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2022 Spring Festival - Grand Shield

Date:
Saturday, May 7, 2022

Venue:
Winter Gardens, Blackpool

Test piece:
Dynasty (Peter Graham)

Adjudicator(s):
Dr Stephen Cobb & Prof Roger Webster

Pos Band Conductor Dr Pts
1 Rothwell Temperance David Roberts 15-
2 Northop Silver Gareth Brindle 11-
3 Wantage Silver Jonathan Pippen 19-
4 Oldham Band (Lees) John Collins 8-
5 Friary Brass Chris King 3-
6 Whitburn Prof Nicholas Childs 6-
7 City of Hull Stig Maersk 14-
8 Milnrow John Doyle 16-
9 The GUS Band Chris Jeans 18-
10 Camborne Town Kevin Mackenzie 12-
11 Hepworth Ryan Watkins 17-
12 Reg Vardy Russell Gray 9-
13 Pemberton Old Wigan DW Ben Dixon 7-
14 Ratby Co-operative David Purkiss 4-
15 Rainford Chris Houlding 13-
16 Wingates Paul Andrews 5-
17 Redbridge Chris Bearman 10-
18 Llwydcoed Chris Turner 2-
19 St Dennis Darren Hawken 1-

Rothwell Temperance and Northop promoted to British Open

St Dennis, Llwydcoed and Redbridge relegated to Senior Cup

Withdrawn: Woodfalls (David Hamilton) also relegated to Senior Cup

Best Instrumentalist: Alice Newbould (cornet) — Northop Silver 



Harlow Brass Band - SPRING CONCERT - AN ANIMATION SENSATION

Saturday 16 May • St Andrew's Methodist Church. The Stow. Harlow. CM20 3AF


Sherborne Town Band - Free-Music in the park

Sunday 17 May • Dorchester- Park Bandstand DT1 1RG


Newstead Brass - Mansfield MVC - Brass and Voices

Sunday 24 May • Forest Town Arena. Clipstone Road West,. Mansfield NG19 0EE


Contest: Whit Friday March Contests

Friday 29 May • Saddleworth & Tameside OL3


The Hepworth Band - Brassband Burgermusik Luzern

Saturday 30 May • Dewsbury Minster, Vicarage Road, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire WF12 8DD


Chinnor Silver

May 11 • We are looking for PERCUSSIONISTS to join us as we head into an exciting period for the band.Good and varied diary ahead.. We rehearse on Wednesdays in our own bandroom (so none of that tedious setting up and down)


Hathern Band

May 10 • Due to University placement we require a Bb Bass player- we are a First Section band based at our own band room in the village of Hathern LE12 5LJ Leicestershire (between M1 Jcts 23 & 24) and close to Lougborough and Nottingham Universities


Newstead Brass

May 10 • Newstead Brass are on the lookout for a talented 2nd BARITONE player to join our ambitious and hardworking Nottinghamshire-based Championship Section band.. A rare chance to become part of an ambitious brass band striving for even greater success together.


Stephen Phillips

MA, BA (Homs), PQSI, NPQH, PGCE
Conductor, Band Trainer, Educator, Compere


               

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