
Full results from Blackpool
March 18 2010
Full results of the North West Regional Championships, held at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool on 14 March 2010
Championship Section
Test-piece: English Heritage (George Lloyd)
Adjudicator: C. Brian Buckley
1. Foden's (Garry Cutt) (drawn 9)*
2. Fairey (Geneva) (Philip Chalk) 8*
3. Leyland (Howard Evans) 4*
4. Wingates (Alan Morrison) 12
5. Ashton-under-Lyne (Martyn Evans) 3
6. Co-operative Milnrow (John Ward) 11
7. Pemberton Old Wigan DW (Mark Bentham) 2
8. Blackburn & Darwen (Nick Sheppard) 5
9. Co-operative Crewe (Jef Sparkes) 6
10. Wire Brass (Paul Andrews) 1
11. Roberts Bakery (Colin Cranson) 7
12. Poulton-Le-Fylde (Gareth Westwood) 10
1st Section
Test-piece: A Moorside Suite (Gustav Holst)
Adjudicator: Barry Thompson
1. Freckleton (Paul Dalton) 1*
2. Silk Brass Macclesfield (David Holling) 9*
3. Bollington Brass (Peter Christian) 11
4. Vernon Building Society Poynton (Kevin Gibbs) 10
5. Manx Concert Brass (Ian Clague MBE) 8
6. Longridge (Mike Peacock) 6
7. Oldham (Lees) (John Collins) 4
8. Wardle Anderson Brass (Sean Conway) 2
9. Timperley (Alan Hobbins) 3
10. Tyldesley (Robert Taylor) 7
11. Mossley (Duncan Byers) 5
2nd Section
Test-piece: Kingdom of Dragons (Philip Harper)
Adjudicator: Roy Roe
1. Diggle (James Shepherd) 7*
2. Rainford (Neil Samuel) 6*
3. Haydock (Mark Quinn) 5
4. Morecambe (Andrew Warriner) 10
5. Haslingden and Helmshore (David Holland) 11
6. Dobcross Silver (Grenville Moore) 4
7. Eccleston Brass (Ian Bateson) 8
8. Middleton (Matt Stringer) 9
9. Flixton (Stephen Curtis) 12
10. Co-opertaive 2000 Brass (Jamie Meredith) 13
11. Besses o' th' Barn (Jonathan Lo) 1
12. Blackpool Brass (Chris Larder) 2
Not Placed: Old Hall Brass (John North) 3
3rd Section
Test-piece: Labour and Love (Percy Fletcher)
Adjudicator: Ian Brownbill
1. Delph (Philip Goodwin) 1*
2. Hoover (Bolton) (Trevor Halliwell) 16*
3. Cheshire Constabulary (David Woollam) 10*
4. Uppermill (Alan Widdop) 14
5. Stalybridge Old (Eric Landon) 3
6. Greenall's (Karl Stott) 12
7. Eagley (Phil Denton) 11
8. Pemberton Old Wigan JJB ‘B' (Peter Ashley) 6
9. Douglas Town (Gordon Higginbottom) 7
10. Skelmersdale Prize (Charles Duckinson) 8
11. Eccles Borough (Mareika Gray) 17
12. Ramsey Town (Robert Quane) 9
13. Whitworth Vale and Healey (Geoff Bradley) 2
14. Trinity Girls (Stuart Barton) 15
15. BMP Europe Goodshaw (Eddie Hill) 13
16. Formby (Louise Hough) 4
17. Lostock Hall Memorial (John Wood) 19
18. Valley Brass (Haydock) (Bob Wyatt) 5
19. Hawk Green (Marple) (Neil Hewson) 18
4th Section
Test-piece: Saint-Saëns Variations (Philip Sparke)
Adjudicator: Steve Pritchard-Jones
1. Hazel Grove (Nigel Beasley) 15*
2. Besses Boys (James Holt) 6*
3. Farnworth and Walkden (Peter Ashley) 16*
4. Nelson Brass (Steve Brodie) 3
5. Boarshurst Silver (David Ashworth) 17
6. Dobcross Youth (James Garlick) 14
7. Rivington and Adlington (Malcolm Wilson) 7
8. Darwen Brass (Steve Hartley) 12
9. Golborne (David Houghton) 8
10. Littleborough Public (Adrian Woodhead) 23
11. Parr (Richardson Ltd) St. Helens (John Ludden) 2
12. Tarleton Brass (Barry Taylor) 13
13. Coppull and Standish 18
14. Pilling Jubilee Silver (Billy Porter) 21
15. City of Chester (Philip Mottershead) 1
16. Brindle (John Smith) 4
17. Sale Brass (John Dickinson) 20
18. Greenfield (Stuart Black) 22
19. Friezland (Chris Partington) 11
20. Blackley (Adrian Smith) 19
21. Ellenbrook and Boothstown (Craig Mann) 5
22. Denton Brass (Colin Myers) 9
23. Tottington Public (Daniel Price) 10
* denotes qualification for Finals
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