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Results: Fife Brass Band Festival

It's the Kingdom of Fife, as Andy Duncan leads his band to victory, with wins also for Johnstone, Tullis, St. Davids Brass and Dumfries Town.

Kingdom
 

The Fife Contest took place on the weekend, where there was a fine turn out of bands for adjudicators Archie Hutchison and Alan Fernie to run the rule over.

In the end it was Kingdom Brass who took the top prize of £200 in the Championship Section, whilst there were section wins for Johnstone, Tullis, St Davids and Dumfries Town.

Championship Section:
Adjudicator: Archie Hutchison

1. Kingdom Brass (A. Duncan) — 194
2. Newtongrange Silver (N. Boddice) — 193
3. GT Group Peterlee (S. Malcolm) — 192
4. Clackmannan (P. Kiernan) — 190

Best Instrumentalist: Cornet Kingdom Brass)
Best Basses: GT Group Peterlee


First Section:
Adjudicator: Archie Hutchison

1. Johnstone (G. Lindsay) — 190
2. Lochgelly (P. Drury) — 189
3. Newmilns & Galston (A. McCutcheon) — 187

Best Instrumentalist: Xylophone (Lochgelly)


Second Section:
Adjudicator: Alan Fernie

1. Tullis Russell Mills (A. Shaw) — 188
2. Croy Silver (K. Blackwood) — 186
3. Shotts St Patrick’s Brass (M. Marzella) — 185
4. Coalburn Silver (G. Bowman) — 184
5. Granite City Brass (A. Haggart) — 183
6. Dunfermline Town (D. Neil) — 182
7. St Ronan’s Silver (C. Farren) — 181

Best Instrumentalist: Horn (Croy Silver)


Third Section:
Adjudicator: Alan Fernie

1. St David’s Brass (J. Dickson) — 182
2. Brass Sounds Inverclyde (G. Bowman) — 179
3. MacTaggart Scott Loanhead (R. Fraser) — 178
4. Irvine & Dreghorn (J. Boax) — 177
5. Perthshire Brass (G. Annan) — 176
6. Renfrew Burgh (D. Hutcheson) — 175
7. Buckhaven & Methil (G. Evans) — 174

Best Instrumentalist: Solo Cornet (McTaggart Scott Loanhead)


Fourth Section:
Adjudicator: Alan Fernie

1. Dumfries Town (P. Heyes) — 175
2. Dysart Colliery Silver (W. Sandell) — 174
3. Penicuik Silver (D. McCauley) — 173
4. Stranraer Brass (I. Munro) — 172
5. Queensferry Community (J. Anderson) — 171

Best Instrumentalist: Solo Cornet (Stranraer)


Non Contesting:
1. Sanquhar & District Silver (C. Wilson)

All prizes:
1st — £200
2nd — £100
3rd — £75

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