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2016 Spring Festival - Grand Shield

Date:
Saturday, May 14, 2016

Venue:
Winter Gardens, Blackpool

Test piece:
Of Distant Memories, Edward Gregson

Adjudicator(s):
Nigel Boddice MBE, Allan Ramsay

Pos Band Conductor Dr Pts
1 Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Erik Janssen 11 -
2 Jaguar Land Rover Dave Lea 12 -
3 Hepworth Mark Peacock 5 -
4 Whitburn Professor Nicholas Childs 18 -
5 Aldbourne David Johnson 7 -
6 Tongwynlais Temperance Glyn Williams 13 -
7 Pemberton Old Wigan DW Kevin Gibbs 6 -
8 Wingates Paul Andrews 2 -
9 Reg Vardy Russell Gray 9 -
10 Ashton-under-Lyne Philip Chalk 10 -
11 Virtuosi GUS Adam Cooke 20 -
12 Kirkintilloch Garry Cutt 8 -
13 Unite the Union (City of Sheffield) David Hirst 3 -
14 Northop Silver Andrew Berryman 16 -
15 Burry Port Town Michael Thorne 4 -
16 Camborne Town Kevin MacKenzie 19 -
17 East Yorkshire Motor Services Stig Mærsk 17 -
18 Friary Guildford Chris King 15 -
19 Redbridge Brass Alan Duguid 14 -
20 Co-operative Funeralcare North West Jef Sparkes 1 -
w Marsden Silver Prize - - -
w Mount Charles - - -

Carlton Main Frickley Colliery & Jaguar Land Rover promoted to British Open

Friary Guildford, Redbridge, Co-op Funeralcare North West, Marsden Silver, Mount Charles, relegated to Senior Cup

Best Instrumentalist: Kirsty Abbotts, cornet, Carlton Main Frickley Colliery 



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Chris Wormald

B.Mus (Hons), LTCL, PGCE
Conductor, adjudicator, arranger


               

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