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Results: Fife BB Festival

There was a decent turnout of bands at Fife on the weekend as adjudicator Stan Lippeatt sorted out the best from the rest, with wins for Kingdom, Clackmannan, Johnstone, Coalburn and Inverclyde.

Kingdom
 

In the Championship Section it was Kingdom Brass who continued the good form that recently saw them come third at the Scottish Championships, as they took the top honours and the £200 top prize under Craig Anderson, whilst in the First Section, Clackmannan & District upped their form once again to take the first prize under Paul Kiernan.

Good form

Another runner up at the Scottish Championships, Johnstone, also topped the results table in the Second Section, whilst there was a fine return to form in the Third for Coalburn Silver who took revenge on many of their rivals who beat them into sixth place at the Scottish, to take the honours.

Shrugged off

In the Fourth Section it was another band hitting form in the shape of Brass Sounds Inverclyde as they shrugged off the disappointment of the Scottish Championships to record a fine victory.

Championship Section:
1. Kingdom Brass (C. Anderson) — 193
2. RMT Easington Colliery (n/k) — 192
3. Felling (G. Tindall) — 191

Best Instrumentalist: Baritone — Felling


First Section:
1. Clackmannan (P. Kiernan) — 190
2. Lochgelly (P. Drury) — 189
3. Barrhead (M. Ramsay) — 188
4. Arbroath (M. Robertson) — 187
5. Broxburn & Livingston (A. Holland) — 186
6. St Ronans (A. Knox) — 185

Best Instrumentalist: Cornet — Barrhead


Second Section:
1. Johnstone (R. Tennant) — 187
2. Croy (K. Blackwood) — 185
3. Tullis Russell (G. Lindsay) — 184
4. Shotts St Patrick’s (A. Duncan) — 182
5. Perthshire Brass (G. Annan) — 181

Best Instrumentalist: Flugel horn — Johnstone


Third Section:
1. Coalburn Silver (G. Bowman) — 186
2. St Davids Brass (J. Dickson) — 183
3. Dunfermline (D. Neil) — 182
4. Dalkeith & Monktonhall (J. Chamberlain) — 181
5. Tayport Instrumental (F. Culross) — 180
6. McTaggart Scott Loanhead (A. Fernie) — 179
7. Buckhaven Brass (G. Evans MBE) — 178

Best Instrumentalist: Trombone — Coalburn


Fourth Section:
1. Brass Sounds Inverclyde (A. McCorkell) — 178
2. Queensferry Community Brass (J. Anderson) — 177
3. Stranraer (I. Munroe) — 176
4. Dysart Colliery (W. Sandell) — 175

Best Instrumentalist — Tenor Horn — Stranraer

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