2022 Whit Friday
Black Dyke Band won the Saddleworth & Oldham Whit Friday for the first time since 2015.. Led by Director of Music, Prof Nicholas Childs and playing 'Knight Templar' the band were declared winners at Denshaw, Dobcross, Greenfield and Lydgate. Meanwhile in Tameside Foden's secured the Whit Friday honours for the 19th time in the past 20 competitive years by the narrowest of margins over Rothwell. The band performed 'The President' march under MD, Michael Fowles winning at Carrbrook, Heyrod, Stalybridge Labour Club and Tame Valley Dukinfield.
With the contests making their long-awaited return, the organisers were pleased with the large number of competitors the event drew. The crowds were also clearly delighted by the high quality and varied performance they were able to enjoy as the sun continued to shine on the contest. Full results from Tameside and Saddlesworth & Oldham are below:
Overall Results for Saddleworth and Oldham District
Champions: Black Dyke — £2,500
2. Brighouse & Rastrick — £1,000
3. Oldham Band (Lees) — £750
4. WFEL Fairey
5. Hepworth Band
6. Aldbourne
7. Chav Brass
8. Marsden Silver
9. Hammonds Band
10. Milnrow
Best Local: Marsden Silver — £750
Runner-up: Milnrow — £600
Third: Boarshurst — £400
Best Youth: Wardle Academy Youth — £250
Delph:
(73 Bands)
Adjudicator: Leigh Baker
1. Brighouse & Rastrick — £1,000
2. WEFL Fairey
3. Rothwell Temperance
4. Albourne
5. Oldham Band (Lees)
6. Chav Brass
Highest placed non-Championship band: Emmental Band (Switzerland)
Local: Milnrow
Runner-up: Diggle
Best Saddleworth: Boarshurst Silver
Best Third/Fourth Section: Skeie Brass and Penrith Town (shared)
Best Youth: Wardle Academy
Runner-up: Oldham Music Centre
Best Soprano: Brighouse & Rastrick
Best Trombones: Brighouse & Rastrick
Best Solo Cornet: WEFL Fairey
Best Euphonium: Aldbourne
Best Basses: Hebden Bridge
Denshaw:
(55 Bands)
Adjudicator: Allan Holdsworth
1. Black Dyke — £1000
2. Brighouse & Rastrick — £600
3. Diggle — £400
4. Hepworth — £200
5. Bad Ass Brass
6. Oldham Band (Lees)
Best First Section:
1. Hebden Bridge — £100
2. Lindley — £75
Best Second Section:
1. Slaithwaite — £100
2. Haslingden & Helmshore — £75
Best Third Section:
1. Syston — £100
2. City of Chester — £75
Best Fourth Section:
1. Dobcross Silver — £100
2. Littleborough — £75
Best Saddleworth:
1. Boarshurst Silver — £150
2. Uppermill — £125
Best Local:
1. Oldham Band (Lees) — £100
Best Non-UK Band:
1. Brass Band Emmental (Switzerland) — £100
Best Youth Band:
1. Wardle Academy — £100
2. Wardle Junior Blast — £75
Best Soprano: Brighouse & Rastrick
Best Bass Section: Black Dyke — £40
Spot Prize: Salvo Brass — £100
Diggle:
(44 Bands)
Adjudicator: Helen Douthwaite-Teasdale
1. Oldham Band (Lees) — £800
2. Hepworth — £500
3. Black Dyke — £400
4. Chav Brass — £250
5. WFEL Fairey
6. Brighouse & Rastrick
Best First/Second Section: Marsden Silver — £150
Runner-up: Haslingden — £100
Best Third/Fourth Section: BMP Europe — £150
Best Unregistered Band: Three Counties Brass — £100
Peter Blacker Prize: Deepcar — £60
Best Saddleworth Band: Boarshurst — £125
Best Youth Band: Oldham Music Centre — £100
Holden Cup: Milnrow — £100
Best Soprano: Hepworth — £30
Best Solo Cornet: Oldham Band (Lees) — £30
Best Bass Section: Black Dyke — £60
Best Euphonium: Hepworth — £30
Best Instrumentalist (not in Championship Section): Marsden Silver — £30
Best Youth Soloist: 2nd Rossendale Scouts — £50
Best Band on the march: 2md Rossendale Scouts — £50
Dobcross:
(61 Bands)
Adjudicator: Brian Rostron
1. Black Dyke — £750
2. Brighouse & Rastrick — £500
3. WFEL Fairey — £400
4. Oldham Band (Lees)
5. Ratby Co-operative
6. Aldbourne
Best Saddleworth Band: Boarshurst Silver — £200
Best Local Band: Oldham Band (Lees)
Best Local Band Whit Friday morning: tbc — £75
Youth:
1. Wardle Academy Youth — £150
2. Oldham Music Centre — £150
Best Youth Soprano: Wardle Academy Youth
Best Youth Trombone: Wardle Academy Youth
Friezland:
(39 Bands)
Adjudicator: Tim Newbigging
1. Skeie Brass — £200
2. Dobcross Silver
3. Whitworth Vale & Healey
4. City of Chester
5. Lostock Hall Memorial
6. Hawk Green
Best Fourth Section Band:
1. Skeie Brass
Youth:
1. Oldham Music Centre
2. 2nd Rossendale Scouts
Best Cornet: City of Chester
Best Basses: 2nd Rossendale Scouts
Best Deportment: 2nd Rossendale Scouts
Best Entertainment: Oldham Music Centre
Best University: University of Sheffield Brass Band
Greenfield:
(68 Bands)
Adjudicator: Chris Wormald
1. Black Dyke — £1,000
2. Brighouse & Rastrick
3. WFEL Fairey
4. Marsden Silver
5. Chav Brass
6. Milnrow
Best First Section:
1. Marsden Silver
2. Longridge
Best Second Section:
1. Lostock Hall Memorial
2. Diggle
Best Third Section:
1. Rode Hall Silver
2. Wardle Academy Youth
Best Fourth Section:
1. Skeie Brass
2. Penrith Town
3. Littleborough
Best Youth:
1. Wardle Academy Youth
2. Dobcross Youth
Best Youth Soloist: Wardle Academy Youth
Best Saddleworth Youth: Dobcross Youth
Best Local Band: Oldham Band (Lees)
Best Saddleworth Band: Boarshurst Silver
Best Overseas Band: Skeie Brass
Best Euphonium: Black Dyke
Best Solo Cornet: Black Dyke
Deportment:
1. Bad Ass Brass
2. Tottington Public
Entertainment:
1. Chav Brass
2. Ratby Co-operative
Grotton:
(47 Bands)
Adjudicator: Christopher Bond
1. Foden's — £700
2. Black Dyke
3. Brighouse & Rastrick
4. Hammonds
5. Oldham Band (Lees)
6. Leyland
Best First Section: Hebden Bridge
Runner-up: Marsden Silver Prize
Best Second Section: Haslingden & Helmshore
Runner-up: Delph
Best Third/Fourth Section: Lostock Hall Memorial
Runner-up: Whitworth Vale & Healey
Best Local: Oldham Band (Lees)
Runner-up: Marsden Silver Prize
Best Youth: Wardle Academy Youth
Runner-up: Oldham music Centre Youth
Deportment: Brass Band Emmental
Youth Deportment: Wardle Academy Youth
Best Cornet: Oldham Band (Lees)
Best Soprano: Amersham
Lees & Springhead
(40 Bands)
Adjudicator: Alan Fernie
1. Brighouse & Rastrick — £500
2. WFEL Fairey
3. Oldham Band (Lees)
4. Aldbourne
5. Marsden Silver
6. Hepworth
First Section:
1. Marsden Silver Prize
Runner-up: Ashton under Lyne
Second Section:
1. Delph
Runner-up: Diggle
Third Section:
1. Whitworth Vale & Healey
Runner-up: Lostock Hall Memorial
Fourth Section:
1. Stalybridge Old
Runner-up: Tottington Public
Youth Section:
1. Wardle Academy Youth
Runner-up: Oldham Music Centre Youth
Best Local: Milnrow
Best in Oldham MBC: Boarshurst
Best Cornet: Brighouse & Rastrick
Best Euphonium: Brighouse & Rastrick
Deportment: Oldham Band (Lees)
Youth Deportment: Wardle Academy Youth
Lydgate:
(65 Bands)
Adjudicator: Sam Fisher
1. Black Dyke — £850
2. Brighouse & Rastrick
3. WFEL Fairey
4. Hepworth
5. Bas Ass Brass
6. Chav Brass
Best First Section: Marsden Silver Prize
Runner-up: Silk Brass
Best Second Section: Haslingden & Helmshore
Runner-up: Diggle
Best Third Section: Hawk Green
Runner-up: Ratby Co-operative Mid
Best Fourth Section: Skeie Brass (Norway)
Runner-up: Putney & Wimbledon Brass
Best Local Band: Oldham Band (Lees)
Runner-up: Diggle
Best Youth Band: Wardle Academy Youth
Runner-up: Oldham Music Centre Youth Brass
Best Scratch Band: Bad Ass Brass
Deportment: Black Dyke
Junior Deportment: Oldham Music Centre Youth Brass
Best Trombones: Bad Ass Brass
Best Basses: Oldham Band (Lees)
Best Euphonium: Black Dyke
Best Cornet: Brighouse & Rastrick
Best Youth Soprano: Wardle Academy Youth
Scouthead & Austerlands:
(63 Bands)
Adjudicator: Jonathan Pippen
1. Oldham Band (Lees) — £1000
2. Brighouse & Rastrick — £600
3. Leyland — £400
4. Aldbourne — £300
5. Hepworth
6. Langley
First Section:
1. Langley — £150
2. Brass Band Emmental — £100
3. Mossley — £50
Second Section:
1. Uppermill — £150
2. Meltham & Meltham Mills — £100
3. Haslingden & Helmshore — £50
Third Section:
1. Hawk Green (Marple) — £150
2. Pendeen Silver — £100
3. Rode Hall Silver — £50
Fourth Section:
1. Dobcross Silver — £150
2. Backworth Colliery — £100
3. WEM Jubilee — £50
Highest Placed Overseas Band: Skeie Brass — £100
Best Local:
1. Milnrow — £150
2. Marsden Silver — £100
3. Slaithwaite — £50
Best Youth:
1. Wardle Academy — £150
2. 2nd Rossendale Scouts — £100
3. Dobcross Youth — £50
Best Saddleworth:
1. Diggle — £150
2. Friezland — £100
3. Diggle Community Brass — £50
Deportment: Mossley — £50
Junior Deportment: Wardle Academy Youth — £50
Best Soloist: Solo Cornet (Leyland) — £30
Best Soprano: Brighouse & Rastrick — £30
Best Bass Section: Hepworth — £50
Best Bass Trombone: Oldham Band (Lees) — £30
First Band to Play: Edinburgh University — £30
Uppermill:
(50 Bands)
Adjudicator: David Marshall
1. Marsden Silver — £1000
2. Chav Brass — £300
3. Foden's — £250
4. Oldham Band (Lees) — £200
5. Aldbourne
6. WFEL Fairey
Best First Section:
1. Emmental Band (Switzerland) — £150
2. Old Hall Brass — £100
Best Second Section:
1. Meltham & Meltham Mills — £150
2. Delph — £100
Best Third Section:
1. Hawk Green Band — £150
2. Rode Hall Silver — £100
Best Fourth Section:
1. Littleborough Brass — £150
2. Friezeland — £100
Best Local: Boarshurst Silver — £175
Best Saddleworth: Uppermill
Best Youth:
1. Wardle Academy Youth
2. Oldham Music Centre Youth
Deportment: Emmental Band (Switzerland)
Local Deportment: Meltham & Meltham Mills
Youth Deportment: Wardle Academy Youth
Overall Result Tameside:
Champions: Foden's — £2,000
2. Rothwell Temperance — £1,000
3. Elland Silver — £750
4. Northop Silver
5. Silk Brass
6. Mossley Band
7. Ashton under Lyne
8. Valley Brass
9. Blackburn & Darwen
10. Eccles Borough
Highest Placed First Section: Silk Brass
Highest Placed Second Section: Valley Brass
Highest Placed Third Section: Skelmersdale Prize
Highest Placed Fourth Section: Stacksteads
Best Local: Mossley — £750
Runner-up: Ashton-under-Lyne — £600
Third: Stalybridge Old — £400
Best Youth: Macclesfield Youth — £250
2. Mossley Hollins High School
Broadoak:
(30 Bands)
Adjudicator: Duncan Beckley
1. Rothwell Temperance — £500
2. Elland Silver — £250
3. Foden's — £150
4. Mossley — £120
5. Ashton under Lyne
6. Skelmersdale
Highest First Section:
1. Ashton — £100
Highest Second Section:
1. Tintwistle — £80
Highest Third Section:
1. Skelmersdale — £80
Highest Fourth Section:
1. Stalybridge Old — £70
2. St John's (Mossley) — £40
Highest Local:
1. Middleton — £70
2. Glossop Old — £50
Highest Placed Junior:
1. Macclesfield Youth — £50
2. HD9 Community Brass — £30
Deportment: Longridge — £50
Junior Deportment: Macclesfield Youth — £ 30
First band to play: Audley — £20
Carrbrook:
(32 Bands)
Adjudicator: John Davies
1. Foden's — £600
2. Rothwell Temperance
3. Northop Silver
4. Valley Brass
5. Skelmersdale
6. Ashton Under Lyne
Best First Section: Ashton under Lyne
Best Second Section: Valley Brass
Best Third Section: Skelmersdale
Best Fourth Section: Littleborough Brass
Best Youth: Mossley Hollins Youth
Best Local: Ashton under Lyne
Deportment: Eccles Borough & Mossley
Youth Deportment: Macclesfield Youth
First band to play: Elland Silver
Denton:
(31 Bands)
Adjudicator: Mike Lyons
1. Northop Silver — £250
2. Foden's — £150
3 .Blackburn & Darwen — £100
4. Freckleton
5. Royal Buckley Town
6. Elland Silver
Highest First Section:
1. Freckleton — £100
Highest Second Section:
1. Royal Buckley — £80
Highest Third Section:
1. Whitworth Vale & Healey — £80
2. Besses Boys — £30
Highest Fourth Section:
1. Stalybridge Old — £50
2. Stockport Silver — £30
Highest Placed Junior:
1. Macclesfield Youth — £60
2. Mossley Hollins — £25
Best Cornet: Northop Silver — £40
Best Trombone Section: Elland Silver — £90
Best Junior Cornet: Macclesfield Youth — £50
Best Fourth Section Basses: Macclersfield Brass — £30
Best Local: Ashton-under-Lyne — £80
Deportment: Ashton-under-Lyne — £15
Prize Draw: Greenalls — £25
First Band to Play: Skelmersdale — £15
Droylsden:
(25 Bands)
Adjudicator: Ryan Breen
1. Rothwell Temperance — £500
2. Foden's — £200
3. Ashton under Lyne — £200
4. Elland Silver
5. Eccles Borough — £75
6. Mossley Band
Best First Section: Ashton under Lyne
Best Second Section: Audley Brass — £100
Best Third Section: Darwen Brass — £75
Best Fourth Section: Stalybridge Old — £50
Best Youth: Macclesfield Youth — £100
Stewards Choice: Mossley Hollins High School — £50
First band to play: Audley Brass — £25
Dukinfield: Tame Valley
(36 Bands)
Adjudicator: Nicholas Garman
1. Foden's — £400
2. Rothwell Temperance — £200
3. Ratby Co-operative — £100
4. Elland Silver
5. Longridge
6. Silk Brass
Best First Section: Longridge — £200
Best Second Section: Valley Brass — £100
Best Third Section: Rivington & Adlington — £100
Best Fourth Section: Stalybridge Old — £100
Best Youth: Macclesfield Youth — £100
Best Local: Mossley — £200
Heyrod:
(33 Bands)
Adjudicator: Matthew Brown
1. Foden's — £600
2. Silk Brass
3. Elland Silver
4. Chav Brass
5. Valley Brass
6. Northop Silver
Hurst Cross:
(31 Bands)
Adjudicator: Ritchie Howard
1. Rothwell Temperance — £600
2. Foden's
3. Elland Silver
4. Longridge
5. Ashton under Lyne
6. Freckleton
Best First Section: Longridge

Best Second Section: Meltham & Meltham Mills
Best Third Section: Skelmersdale

Best Fourth Section: Stalybridge Old

Best Local: Ashton under Lyne
Best Youth: Mossley Hollins High
2nd Youth: Macclesfield Youth
First Band to Play: St Johns (Mossley)
Last Band To Play: Stacksreads Brass
Best Street pitch march: HD9 Community
Mossley:
(37 Bands)
Adjudicator: Garry Hallas
1. Rothwell Temperance — £800
2. Foden's — £350
3. Elland Silver — £250
4. Longridge
5. Eccles Borough
6. Silk Brass
Highest First Section:
1. Longridge — £200
Highest Placed Second Section
1. Meltham & Meltham Mills — £150
Highest Placed Third Section:
1. Skelmersdale Prize — £125
Highest Placed Fourth Section
1. Dobcross Silver — £125
Highest Placed Local:
1. Mossley — £250
2. Ashton-under-Lyne — £150
Highest Placed Youth:
1. HD9 Community — £125
Best Cornet: Tintwistle £30
Deportment: Mossley — £75
Junior Deportment: HD9 Community — £50
First Band to play: Stockport Silver — £70
Stalybridge Labour Club:
(32 Bands)
Adjudicator: Paul Norley
1. Foden's — £400
2. Mossley — £200
3. Valley Brass — £100
4. Silk Brass
5. Northop
6. Hoover Bolton
Highest Placed First Section:
1. Silk Brass — £60
Highest Placed Second Section:
1. Hazel Grove — £60
Highest Placed Third Section:
1. Hoover (Bolton) — £60
Highest Placed Fourth Section:
1. Stalybridge Old — £60
Highest Placed Youth:
1. Mossley Hollins — £75
2. Macclesfield Youth — £50
Highest Placed Local:
1. Glossop Old — £150
2. Stalybridge Old — £100
First band to play: Elland Silver — £50
Deportment: Ashton-under-Lyne — £30
Junior Deportment: Macclesfield Youth — £30
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