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Results: Macclesfield Slow Melody

There was a fine turn out of players at the recent Macclesfield Youth Band Slow Melody Competition.

Macclesfield
 

Macclesfield Youth Band held its third slow melody competition last Sunday, at its headquarters at Morton Hall, attracting competitors from its Youth, Junior and Beginners Sections.

Ian McKnight adjudicated all twelve classes.

Results:

Age 7 & 8:
1. Frankie Gittins

Age 9 & 10:
1. Niamh Johnson
2. Alistair Ford
3. Joe Ritchie

Age 11 & 12:
1. Charlotte Haigh
2. Laura McCulloch
3. Oliver Franklin

Age 13 & 14:
1. Laura Crosland
2. Kristian Birtwistle

Age 15 & 16:
1. Christopher Holt
2. Alannah Birtwistle/Matthew Arnold
3. Callum Sykes

Age17-19:
1. Matthew Taylor
2. Hannah Devine

Open U12:
1. Charlotte Haigh
2. Alistair Ford
3. Niamh Johnson

Open 12-19:
1. Angus Naylor
2. Christopher Holt
3. Matthew Arnold

Duet U12:
1. Joe Ritchie/Alistair Ford
2. Nomi Fisher/Charlotte Lax
3. Charlotte Haigh/Elizabeth Taylor

Duet 12-19:
1. Angus Naylor/Matthew Arnold
2. Alice Taylor/Orla Haigh

Percussion U12:
1. Matthew Renshaw
2. Niamh Middlemass
3. Melanie Powell/William Durrant

Percussion 12-19:
1. Catriona Paton

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