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2014 Butlins Mineworkers - Championship Section

Date:
Sunday, January 19, 2014

Venue:
Butlins Skyline Resort, Skegness

Test piece:
Energy, Robert Simpson & Entertainment Programme

Adjudicator(s):
David Read MBE and Derek Broadbent (Saturday): Ian Porthouse and Derek Southcott (Sunday)

Pos Band Conductor Dr Pts
1 Flowers Paul Holland 7/7 1st/1st=2
2 Desford Colliery Tom Davoren 6/12 2nd/2nd=4
3 East Yorkshire Motor Services Alan Morrison 4/3 3rd/6th=9
4 Woodfalls Phil Randell 2/14 5th/5th=10
5 Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Leigh Baker 8/8 7th/3rd=10
6 Unite the Union (City of Sheffield) David Hirst 14/1 4th/9th=13
7 Virtuosi GUS Adam Cooke 1/2 9th/4th=13
8 Thoresby Colliery Brian Grant/Steve March 12/6 6th/10th=16
9 Aveley & Newham Melvin White 13/5 8th/8th=16
10 Wingates Paul Andrews 9/13 10th/7th=17
11 Redbridge Brass Jeremy Wise 3/4 11th/11th=22
12 Yorkshire Imperial Urquhart Travel David Nesbitt 11/9 13th/12th=25
13 East London Brass Jayne Murrill 5/10 12th/14th=26
14 Wantage A Phillip Bailey 10/11 14th/13th=27

Highest Placed Mining Band: Desford Colliery
Most Entertaining Band: Flowers
Geoff Dove Soloist Award: David Childs (Flowers)
Best Bass Section: Desford Colliery 



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Prof. Christopher Houlding

MMus, GGSM, LRAM
Conductor, Performer, Educator


               

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