The draws have been announced for the forthcoming Scottish Open and Scottish Challenge Shield Championships to be held at Perth Concert Hall on Saturday 29th November.
The domestic First & Second Section battle in the Scottish Challenge Shield will kick off the contest day, before 17 top flight bands from both sides of Hadrian’s Wall lock horns for the Scottish Open title.
Hat trick chasers
Hat trick chasing defending champion Co-operative Funeralcare (above) will be up against a strong field of rivals on the set work, ‘Cantata for Brass Band and Percussion’ by Andrew Duncan, who is joined in the separated three man open adjudication team by Tom Davoren and Prof John Miller.
Former winners Whitburn and Fishburn return, as does last year’s runner-up Marsden Silver, whilst there are a host of other heavyweight challengers from the North of England, Yorkshire and the North West, led by London finalists Reg Vardy, Grand Shield contenders Rothwell Temperance and Senior Cup winners Wingates.
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Hat trick chasing defending champion Co-operative Funeralcare will be up against a strong field of rivals on the set work, ‘Cantata for Brass Band and Percussion’ by Andrew Duncan4BR
Scottish Challenge Shield:
Start: 9.00am
Adjudicators: Tony Swainson, Duncan Beckley, Robert Richardson
1. Arbroath Instrumental (Michael Robertson)
2. Coalburn Silver (Gareth Bowman)
3. Broxburn & Livingston (Paul Stone)
4. St. David's Brass (John A. Dickson)
5. Perthshire Brass (Jason Blyth)
6. Granite City (Bruce Wallace)
7. Shotts St Patricks (Michael Marzella)
8. Bathgate (Anne Crookston)
9. Dalkeith & Monktonhall (James Chamberlain)
10. Tullis Russell Mills (Paul Drury)
11. Bon-Accord Silver (Stephen Malcolm)
12. UNISON Kinneil (Craig Anderson)
Scottish Open:
Start: 1.30pm
Adjudicators: Tom Davoren, Prof John Miller, Andy Duncan
1. Marsden Silver (Glyn Williams)
2. Fishburn (Joseph Cook)
3. Whitburn (Michael Fowles)
4. Rainford Silver (Gareth Brindle)
5. Clackmannan District (Craig Anderson)
6. Johnstone Silver (Martyn Ramsay)
7. Yorkshire Imperial DUT (Stig Maersk)
8. Shepherd Building Group (Richard Wilton)
9. Kirkintilloch Kelvin Brass (Charles Keenan)
10. Kirkintilloch (Raymond Tennant)
11. NASUWT Riverside (Ray Farr)
12. Rothwell Temperance (David Roberts)
13. Reg Vardy (John Roberts)
14. Blackburn & Darwen (Huw Thomas)
15. Wingates (Paul Andrews)
16. Co-operative Funeralcare (Alan Ramsay)
17. Damellington (Archie Hutchison)
