilverW. Wood--
-CwmbranC. Evans--
-FairfieldW. Mortey--
-Hade Edge SilverF. Gledhill--
-HaydockH. Oakes--
-Heage SilverE. Woodhouse--
-Lancashire ConstabularyF. Hough--
-Langwith MinersG. Thorpe--
-Leeds ModelP. Kitson--
-Linthwaite SilverJ. Morley--
-1st Old Boys' AssociationA. Burch--
-55th Old Boys'J. Burch--
-Pleasley Colliery WelfareC. Holt--
-Rowntree Cocoa WorksL. Lambeth--
-WalkdenE. Vint--
-Watney MannA. Meek--
-Whitworth Vale & HealeyB. Gay--
-Yorkley OnwardG. Thompson--

Prize:

1st: £75 Plus The Daily Express Challenge Shield
2nd: £50 Plus The Belle Vue 100 Guineas Challenge Shield
3rd: £30
4th: £15 



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