Following the recent announcement of the set works to be used at the 2015 British Open Spring Festival in Blackpool, the provisional list of competing bands have been requested by the contest organisers to make full use of the British Open on-line registration system.

Success

Already successfully used at the 2014 British Open in Birmingham, it will ensure that players will not have to bring any form of identification with them to the Blackpool events, with registration details simply crossed checked with the system’s data base.

Benefit

British Open Registrar Colin Johnson told 4BR: “Following the successful implementation and use of the system in Birmingham in September, it shows that the British Open series of contests have a registration system that works for the benefit of both the bands and for the future of the event itself.”

They need to provide a photographic image of the player, plus their date of birth. The secure on-line system all for bands to make necessary changes to personnel 24 hours a day, 365 days a year if they require.

Get in touch

Colin added: “If any band has any problem, they can get in contact and we can help sort things out. The system is very user friendly and takes away a great deal of hassle for hard working contest secretaries.”

Bands are requested to start undertaking undertake the process as soon as possible, but are reminded that if a player competes with a band (Band A) at the British Open, and subsequently competes with another band (Band B) at the following Spring Festival, they are prohibited from competing with the same band (Band A) at the subsequent British Open.

Register details

Bands are now asked to register themselves on line at: http://www.thebritishopen.net/

Colin Johnson can be contacted at: colinjohnson@thebritishopen.net

2015 provisional list of entrants

Grand Shield
Aldbourne
Burry Port Town
Camborne Town
East Yorkshire Motor Services
Hepworth
Kingdom Brass
Marsden Silver Prize
Mount Charles
Northop Silver
Pemberton Old Wigan DW
Redbridge
Reg Vardy
Rothwell Temperance
Thoresby Colliery
Tongwynlais Temperance
Unite the Union (City of Sheffield)
Virtuosi GUS
Whitburn
Wingates
Woodfalls

Senior Cup
Ashton under Lyne
Aveley & Newham
BTM
Blackburn & Darwen
Bo’ness & Carriden
City of Cardiff (Melingriffith)
Co-operative Funeralcare North West
Derwent Brass
Drighlington
Fishburn
Friary Guildford
Jaguar Land Rover
Laganvale (Metal Technology)
NASUWT Riverside
Newstead Brass
Ratby Co-operative
Seindorf Beaumaris
Skelmanthorpe
St Dennis
Staffordshire
Tylorstown
Yorkshire Imperial Urquhart Travel

Senior Trophy:
City of Bradford
Dalmellington
East London Brass
Felling
Filton Concert Brass
Hatfield Colliery
Jackfield (Elcock Reisen)
Llwydcoed
Lochgelly
Longridge
Medway
Newtongrange
Oldham Lees
Rainford
SPAL Automotive Sovereign Brass
Unison Kinneil
VBS Poynton
Wakefield Metropolitan
Wantage Silver A

1 additional invitation place to be awarded following the result of the 2015 Brass at the Guild Hall contest.