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2009 Butlins Mineworkers - Championship Section

Date:
Sunday, January 18, 2009

Venue:
Butlins Skyline Resort, Skegness

Test piece:
Harrison's Dream, Peter Graham & Entertainment

Adjudicator(s):
Philip Sparke & Alan Morrison (Saturday): Philip Sparke & Philip Harper (Sunday)

Pos Band Conductor Dr Pts
1 Redbridge Brass Jeremy Wise 12/1 2nd+2nd=4pts
2 Hepworth (Cookson Homes) Ian Porthouse 5/8 1+4=5pts
3 Desford Colliery Russell Gray 10/4 5+1=6pts
4 The Virtuosi GUS Band John Berryman 11/9 3+6=9pts
5 East Yorkshire Motor Services Jason Katsikaris 3/5 4+5=9pts
6 Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Allan Ramsay 9/7 6+7=13pts
7 Wingates Andrew Duncan 4/10 7+3=10pts*
8 SWT Woodfalls Dr Nicholas Childs 1/12 9+8=17pts
9 Yorkshire Imperial Urquart Travel David Evans 6/2 8+12=20pts
10 United Co-op Milnrow John Ward 2/1 12+9=21pts
11 Skelmanthorpe John Roberts 7/6 10+10=20pts*
12 Thoresby Colliery Martin Heartfield 8/3 11+11=22pts

Best soloist: Emily Cumby, Xylophone, Desford
Most entertaining band: Wingates

*Two bands incurred time penalties by playing over the 23mins total plus 60sec buffer. Skelmanthorpe played 25’27’’ and Wingates played 26’58’’. Each of these bands therefore automatically lose one place in the overall standings.
 



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