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2016 Brass in Concert Championships

Date:
Sunday, November 20, 2016

Venue:
Sage Gateshead

Test piece:
Entertainment Programme

Adjudicator(s):
Les Neish & Florent Didier; Mike Kilroy; Derek Southcott & Duncan Stubbs; Katrina Marzella

Pos Band Conductor Dr Pts
1 Cory Philip Harper 11 60/60/40/18/20=198
2 Grimethorpe Colliery Phillip McCann 4 57/54/32/20/19=182
3 Brighouse & Rastrick Leigh Baker 2 54/45/34/16/18=167
4 Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Ian McElligott 10 51/42/38/17/17=165
5 Brass Band Schoonhoven Ivan Meylemans 633/57/36/19/11=156
6 Flowers Paul Holland 3 45/48/30/15/16=154
7 Stavanger Allan Withington 8 48/51/28/12/10=149
8 Virtuosi GUS Adam Cooke 7 39/36/26/13/14=128
9 Reg Vardy Russell Gray 5 36/39/22/14/13=124
10 Hammonds Saltaire Morgan Griffiths 9 42/33/20/10/15=120
11 Dublin Silver Tim Jameson 1 30/30/24/11/12=107

Adjudicators marks appear in the following order:
Les Neish/Florent Didier (Music: Quality of Performance)
Mike Kilroy (Programme Content)
Duncan Stubbs/ Derek Southcott (Entertainment)

Chosen separately: Katrina Marzella:(Soloist)

Individual awards
Don Lusher Trombone Award: Chris Gommersall (Grimethorpe Colliery)
Harry Mortimer Best Principal Cornet Award: Tom Hutchinson (Cory)
The Fesa Trophy for Best Flugel Award: Helen Williams (Cory)
The Gateshead MBC Trophy for Best Soprano Award: Paul Richards (Flowers)
The Louis and Colin Johnson Trophy for Best Percussion Section: Flowers
Best Euphonium: Glyn Williams (Cory)
Best Baritone: Michael Cavanagh (Grimethorpe Colliery)
Best Horn: Arfon Owen (Stavanger)
John Fletcher Best Basses Award: Cory

Youngest Player: Ben Smith (aged 17) — Virtuosi GUS

Best Entertainment and Presentation: Grimethorpe Colliery
Best Programme Content: Cory
Quality of Performance: Cory

Best Soloist: Robbert Vos (euphonium) — Brass Band Schoonhoven
New Composition/Arrangement Award: Paul McGhee — Pandemic (Flowers)

Winning MD: Philip Harper (Cory)

Initially Brass Schoonhoven was placed 6th due to a 2 point time penalty. On investigation by the organisers this was found to have been an error and the result was amended.
 



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