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2007 New Zealand National Championships - A Grade

Date:
Saturday, July 7, 2007

Venue:
Takapuna, Auckland

Test piece:
Concerto No.1 for Brass Band by Derek Bourgois

Adjudicator(s):
Nigel Boddice

Pos Band Conductor Dr Pts
1 Brisbane Excelsior (Australia)
Music of the Spheres
Howard Taylor 4/9 95+144+142=381
=2 Kew Band Melbourne (Australia)
Vienna Nights
Mark Ford 1/6 94+143+140=377
=2 Dalewool Auckland Brass
Elgar Variations
Nigel Weeks 8/4 94+145+138=377
3 Woolston Brass
Vienna Nights
Graham Hickman 5/7 94+139+143=376
4 The Trusts Waitakere
English Heritage
Steven Booth 3/8 93+140+141=374
5 St Kilda Brass
Contest Music
Steve Miles 9/1 95+141+132=368
6 Darebin City Brass - Preston Band (Australia)
Year of the Dragon
Jason Mears 10/10 94+138+136=368
7 Marlborough Districts Brass
Elgar Variations
Kevin Moseley 2/5 92+137+137=366
8 North Shore Brass
English Heritage
Brent Large 7/3 92+136+135=363
9 Ascot Park Hotel Brass
Paganini Variations
John McKinlay 6/2 93+135+134=362

Sacred+Test+Own Choice=Aggregate

Elgar Clayton Memorial: Best soloist
Amanda Casagrande, Brisbane Excelsior

4barsrest downunder trophy: Best Section
Basses, Dalewool Auckland Brass 



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