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Yorkshire Area runners & riders announced

The official list of competing bands at the Yorkshire Regional Championship in Bradford next month have been announced.

St George's Hall
 

The runners and riders who will battle for the qualification places for London and Cheltenham at the Yorkshire Regional Championship in Bradford on the weekend of 7th/8th March have been announced.

Championship Section:
Sunday 8th March
Draw: 3.15pm
Commence: 5.00pm
Adjudicators: Nigel Boddice MBE & Dr. Graham O. Jones MBE

Black Dyke (Prof. Nicholas J Childs)
Brighouse & Rastrick (Prof. David King)
Carlton Main Frickley Colliery (Phillip McCann)
City of Bradford (Lee Skipsey)
Drighlington (Jim Davies)
Grimethorpe Colliery (Dr. Robert Childs)
Hammonds Saltaire (Morgan Griffiths)
Hepworth (Mark Peacock)
Marsden Silver (Glyn Williams)
Rothwell Temperance (David Roberts)
Skelmanthorpe (Martin Hall)
South Yorkshire Police (Leigh Baker)
Yorkshire Imperial Urquhart Travel (Stig Maersk)


First Section:
Saturday 7th March
Draw: 12.45pm
Commence: 2.30pm approx
Adjudicators: Nigel Boddice MBE & Dr. Graham O. Jones MBE

Clifton & Lightcliffe (John Clay)
Cornerstone Brass (Damian Wileman)
Elland Silver (Daniel Brooks)
Hade Edge (Jonathan Beatty)
Hatfield (Stanley Lippeatt)
Hebden Bridge (Trevor Halliwell)
Lindley (Jessica Tredea)
Meltham & Meltham Mills (Norman Law)
Stannington (Kevin Wadsworth)
Strata Brass (Derek Renshaw)
Unite the Union (City of Sheffield) (David Hirst)
Wakefield Metropolitan (Stephen Tighe)


Second Section:
Sunday 8th March
Draw: 11.00am
Commence: 12.45pm

Adjudicators: Simone Rebello & Kevin Wadsworth

Barnsley Brass (William Rushworth)
Chapeltown (Andrew Dennis)
Dinnington (Jonathan Beatty)
Dronfield Genquip (Simon Kerwin)
Emley (Garry Hallas)
Frickley/South Elmsall (Wayne Bostwick)
Kippax (Colin Hardy)
Knottingley Silver (Kevin Belcher)
Old Silkstone (Sam Fisher)
Skelmanthorpe Prospect (Philip Garlick)
Wetherby & District Silver (Kieran Anderson)


Third Section:
Saturday 7th March
Draw: 9.00am
Commence: 10.30am
Adjudicators: Leigh Baker & Dr. Robert Childs

Armthorpe Elmfield (Haydn Griffiths MBE)
Barnsley Metropolitan (Alex Francis)
Clifton & Lightcliffe ‘B’ (John Clay)
Crofton Silver (Dean Jones)
Dodworth Colliery M.W. (Eliot J Darwin)
Garforth (Michael Cox)
Horbury Victoria (Duncan Beckley)
Maltby Miners (Terry Clifford)
Slaithwaite (Robert Westacott)
Stanley Newmarket Colliery (Steven Bailey)
Worsbrough Brass (John Roberts)


Fourth Section:
Sunday 8th March
Draw: 8.00am
Commence: 9.00am
Adjudicators: Sandy Smith & David Thornton

BD1 Brass (Lee Skipsey)
Deepcar (John Hopkinson)
Friendly Band (Sowerby Bridge) (Neil Robinson)
Gawthorpe Brass ‘85’ (John Edward)
Huddersfield & Ripponden (Helen Williams)
Lofthouse 2000 (Andrew Whittaker)
Loxley Silver (Lee Dunkley)
Oughtibridge (Gavin Somerset)
Rockingham (Rob Straw)
Thurcroft Welfare (Matthew Wright)
Tingley (Geoffrey Fowler)

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