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