Black Dyke win in Yorkshire
Congratulations to Black Dyke on winning the Championships Section of the Yorkshire Regional Contest. Having drawn last the band stayed calm under the direction of Prof. Nicholas Childs and produced a superb performance of Heaton’s contest music. It drew much praise from adjudicators Christopher Wormald and Sheona Wade winning the title and confirming the band’s deserved pre-qualification for the London Finals. Black Dyke’s Richard Marshall was also on top form, deservedly winning the Best Principal Cornet prize. Joining Black Dyke at the Royal Albert Hall in October will be runners-up Hammonds Band, whose principal cornet Kirsty Abbotts also picked up the soloist prize, and third placed Rothwell Temperance.
Congratulations are also in order for section winners Stannington Brass, Meltham & Meltham Mills, Lofthouse 2000 and Oughtibridge as well as qualifiers Marsden Silver, BD1 Brass, Huddersfield & Ripponden Brass and Barnsley Metropolitan. A review of the weekend’s contesting will appear in the next issue of Brass Band World, but full results can be viewed below.
Results:
Championship Section:
Test Piece: ‘Contest Music’ (Wilfred Heaton)
Adjudicators: Christopher Wormald and Sheona Wade
1. Black Dyke (Prof. Nicholas J Childs)**
2. Hammonds Band (Morgan Griffiths)*
3. Rothwell Temperance (David Roberts)*
4. Grimethorpe Colliery (Dr. David Thornton)
5. Carlton Main Frickley Colliery (Allan Withington)
6. Brighouse & Rastrick (Prof. David King)
7. Elland Silver (Daniel Brooks)
8. Hepworth (Ryan Watkins)
9. City of Bradford (Jonathan Bates)
10. Unite the Union (Jonathan Beatty)
11. Skelmanthorpe (Martin Heartfield)
12. Hatfield & Askern Colliery (Stanley Lippeat)
**Pre-qualified for National Final
*Invite to National Final
Best Principal Cornet: Richard Marshall (Black Dyke)
Best Instrumentalist: Sam Fisher (flugel) — Carlton Main Frickley
Best Soloist: Kirsty Abbotts (principal cornet) — Hammonds
Youngest Player: Josh Skyrme (Elland Silver ) — aged 16
First Section:
Test Piece: ‘Spectrum’ (Gilbert Vinter)
Adjudicators: Alan Morrison and Andrea Price
1. Stannington Brass (Sam Fisher)*
2. Marsden Silver (Andrew Lofthouse)*
3. Old Silkstone (George Newbould)
4. Yorkshire Imperial (Garry Hallas)
5. Horbury Victoria (Duncan Beckley)
6. Chapeltown Silver (Colum O'Shea)
7. Hade Edge (Jamie Smith)
8. Hebden Bridge (Christopher Binns)
9. Lindley Band (Mike Golding)
10. Drighlington (Neil Robinson)
11. Strata Brass (Alex Webb)
12. Knottingley Silver (Kevin Belcher)
13. South Yorkshire Police (John Davis)
*Invite to National Final
Best Soloist: Mike Dodd (euphonium) — Horbury Victoria
Best Soprano: Jonathan Corry (Marsden SIlver)
Best Euphonium: Mike Dodd (Horbury Victoria)
Youngest Player: Skye Stokes (Strata Brass) — aged 12
Second Section:
Test Piece: ‘The Aeronauts’ (Goff Richards)
Adjudicators: Alan Fernie and Christopher Bond
1. Meltham & Meltham Mills (Tom Haslam)*
2. BD1 Brass (Jonathan Bates)*
3. Slaithwaite Band (Leigh Baker)
4. Barnsley Brass (William Rushworth)
5. Emley Brass (Tim Sidwell)
6. Kippax (Stephen Tighe)
7. Rockingham (Adam Whittle)
8. Dronfield Genquip (Adrian Wood)
9. Wetherby & District Silver (Michael J. Cox)
10. Wakefield Metropolitan (Frank Hoyland)
*Invite to National Final
Best Bass Section: Meltham & Meltham Mills
Best Soloist: Neil Booth (cornet) — Slaithwaite
Youngest Player: Lottie Savage (BD1 Brass) — aged 12
Third Section:
Test Piece: ‘Facets of Glass’ (Gordon Langford)
Adjudicators: Alan Morrison and Martin Heartfield
1. Lofthouse 2000 (Lee Whitworth)*
2. Huddersfield & Ripponden Brass (Adam Bell)*
3. Clifton & Lightcliffe (John Clay)
4. Gawthorpe Brass '85 (John Edward)
5. Garforth Brass (John Thompson)
6. Maltby Miners Welfare (Terry Clifford)
7. Dinnington Colliery (Jonathan Beatty)
*Invite to National Final
Best Soloist: Emma Sutcliffe (flugel) — Gawthorpe '85
Best Percussion Section: Lofthouse 2000
Youngest Player: Annabelle Davies (Maltby Miners) — aged 12
Fourth Section:
Test Piece: ‘Argos’ (Stephan Hodel)
Adjudicators: Sheona Wade and Christopher Wormald
1. Oughtibridge (Gavin Somerset)*
2. Barnsley Metropolitan (Alex Francis)*
3. Dodworth Colliery M.W (Prof. John Morahan)
4. Linthwaite (Matthew Pilcher)
5. Friendly Band (Sowerby Bridge) (Adrian Woodhead)
6. Deepcar Brass (Gavin Brown)
7. Loxley Silver (Thomas Mercer)
*Invite to National Final
Best Soloist: Pete Cotton (cornet) — Barnsley Metropolitan
Best Percussion: Barnsley Metropolitan
Youngest Player: Glyn Stokes (Barnsley Metropolitan) — aged 9
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