The MD paid tribute to his team of players, mentioning that after so many near misses he hadn’t taken anything for granted that this was going to be the year when they would finally break their European hoodoo.

Watching TV

Bob was watching the television at his hotel when the telephone call came through from his Band Manager to say that they had finally done it.

It now means that the combination, which first came together at the turn of the Millennium, has now won the ‘Holy Trinity’ of brass band major contests of the National Championships, British Open and European.