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1997 Spring Festival - Grand Shield

Date:
Saturday, May 10, 1997

Venue:
Victoria Hall, Bolton

Test piece:
Festival Music, Eric Ball

Adjudicator(s):
Derek Garside, Geoffrey Whitham

Pos Band Conductor Dr Pts
1Wallace Arnold RothwellD. Blackledge-193
2NSK-RHP RansomeB. Grant-192
3Point of AyrM. Fowles-191
4Northop SilverT. Wyss-190
5British Steel TeesideD. Broadbent-189
6EYMSA. Snell-188
7Staffordshire Building SocietyA. Culshaw--
8B.T.A. Lawton--
9StalybridgeJ. Cant--
10FlowersB. Hurdley--
11B.T.M.A. Morrison--
12Rhodian BrassG. O' Connor--
13DUT Yorkshire ImperialJ. Scott--
14British FuelsR. Adams--
15Woolley Pritchard Soveriegn BrassD. Maplestone--
16British AerospaceS. Wood--
17Carlton Main FrickleyJ. Hinckley--
18Bournemouth Concert BrassN. Taken--
19FishburnI. Robinson--
20LongridgeG. Clough--
21Thoresby CollieryJ. Mfcg--
22Bo'ness & CarridenR. Newsome--

Wallace Arnold and NSK-RHP Ransome qualified for the 1997 British Open.

Points were awarded only to the top six bands.

Prizes:

1st: £600 plus the Grand Shield.
2nd: £500 plus the Midland Music Trophy.
3rd: £300
4th: £200  



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