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2020 Region: North West - Section 2

Date:
Sunday, February 23, 2020

Venue:
Winter Gardens, Blackpool

Test piece:
The Golden Sabre - Tales of the Hussar-Poet, Denis Davydov (Kit Turnbull)

Adjudicator(s):
Anne Crookston & Howard Evans

Pos Band Conductor Dr Pts
1 Uppermill Dean Redfern 13 -
2 Valley Brass (Haydock) David Chadwick 5 -
3 Eagley Chris Wormald 12 -
4 Delph Philip Goodwin 1 -
5 Old Hall Brass John North 7 -
6 Allerton Brass Adam Taylor 2 -
7 Tyldesley Robert Taylor 4 -
8 Besses o' th' Barn Trevor Halliwell 6 -
9 Pemberton Old Wigan DW 'B' Gareth Brindle 9 -
10 Blackpool Brass Max Stannard 8 -
11 Greenfield Philip Goodwin 14 -
12 Cheshire Constabulary David Woollam 11 -
13 Poulton-le-Fylde Alexander Webb 3 -
14 Eccleston Brass John Wood 16 -
15 Crewe Brass Matt Pithers 10 -
16 Besses Boys James Holt 15 -
w Farnworth & Walkden - - -

Qualifiers:

Uppermill, Valley Brass (Haydock), Eagley

Best Soprano: Mark Wears (Uppermill)
Best Basses: Uppermill
Best Percussion: Uppermill
Youngest Player: Marcus Atherton (Eccleston Brass) 



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BMus (Hons)
Conductor and adjudicator


               

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