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Report & Result: 2016 EABBA Solo & Quartet

Thee was keen competition on show in Norwich as players locked horns in the East nglian Brass Band Association Solo & Quartet Contest.

Results
 

The East Anglian Brass Band Association recently held their annual Solo & Quartet Competition at the evocatively named Blackfriars Hall in Norwich.

It was a keenly contested day of high quality playing with the main competition followed by an excellent concert provided by Grimethorpe Colliery Band.

Results:

Under 18 Slow Melody:

1. Ellie Bould (Tendring Brass) — 93
2. William Johnson (Cromer & Sheringham) — 90
3. Jacob Zelig (Cromer & Sheringham) — 89

Senior Slow Melody:

1. Tim Pannell (Haverhill Silver) — 96
2. Alicia Bennett (Castleton Brass) — 95
3. Pete Mackley (Haverhill Silver) — 93

Air Varie:

1. Tim Pannell (Haverhill Silver) — 94
2. Anthony Saunders (Haverhill Silver) — 93
3. Pete Mackley (Haverhill Silver) — 92

Quartets:

1. Haverhill Silver — 95
2. Cromer & Sheringham 'A' — 92
3. Cromer & Sheringham 'D' — 91

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