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2025 Regional test pieces announced...

The set works that will be played from Torquay to Perth, Stevenage to Swansea have been revealed

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  The regional championship set works have been announced

Saturday, 14 September 2024

        

The early morning breaking news here at Cheltenham is that we finally get to know what the test-pieces are for the 2025 Regional Championships.

So without further ceremony they are...

Championship Section: Diversions (Derek Bourgeois)
First Section: Introduction, Elegy and Caprice (Morley Calvert)
Second Section: Friendly Takeover (Oliver Waespi)
Third Section: Arkansas (Jacob de Haan)
Fourth Section: I, Daedalus (Andrea Price)

More details to follow...

        

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