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Post Match Analysis:
North of England Regional Championships 2002
Second Section:
The Dolphin Centre
Saturday 16th March
Adjudicator: David Horsfield
Commences: 10.00am
Results:
1. Langbaurgh Brass (T. Oldroyd): 2 184
2. Cockerton Prize Silver (G. Catherall): 9 183
3. York Railway Institute (D. Warley): 1 181
4. Flimby Saxhorn (tba): 3 179
5. Pride Valley Brass (R. Morton): 5 178
6. Felling (R. Poole): 4 176
7. GT Group Peterlee (B. Holden): 7 175
8. Carlisle St. Stephen (tba): 6 174
9. Ferryhill Town (S. Robson): 8 170
Top two bands qualify
The rise and rise of Langbaurgh Brass continued apace with a super
performance to win the second section in some style, and give Tim
Oldroyd yet another success to add to those that they won in the
third section last year.
This was a band that performed very well indeed and covered all
the basics required of them with a certain amount of ease, whilst
retaining a fine rounded and balanced band sound. Tim Oldroyd conducted
with sense and left no stone unturned, as small details of the piece
were revealed to gain them extra points in our, and David Horsefield’s
notepad. It was a fine win, even though they were pushed very close
to the tape by Cockerton Silver, who we thought would come 6th in
our preview, but who played with a fine sense of style and plenty
of grit and determination to secure their qualification. Both performances
were a clear head and shoulders above the rest of the field on the
day.
Third place went to our pre match choice York Railway Institute
who played well off the dreaded number one slot and set the marker
for the contest early on. The winners came on after them whilst
the runners up were last band on, so they could feel just a might
disappointed not to have secured the second qualification spot.
We think however that they should be promoted to the higher section
for next year following their 2nd place of 2001 to go with their
3rd this time.
Fourth place went to Flimby Saxhorn, who we thought might come 5th
in our pre match review, and who improved a place from both 2000
and 2001, whilst 5th place went to Pride Valley Brass, who we thought
may have come in the qualification spots prior to the contest, but
who had to be content with 5th this time. The last of the top places
went to Felling, who we tipped for 4th in our review but still but
in a solid show to improve two places from 2001 and come 6th.
Below that it was a bit of a scramble, with our dark horses, GT
Group Peterlee coming home 7th and Carlisle St. Stephens taken 8th
spot, which was an improvement of one place from 2001. However,
we gave the kiss of death to our pre match favourites didn’t
we, as Ferryhill Town could only manage last spot off the number
8 draw, after two successive promotions? Sometimes things equal
out, but they will surely be a stronger contender next time around.
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