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Results: 2024 Red Admiral Academy Entertainment Contest

Hepworth lead the entertainment as they take the top honours in Chorley with section victories to Shirland Welfare, Dobcross Silver and St John's Band (Mossley)

Hepworth
  The Hepworth Band led the way in winning the top section honours

Results:


Report to follow

Championship & First Section:

Adjudicators: Daniel Brooks, John Doyle, Ryan Broad

1. Hepworth (Ryan Watkins): 270
2. Marsden Silver Prize (Leigh Baker): 260
3. Skelmanthorpe (Jonathan Bates): 256
4. Freckleton (Adam Taylor): 252
5. Pemberton Old Wigan DW B (Gareth Brindle): 248
6. Boarshurst Silver (Jamie Prophet): 242
7. Blackburn & Darwen (Daniel Thomas): 238
8. Haydock (Paul Andrews): 230
9. Sovereign Brass (Trevor Jones): 226
10. Cockerton Prize Silver (Andrew Hunter): 222
11. Staffordshire (Shaun Farrington): 218
12. Valley Brass (David Chadwick): 214
13. Middleton (Jamie Cooper): 210
14. Blidworth Welfare (Gary Perrin): 206
15. Gresley Colliery (Craig Stevens): 202


Most Entertaining Programme: Cockerton Prize Silver
Best New Composition/Arrangement: Freckleton (Lay All Your Love on Me arr. Adam Taylor)
Youngest Player: Jack Geoghegan (Haydock)
Prize Draw: Blidworth Welfare

Best Soloist: Georgia Woodhead (horn) — Hepworth
Best Cornets: Pemberton Old Wigan DW B
Best Flugel/Horns: Hepworth
Best Euphonium/Baritones: Freckleton
Best Trombones: Boarshurst Silver
Best Basses: Pemberton Old Wigan DW B
Best Percussion: Skelmanthorpe


Second Section:

Adjudicators: Mareika Gray, Rebecca Doyle, Marianne Garbutt

1. Shirland Welfare (Lynden Cooper): 272
2. Hatfield & Askern Colliery (Richard Marshall): 266
3. Liverpool Brass (David McGlynn): 258
4. Lostock Hall Memorial (John Atkinson): 256
5. Poulton-le-Fylde (Brett Baker): 248
6. Barnsley Brass (Ben Brickles): 246
7. Lindley (Alan Widdop): 244
8. Eagley (Chris Wormald): 242
9. Pilling Jubilee Silver (Joshua Hughes): 238
10. Slaithwaite (Simon Jacobs): 236
11. Delph (Matt Stimpson): 234
12. Haslingden & Helmshore (Kevin Gibbs): 232
13. Huddersfield & Ripponden (Adam Bell): 228
14. Besses o'th' Barn (David W Ashworth): 226

Most Entertaining Programme: Shirland Welfare
Best Soloist: Miles Davison (horn) — Hatfield & Askern Colliery
Best New Composition/Arrangement: Lostock Hall Memorial Brass
Youngest Player: Alistair Jackson (Poulton-le-Fylde)
Prize Draw: Hatfield & Askern Colliery

Best Cornets: Liverpool Brass
Best Flugel/Horns: Shirland Welfare
Best Euphonium/Baritones: Hatfield & Askern Colliery
Best Trombones: Haslingden & Helmshore
Best Basses: Hatfield & Askern Colliery
Best Percussion: Liverpool Brass


Third Section:

Adjudicators: Stephanie Binns, Dan Moore, Lewis Barton

1. Dobcross Silver (Jason M Smith): 249
2. Rivington & Adlington (Matt Whitfield): 248
3. Hawk Green (Neil Hewson): 243
4. Clockface Miners Heritage Brass (Will Haw): 240
5. Trinity Girls Brass (Anna Hughes-Williams): 230
6. Darwen Brass (Matthew Balson): 227
7. BMP Europe Goodshaw (Dean Redfearn): 215
8. Oughtibridge (John Hopkinson): 211
9. Greenfield Brass (Sam Olsson): 202

Most Entertaining Programme: Hawk Green
Best Soloist: Tom Gray (bass trombone) — Darwen Brass
Best New Composition/Arrangement: Clock Face Miners Heritage Brass
Youngest Player: Frankie Stainton (Greenfield)
Prize Draw: Clock Face Miners Heritage Brass

Best Cornets: Hawk Green
Best Flugel/Horns: Hawk Green
Best Euphonium/Baritones: Dobcross Silver
Best Trombones: Darwen Brass
Best Basses: Dobcross Silver
Best Percussion: Clock Face Miners Heritage Brass


Fourth Section:

Adjudicators: Stephanie Binns, Dan Moore, Lewis Barton

1. St John's Band (Mossley) (Martin Gernon): 260
2. Sale Brass (Jessica Tredea): 250
3. Friezland (Max Stannard): 248
4. Blackley (Karl Stott): 236
5. Stacksteads (Matthew Speight): 230

Most Entertaining Programme: Friezland
Best New Composition/Arrangement: Friezland (Welcome to the Jungle)
Youngest Player: James Rust (St. John's Mossley)
Prize Draw: Friezland

Best Soloist: Mary Duke (horn) — Sale Brass
Best Cornets: St. John's Mossley
Best Flugel/Horns: Sale Brass
Best Euphonium/Baritones: Sale Brass
Best Trombones: Blackley
Best Basses: Blackley
Best Percussion: St John's Mossley

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