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Results: 2023 SWBBA Contest

Lympstone, Porthleven, Saltash, St Austell Youth, Plymouth Soundhouse Training

Lympstone
  Lympstone took the main Open Section honours

Results:

Open Section:

Adjudicator: Sam Fisher

1. Lympstone (Chris Spreadbury)
2. City of Cardiff (Melingriffith) M1 (Christopher Bond)
3. St Austell (Adam Glynn)
4. Helston Town (John Berryman)
5. Lanner & District (David Johnson)
6. Chalford (Steve Tubb)
7. Sidmouth Town (Adrian Harvey)
8. Roche Brass (Keith Maxwell)
9. Wootton-under-Edge & District (Jim Bennett)
10. Glastonbury Brass (Phil Randell)

Highest Placed First Section Band: Lympstone
Best Cornet Player: City of Cardiff (Melingriffith) M1

Second Section:

Adjudicator: Christopher Bond

1. Porthleven Town (Tom Bassett)
2. South Moulton Town (David Boorer)

Best Instrumentalist: soprano (Porthleven Town)

Third Section:

Adjudicator: Sam Fisher

1. Porthleven Town (Tom Bassett)
2. Exeter Railway (Gareth Davies)
3. South Moulton Town (David Boorer)
4. Saltash Town (Neil Ellis)
5. Bideford Town (Mark Durham)

Best Horn Section: Exeter Railway

Fourth Section:

Adjudicator: Sam Fisher

1. Saltash Town (Neil Ellis)
2. Indian Queens (Ben Martin)
3. Bay Brass (Alan Wilmott)

Highest Placed Ungraded Band: Bay Brass
Best Bass Section: Indian Queens

Youth Section:


Adjudicator: Christopher Bond

1. St Austell Youth (Anna Minear)

Best Cornet Player: St Austell Youth

Training Section:


Adjudicator: Christopher Bond

1. Plymouth Soundhouse Training (Lee Clayson)
2. Porthleven Town Training (Tom Bassett)

Best Instrumentalist: Flugel (Plymouth Soundhouse Training)

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