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2003 Scottish Open - Championship

Date:
Sunday, November 30, 2003

Venue:
Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow

Test piece:
Paganini Variations, Philip Wilby

Adjudicator(s):
Dr. Robert Childs, Steven Roberts and Ian Brownbill

Pos Band Conductor Dr Pts
1 Scottish Co-op Russell Gray 11 194
2 Hepworth Mark Bentham 10 193
3 Sellers International Phillip McCann 7 192
4 Tredegar Richard Evans 3 191
5 Kirkintilloch Frank Renton 6 190
6 Fishburn Graham O'Connor 4 189
7 BTM David Stowell 15 187
8 Whitburn Andrew Duncan 5 185
9 Besses o' th' Barn Steve Sykes 1 184
10 Freckleton Paul Dalton 8 183
11 Unison Kinneil Allan Ramsay 12 181
12 Newtongrange David Hirst 9 180
13 Kingdom Brass Archie Hutchison 2 179
14 Bo'ness & Carriden David James 14 178
15 Broxburn Public Bruce Wallace 13 176

4barsrest Best Instrumentalist:
Solo trombone, Nick Hudson, Tredegar 



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