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Results: 2025 Saddleworth & Oldham District Whit Friday

The results of the various contests will be published here when they are received from the organisers of the event.

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  The results will be posted here as soon as they are received

The results from each of the venues will be published here as soon as we are given them by the individual organisers.

THESE REMAIN PROVISIONAL RESULTS UNTIL THE OFFICAL OVERALL RESULTS ARE CONFIRMED

Results: Saddleworth & Oldham District:

Area Open Champion:


1. £2,500
2. £1,000
3. £750

Local Area Champion:


1. £750
2. £600
3. £400

Youth:


1. £250

The Saddleworth & Oldham Contests are supported by Oldham Council

https://saddleworthwhitfriday.co.uk/results/

Delph:

Main Prize: £1,200
Prize Fund: £5,150
Adjudicator: Leigh Baker
75 competing bands

1. Black Dyke (£1,200)
2. Brighouse & Rastrick (£800)
3. Leyland (£500)
4. Chav Brass (£300)
5. Aldbourne (£250)
6. Milnrow (£200)

7th Prize: St Dennis (£150)

Best First Section Band: City of Bradford (£150)
Best Second Section Band: Uppermill (£150)
Best Third Section Band: BMP Europe Ltd (Goodshaw) (£150)
Best Fourth Section Band: Bedford Concert Brass (£150)

Best Youth Band: Oldham Music Centre (£150)
Runner-up: Wardle Academy Youth (£100)

Best Band not in Championships Section: ASB Brass (£150)

Best Local Band: Marsden Silver (£150)
Runner-up: Delph (£100)

Best Saddleworth Band: Boarshurst Silver (£150)
Runner-up: Friezeland (£100)

Best Cornet: Brighouse & Rastrick (£40)
Best Euphonium: Black Dyke (£40)
Best Trombones: Brighouse & Rastrick (£40)
Best Basses: Black Dyke (£40)
Best Soprano: Leyland (£40)


Denshaw:

Main Prize: £1,000
Prize Fund: £4,230
Adjudicator: Allan Holdsworth
55 competing bands

1. Hepworth (£1,000)
2. Black Dyke (£600)
3. Redbridge Brass (£400)
4. Hawk Green (£200)
5. Whitworth Vale & Healey
6. Delph

Best Saddleworth Band: Oldham Band (Lees) (£150)
Runner-up: Boarshurst Silver (£125)

Best Local Band: Hebden Bridge (£125)

Best First Section Band: Whitworth Vale & Healey (£150)
Runner-up: City of Bradford (£100)

Best Second Section Band: Delph Band (£150)
Runner-up: Slaithwaite (£100)

Best Third Section Band: BMP Europe Ltd (Goodshaw) (£150)
Runner-up: Maltby Miners (£100)

Best Fourth Section Band: Littleborough (£150)
Runner-up: Loxley Silver (£100)

Best Soprano: Hepworth (£40)
Best Bass Section: Hepworth (£40)


Diggle:

Main Prize: £800
Prize Fund: £3,185
Adjudicator: Gordon Eddison
competing bands

1. Brighouse & Rastrick (£800)
2. Hepworth (£500)
3. Redbridge Brass (£400)
4. Wingates (£275)
5. City of Bradford
6. Aldbourne

Best First/Second Section Band: City of Bradford (£150)
Runner-up: Uppermill (£100)
Best Third/Fourth Section Band: Milwaukee Festival Brass (£150)
Best Unregistered Band: Chav Brass (£100)
Peter Blacker Prize: Tasta Brass (£60)
Best Saddleworth Band: Oldham Band (Lees) (£125)
Best Youth Band: Oldham Music Centre (£120)

Holden Cup: Milnrow (£100)

Best Soprano: Hepworth (£30)
Best Solo Cornet: Brighouse & Rastrick (£30)
Best Bass Section: Brighouse & Rastrick (£60)
Best Euphonium: Hepworth (£30)
Best Instrumentalist not in Championship Section: Trombone — Uppermill (£30)
Best Youth Soloist: Oldham Music Centre — cornet (£50)
Best Band on march: Milnrow (£50)
Most Entertaining Band on march: Wroughton Silver (£100)


Dobcross:

Main Prize: £750
Prize Fund: £3,085
Adjudicator: Stephen Tighe
competing bands

1. Brighouse & Rastrick (£750)
2. Hepworth (£500)
3. Chav Brass (£400)
4. Milnrow
5. Aldbourne
6. KNDS Fairey

Best First Section Band: Hebden Bridge (£100)
Best Second Section Band: Shirland Welfare (£100)
Best Third Section Band: Dobcross Silver (£100)
Best Fourth Section Band: Crookes Brass (£100)

Best Youth Band: Oldham Music Centre (£150)
Runner-up: Dobcross Youth (£100)

Best Overseas Band: Tasta Brass (£100)
Best Unregistered Band: 'Till Death us do Parp (£100)
Best Local Band: Milnrow (£100)
Best Saddleworth Band: Dobcross Silver (£100)
Best Local Band on Whit Friday morning: Boarshurst Silver (£75)

Best Bass Section: Hepworth (£75)
Best Soloist: Brighouse & Rastrick (£100)
Best Youth Soloist: Oldham Music Centre (£25)
Best Local Youth Soloist: Dobcross Youth (£25)

First Band: Elland Silver (£50)
Last Band: Dobcross Silver (£50)


Friezland:

All bands excluding Championship, First and Second Section
Main Prize: £200
Prize Fund: £950
Adjudicator: T. Newbigging
36 competing bands

1. Dobcross Silver (£200)
2. BMP Europe (Goodshaw Ltd) (£100)
3. Clockface Miners Heritage (£50)
4.
5.
6.

Best Fourth Section Band: Queensbury Music Centre (£50)
Runner-up: Littleborough

Best University Band: University of Lancaster (£100)

Best Youth Band: Oldham Music Centre Youth (£50)
Runner-up: Mossley Hollins School (£30)

Best Solo Cornet: Clockface Miners Heritage (£25)
Best Basses: City of Traralgon (Australia (£25)

Deportment: 2nd Rossendale Scouts (£30)
Best Entertainment: Oldham Music Centre Youth (£30)


Greenfield:

Main Prize: £1,000
Prize Fund: £4,570
Adjudicator: Chris Wormald
competing bands

1. Brighouse & Rastrick (£1,000)
2. Black Dyke
3. Milnrow
4.
5.
6.

Best First Section Band: Lindley
Runner-up: Uppermill

Best Second Section Band: Tintwistle
Runner-up: Clockface Miners Heritage

Best Third Section Band: BMP Europe Ltd (Goodshaw)
Runner-up: Pillowell Silver

Best Fourth Section Band: Wardle Academy Youth
Runner-up: Tottington Public
Third place: 2nd Rossendale Scout Group

Best Youth Band: Oldham Music Centre Youth
Runner-up: Coleshill Youth

Best Local Band: Milnrow
Best Local Fourth Section Band: Friezland

Best Saddleworth Band: Boarshurst Silver
Best Saddleworth Youth Band: Dobcross Youth Training Band

Best Overseas Band: City of Traralgon (Australia)

Best Solo Cornet: Brighouse & Rastrick
Best Euphonium: Brighouse & Rastrick
Youth Solo Prize: Wardle Academy Youth

Deportment: Sandhurst Silver
Runner-up: British Army Catterick

Grotton:

Main Prize: £800
Prize Fund: £3,400
Adjudicator: Christopher Bond
47 competing bands

1. Black Dyke (£800)
2. Hepworth (£400)
3. Brighouse & Rastrick (£200)
4. KNDS Fairey (£150)
5. Oldham Band (Lees)
6. Wingates

Best First Section Band: Silk Brass (£175)
Runner-up: Lindley (£100)

Best Second Section Band: Slaithwaite (£175)
Runner-up: Shirland Welfare (£75)

Best Third Section Band: Clockface Miners Welfare (£175)
Runner-up: BMP Europe Ltd (Goodshaw) (£75)

Best Fourth Section Band: Pillowell Silver (£175)
Runner-up: Tottington Public (£75)

Best Youth Band: Wardle Academy Youth (£175)
Runner-up: Dobcross Youth (£75)

Best Local Band: Oldham Band (Lees) (£175)
Runner-up: Milnrow (£100)

Best Scratch Band: British Army Catterick (£125)

Best Cornet: Brighouse & Rastrick (£50)
Best Soprano: Hepworth (£50)


Lees & Springhead:

Main Prize: £700
Prize Fund: £2,105
Adjudicator: Alan Fernie
competing bands

1. Hepworth (£700)
2. KNDS Fairey (£350)
3. Chav Brass (£200)
4. British Army Band Catterick
5. Aldbourne
6. Oldham Band (Lees)

Best First Section Band: Manx Concert Brass (£75)
Runner-up: Lindley (£50)

Best Second Section Band: Shirland Welfare (£75)
Runner-up: City of Traralgon (Australia) (£50)

Best Third Section Band: Dobcross Silver (£75)
Runner-up: Sale Brass (£50)

Best Fourth Section Band: Manx Concert Brass (£75)
Runner-up: 2nd Rossendale Scout Group (£50)

Best Youth Band: N/A
Runner-up: N/A

Best Local Band: Oldham Band (Lees) (£100)
Best in OMBC: Boarshurst Silver (£50)

Best Cornet: KNDS Fairey (£25)
Best Euphonium: Oldham Band (Lees) (£25)

Spot Prize: Sale Brass (£1000

Deportment: British Army Band Catterick (£50)
Youth Deportment: N/A


Lydgate:

Main Prize: £1,000
Prize Fund: £3,410
Adjudicator: Matt Whitfield
72 competing bands

1. Black Dyke (£1,000)
2. KNDS Fairey (£500)
3. Brighouse & Rastrick (£250)
4. Milnrow
5. Aldbourne
6. Hepworth

Best First Section: Elland Silver (£150)
Runner-up: Manx Concert Brass (£100)

Best Second Section: Hawk Green (£150)
Runner-up: Ratby Co-operative Mid (£100)

Best Third Section: Dobcross Silver (£150)
Runner-up: Clockface Miners Heritage (£100)

Best Fourth Section: Queensbury Music Centre (£150)
Runner-up: Tasta Brass (£100)

Best Local Band: Milnrow (£125)
Runner-up: Oldham Band (Lees) (£100)

Best Youth Band: Wardle Academy Youth (£100)
Runner-up: Oldham Music Centre Youth (£100)

Best Scratch Band: N/A (£75)

Deportment: British Army Catterick (£100)
Junior Deportment: Wardle Academy Youth (£60)

Best Trombones: Aldbourne
Best Basses: KNDS Fairey
Best Euphonium: Brighouse & Rastrick
Best Cornet: Milnrow
Best Youth Soprano Cornet: Wardle Academy Youth


Scouthead & Austerlands:

Main Prize: £1,000
Prize Fund: £4,710
Adjudicator: Jonathan Pippen
competing bands

1. (£1,000)
2. (£600)
3. (£400)
4. (£300)
5.
6.

Best First Section Band: (£150)
Runner-up: (£100)
Third: (£50)

Best Second Section Band: (£150)
Runner-up: (£100)
Third: (£50)

Best Third Section Band: (£150)
Runner-up: (£100)
Third: (£50)

Best Fourth Section Band: (£150)
Runner-up: (£100)
Third: (£50)

Overseas Award: (£100)

Best Youth Band: (£150)
Runner-up: (£100)
Third: (£50)

Best Local Band: (£150)
Runner-up: (£100)
Third: (£50)

Best Saddleworth Band: (£150)
Runner-up: (£1000
Third: (£50)

Deportment: (£50)
Youth Deportment: (£50)

Best Bass Section: (£50)
Best Soprano Cornet: (£30)
Best Solo Cornet: (£30)
Best Bass Trombone: (£30)

First Band: (£50)

Uppermill:

Main Prize: £1,250
Prize Fund: £4,800
Adjudicator: Benjamin Richeton
competing bands

1. (£1,250)
2. (£750)
3. (£500)
4. (£250)
5.
6.

Best First Section Band: (£175)
Runner-up: (£125)

Best Second Section Band: (£175)
Runner-up: (£125)

Best Third Section Band: (£175)
Runner-up: (£125)

Best Fourth Section Band: (£175)
Runner-up: (£125)

Best Local Band: (£175)
Best Saddleworth Band: (£175)

Best Youth Band: (£175)
Runner-up: (£150)

Deportment: (£75)
Local Deportment: (£50)
Youth Deportment: (£50)

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