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2023 Region: North West - Section 3

Date:
Sunday, February 26, 2023

Venue:
Winter Gardens, Blackpool

Test piece:
Chorale and Toccata, Stephen Bulla

Adjudicator(s):
Helen Douthwaite-Teasdale & Brian Rostron

Pos Band Conductor Dr Pts
1 Hawk Green (Marple) Neil Hewson 8-
2 Morecambe Andrew Porter 2-
3 Formby David McGlynn 1-
4 Hoover (Bolton) Ben Hill-Wilson 10-
5 BMP (Europe) Goodshaw Dean Redfern 18-
6 CWA Brass Gary Proctor 14 -
7 Greenfield Alan Seymour 9-
8 Lostock Hall Memorial Ryan Broad 3-
9 Eccleston Brass John Wood 4-
10 Darwen Brass John Binns 6-
11 Rode Hall Silver Nigel Butler15-
12 Trinity Girls Anna Hughes-Williams 5-
13 Dobcross Silver Jason M Smith 13-
14 Greenalls Russell Prescott11-
15 Douglas Town Robert Mitchell 7-
16 Cheshire Constabulary Paul Andrews 17-
17 Thornton Cleveleys Steve Tarry 12-
18 Crewe Brass Adam Shilton 16-

Qualifiers:
Hawk Green (Marple), Morecambe, Formby 



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Ian Holmes

BA (hons), PGDip (RCM), ARCM, ALCM
Conductor, piano accompanist and educator


               

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