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2019 Region: North West - Section 1

Date:
Sunday, February 24, 2019

Venue:
Winter Gardens, Blackpool

Test piece:
Symphony of Marches, Gilbert Vinter

Adjudicator(s):
Leigh Baker & John Doyle

Pos Band Conductor Dr Pts
1 Rainford Silver Gareth Brindle 9 -
2 Boarshurst Silver James Garlick 3 -
3 Longridge Mark Peacock 10 -
4 Blackburn & Darwen Daniel Thomas 4-
5 Haydock Mark Quinn 1 -
6 Middleton Kevin Gibbs 11 -
7 Roberts Bakery Paul Lovatt-Cooper 12 -
8 Flixton Matthew Ryan 5 -
9 Silk Brass Tony Wyatt 7 -
10 Eccles Borough Mareika Gray 14 -
11 Manx Concert Brass Ian Clague MBE 15 -
12 Diggle Alan Widdop 6 -
13 Mossley Duncan Byers 16-
14 Haslingden & Helmshore John Binns 2 -
15 Cheshire Constabulary David Woollam 8-
16 Crewe Brass Matt Pithers 13

Qualifiers:

Rainford Silver, Boarshurst Silver

Best Soprano: Longridge
Best Percussion: Rainford
Youngest Player: Thomas Scathe, 12, Mossley
 



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Jonathan Corry

Ph.D, M.Mus, B.Mus (hons)
Conductor, adjudicator, teacher.


               

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