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2013 Spring Festival - Grand Shield

Date:
Saturday, May 11, 2013

Venue:
The Opera House, Winter Gardens, BLackpool

Test piece:
Red Priest - Concerto after Vivaldi, Professor Philip Wilby

Adjudicator(s):
Allan Ramsay & Frank Renton

Pos Band Conductor Dr Pts
1 Milnrow Mareika Gray 7 -
2 Kirkintilloch Phillip McCann 13 -
3 Aldbourne David Johnson 16 -
4 Rothwell Temperance David Roberts 9 -
5 Whitburn Ian Porthouse 5 -
6 Flowers Paul Holland 18 -
7 Newstead Brass Duncan Beckley 17 -
8 Tongwynlais Temperance Steve Sykes 8-
9 Co-operative Funeralcare Band North West Jef Sparkes 10 -
10 BTM Dewi Griffiths 19 -
11 Northop Silver Thomas Wyss 11 -
12 Jaguar Land Rover Dave Lea 8 -
13 Pemberton Old Wigan DW Stig Mearsk 13 -
14 Yorkshire Imperial Urquhart Travel David Nesbitt 20 -
15 Hammonds Saltaire Morgan Griffiths 3 -
16 Thorseby Colliery Brian Grant 2 -
17 Marsden Silver Prize Glyn Williams 12 -
18 Redbridge Jeremy Wise 1 -
19 Mount Charles Simon Dobson 14 -
20 Wingates Andrew Berryman 6 -

Milnrow & Kirkintilloch promoted to The British Open
Marsden Silver, Redbridge, Mount Charles, Wingates relegated to The Senior Cup

Best Instrumentalist: Andrew Smith, Cornet, Flowers 



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