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Result: 2025 ODBBA Entertainment Contest

Kidlington Concert Brass retains its entertainment crown in Witney.

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  Kidlington Concert Brass took the honours

Tuesday, 21 October 2025

        

Kidlington Concert Brass retains its entertainment crown in Witney, conducted by Jonathan Pippen.

Result:

Adjudicator: Leigh Baker

1. Kidlington Concert Brass (Jonathan Pippen): 92
2. Milton Keynes Brass (Neil Brownless): 88
3. St Sebastian Wokingham (John watts): 84
4. Wantage Concert Brass (Daniel Hall): 81
5. Oxford Cherwell Brass (Danny Dullforce): 75

        

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