SCABA welcomed 22 bands to its annual Spring Contest at the Town Hall in Hove last weekend.

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Colin Hardy was on hand to sort the bands into order of merit and judging by the comments from the bands after the results he seemed to get that very right.

Speaking before the announcement of results from the morning session Colin said that he was very impressed with the choices made by the bands in this own choice contest.

Delighted

SCABA were delighted that once again Mode for …. sponsored the Youth section by offering all competing youth bands a £50 voucher to purchase music from their catalogue.

Colin also made comments on how well the Youth bands played and said it was a great pity as an adjudicator he couldn’t see them because he was sure there would be some very young people amongst them and that they were the future of brass banding.

Once again the contest had a band from overseas supporting them – Brass Band a Musica4BR

Overseas visitor

Once again the contest had a band from overseas supporting them – Brass Band a Musica.

Over the last few months SCABA has greatly missed the presence of their Chairman, John Williams and it was fantastic to see him again on Sunday.

Results:
Championship Section:

March:
1. Friary Guildford (Andrew Porter)

Test Piece:
1. Friary Guildford (Andrew Porter)

Best Instrumentalist: Richard Straker – Friary Guildford
Best Bass Section: Friary Guildford

First Section:
March:
1. Tilbury (Alan Duguid) — 188
2. Uckfield Concert Brass (Steve McIntyre) — 187
3= Brass a Musica (Michael Dils) — 186
3= Horsham Borough (Keith Maxwell) — 186
5. Brighton & Hove City (Matthew Hackett) — 185
6. BAE Systems Brass (Keith Woodger) — 184
7. Thundersley Brass (Roland Morris) — 183
8. Fairlop Brass (Kevin Jordan) — 182

Test Piece:
1. Brighton & Hove City (Matthew Hackett) — 185
2. Tilbury (Alan Duguid) — 184
3. BAE Systems Brass (Keith Woodger) — 182
4. Brass a Musica (Michael Dils) — 181
5. Horsham Borough (Keith Maxwell) — 180
6. Uckfield Concert Brass (Steve McIntyre) — 179
7. Fairlop Brass (Kevin Jordan) — 178
8. Thundersley Brass (Roland Morris) — 176

Best Bass Section: Brighton & Hove City
Best Horn Section: Tilbury
Best Tenor Trombone: Andrew Harrington — Tilbury
Best Bass Trombone: Nathaniel Dye — Fairlop
Conductors Prize: Matthew Hackett – Brighton & Hove City

Second Section:
March:
1. Uckfield Concert Brass (Steve McIntyre) — 185
2. Hangleton (Matthew Pollard) — 183
3= Cranbrook Town (Ian Lanceley) — 182
3= LGB Brass (Ian Stewart) — 182
5. Shanklin Town (Malcolm Lewis) — 181
6. Mid Sussex Brass (Daniel Hunt) — 179

Test Piece:
1. Uckfield Concert Brass (Steve McIntyre) — 184
2. Hangleton (Matthew Pollard) — 182
3. LGB Brass (Ian Stewart) — 181
4. Cranbrook Town (Ian Lanceley) — 180
5. Shanklin Town (Malcolm Lewis) — 178
6. Mid Sussex Brass (Daniel Hunt) — 176

Best Instrumentalist: Marcus Plant – Uckfield Concert Brass
Best Trombone Section: Hangleton
Conductors Prize: Steve McIntyre – Uckfield Concert Brass

Youth Section:
March:
1. Shanklin Town Youth (Malcolm Lewis) — 181
2. Hangleton Youth (Matthew Pollard) — 179

Test Piece:
1. Shanklin Town Youth (Malcolm Lewis) — 180
2. Hangleton Youth (Matthew Pollard) — 178

Best Instrumentalist: Ashley Wicks – Shanklin Town Youth
Conductors Prize: Malcolm Lewis – Shanklin Town Youth

Third Section
March:
1. Cobham (David Ruel) — 177
2. Patcham Silver (James Benka-Coker) - 175
3. Snowdown Colliery (Kevin Spencer) — 173
4. Crystal Palace B (Ian Whittaker) — 171

Test Piece:
1. Cobham (David Ruel) — 182
2. Snowdown Colliery (Kevin Spencer) — 181
3. Patcham Silver (James Benka-Coker) - 180
4. Crystal Palace B (Ian Whittaker) — 178

Best Instrumentalist: Keith Pritchard – Snowdown Colliery
Best Solo Cornet Section: Cobham
Best Horn Section: Patcham Silver
Conductors Prize: David Ruel – Cobham