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Results: Northern Open Championships

Full results from this year's Northern Open, where Longridge with MD Mark Peacock take the top honours.

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Northern Open Championships
Sunday 20th November
St. Helens Theatre Royal.

Sponsored by
R. Banks & Son (Funerals Ltd)

Prizes: All Sections
£400 & Trophy
£200 & Trophy
£100 & Trophy

Results

Championship/First Section
Adjudicator: Ian Brownbill

1. Longridge (Mark Peacock) (4) 189pts
Chivalry (Martin Ellerby)
2. Oldham (Lees) (John Collins) (2) 188pts
Dances and Arias (Edward Gregson)
3. Shepherd Group Brass (Richard Wilton) (3) 185pts
The Essence of Time (Peter Graham)
4. Drighlington (Jim Davies) (1) 184pts
Dances and Arias (Edward Gregson)

Overall Soloist Prize: Longridge
Solo Soprano Prize: Longridge
Solo Euphonium Prize: Longridge

Second Section
Adjudicator: Ian Brownbill

1. Morcambe (Andrew Warriner) (1) 182pts
Portrait of a City (Philip Sparke)
2. Flixton (Steve Curtis) (5) 179pts
The Dawning (Peter Graham)
3. Haslingden & Helmshore (David Holland) (3) 177pts
The Saga of Haakon the Good (Philip Sparke)
4. South Milford Brass (Martin Hall) (6) 176
Endeavour (Philip Sparke)
5. Haydock (Mark Quinn) (7) 174pts
Mountain Views (Bertrand Moren)
6. Middleton (Carl Whiteoak) (8) 173pts
Purcell Variations (Kenneth Downie)
7. Hoover Bolton (Trevor Halliwell) (4) 172pts
Blackfriars (Eric Cundell, arr. F. Wright)
8. Dobcross Silver (Kenny Pain) (2) 171pts
Purcell Variations (Kenneth Downie)

Overall Soloist Prize: Morcambe
Best Basses Prize: Morcambe

Third Section
Adjudicator: Paul Andrews

1. City of Bradford (Lee Skipsey) (2) 193pts
Blazon (Peter Graham)
2. Trinity Girls (Stuart Barton) (1) 192pts
Hollywood (Goff Richards)
3. Hazel Grove (Nigel Beasley) (4) 189pts
Labour and Love (Percy Fletcher)
4. Farnworth & Walkden (Peter Ashley) (7) 187pts
Variations on Laudate Dominum (Edward Gregson)
5. Skelmersdale Prize (David Chapman) (3) 186pts
Shine As A Light (Peter Graham)
6. Pemberton Old Wigan DW ‘B’ (Peter Ashley) (6) 185pts
The Dark Side of the Moon (Paul Lovatt-Cooper)
7. Skelmanthorpe ‘B’ (Phil Garlic) (5) 184pts
The Aeronauts (Goff Richards)

Overall Soloist Prize: Trinity Girls
Solo Cornet Prize: City of Bradford
Solo Trombone Prize: Trinity Girls

Fourth Section
Adjudicator: Paul Andrews

1. Besses Boys (James Holt) (8) 191pts
Northern Landscapes (Peter Graham)
2. Darwen Brass (Steve Hartley) (10) 190pts
Music for a Festival (Philip Sparke)
3. City of Chester Brass (Philip Mottershead) (1) 187pts
Suite Gothique (arr. Eric Ball)
4. Fairfield (Buxton) (Charles W. Kitchen) (2) 186pts
Four Cities Symphony (Rodney Newton)
5. Lees (John Collins) (11) 185pts
Dimensions (Peter Graham)
6. Port Sunlight Lyceum Brass (Cyril H .Dare) (3) 184pts
Impromptu (Eric Ball)
7. Blackley (Dan Price) (7) 183pts
Variations on Laudate Dominum (Edward Gregson)
8. Dobcross Youth (James Garlick) (4) 182pts
The Dark Side of the Moon (Paul Lovatt-Cooper)
9. Greenfield (Tom Haslam) (5) 181pts
Music for a Festival (Philip Sparke)
10. Parr Band St Helens (John Ludden) (6) 180pts
The Dark Side of the Moon (Paul Lovatt-Cooper)
11. Wirral Brass (Peter Smith) (9) 179pts
Music for a Festival (Philip Sparke)
12. Keele University Brass (John Watson) (12) 175pts
Suite: The Seasons (Philip Wilby)

Overall Soloist Prize: Euphonium — Fairfield (Buxton)

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