Noteworthy performance

BRIGHOUSE and Rastrick are the 2013 Oldham and Saddleworth Band Contests champions.

They took advantage of the absence of last year’s winners Black Dyke to take first place in five of the eight competitions they entered.

Marsden were crowned best local band and Tewit won the youth section.

A total of 126 bands played at this year’s Whit Friday concerts, travelling from as far as Denmark, Switzerland and Norway.

There were a dozen contests and Delph topped the list for attracting most bands, with 80. Denshaw and Greenacres attracted record numbers of bands, 60 and 49 respectively.

This year’s musicians included “Blue Peter” presenter Barney Harwood, who was challenged to learn the trombone in four weeks. See how he got on tomorrow on CBBC (6pm).



Oldham and Saddleworth area prize

1st Brighouse and Rastrick £2,500

2nd Fairey £1,000

3rd Leyland £750



Local

1st Marsden £750

2nd Milnrow £600

3rd: Oldham Band (Lees) £400



Youth

Tewit £250



Delph 80 bands played

1st Brighouse and Rastrick

2nd Rothwell Temperance

3rd SHB

4th City of Bradford

5th Hepworth

6th Marsden

7th Wardle Anderson



Local

1st Diggle

2nd Delph



Saddleworth

Uppermill



Best non-championship

Hebden Bridge



3rd/4th Section

Parr St Helens



Youth

1stTewit

2nd 2nd Rossendale Scouts



Cornet Brighouse and Rastrick

Soprano cornet Rothwell Temperance

Euphonium SHB

Bass section Brighouse and Rastrick

Trombones City of Bradford

Deportment Cheshire Constabulary



Denshaw (60 bands record)

1st Hepworth

2nd Rainford

3rd Concord (Denmark)



1st section

1st Longridge

2nd City of Bradford



2nd section

1st Whitworth Vale and Healey

2nd Eccleston



3rd Section

1st Amersham

2nd Parr (St Helens)



4th Section

1st City of Chester

2nd West Coast



Local

Oldham Band (Lees)



Saddleworth

1st Uppermill

2nd Diggle



Youth

1st Tewit

2nd Wardle High

Soprano cornet Hepworth

Bass section Hepworth

Spot prize 2nd Rossendale Scouts



Diggle (55 bands)

1st Leyland

2nd Fairey

3rd Milnrow

1st/2nd section Uppermill

3rd/4th section Amersham

4th section (which has not won other prize) Oughtibridge Saddleworth Delph

Holden Cup Oldham Band (Lees)

Youth 2nd Rossendale Scouts

Best band on the march Knutwil (Switzerland)

Soprano cornet Fairey

Cornet Leyland

Euphonium Leyland

Solo (non Championship) Uppermill

Bass section Leyland



Dobcross (60 bands)

1st Brighouse and Rastrick

2nd Fairey

3rd Hepworth

Local Milnrow

Saddleworth Diggle

Youth

1st Rochdale Borough

2nd Enderby



Friezland (42 bands)

1st Golbourne

2nd Darwen Brass

3rd Littleborough

4th Parr St Helens



4th section Greenfield



Youth

1st Wardle High

2nd Tewit



Local Greenfield

Solo cornet Brindle

Bass section Shirland Youth

Deportment

1st 2nd Rossendale Scouts

2nd Tewit

Entertainment Wardle High



Greenacres (49 bands, record)

1st Hepworth

2nd SHB

3rd Brighouse and Rastrick



2nd section

1st Cornerstone

2nd Delph

3rd Lindley



3rd section

1st Boarshurst

2nd Littleborough

3rd LGB



4th Section

1st Greenfield

2nd West Coast

3rd Stacksteads



Local

1st Marsden

2nd Uppermill

3rd Diggle



Youth

1st Rochdale Borough

2nd Oldham Music Centre

Cornet Leyland

Euphonium Brighouse and Rastrick

Deportment Brass Band Breitenbach (Switzerland)

Youth deportment 2nd Rossendale Scouts

Crowd’s favourite (most entertaining march) Emley



Greenfield (66 bands)

1st Brighouse and Rastrick

2nd Fairey

3rd Leyland



1st Section

1st Hebden Bridge

2nd Wardle Anderson



2nd Section

1st Elland

2nd Boarshurst (3rd section band)



3rd Section

1st Goldbourne (4th section band)

2nd Lees



4th Section

1st Greenfield

2nd Sale

3rd City of Chester

Local Uppermill

Saddleworth Diggle

Local 4th section/below Lees



Youth

1st Rochdale Borough

2nd Shirlan

Cornet Brighouse and Rastrick

Euphonium Brighouse and Rastrick

Deportment Cheshire Constabulary

Entertainment Hade Edge



Grotton (48 bands)

1st Oldham Band (Lees)

2nd Uppermill

3rd Hebden Bridge

4th Carlton Main Colliery



1st Section

1st Chiltern Hills

2nd Parr St Helens



2nd Section

1st Lostock Hall Memorial

2nd University of Warwick (4th section band)



3rd/4th section

1st West Coast

2nd Nelson



Local

1st Milnrow

2nd Lees



Youth

1st Dobcross Youth

2nd 2nd Rossendale Scouts

Cornet Chiltern Hills

Soprano cornet 2nd Rossendale Scouts

Deportment Brighouse and Rastrick

Youth deportment Tewit



Lees and Springhead (46 bands)

1st Leyland.

2nd Fairey

3rd Hepworth



1st section

1st Oldham Band (Lees)

2nd Silk



2nd section

1st York Railway Institute

2nd Delph



3rd section

1st Golborne

2nd Wotton Silver



4th section

1st Lees

2nd West Coast



Local Ashton-under-Lyne

Oldham Metropolitan Borough Oldham Band (Lees)



Youth

1st Tewit

2nd Rochdale Borough

Deportment Cheshire Constabulary

Solo cornet Brighouse and Rastrick

Euphonium Fairey



Lydgate (64 bands)

1st Fairey

2nd Leyland

3rd Marsden



1st section

1st City of Bradford

2nd Kirby Moorside Town



2nd section

1st Elland Silver

2nd MG Konkordia Aedermannsdorf (Switzerland)



3rd section

1st Darwen

2nd Littleborough



4th Section

1st University of Warwick

2nd Deepcar



Local

1st Delph

2nd Lees



Youth

1st Oldham Music Centre

2nd Wardle High

Deportment Kirby Moorside

Youth Deportment Wardle High

Cornet SHB

Soprano Cornet Marsden

Euphonium Fairey

Trombone Fairey

Bass Fairey



*LYDGATE issued a statement after changing its initial results. The addition of a runner-up prize in each section two years gave a situation in which the best band in each section could win less money than the band that came second. The rule has been changed to avoid this



Scouthead and Austerlands (65 bands)

1st Brighouse and Rastrick

2nd Fairey

3rd Hepworth

4th Rainford



1st section

1st Oldham Band (Lees)

2nd Silk

3rd City of Bradford



2nd section

1st Cornerstone

2nd Breitenbach (Switzerland)

3rd Elland



3rd section

1st Amersham

2nd Cleethorpes

3rd tie Littleborough and Lostock Hall



4th Section

1st Sale

2nd Greenfield

3rd Leicester



Local

1st Marsden

2nd Milnrow

3rd Uppermill



Saddleworth

1st Delph

2nd Diggle

3rd Diggle B



Youth

1st Rochdale

2nd Tewit

3rd Dobcross

Deportment Cheshire Constabulary

Junior Deportment Tewit

Soprano cornet Fairey

Soloist (cornet) Hepworth

Bass section Brighouse and Rastrick



Uppermill (56 bands)

1st Brighouse and Rastrick

2nd Leyland

3rd Milnrow

4th Rothwell Temperance


Local Diggle

1st section Wardle Anderson

2nd section Delph

3rd section Amersham

4th Section Banovallum

Youth Shirland WT

Saddleworth Uppermill

Deportment Brighouse and Rastrick

Local deportment Dobcross Youth

Soloist Brighouse and Rastrick euphonium