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Post Match Analysis:
North West Regional Championships 2002
Fourth Section
Sunday March 10th
Spanish Hall
Adjudicator: Malcolm Brownbill
Commences: 12.30pm
Results:
1. Timperley (G. Hetherington): 179 18
2. Douglas Town (G. Higginbotttom): 177 1
3. Wardle and District Anderson Brass (P. Shaw): 175 19
4. Thornton Cleveleys (C. Andrews): 173 4
5. Friezland (L. Clough): 172 11
6. Pemberton Old Wigan "B" (P. Ashley): 171 12
7. Trinity Girls (S. Barton): 170 3
8. Haydock Youth (B. Wyatt): 169 14
9. Rivington and Adlington (I. Bateson): 168 10
10. Nelson Brass (K. Richmind): 167 6
11. Besses Boys (C. Whiteoak): 165 2
12. Hesketh Bank Silver (S. Pullin): 164 15
13. Standish (J. Roberts):163 8
14. Uppermill (J. Hunter): 161 7
15. Shaw Youth (M. Tooley): 160 13
16. Farndon and District Brass (P. Dalton): 159 5
17. Parr (Richardson Ltd) St. Helens (J. Ludden): 158 16
18. Earby (P. Young): 157 9
19. Cheshire Constabulary (G. Henshall): 156 17
Withdrawn: St. Helens Brass (A. Young)
Top three qualify
Doing well off a late draw seemed to be the way to victory in the
lower sections, and Timperley playing off a the penultimate number
18 draw showed that in the fourth section, the best is always worth
waiting for as they took the title with a clear two point victory
over Douglas Town from the Isle of Man and Wardle and District Anderson
Brass in third place.
Malcolm Brownbill was impressed by the efforts of al the bands in
the section and gave words of encouragement to all of them (referring
to them as the Premier Section). Although the standard was variable
throughout the section, each of the bands made something out of
the difficulties of the Jacob “Suite” that left a sweet
taste in the mouth and pleasant ring in the ears.
Timperley were the most consistent of all the bands and Graham Hetherington
drew some lovely sounds from his charges. They had a long wait before
taking the stage as 18th band of the day, but it was a performance
of real merit and they took the top prize with style. Second place
meanwhile went to the lads and lasses from the Isle of Man, who
drew the shortest of straws in playing number 1, but they gave a
performance that was the real benchmark for the adjudicator and
they managed to hold off the challenges of every band after them
except the eventual winners. It was a fine achievement.
Wardle and District Anderson Brass and Phil Shaw took third spot
and the final qualification spot with a very competent performance
that edged out Thornton’s Cleveleys into fourth spot. It must
be said that the top three bands gave very good accounts for themselves
and were clearly ahead of the rest of the field.
Below them, came Friezland in 5th spot and Pemberton Old Wigan who
came 6th. They couldn’t quite repeat the win of their sister
band in the first section. Our two pre match favourites, Trinity
Girls (who we tipped for the runners up spot) and Haydock Youth
(who we tipped for victory) came 7th and 8th.
Below them came Rivington , Nelson, Besses Boys, Hesketh Bank and
Standish 9who we had tipped for 5th place in the preview). The bottom
six consisted of Uppermill, Shaw Youth, Farndon and District, Parr,
Earby and Cheshire Constabulary.
So a fine win for Timperley who beat our prediction (we had them
up for 5th in the preview) and showed that they will be strong contenders
come the Finals in Torquay.
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