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1980 European Championships - A Section

Date:
Sunday, October 5, 1980

Venue:
Royal Albert Hall, London

Test piece:
The Land of the Long White Cloud (Philip Sparke)

Adjudicator(s):
[SW] Hank Van Lijnschooten, Eric Bravington, Trevor Sharpe [OC] Edward Nilsen, Eric Wetherell, Norman Goffin

Pos Band Conductor Dr Pts
1Cory
Triumphant Rhapsody
Denzil Stephens2/390[1]+91[2]=181
2Black Dyke Mills
Journey Into Freedom
Major Peter Parkes4/1087[3]+94[1]=181
3BB Treize Etoiles [Switzerland]
Judges of the Secret Court
Geo Pierre Moren9/188[2]+86[5]=174
4De Waldsang [Holland]
James Cook - Circumnavigator
Tjeerd Brouwer5/982[5]+90[3]=172
5Manger Musikklag [Norway]
Pageantry
Michael Antrobus1/685[4]+85[6]=170
6Templemore [N. Ireland]
Energy
Jack Burch6/780[9]+89[4]=169
7Eikanger Bj�rsvik Musikklag [Norway]
John O'Gaunt
Rod Franks8/881[7]+85[6]=166
8Whitburn
John O'Gaunt
Kevin Bolton7/281[7]+84[8]=165
9BB Midden Brabant [Belgium]
Triumphant Rhapsody
Jean Pierre Leveugle10/482[5]+82[9]=164
10BB Bienne [Switzerland]
Checkmate
Pascal Eicher3/575[10]+80[10]=155
W 3rd Carrickfergus and Old Boys Silver [N. Ireland]R. Shanks--

[SW] Set Work
[OC] Own Choice

Prizes:
1st Prize: £1000 plus The Boosey & Hawkes European Challenge Cup
2nd Prize: £750 plus The Hammond's Sauce European Trophy
3rd Prize: £500
4th Prize: £300
5th Prize: £100

A Banner of Honour was presented to the winning band
A presentation score was awarded to the winning conductor 



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