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Results: Wilkinson Northern Open

Freckleton takes the top honours at the Wilkinsons Contest with wins for Dodworth, Rivington & Adlington and Blackley too.

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The Wilkinson Northern Open Brass Band Championships took place at the Theatre Royal in St Helens on the weekend where a good turn out of bands competed for the £400 top prizes in each of the sections.

Results:

Championship/First Section:
Adjudicator: Major Peter Parkes

1. Freckleton (Paul Dalton) — 192
2. Timperley (Mark Peacock) — 191
3. Hade Edge (Simon Wood — 190
4. Mossley (Duncan Byers) — 189
5. Yorkshire Co-op (Simon Kerwin) — 188
6. Longridge (S. Tarry) — 187
7. Meltham & Meltham Mills (N/K) — 186

Best Soprano: Freckleton
Best Euponium: Freckleton
Best Overeall Soloist: Solo Cornet — Freckleton


Second Section:
Adjudicator: Major Peter Parkes

1. Dodworth Colliery (Eliot Darwin) — 185
2. Skelmersdale (John Ludden) — 184
3. Valley Brass (David Chadwick) — 183
4. Stalybridge (J. Binns) — 182
5. Haslingden & Helmshore (David Holland) — 181
6. Delph (Philip Goodwin) — 180
7. York Railway Institute (Derek Warley) — 179
8. Pemberton Old Wigan JJB ‘B’ (Peter Ashley) — 178
9. Middleton (Matt Stringer) — 177
10. Greenalls (K. Stott)- 176
11. Eagley (G. Westwood)- 175

Best Basses: Skelmersdale
Best Overall Soloist: Solo Cornet — Dodworth


Third Section:
Adjudicator: Mike Hughes

1. Rivington & Adlington (Malcolm Wilson) — 178
2. Morecambe (Andrew Warriner) — 176
3. Uppermill (Alan Widdop) — 175
4. Eccles Borough (Les Webb) — 174
5. Parr (Richardson Ltd) (Russell Prescott) — 173
6. Farnworth & Walkden (Peter Ashley) — 172

Best Cornet: Uppermill
Best Trombone: Morecambe
Best Overall Soloist: Tenor Horn — Rivington & Adlington.


Fourth Section:
Adjudicator: Mike Hughes

1. Blackley (Adrian Smith) — 175
2. Formby (Louise Hough) — 174
3. Darwen Brass (Steve Hartley) — 172
4. Port Sunlight (Lyceum Brass) (Cyril Dare) — 171
5. Tarelton Brass (Gillian Bould) — 170
6. Golborne (D. Mort) — 169
7. Besses Boys (James Holt) — 168
8. Nelson Brass (David Holland) — 167
9. Brindle (Keith Richmond) — 166

Best Overall Soloist: Tenor Horn — Blackley

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