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2016 European Championships - A Section

Date:
Saturday, April 30, 2016

Venue:
Le Nouveau Siecle Concert Hall, Lille

Test piece:
Fraternity (Thierry Deleruyelle)

Adjudicator(s):
Michael Bach, Michael Forsyth, Fabrice Millischer [SW] Dr Michael Ball, Reid Gilje, Ivan Meylmans [OC]

Pos Band Conductor Dr Pts
1 Cory
Raveling Unraveling (Philip Sparke)
Philip Harper 8/8 98+99=197
2 Black Dyke
The Trumpets of the Angels
Prof Nicholas Childs 3/10 96+96=192*
3 Valaisia Brass Band
Trance
Arsene Duc 10/11 94+98=192
4 Brass Band Buizingen
Metropolis 1927
Luc Vertommen 12/5 95+93=188*
5 Paris Brass Band
Hypercube
Florent Didier11/3 91+97=188*
6 Brighouse & Rastrick
Trance
Professor David King 9/4 93+92=185
7 Stavanger
Trance
Allan Withington 5/6 89+95=184
8 Provinciale Brass Band Groningen
From Ancient Times
Richard Visser 7/2 92+89=181*
9 3BA Concert
Vita Aeterna Variations
Thomas Ludescher 6/12 90+91=181*
10 Whitburn
Cantata
Michael Fowles 2/9 87+94=181*
11 Brass Band Oberosterreich
Ekstase
Ian Porthouse 4/1 88+90=178
12 Lyngby-Taarbaek
Of Distant Memories
Michael Thomsen 1/7 86+88=174

Best Instrumentalist: Gareth Small, Trumpet, Black Dyke

*Set Work placing takes precedence in event of a tie 



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