Blow by blow: the very best of brass

Uppermill Band at Whit Friday Brass Band contest , Delph.

SADDLEWORTH AND OLDHAM DISTRICT OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

1. Brighouse and Rastrick - £2,500

2. Fairey - £1,000

3. Hepworth - £750

LOCAL CHAMPIONSHIP

1. Milnrow - £750

2. Oldham (Lees) - £600

3. Marsden Silver - £400

YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP

1. Wardle Academy Youth - £250

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS

DELPH:

(80 Bands)

Adjudicator: Mike Kilroy

1. Brighouse and Rastrick - £1,000

2. Hepworth - £750

3. Fairey- £400

4. Oberburg Switzerland - £300

5. Windcorp Brass Band - £250

6. Salvo Brass - £200

7. York Railway Institute - £150

Best non-Championship Section Band:

1. Longridge

Best 3rd/4th Section Band:

1. Market Rasen (before 9.00pm)

Best Local Band:

1. Boarshurst Silver

2. Marsden Silver

Best Saddleworth Band:

1. Diggle

Best Youth Band:

1. Oldham Music Centre

2. 2nd Rossendale Scouts Group

Deportment:

1. The Band of the King's Division

Best Cornet: Brighouse & Rastrick

Best Euphonium: Brighouse & Rastrick

Best Soprano: Hepworth

Best Basses: Fairey

Best Trombones: Salvo Brass

DENSHAW

(60 Bands)

Adjudicator: Allan Holdsworth

1. Brighouse & Rastrick

2. Fairey

3. Milnrow

4. Oldham Band (Lees)

5. Longridge

6. Slaithwaite

Best 1st Section:

1. Longridge Band

Best 2nd Section:

1. City of Bristol Brass Band

Best 3rd Seciton:

1. Greenalls Brass Band

Best 4th Section:

1. Enfield Brass

Best Saddleworth:

1. Boarshurst Silver

Best Local:

1. Slaithwaite

Best Non-UK Band:

1. A Tout Vent (France)

Best Youth Band:

1. Wardle Academy Youth

2. Tewit Youth

Best Soprano: Fairey

Best Bass Section: Brighouse & Rastrick

Spot Prize: MG Dietvil (Switzerland)

DIGGLE

(59 Bands)

Adjudicator: Simon Kerwin

1. Hepworth - £800

2. Milnrow - £500

3. Oldham (Lees) - £400

4. Marsden Silver

5. City of Bradford

6. Bad Ass Brass

Best 1st/2nd Section Band:

1. Hebden Bridge - £150

Best 3rd/4th Section Band:

1. Greenalls - £150

Best Saddleworth Band:

1. Delph - £150

Holden Prize:

Marsden Silver - £100

Best Unregistered Band:

1. Bad Ass Brass - £100

Best Youth Band:

1. Oldham Music Centre - £100

Best 4th Section not winning other prize:

Diggle B - £60

Best Bass Section: Hepworth - £60

Best Youth Soloist: Oldham Music Centre (euphonium) - £50

Best Soprano: Milnrow - £30

Best Euphonium: Hepworth - £30

Best Instrumentalist (not in Championship Section): Salithwaite (cornet) - £30

Best Band on march: Oberburg Switzerland - £30

DOBCROSS

(70 Bands)

Adjudicator: Alan Widdop

1. Hepworth

2. Milnrow

3. City of Bradford

4. Bad Ass Brass

5. Fairey

6. Marsden Silver

Best Saddleworth Band: Boarshurst Silver

Best Local Band: Milnrow

Best Local Band Whit Friday morning: TBC

First Band to play: Mg Dietwil

Best Junior Euphonium: Wardle Academy Youth

Best Junior Soloist: Oldham Music Centre Youth

Best Junior Player: Oldham Music Centre Youth

Best Local Junior Soloist: Oldham Music Centre Youth

Best Youth Soprano: Wardle Academy Youth

Best Youth Trombone: Oldham Music Centre Youth

FRIEZLAND

(47 Bands)

Adjudicator: Terry Newbigging

1. Greenfield

2. Market Rasen

3. Farnworth and Walkden

4. University of Nottingham

5. BMP Europe Goodshaw

6. Greenalls Brass

Best 4th Section Band:

1. BMP Europe Goodshaw

Youth;

1. Tewit Youth

2. 2nd Rossendale Scout Group

Best Cornet: New Band Music

Best Basses: Oldham Music Centre

Best Deportment: Littleborough

GREENFIELD

(72 Bands)*

*record

Adjudicator: Chris Wormald

1. Brighouse and Rastrick

2. Fairey

3. The Band of the King's Division

4. Hepworth

5. Oldham (Lees)

6. Boarshurst Silver

Best 1st Section:

1. Boarshurst Silver

2. Elland Silver

Best 2nd Section:

1. Glossop Old

2. Greenfield

Best 3rd Section:

1. Dobcross Silver

2. Liginiers

Best 4th Section:

1. Enfield

2. Diggle B

Best Overseas Band:

Brass Band Atout Vent

Best Local Band:

Oldham (Lees)

Best Saddleworth Band:

Boarshurst Silver

Best Local 4th Section:

Diggle B

Best Youth Band:

1. Wardle Academy Youth

2. Tewit Youth

Best Deportment:

1. The Band of the King's Division

2. Liginiers

Best Entertainment:

1. Brass Band Atout Vent

2. Hade Edge

GROTTON

(47 Bands)

Adjudicator: Stephen Tighe

1. Milnow - £600

2. Brighouse and Rastrick - £300

3. City of Bradford

4. Fairey

5. Oldham (Lees)

6. Birmingham Conservatoire

First Section:

1. Hebden Bridge - £100

2. Hade Edge - £75

Second Section:

1. Boarshurst Silver - £75

2. Delph - £50

Third Section:

1. Ligineress - £75

2. Oberburg Switzerland

Local:

1. Oldham (Lees) - £100

2. Marsden Silver - £75

Youth:

1. Oldham Music Centre - £100

2. 2nd Rossendale Scouts - £50

Deportment: Oberburg Switzerland - £30

Youth Deportment: Tewit Youth - £25

Best Cornet: Brighouse and Rastrick - £30

Best Soprano: Brighouse and Rastrick - £30

LEES AND SPRINGHEAD

(46 Bands)

Adjudicator: Alan Fernie

1. Birmingham Conservatoire - £500

2. Brighouse and Rastrick - £250

3. Oldham (Lees) - £150

4. Milnrow

5. City of Bradford

6. Marsden Silver

Best 1st Section:

1. Silk Brass - £75

2. Hade Edge - £50

Best 2nd Section:

1. Boarshurst Silver - £75

2. Delph - £50

Best 3rd Section:

1. Oberburg Switzerland - £75

2. Greenfield - £50

Best 4th Section:

1. Shrewsbury - £75

2. North London Brass - £50

Best Youth:

1. Rochdale Youth - £50

2. 2nd Rossendale Scout Group - £30

Best Local:

1. Milnrow - £100

Best Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council:

1. Boarshurst Silver - £50

Best Cornet: Oldham (Lees) - £25

Best Euphonium: Birmingham Conservatoire - £25

Best Deportment:

Silk Brass - £50

Best Youth Deportment:

Rochdale Youth - £50

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