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Results: Wansbeck Festival

Great turn out of bands and players at the Wansbeck Contest Festival weekend as Felling Band and Philip Tait take the top honours.

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Once again the sound of brass was heard loud and clear in the Village of Newbiggin by the sea, Northumberland on the weekend of the 28/29th April.

Over 50 entries

The Wansbeck event attracted over 50 entries performing solo’s duets and small ensembles.

The day included the Annual James Shepherd performance prize, this year with a cash bursary of up to £200.

Results:

Under 13 solo for the Gainsborough Cup:
1. Hayley O’Connelley
2. Kate Malcolm

Under 16 Solo for the Hollon Cup:
1. Thomas White
2. Christina Campbell

Under 16 solo for the Northumberland Brass Band Association Cup:
1. Phillip Tait
2. Hayley O’Connelley
3. Kate Malcolm

Under 18 Solo for the Oldgate Trophies:
1. Phillip Tait

The Chantry Cup was won by Phillip Tait for the highest points of the morning.

Under 16 Brass Band for the NBBA Shield:
1. Northumbrian Water Ellington Colliery Brass Academy

The James Shepherd Performance Class:
1. Phillip Tait
2. Chris Travis
3. Thomas White
4. Chris Watson

Open Brass Solo for the Dussart Cup:
1. Victoria Buddin

Open Duet for the Stanners Shield:
1. Chris Travis and Colin Harris

Open Brass Ensemble for the W.S.Bond Trophy:
1. Northumbria Water Ellington Colliery Band Quartet
2. Backworth Colliery Band Quartet

Under 18 Brass Band for the Jean Sanderson Cup:
1. Backworth Junior Brass

Youth Band Committee Bowl:
1. Craghead Colliery Band

Brass Band Contest

Sunday 29th April in Newbiggin Sports and Community Centre, 9 bands competed in the Open Brass Band Class for the Irvine Decanter

Result:

1. The Felling Band (Graham Tindall) — 93pts
2. GT Group Peterlee (Stephan Malcolm) — 89pts
3. Wansbeck Ashington (Nigel Steadman) — 88pts
4. Northumbrian Water Ellington (Tony Griffiths) — 86 pts
5. Ferryhill Town (Sue Norris) — 84 pts
6. Durham Constabulary (Keith Macdonald) — 83pts
7. Dunston Silver (Sue Morrell) — 81pts
8. Backworth Colliery (Colin Harris) — 80pts
9. Craghead Colliery (John Robson) — 78pts

Northumberland Brass Band League Trophy: Backworth Colliery Band
Newbiggin Brass Band Trophy: Dunston Silver Band
John Bond Trophy:Ferryhill Town Band
Sam Bond Trophy: Wansbeck’s Ashington Colliery
Morpeth Trophy: The Felling Band

The level of competition over the weekend was excellent and the performance by Philip Tait to win the James Shepherd performance class was a highlight of the weekendOrganisers

High standard

The weekend was Adjudicated by Brian Buckley who commented on the high standard of competition over the weekend.

Success

The event was again a successful collaboration between the Northumberland Brass Band Association and The Wansbeck Music Festival.

Tony Griffiths Secretary of the Association told 4BR: "The level of competition over the weekend was excellent and the performance by Philip Tait to win the James Shepherd performance class was a highlight of the weekend. Phillip walked away with an outstanding mark taking the full cash bursary of £200."

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