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1982 European Championships - A Section

Date:
Sunday, October 3, 1982

Venue:
Royal Albert Hall, London

Test piece:
Journey Into Freedom (Eric Ball)

Adjudicator(s):
Henk Van Lijnschoten, John Fletcher, William Relton

Pos Band Conductor Dr Pts
1Black Dyke Mills
Pageantry
Major Peter Parkes11/1097[1]+98[1]=195
2Cory
Fireworks
Major Arthur Kenney7/690[3]+96[2]=186
3Soli de Gloria [Holland]
Spectrum
Jan de Haan2/292[2]+90[5]=182
4BB De Waldsang [Holland]
John O'Gaunt
Tjeerd Brouwer8/185[6]+92[4]=177
5Stavanger Brass [Norway]
Fantasy for Brass Band
Kjell E Larsen9/783[8]+93[3]=176
6Whitburn
Triumphant Rhapsody
Geoffrey Whitham4/488[4]+86[7]=174
7Eikanger Bj�rsvik Musikklag [Norway]
Triumphant Rhapsody
Helge Hauk�s5/386[5]+85[8]=171
8BB Terpsichore [Belgium]
Rhapsody in Brass
Paul Anne3/884[7]+87[6]=171
9Strabane Concert Brass [N. Ireland]
Connotations
Harry Gault1/1181[10]+83[9]=164
10Solna Brass [Sweden]
Three Figures
Lars-Gunnar Bjorkland6/982[9]+81[10]=163
11BB Imperial Lenzburg [Switzerland]
Connotations
E. Muller-Lupeanu10/580[11]+81[10]=161

[SW] Set Work
[OC] Own Choice

Prizes:
1st Prize: £1000 plus The Boosey & Hawkes European Trophy
2nd Prize: £750 plus The Hammond's Sauce European Trophy
3rd Prize: £500 plus The Boosey and Hawkes European Cup
4th Prize: £300
5th Prize: £150

Closed adjudication was used at the contest for the first time 



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