CONTEST RESULTS

1983

Date:	20 Nov 1983
Venue:	Dolphin Centre, Darlington
Music Adjudicator(s):	Derek Bourgeois, Gordon Langford
Entertainment Adjudicator(s):	Howard Bartlett, Winn Watson, Roy Wearne
Soloist Adjudicator(s):	Dr Keith Wilkinson

Pos	Band	Conductor	Draw	Music	Ent	Total
1	Grimethorpe Colliery	Ray Farr	4	194	56.5	250.5
2	Desford Colliery Dowty	Howard Snell	9	195	54.0	249.0
3	Leyland Vehicles	Richard Evans	2	190	53.5	243.5
4	Foden OTS	James Scott	8	191	50.5	241.5
5	Ever Ready	Major Peter Parkes	10	188	53.0	241.0
6	Fairey Engineering	Denzil Stephens	3	189	48.0	237.0
7	Hammonds Sauce Works	Geoffrey Whitham	1	185	51.0	236.0
8	Carlton Main Frickley Colliery	Kevin Wadsworth	6	186	49.5	235.5
9	Besses o' th' Barn	Alec Evans	7	187	47.5	234.5
10	Jaguar Cars (City of Coventry)	Don Blakeson	5	185	47.5	232.5

Best entertainment and presentation: Grimethorpe Colliery

Best performance of set piece: Grimethorpe Colliery

Best soloist: Kevin Dye (cornet, Desford Colliery Dowty), playing Nessun Dorma

Each band included a set test piece in their programme - Dolphin Variations (Roger Payne)