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Registration help on line for Spring Festival and British Open bands

If you want to ensure you don't have any registration problems for the Spring Festival of British Open then check out the help that is on offer on-line...

British Open Registry
 

Competing bands at the forthcoming Spring Festival in Blackpool are being reminded that they should consult the new on-line registration help tutorials that have been prepared by British Open Contest Registrar Colin Johnson.

Know what to do

These have been produced to ensure that Band Contest Secretaries know exactly what they have to do (helped by some choice player identities!) to ensure they don’t get into have any registration problems at Blackpool or at the British Open itself in Birmingham in September.

Example

For instance: Any player who has played for Black Dyke, Cory, Grimethorpe, Tredegar etc at the 2014 British Open, and then performs for another band at the 2015 Spring Festival, cannot return to play for Black Dyke, Cory, Grimethorpe, Tredegar etc again for the 2015 British Open (ie — back to the same band).

Be aware

These self help tutorials ensure that bands and players are made fully aware of their responsibilities.

These self help tutorials ensure that bands and players are made fully aware of their responsibilities4BR

Additional help

Andy additional queries can be addressed to Colin Johnson:

colinjohnson@thebritishopen.net

Tel: 01226 715893

http://www.thebritishopen.net/RegistryMain.html

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