Full results from Darlington

EYMS regains the title in a Childs bothers one-two at the North of England Regional Championships

Championship Section
Test-piece: Salute to Youth (Gilbert Vinter)
Adjudicator: David Read
*1. EYMS (Dr. R. Childs) (drawn 3)

*2. Reg Vardy (Dr. N. Childs) (7)

3. NASUWT Riverside (I. Robinson) (4)

4. Fishburn (G. Cutt) (6)

5. Felling (G. Tindall) (8)

6. Lockwood Brass (J. Roberts) (9)

7. Easington Colliery (R. Farr) (5)

8. Kirkbymoorside Town (J. Woodward) (1)

9. Westoe Brass (J. Smith)
Best soprano: John Belton, EYMS

Best cornet: Tina Mortimer, NASUWT Riverside

Best basses: EYMS

Best percussion: Lockwood
1st Section
Test-piece: Pentacle (Graham Cole)
Adjudicator: David Read
*1. GT Group Peterlee (S. Malcolm) (3)

*2. Barton Town (R. Evans) (8)

3. Shepherd Building Group (T. Oldroyd) (7)

4. Wansbeck's Ashington Colliery (N. Stedman) (4)

5. Harrogate (R. Waite) (6)

6. Broughtons Brass (A. Exley) (5)

7. Murton Colliery (D. Noble) (2)

8. Northumbrian Water Ellington (R. Farr) (1)
Best basses: Barton
Best percussion: Shepherd Building Group
2nd Section
Test-piece: New World Sketches (Dan Price)
Adjudicator: Richard Evans
*1. Flookburgh (A. Lewis) (6)

*2. Houghton Brass (H. Smith) (5)

3. Dearham (G. Williams) (4)

4. Cockerton Silver (G. Nicklin) (3)
5. Durham Constabulary (K. McDonald) (2)

6. York Railway Institute (D. Warley) (1)
Best euphonium: Houghton
Best soprano: Flookburgh

Best basses: Flookburgh
3rd Section
Test-piece: The Once and Future King (Andrew Baker)
Adjudicator: Richard Evans
*1. South Milford Brass (R. Wilton) (9)

*2. North Skelton (T. Oldroyd) (5)

3. Marske Brass (A. Prest) (8)

4. Ferryhill Town (S. Norris) (1)

5. Billingham Silver (V. Evans) (4)

6. Ripon City (M. Dibb) (7)

7. East Riding of Yorkshire (P. Andrews) (3)

8. Stape Silver (M. Breckon) (2)

9. Dunston Silver (S. Murrill) (6)

Best percussion: Billingham
Section 4
Test-piece: The Talisman for Brass Band (Frank Hughes)
Adjudicator: Barry Thompson
*1. Kirkby Lonsdale (A. Greenwood) (4)

*2. Kingsway Printers Cleethorpes (S. Askew) (2)

3. Swinton and District Excelsior (N. Sutherland) (9)

4. Backworth Colliery (D. Beckley) (6)

5. Bearpark and Esh Colliery (V. Eckerman) (3)

6. Lanchester (J. Fenwick) (8)

7. NASUWT Riverside Youth (J. Bell) (1)

8. Trimdon Concert (B. Wright) (5)

9. Craghead Colliery (J. Robson) (7)
Best cornet: Kingsway Printers
Cleethorpes
Best euphonium: Kirkby Lonsdale
* denotes qualification for ‘Finals'