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2009 Whit Friday

The details for the Whit Friday banding bonanza have been released.

Whit Friday
 

The list of Whit Friday contests to take place on June 5th is as follows:

Tameside:
Tameside Open Champions will receive £2500
New Contest at Audenshaw based at Aldwinians Rugby Club

Audenshaw:
Contest: 4.00pm -10.30pm
Aldwinians Rugby Club
Main Prize: £700 from a total prize fund of £2,525
Adjudicator: Mr M White
Contact: Sylvia Donley (0161 336 6814, 07947 018175)

Broadoak:
Contest: 5.00pm -10.30pm
Broadoak Hotel
Main Prize: £500 from a total prize fund of £1,600
Adjudicator: Mr D R Howard
Contact: Mr J Smith (0161 3392174)

Carrbrook:
Contest: 4.30pm — 10.00pm
Carr Rise
Main Prize: £600 from a total prize fund of £1,515
Adjudicator: John Davies
Contact: Pete Sims (07931593133)

Denton:
Contest: 4.30pm — 10.45pm
Main Prize: £250 from a total prize fund of £1,115
Adjudicator: Mr M Lyons
Contact: Mrs Joan Emery (0161 2925319)

Droylsden:
Contest: 4.30pm -11.00pm
The Bush Inn
Main Prize: £500 from a total prize fund of £2,250
Adjudicator: Mr R Breen
Contact: George Fairclough (0161 3702811)

Dukinfield:
Contest: 4.30pm — 11.00pm
Tame Valley Hotel
Main Prize: £400 from a total prize fund of £1,500
Adjudicator: Mr D Chapman
Contact: Brian Hill (0161 3390072)

Heyrod:
Contest: 4.30pm -1 0.30pm
John Street
Main Prize: £500 from a total prize fund of £1,280
Adjudicator: Mr S McLaughlin
Contact: Miss Lynn Ward

Hurst Village:
Contest: 4.30pm — 11.00pm
Ashton United FC
Main Prize: £300 from a total prize fund of £1,375
Adjudicator: Mr G Pritchard
Contact: Eric Stafford (0161 3305253)

Stalybridge:
Contest: 4.30pm — 10.30pm
Stalybridge Labour Club
Main Prize: £550 from a total prize fund of £1,655
Adjudicator: Derek Broadbent
Contact: Phil Watton (0161 3555818)

Stalybridge Celtic:
Contest: 4.30pm — 10.45pm
Stalybridge Celtic FC
Main Prize: £350 from a total prize fund of £855
Adjudicator: Major Peter Parkes
Contact: Gordon Greenwood (07770 433336)

Upper Mossley:
Contest: 4.30pm — 10.00pm
Mountain Street
Main Prize: £500 from a total prize fund of £1,410
Adjudicator: Mr M Tweedle
Contact: Margaret Gaskell (01457 832752)

Find the venue

To enable bands to plan their routes and find the contest venues, visit the following link www.tameside.gov.uk/­brassband/­whitfriday

Further details:

Further details for the Tameside Contests are available from 0161 342 4144 or via email at events@tameside.gov.uk

Saddleworth and Oldham District:
New Contest at Diggle
Area Open Champions: £2,500, 2nd: £1,000, 3rd: £750, Youth £250
Local Area Champion: £750, 2nd: £600, 3rd: £400

Saddleworth & Oldham Contests are supported in 2009 by Navigation Brass, Saddleworth & Lees Area Community Project, Saddeworth Parish Council

The list of contests is as follows:

Delph:
Contest: 4.30pm — 10.30pm
Main Prize: £1,000 from a total prize fund of £3,695
Adjudicator: Mr K Hollinshead
Contact: Mr R. Rodgers (01457 874354)

Denshaw:
Contest: 4.15pm — 10.45pm
Main Prize: £750 from a total prize fund of £2,940
Adjudicator: A Holdsworth
Contact: A. Baxter (01706 881915)

Diggle:
Contest: 4.15pm — 10.45pm
Main Prize: £600 from a total prize fund of £2,000
Adjudicator: D. Beckley
Contact: B. Cliffe (01457 873901)

Dobcross:
Contest: 4.00pm — 10.00pm
Main Prize: £750 from a total prize fund of £2,885
Adjudicator: B. Thompson
Contact: K. Haynes (01457 877267)

Friezland:
3rd, 4th & Youth Sections only
Contest: 4.30pm — 10.30pm
Main Prize: £150 from a total prize fund of £475
Adjudicator: T. Newbigging
Contact: L. Jones (01457 870081)

Greenacres:
Contest: 4.30pm — 10.30pm
Main Prize: £750 from a total prize fund of £2,405
Adjudicator: Mr B. Rostron
Contact: A. Clayton (0161 678 7255)

Greenfield:
Contest: 5.00pm — 10.00pm
Main Prize: £1,000 from a total prize fund of £3,380
Adjudicator: Mr Ray Farr
Contact: J. Buckley (01457 874794)

Grotton:
Contest: 4.30pm — 10.00pm
Main Prize: £600 from a total prize fund of £2,015
Adjudicator: Mr Roy Roe
Contact: S. Hodgkiss (07842 7888340)

Lydgate:
Contest: 4.30pm -10.30pm
Main Prize: £775 from a total prize fund of £2,020
Adjudicator: Mr Derek Southcott
Contact: C. Brierley (01457 872566)

Lees and Springhead
Contest: 4.30pm — 10.00pm
Main Prize: £600 from a total prize fund of £2,385
Adjudicator: Mr Alan Fernie
Contact: W. Cullen (0161 6267625)

Scouthead and Austerlands
Contest: 4.30pm -11.00pm
Main Prize: £750 from a total prize fund of £3,630
Adjudicator: C Brian Buckley
Contact: D. Needham (0161 6520341)

Uppermill:
Contest: 4.30pm — 10.30pm
Main Prize: £700 from a total prize fund of £2,195
Adjudicator: D. Marshall
Contact: T. Hopkinson (01457 876010)

Further details

Further details on Whit Friday can be found on www.whitfriday.brassbands.saddleworth.org

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