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Results: Whit Friday — Saddleworth

The results from the Saddleworth and Oldham District Whit Friday Contests held on Friday 5th June.

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Full breakdown of results:

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The results from the Saddleworth and Oldham District Whit Friday Contests held on Friday 5th June are as follows:

Delph: 80 Bands (record)

1. Black Dyke — £1,000
2. Brighouse & Rastrick — £600
3= Hepworth (Cookson Homes)- £350
3= Marsden Silver — £350
5. Rothwell Temperance — £250
6. Bactiguard Wire Brass — £200
7= Kirbymoorside — £50
7= Fairey — £50

Best Non-Championship: Bedworth Brass — £130
Best 3rd/4th Section: Cheshire Constabulary — £130
Deportment: Cheshire Constabulary — £35
Local: Boarshurst & Delph (shared) — £100 each
Saddleworth: Diggle — £60

Youth:
1. Oldham Music Centre
2. Tewitt Youth

Individual Prizes:
Soprano: Black Dyke — £30
Cornet: Marsden — £30
Bass: Black Dyke — £40
Euphonium: Brighouse and Rastrick — £30


Denshaw: 51 Bands

1. Black Dyke — £750
2. United Co-op Milnrow — £350
3. Cheshire Constabulary — £300
4. Hepworth (Cookson Homes) — £250

Highest 1st Section:
1. Stocksbridge — £100
2. Old Shep — £75

Highest 2nd Section:
1. Oldham Band (Lees) — £100
2. Delph — £75

Highest 3rd Section:
1. Greenalls — £100
2. Otley — £75

Highest 4th Section:
1. Felison Brass — £100
2. Backworth Colliery — £75

Saddleworth:
1. Boarshurst — £150
2. Uppermill — £125

Local: Mossley — £100

Youth:
1. Shirland — £100
2. Rochdale Borough — £75

Individual Prizes:
Best Basses: Black Dyke — £40
Soprano: United Co-op Milnrow


Diggle: 51 Bands

1. Black Dyke — £600
2. Rothwell Temperance — £400
3. Brighouse & Rastrick — £300
4. Newstead Brass
5. Marsden Silver
6. United Co-op Milnrow

Best 1st Section:
1. St Austell — £150
2. Cornerstone Brass
3. Old Shep

Best 2nd Section:
1. Holme Silver — £150
2. Delph Band
3. Grange Moor

Best 3rd Section:
1. St Sebastian Wokingham — £150
2. University of Warwick
3. Greenalls

Best 4th Section:
1. Camping & Caravan Club — £150
2. Littleborough Public
3. Ellenbrook & Boothstown

Best Saddleworth:
1. Delph — £125
2. Dobcross Silver
3. Boarshurst

Youth:
1. Wardle High School — £100
2. Delph Youth
3. Wardle Junior

Individual Prizes:
Best Soprano: Newstead Brass — £30
Best Solo Cornet: Rothwell Temperance — £30
Best Bass: Black Dyke — £60
Best Euphonium: Black Dyke — £30
Best Instrumental (not Championship): Holme Silver — £30
Best Band on March: St Austell — £30


Dobcross: 58 Bands

1. Black Dyke — £750
2. Rothwell Temperance — £500
3. Hepworth (Cookson) — £400

Best Saddleworth: Diggle — £200
Local: Mossley — £200
Best Local for Whit Friday Morning: Diggle — £75

Junior:
1. Smithills — £250
2. 2nd Rossendale Scouts — £150

Individual Prizes:
Best Junior Soloist: Tewitt Youth — £50 (cornet)
Best Junior Soprano: Dobcross Youth — £50
Best Junior Player: Smithills — £50 (cornet)
Best Local Junior Soloist: Dobcross Youth £50 (cornet)


Friezland: 48 bands

1. Dobcross Silver — £150
2. Stalybridge — £75
3. Pendennis — £50
4. Otley — £25

4th Section: Cheshire Constabulary — £25

Youth Section:
1. Rochdale Borough Youth — £50
2. Dobcross — £25

Local: Dobcross — £10
Best bass: Pendennis — £10
Cornet: Hawk Green — £10
1st to Register: Camping and Caravan Club — £10

Deportment Prize:
1. Cheshire Constabulary — £25
2. Wardle High — £10


Greenacres: 37 Bands

1. Hepworth (Cookson Homes)- £700
2. Rothwell Temperance — £500
3. Brighouse & Rastrick — £200

2nd Section:
1. Middleton — £100
2. Oldham (Lees) — £75
3. Flixton — £50

3rd Section:
1. Greenalls — £100
2. Dobcross Silver — £75
3. Uppermill — £50

4th Section:
1. Hazel Grove — £100
2. Farnworth & Walkden — £75
3. Greenfield — £50

Local:
1. Milnrow — £75
2. Marsden — £50
3. Middleton — £30

Youth Section:
1. Chorley Silver — £50
2. Rochdale Borough Youth — £30

Individual Prizes:
Best Cornet: Rothwell Temperence — £30
Best Euphonium: Brighouse & Rastrick — £30
Deportment: Brighouse & Rastrick — £50
Crowds Favourite: Tommy Cooper Brass — £100


Greenfield: 62 Bands

1. Black Dyke — £1,000
2. Brighouse & Rastrick — £750

Highest 1st Section:
1. Diggle — £400
2. Blackburn and Darwen — £200

Highest 2nd Section:
1. Cheshire Constabulary
2. Dobcross

Highest 3rd Section:
1. Uppermill — £100
2. Boarshurst — £75

Highest 4th Section:
1. Denton — £70
2. Greenfield — £60
3. Rochdale borough Youth — £50

Best Local: Diggle — £50
Best Saddleworth: Diggle — £50
Youth: 2nd Rossendale Scouts: — £50

Individual Prizes:
Cornet: Hammonds Saltaire — £100
Euphonium: Black Dyke — £50
Deportment: Cheshire Constabulary — £50
Entertainment: Boobs and Brass and Supabrass — £50 each


Grotton 42 Bands

1. Brighouse & Rastrick — £600
2. Blackburn & Darwen — £300
3. Oldham Band (Lees) — £150
4. United Co-op Milnrow — £100

Highest 1st Section:
1. Holme Silver — £100
2. Emley Brass — £75

Highest 2nd Section:
1. Dodworth — £75
2. Silk Brass — £50

Highest 3rd/4th Section:
1. Whitworth Vale & Healey — £75
2. LGB Brass

Local:
1. Delph — £100
2. Mossley — £75

Youth:
1. Tewitt Youth
2. Smithills Senior

Indiviudal Prizes:
Cornet: Brighouse & Rastrick
Soprano Cornet: Penrith Town
Deportment: Boobs & Brass
Youth Deportment: Tewitt Youth


Lydgate: 49 Bands

1. Black Dyke — £775
2. Hepworth (Cookson Homes) — £275
3. The Co-operative FuneralCare — £150

Highest 1st Section:
1. Blackburn & Darwen — £110

Highest 2nd Section:
1. Silk Brass — £110

Highest 3rd Section:
1. Boarshurst Silver — £110

Highest 4th Section:
1. Rivington & Adlington — £110

Highest Saddleworth:
1. Diggle

Youth:
1. Smithills Senior
2. 2nd Rossendale Scouts

Individual Prizes

Deportment: Marsden Silver
Youth Deportment: Smithills Senior
Cornet: Hepworth
Soprano cornet: Black Dyke
Euphonium: Black Dyke
Trombone: Hepworth (Cookson Homes)
Horns: Hepworth (Cookson Homes)
Bass: Black Dyke


Lees & Springhead: 44 Bands

1. Black Dyke — £600
2. Brighouse & Rastrick — £400
3. Rothwell Temperance — £200
4. Hepworth (Cookson Homes) — £125

Highest 1st Section:
1. Diggle — £100
2. Wardle Anderson — £75

Highest 2nd Section:
1. Delph — £100
2. Oldham Band (Lees) — £75

Highest 3rd Section:
1. Uppermill — £100
2. Greenalls — £75

Highest 4th Section:
1. Farnworth & Walkden — £75
2. West Coast Brass — £50

Local:
1. Milnrow — £100
2. Boarshurst Silver — £50

Oldham Met Borough: Greenfield — £50

Youth:
1. Smithills Senior
2. Rochdale Borough Youth

Deportment: United Co-op Milnrow
Youth Deportment: Rochdale Borough Youth

Indivdual Prizes:
Solo Cornet: Black Dyke — £25
Bass: Hepworth (Cookson Homes) — £25
Euphonium: Black Dyke — £25


Scouthead & Austerlands: 63 Bands

1. Black Dyke — £750
2. Hepworth (Cookson Homes) — £400
3. Fodens — £300
4. Brighouse & Rastrick — £200

1st Section:
1. Mossley — £125
2. Wardle Anderson — £75
3. Cornerstone Brass — £50

2nd Section:
1. Holme Silver — £125
2. Oldham (Lees) — £75
3. Flixton — £50

3rd Section:
1. Dobcross Silver — £125
2. Boarshurst — £75
3. Valley Brass — £50

4th Section:
1. Greenfield — £125
2. Huddersfield & Ripponden — £75
3. Hazel Grove — £50

Local:
1. Fairey — £125
2. United Co-op Milnrow — £75
3. Middleton — £50

Saddleworth:
1. Diggle — £125
2. Delph — £75

Youth:
1. Smithills Schools Senior
2. Shirland Welfare Training
3. Oldham Music Centre

Individual Prizes:
Soprano: Hepworth (Cookson Homes)
Cornet: Black Dyke
Bass Section: Fodens


Uppermill: 51 Bands

1. Hepworth (Cookson Homes) — £700
2. Marsden — £325
3. Uppermill — £200
4. Vernon Bulding Society Poynton — £100
5. Wardle Anderson Brass
6. Tartan Brass

Local:
1. Diggle — £175
2. Dobcross — £100
3. Littleborough — £70

Youth:
1. Rochdale — £150
2. Smithills — £95
3. Delph — £65

Best Saddleworth: Diggle B — £65
4th Section: Greenfield — £65
Deportment Prize: Cheshire Constabulary — £55
Best Euphonium — £30

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