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Post Match Analysis:
London & Southern Counties Regional Championships 2002
First Section:
Stevenage Arts and Leisure Centre
Sunday March 17th
Adjudicator: Roy Sparkes
Commences: 10.00am
Results:
1. Matthews Norfolk Brass (D. Stowell): 7 192
2. Welwyn Garden City (D. Stokes): 15 191
3. Chichester City (J. Williams): 16 190
4. Alder Valley Brass (David Barringer): 9 189
5. Friary Guildford Brass (K. Maxwell): 11 188
6. Egham (G. Green): 8 187
7. Fairlop Brass (K. Jordan): 10 186
8. City of Cambridge (R. Hull): 12 185
9. KM Gillingham (G. Wilson): 1 184
10. Tilbury (R. Nunnery): 2 183
11. Ipswich Coop (S. Kenna): 14 182
12. Epping Forest (M. Easener): 13 181
13. Luton (T. Brotherhood): 6 180
14. Capital Concert Brass (E. Campbell): 5 179
15. Denham Hendon Brass (P. Cox): 4 178
16. Betteshanger Welfare (K. Dennison): 3 177
Withdrawn: Brent Brass
Top three qualify
We are going to resist any opportunity to make an awful pun about
the poultry background of the winners, Matthews Norfolk Brass. It’s
cheap and low and not very funny (and someone has already done it
better than us elsewhere). Anyway, they were deserved winners and
gave a very fine performance of the set work to book their place
at the Finals in Torquay.
Adjudicator Roy Sparkes thought so as well, and paid compliments
to the bands ability to give the music time to flow, as well as
maintaining the musical shape that George Lloyd obviously intended.
Too many bands thought the middle movement was the opportunity to
reduce the tempo to a snails pace and as a result the music stalled
and spluttered like an old Ford Escort on a winter’s morning.
Not so Norfolk and their conductor, David Stowell who mad up for
not being able to take his other band, BTM in Wales, by winning
with some considerable style here.
Second place and the other qualification place went to Welwyn Garden
City, who performed to form (and our prediction!) to take the runners
up spot just behind the winners. Up until they played, Norfolk Brass
were well ahead of the field, but as the penultimate band on stage
they made a real impression on Roy Sparkes, and just did enough
to hold off the challenge of Chichester City who followed them on
and gave a fine performance to come home third.
Outside the podium places came Alder Valley Brass in 4th and Friary
Guildford Brass in 5th, whilst Egham did us proud at 4BR by very
nearly playing to our prediction and coming in 6th.
Below that and out of the frame came Fairlop Brass, who made a big
jump from last years 12th place and City of Cambridge who also improved
on their result of 2001 of 11th by coming 8th. Our tip for the top
though came a disappointing 9th, as KM Gillingham had the misfortune
of playing off the dreaded number 1 spot and found it very hard
going.
Tilbury came a solid 10th in their first year in the higher section,
whilst Ipswich Co-op dropped from 5th last year to 11th this time
around. 12th place went to Epping Forest, who dropped two spots
from 2001 and 13th unluckily went to Luton (which was an improvement
on last year’s 15th). We put the mockers on both the bands
that came 14th and 15th though with Capital Concert Brass (our tip
for 6th place) and Denham (our tip for 3rd!) coming well down the
listings. Last of the lot though went to Betteshanger who dropped
8 places from last year to prop up the rest of the field.
So Matthews Norfolk Brass and Welwyn Garden City make the trip south
west to Torquay for the Finals – “Bootiful” (sorry
to one and all!)
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