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2009 North West Regional Championship

Details released of the runners, riders, judges and timings for the big day out at the Winter Gardens on the 1st March.

Winter Gardens
 

Details of all the runners and riders, judges and timings for the North West Regional Championshps on Sunday 1st March have been released.

Championship Section:
Opera House
Draw: 2.30pm
Commence approx: 3.30pm after 4th Section results.
Adjudicator: David Read

Bactiguard Wire Brass (Paul Andrews)
Fairey (Philip Chalk)
Fodens (Garry Cutt)
Leyland (Jason Katsikaris)
Pemberton Old Wigan JJB (Mark Bentham)
Poulton-Le-Fylde (Gareth Westwood)
Roberts Bakery (Colin Cranson)
Timperley (TBA)
United Co-op (Crewe) (Jef Sparkes)
United Co-op Milnrow (John Ward)
Wingates (Andrew Berryman)


First Section:
Empress Ballroom
Draw: 9.30am
Commence: 10.30am
Adjudicator: Colin Hardy

Ashton-Under-Lyne (Martyn Evans)
Blackburn & Drawen (Nick Sheppard)
Blackpool Brass (Andrew Warriner)
Bollington Brass (Peter Christian)
Diggle (TBA)
Freckleton ( Paul Dalton)
Haydock (Mark Quinn)
Longridge (Steve Tarry)
Manx Concert Brass (Ian Clague MBE)
Mossley (Duncan Byers)
Tyldesley (Robert Taylor)
Vernon Building Society Poynton (Kevin Gibbs)
Wardle Anderson Brass (Sean Conway)


Second Section:
Empress Ballroom
Draw: 2.00pm
Commence approx: 3.00pm after 1st Section results
Adjudicator: Malcolm Brownbill

Besses o’th’Barn (Carl Whiteoak)
Delph (Philip Goodwin)
Eccleston Brass (Ian Bateson)
Flixton (TBA)
Haslingden & Helmshore (David Holland)
Hoover (Bolton) (Lee Dunkly)
Middleton (Matt Stringer)
Old Hall Brass (John North)
Oldham (Lees) (John Collins)
Rainford (Neil Samuel)
Silk Brass (Macclesfield) (James Cant)
United Co-op 2000 Brass (Jamie Meredith)


Third Section:
Spanish Hall
Split Draw: 10.00am & 12.30pm
Commence: 11.00am
Adjudicator: Derek Broadbent

BMP Europe Goodshaw (Iain McKnight)
Boarshurst Silver (David Ashworth)
City of Chester (Philip Mottershead)
Dobcross Silver (Grenville Moore)
Dobcross Youth (Brian Lamb)
Douglas Town (Gordon Higginbottom)
Eagley (Gareth Westwood)
Formby (Louise Hough)
Greenall’s (Karl Stott)
Hawk Green (Marple) (Andy Wilson)
Lostock Hall Memorial (John Wood)
Morecambe (Andrew Warriner)
Pemberton Old Wigan JJB “B” (Peter Ashley)
Ramsey Town (Robert Quane)
Skelmersdale Prize (John Ludden)
Stalybridge Old (John Binns)
Trinity Girls (Brian Harper)
Uppermill (Alan Widdop)
Valley Brass (Haydock) (David Chadwick)
Whitworth Vale & Healey (John Binns)


Fourth Section:
Opera House
Split Draw: 9.00am & 11.15am
Commence: 10.00am
Adjudicator: C. Brian Buckley

Barnton Silver (Stephen Yates)
Besses Boys (James Holt)
Blackley (Adrian Smith)
Carrbrook Brass (Jason M. Smith)
Cheshire Constabulary (David Woollam)
Coppull & Standish (Andrew Baker)
Darwen Brass (Steve Hartley)
Denton Brass (Graham Smith)
Eccles Borough (Les Webb)
Farndon & District Brass (Milne Robinson)
Farnworth & Walkden (Peter Ashley)
Friezland (Tom Haslam)
Golborne (TBA)
Greenfield (Stuart Black)
Hazel Grove (Nigel Beasley)
Nelson Brass (David Holland)
Parr (Richardson Ltd) St. Helens (Russell Prescott)
Pilling Jubilee Silver (Billy Porter)
Rivington & Adlington (Malcolm Wilson)
St. John’s Mossley (Stephen Corbett)
Sale Brass (John Dickinson)
Tarleton & District Brass (Gillian Bould)

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