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Results: 2025 Red Admiral Entertainment Contest

There has been plenty of entertainment to enjoy in Chorley today

Red Admiral
  The Red Admiral Contest has been taking place in Chorley

Results:

Championship Section:

Adjudicators: John Doyle & Anne Crookston
Young Adjudicator: Zoe Wright

Stannington
Skelmanthorpe
Crofton Silver
Staffordshire Band
Pemberton Old (Wigan) DW A
York Railway Institute
Roberts Bakery
Marsden Silver

Most Entertaining Band:
Best Composition/Arrangement:
Best Soloist:
Best Cornets:
Best Flugel/Horns:
Best Euphs/Baritones:
Best Trombones:
Best Basses:
Best Percussion:
Youngest Player:
Music Prize Draw:


First Section:

Adjudicators: Andrea Price & Andrew Lofthouse
Young Adjudicator: Alex Bland

Crofton Silver
Lostock Hall Memorial
Blackburn & Darwen
Valley Brass
Pemberton Old (Wigan) DW B
Roberts Bakery
Skelmersdale Prize
Flixton

Most Entertaining Band:
Best Composition/Arrangement:
Best Soloist:
Best Cornets:
Best Flugel/Horns:
Best Euphs/Baritones:
Best Trombones:
Best Basses:
Best Percussion:
Youngest Player:
Music Prize Draw:

Second Section:

Adjudicators: Daniel Brooks & Gareth Sykes
Young Adjudicator: Poppy Taylor

1. Poulton-le-Fylde (Stephen Craig): 272
2. Kippax (James Beecham): 268
3. Lostock Hall Memorial (John Atkinson): 264*
4. Golborne Brass (Les Webb): 258
5. Rolls Royce (Derby) (Adrian Lacey): 254
6. Barnsley Brass (Ben Brickles): 244
7. Allerton Brass (Jamie Duncan): 240

*Time penalty

Most Entertaining Band: Poulton-le-Fylde
Best Composition/Arrangement: Rolls Royce (Derby)
Best Soloist: Robert Lambert (cornet) — Poulton-le-Fylde
Best Cornets: Lostock Hall Memorial
Best Flugel/Horns: Kippax
Best Euphs/Baritones: Golborne Brass
Best Trombones: Rolls Royce (Derby)
Best Basses: Lostock Hall Memorial
Best Percussion: Golborne Brass
Youngest Player: Alistair Jackson (Poulton-le-Fylde )
Music Prize Draw: Poulton-le-Fylde

Third Section:

Adjudicators: Daniel Brooks & Gareth Sykes
Young Adjudicator: Poppy Taylor

Besses o' th' Barn
Farnworth & Walkden
Trinity Girls Brass
BMP (Europe) Goodshaw Band
Rivington & Adlington
Dronfield Band
Dobcross Silver
Clock Face Miners Heritage Brass
Spennymoor Town

Most Entertaining Band:
Best Composition/Arrangement:
Best Soloist:
Best Cornets:
Best Flugel/Horns:
Best Euphs/Baritones:
Best Trombones:
Best Basses:
Best Percussion:
Youngest Player:
Music Prize Draw:

Fourth & Unregistered Section:

Adjudicators: John Doyle & Anne Crookston
Young Adjudicator: Zoe Wright

1. Driffield Silver (Peter Kench): 260
2. St. John's (Mossley) (Ben Hill-Wilson): 252
3. Friezland (Max Stannard): 244
4. Mereside Brass (Kieran Joy): 236

Most Entertaining Band: Friezland
Best Composition/Arrangement: Friezland
Best Soloist: Jamie Gordon (euphonium) — St John's (Mossley)
Best Cornets: Mereside Brass
Best Flugel/Horns: Driffield Brass
Best Euphs/Baritones: Driffield Brass
Best Trombones: Friezland
Best Basses: Driffield Brass
Best Percussion: Driffield Brass
Youngest Player: Hannah Jones (Friezland)
Music Prize Draw: Mereside Brass

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