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Whit Friday: Saddleworth

The results from the Saddleworth and Oldham District Whit Friday Contests held on Friday 16th May

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All the results from the Saddleworth and Oldham District of Whit Friday, held on 16th May.

Delph — 78 bands (equals record)

1. Rothwell Temperance — £900
2. Faireys — £600
3. Hepworth — £400
4. Marsden — £300
5. Rainford — £250
6. Mossley — £200

Best non-championship Section: Haslingden and Helmshore — £130
Best 3rd/4th Section: Cheshire Constabulary — £130

Best Local: Delph — £125
Best Saddleworth: Greenfield — £60
Best Youth: 1. Dobcross Youth — £100; 2. Oldham Music Centre — £60

Deportment: Cheshire Constabularly — £30

Best Basses: Hepworth — £40
Best Cornet: Rothwell — £30
Best Euphonium: Hepworth — £30
Best Soprano: Skelmanthorpe 'B' — £30


Denshaw — 52 bands

1. YBS — £750
2. Brighouse & Rastrick — £350
3. Hepworth — £300
4. Birmingham Conservatoire — £250
5. Stocksbridge
6. Lindley

Best 1st Section: 1. Lindley; 2. Vernon Building Society Poynton
Best 3rd Section: 1. Valley Brass; 2. Greenalls
Best 4th Section: 1. Uppermill; 2. West Coast Brass
Best Saddleworth: 1. Diggle; 2. Delph
Best Local: Oldham Band Lees
Best Youth: 1. Birmingham Schools; 2. 2nd Rossendale Scouts
Best Soprano: YBS
Best Basses: Brighouse & Rastrick — £40


Dobcross — 59 Bands

1. Brighouse and Rastrick — £600
2. Rothwell Temperance — £400
3. St Austell — £300
4. Hepworth
5. Wingates
6. VBS Poynton

Best Saddleworth: Delph
Best Local: Diggle
Best Junior: 1. Dobcross Youth; 2. Rochdale Borough Youth
Best Local to participate in Whit Friday Morning: Diggle
1st Band to play: Oldham Band (Lees)

Best Junior Soloist: Cornet, Smithills
Best Junior Player: Euphonium, Dobcross Youth
Best Local Junior Soloist: Euphonium, Dobcross Youth


Greenacres — 43 Bands

1. Brighouse & Rastrick — £750
2. Rothwell Temperence — £500
3. Prize Brass Band Burgermusik Lucern — £200

Best 2nd Section:
1. Haslingden & Helmshore — £100
2. Point of Ayr — £75
3. Middleton — £50

Best 3rd Section:
1. Boarshurst — £100
2. Greenalls — £75
3. Prize — Oldham Band(Lees) — £50

Best 4th Section:
1. Farnworth & Walkden — £100
2. St John’s Mossley — £75
3. Greenfield — £50

Best Local:
1. Marsden — £75
2. Ashton under Lyne — £50
3. United Co-op Milnrow — £30

Youth Section
1. Rochdale Borough Youth — £50
2. Wardle High School Senior Band — £30

Best Cornet: Rothwell Temperence — £30
Best Euphonium: Brighouse & Rastrick — £30
Deportment: Rochdale Borough Youth — £50


Friezland — 48 Bands

1. Musik Frohsinn Oberburg — £150
2. Elland Silver — £75
3. Greenalls — £50
4. Oldham Band (Lees) — £25

Best 4th Section: Copull & Standish
Best Youth: 1. Oldham Music Centre; 2. Rochdale Borough Youth
Best Local Oldham Band (Lees)
Solo Cornet: Blakely
Bass Section: Musik Frohsinn Oberburg
Deportment: 1. Cheshire Constabulary; 2. Wardle High Senior


Greenfield — 66 Bands

1. Brighouse & Rastrick — £1,000
2. Diggle — £750

Best 1st Section: 1. Hebden Bridge; 2. Mossley
Best 2nd Section: 1. Cheshire Constabulary; 2. Point of Ayr
Best 3rd Section: 1. Rochdale Borough; 2. Guernsey Concert
Best 4th Section: 1. Uppermill; 2. Greenfield; 3. Yarwell & Nassington
Best Local: 1. Diggle; 2. Mossley
Best Saddleworth: 1. Diggle; 2. Uppermill
Local 4th section and below: Uppermill
Youth: Smithills School

Cornet: Diggle
Euphonium: Brighouse & Rastrick
Deportment: Cheshire Constabulary
Entertainment: Hade Edge and Boobs & Brass


Grotton — 43 Bands

1. Brighouse & Rastrick — £600
2. Wingates — £300
3. Rothwell Temperance — £150
4. Marsden — £100

Best 1st Section: 1. Silk Brass; 2. GT Group Band Peterlee
Best 2nd Section: 1. Musik Frohsinn Oberburg; 2. Oldham Band (Lees)
Best 3rd/4th Section: 1. Yarwell & Nassington Brass; 2. Coppull & Standish
Best Local: 1. Delph; 2. Mossley
Youth: 1. Wardle High School Senior; 2. Mossley Hollins Band

Cornet: Marsden
Soprano Cornet: Oldham Band (Lees)

Deportment: Boobs & Brass
Youth Deportment: Tewitt Youth

Lydgate — 53 Bands

1. YBS — £775
2. Rothwell Temperance — £275
3. Wingates — £150

Best 1st Section: Diggle
Best 2nd Section: Middleton
Best 3rd Section: Oldham Band (Lees)
Best 4th Section: Lydgate
Best Saddleworth: Diggle
Best Youth: 1. Smithills School Senior; 2. Oldham Music Centre

Lees & Springhead — 45 Bands

1. Brighouse and Rastrick — £600
2. Hepworth — £400
3. YBS — £200
4. Marsden — £125

Best 1st Section: 1. Vernon Building Society Poynton — £100; 2. Diggle — £75
Best 2nd Section: 1. Wardle and District Anderson Brass — £100; 2. Rainford — £75
Best 3rd Section: 1. Oldham Band (Lees) — £75; 2. Greenalls — £50
Best 4th Section: 1. Tarleton Brass — £75; 2. Tottington — £50
Best Local: United Co-op Milnrow — £50
Best in OMBC: Boarshurst — £50
Best Cornet Solo: Hepworth — £25
Best Basses: Hepworth — £25
Best Euphonium: Brighouse and Rastrick — £25

Youth: 1. Rochdale Borough Youth — £75; 2. Smithills — £50
Deportment: United Co-op Minrow — £30
Youth Deportment: Tie between Tewitt Youth and Wardle High — £30


Scouthead & Austerlands — 70 bands

1. Brighouse & Rastrick — £600
2. Fodens — £300
3. YBS — £200
4. Hepworth — £150

Best 1st Section: 1. Haydock; 2. Bedworth; 3. Ashton-Under-Lyne
Best 2nd Section: 1. Point of Ayr; 2. Middleton; 3. Delph
Best 3rd Section: 1. Greenalls; 2. Elland Silver; 3. Valley Brass
Best 4th Section: 1. Uppermill; 2. Eccles; 3. Farnworth & Walkden

Best Local: 1. Marsden; 2. Milnrow; 3. Mossley
Best Saddleworth: 1. Diggle; 2. Boarshurst; 3. Greenfield
Best Youth: 1. Wardle High Senior; 2. 2nd Rossendale Scouts; 3. Smithills Senior
Deportment: Brighouse & Rastrick
Junior Deportment: 2nd Rossendale Scouts
Soprano Cornet: Brighouse & Rastrick
Cornet: Hepworth
Bass: YBS


Uppermill — 58 Bands

1. Rothwell Temperance — £700
2. Fairey — £325
3. YBS — £200
4. Hepworth — £100

Best Local: 1. Marsden Silver Prize Band; 2. United Co-op Milnrow Brass; 3. Mossley
Best 4th Section: Uppermill
Best Youth: 1. Rochdale Borough Youth; 2. Dobcross Youth; 3. Tewit Youth Band
Best Saddleworth: Delph
Deportment: Musik Frohsinn Oberburg

Full results:

www.4barsrest.com/gallery/media/2008_whit_saddleworth.xls

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