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2024 Spring Festival - Grand Shield

Date:
Saturday, May 11, 2024

Venue:
Winter Gardens, Blackpool

Test piece:
A Brussels Requiem, Bert Appermont

Adjudicator(s):
Lynda Nicholson, Morgan Griffiths

Pos Band Conductor Dr Pts
1 Oldham Band (Lees) John Collins5
2 Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Allan Withington16
3 Rothwell Temperance David Roberts19
4 Friary Brass Nigel Taken1
5 NASUWT Riverside Prof Nicholas Childs15
6 Desford Colliery Ian Porthouse 7
7 Skelmanthorpe Jonathan Bates10
8 Rainford Sarah Groarke-Booth20
9 Camborne Town Gareth Churcher11
10 GUS Dr David Thornton12
11 Redbridge Chris Bearman2
12 City of Bradford Matthew Ryan3
13 Wingates Martin Heartfield6
14 St Dennis Silver Darren R Hawken4
15 Fishburn Duncan Beckley14
16 EverReady Russell Gray9
17 Milnrow Lee Skipsey 17
18 Ratby Co-operative Chris Jeans 8
19 Llwydcoed Joshua Ruck13
20 City of Hull Dean Jones18

Oldham Band (Lees) and Carlton Main Frickley Colliery promoted to the British Open

Milnrow, Ratby Co-operative,, Llwydcoed and City of Hull relegated to the Senior Cup

Best Instrumentalist: Roger Webster, cornet — Oldham Band (Lees) 



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MMus GRSM LRAM
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