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British Open
1979
British Open
Date:
8 Sep 1979
Venue:
King's Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester
Adjudicator(s):
William Relton, Albert Chappell, Eric Wetherell
Test piece:
Le Carnaval Romain (Hector Berlioz arr Frank Wright)
Pos
Band
Conductor
Draw
Points
1
Fairey Engineering Works
Walter Hargreaves
12
197
2
Desford Colliery
Howard Snell
21
196
3
Grimethorpe Colliery
Elgar Howarth
10
195
4
Black Dyke Mills
Major Peter Parkes
9
194
5
Besses o' th' Barn
Roy Newsome
4
193
6
Yorkshire Imperial Metals
Denis Carr
22
192
7
William Davis Construction Group
John Berryman
16
8
Brighouse & Rastrick
Geoffrey Brand
3
19
Sun Life Stanshawe
Roy Newsome
5
Carlton Main Frickley Colliery
David James
17
City of Coventry
Kenneth Dennison
14
Cory
Denzil Stephens
6
CWS (Manchester)
Capt Frank Renton
15
Ever Ready (GB)
Trevor Walmsley
19
Fodens Motor Works
Derek Garside
11
Great Universal
Dr Keith Wilkinson
7
Hammonds Sauce Works
Geoffrey Whitham
18
Ransome
Stephen Shimwell
13
Rochdale Wilsons
David Loukes
2
Templemore
Jack Burch
8
Webb Ivory (Newhall)
Ernest Woodhouse
20
Wingates Temperance
Dennis Wilby
1