NASUWT Victorious in the North
NASUWT Riverside were crowned winners of the North of England Regional Championships this weekend making it a trio of are wins for MD Professor Nicholas Childs in 2022. The band impressed adjudicators Roger Webster and Andrew Duncan with an assured performance of the challenging ‘Contest Music’ by Heaton, picking up Best Soprano and Best Cornet prizes for Phillip Tait and Tina Mortimer respectively. Joining NASUWT Riverside at the Royal Albert Hall in October is Easington Colliery, who claimed the runner-up spot just ahead of Reg Vardy.
Congratulations are also owed to Kirkbymoorside Town, Tewit Silver, Jayess Newbiggin and Flookburgh the winners of their respective section with credit also to fellow National qualifiers Houghton Brass, Bearpark and Esh Colliery, Ellington Colliery Band and North Lakes Brass who will join them later this year in Cheltenham.
Results:
Championship Section:
Adjudicators: Roger Webster and Andrew Duncan
1. NASUWT Riverside (Prof Nicholas Childs)*
2. Easington Colliery (Stephen Malcolm)*
3. Reg Vardy (Russell Gray)
4. City of Hull (Stig Maersk)
5. Ripon City (Mark Sidwell)
6. Shepherd Group Brass (Richard Wilton)
7. Westoe Brass (Aidan Hodgson)
8. Fishburn (Lewis Wilkinson)
Best Soprano: Philip Tait (NASUWT Riverside)
Best Cornet: Tina Mortimer (NASUWT Riverside)
Best Baritone: Easington Colliery
Best Euphonium: Jamie Beaston
Best Trombone: Mal Gill
Best Basses: Shepherd Group
Best Percussion: Easington Colliery
*Invite to National Final
Withdrawn: Harrogate (Andrew Baker)
First Section:
Adjudicators: Alan Fernie and Nicholas Garman
1. Kirkbymoorside Town (Sarah Woodward)*
2. Houghton Brass (Michael Franey)*
3. GT Group Peterlee (John Roberts)
4. York Railway Institute Band (David Lancaster)
5. North Skelton (Tim Oldroyd)
6. Cockerton Prize Silver (John Pearson)
*Invite to National Final
Best Trombone: Houghton Brass
Best Basses: Kirkbymoorside Town
Best Percussion: Houghton Brass
Second Section:
Adjudicators: Roger Webster and Andrew Duncan
1. Tewit Silver (Martin Hall)*
2. Bearpark & Esh Colliery (Phillip Tait)*
3. Felling Band (Jason Smith)
4. Ashington Colliery (Nigel Steadman)
5. Ferryhill Town (Tom Maddison)
6. NASUWT Concert Andrew Hunter)
7. Dunston Silver (Fraser Hodgson)
8. Durham Miners Association Brass (Stuart Gray)
9. Barton Community Band (Gary Oglesby)
10. Trimdon Brass (William Harrison)
*Invite to National Final
Best Euphonium: Robin Morgan (Tewit Silver)
Best Soprano: Ben Fearnley (Tewit Silver)
Best Basses: Tewit Silver
Third Section:
1. Jayess Newbiggin Band (Duncan Beckley)*
2. Ellington Colliery Band (Gareth Sykes)*
3. East Riding of Yorkshire Band (Fiona Bishop)
4. Spennymoor Town (Fiona Caswell)
5. Swinton & District Excelsior (Peter Woodrow)
6. Knaresborough Silver (N. Garrett)
Best Percussion: Ellington Colliery
Best Cornet: Jayess Newbiggin Brass Band
*Invite to National Final
Fourth Section:
Adjudicators: Nicholas Garman and Mark Wilkinson
1. Flookburgh Silver Band (John Iveson)*
2. North Lakes Brass (Ian Wildgoose)*
3. Backworth Colliery Band (Calum Hartwell)
4. Penrith Town Band (Ian Butterworth)
5. Easingwold Town Band (Alistair Shipman)
6. Craghead Colliery Band (Stephen Goddard)
7. Billingham Silver Band (Vaughan Evans)
*Invite to National Final
Best Principal Cornet: Derek Horne (Flookburgh)
Best Euphonium: James Rawlinson (Flookburgh)
Youngest Player: Mikey Anderson (Flookburgh)
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