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Results: East Anglian BBA Contest

Ipswich & Norwich Co-op take top honours, and there are also wins for Colchester and Dereham.

 

There was a fine turn out of bands at the East Anglian Brass Band Association Spring Festival Contest on the weekend, where the local bands battled it out against each other, before settling back to enjoy the National Champions, Grimethorpe Colliery later in the night.

Results:

Championship Class:

Adjudicator: S. Pritchard-Jones

Entertainment:
1. Ipswich & Norwich Co-op (R. Norman) - 192
2. Matthews Norfolk Brass (D. Stowell) - 191
3. Cawston (C. H. Swaep) - 187

Hymn Tune:
1. Ipswich & Norwich Co-op (R. Norman) - 189
2. Matthews Norfolk Brass (D. Stowell) - 187
3. Cawston (C. H. Swaep) - 181

Class 'A':
Adjudicator: S. Pritchard-Jones
Entertainments:
1. Colchester (P. Ivey) - 188
2. Newmarket Town (L. Ager) - 185
3. Fulbourn & Teversham (P. Mackley) - 183

Hymn Tune:
1. Fulbourn & Teversham (P. Mackley) - 185
2. Newmarket Town (L. Ager) - 184
3. Colchester (P. Ivey) - 183


Class 'B':
Adjudicator: S. Pritchard-Jones
Entertainments
1. Dereham (A. Hampton) - 184

Hymn Tune:
1. Dereham (A. Hampton) - 182

Special Awards:
Best Euphonium Class 'B' — Fiona Joisce (Dereham)
Best Euphonium Class 'A' and Championship — S. Clarke (Cawston)
Best Tenor Horn Class 'B' — Patrick Nichols (Dereham)
Best Tenor Horn Class 'A' and Championship - Ruth Trown (Ipswich & Norwich Co-op)

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