
Full results from Bradford
March 19 2009
Rothwell storms to victory at Yorkshire Championships
Championship Section
Test-piece: Salute to Youth (Gilbert Vinter)
Adjudicators: Nigel Boddice MBE and Steve Sykes
*1. Rothwell Temperance (D. Roberts) drawn 7
*2. Hepworth (Cookson Homes) (I. Porthouse) 3
3. Grimethorpe Colliery (A.Withington) 8
*4. Black Dyke (Dr. N. Childs) 1
5. Brighouse and Rastrick (G. Cutt) 6
6. Skelmanthorpe (J. Roberts) 5
*7. Carlton Main Frickley Colliery (R. Gray) 4
8. Marsden Silver Prize (Ossett Brewery) (G. Williams) 9
9. Powerfuel Hatfield Colliery (G. O'Connor) 2
10. Stannington (D. Renshaw) 12
11. Hammonds Saltaire (M. Griffiths) 10
12. Yorkshire Imperial Urquhart Travel (R. Evans) 11
Adjudicators' Instrumentalist Prize: James McCabe, cornet, Rothwell
Best instrumentalist: James Fieldhouse, euphonium, Hepworth
1st Section
Test Piece: Pentacle (Graham Cole)
Adjudicators: Malcolm Brownbill and Colin Hardy
*1. Wakefield Metropolitan (N. Law) 8
*2. Hade Edge (S. Wood) 4
3. Drighlington (K. Belcher) 9
4. Meltham and Meltham Mills (S. Fawcett) 7
5. Stocksbridge (M. Davison) 12
6. Old Silkstone (A. Exley) 3
7. Hebden Bridge (D. Hadfield) 11
8. Lindley (N. Jowett) 1
9. Knottingley Silver (Dr. O. Wedgewood) 5
10. Slaithwaite (B. Hudson) 10
11. Yorkshire Co-op (S. Kerwin) 6
12. Cornerstone (G. Lamplough) 2
Best soloist: Michael May, soprano, Hade Edge
2nd Section
Test-piece: New World Sketches (Dan Price)
Adjudicators: Malcolm Brownbill and Christopher Wormald
*1. Holme Silver (Disposables UK Group) (D. Beckley) 11
*2. Frickley/South Elmsall (D. Nichols) 1
3. Kippax (S. Lippeatt) 9
4. Grange Moor (M. Bentham) 5
5. Strata (D. Hirst) 6
6. South Yorkshire Police (K. Wadsworth) 4
7. Dodworth Colliery M.W. (E. Darwin) 8
8. Barnsley Building Society (W. Rushworth) 7
9. Clifton and Lightcliffe (J. Clay) 10
10. Horbury Victoria (I. Shires) 12
11. Rockingham (S. Shimwell) 2
12. Elland Silver (P. Shaw) 3
Best soloist: cornet, Frickley/South Elmsal
3rd Section
Test-piece: The Once and Future King (Andrew Baker)
Adjudicators: Simone Rebello and Ian Brownbill
*1. Garforth (S. Bailey) 10
*2. Crofton Silver (T. Sidwell) 3
3. Emley (G. Hallas) 12
4. Gawthorpe (S. Bradnum) 1
5. Wetherby and District Silver (D. Ashworth) 11
6. Lofthouse 2000 (A. Whitaker) 7
7. Gawthorpe Brass '85 (J. Edward) 9
8. Skelmanthorpe ‘B' (P. Garlick) 8
9. West Yorkshire Police (Capt. G. Clegg) 4
10. Chapeltown (A. Dennis) 2
11. Barnsley Metropolitan (A. Francis) 6
12. Oughtibridge (D. Corker) 5
Soloist: Mark Wears, soprano, Crofton
4th Section
Test-piece: The Talisman for Brass Band (Frank Hughes)
Adjudicators: David Horsfield and Roy Roe
*1. Maltby Miners Welfare (T. Clifford) 1
*2. Thurcroft (K. Vernon) 4
3. Linthwaite (C. Askew) 2
4. Huddersfield and Ripponden (S. Platten) 3
5. Armthorpe Elmfield (H. Griffiths) 8
6. Wilsden (K. Lee) 9
7. Deepcar (G. Somerset) 5
8. Worsbrough Brass (J. Hopkinson) 6
9. Friendly Band (Sowerby Bridge) (C. Caton) 7
Best soloist: euphonium, Thurcroft
Youngest player: Jordan Deardon, Wilsden
*Denotes qualification for Finals
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