CONTEST RESULTS

Constest Birmingham Open

Date: 6 Apr 2024
Venue: Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Adjudicator(s): Ian Porthouse, Ryan Watkins

Pos Band Conductor Draw
1 SPAL Automotive Sovereign Brass Alan Gifford 5 Flag
The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (Derek Bourgeois)
2 Newstead Brass Martin Heartfield 8 Flag
Of Distant Memories (Music in an Olden Style) (Edward Gregson)
3 Beaumaris Bari Gwilliam 4 Flag
The Saga of Haakon the Good (Philip Sparke)
4 Jackfield (Elcock Reisen) Ryan Richards 11 Flag
Pageantry (Herbert Howells)
5 Oddfellows Brass John Davis 3 Flag
Tallis Variations (Philip Sparke)
6 Harborough Ben Smith 9 Flag
Mountain Views (Bertrand Moren)
7 Skelmersdale Prize Ben Coulson 7 Flag
Tournament for Brass (Eric Ball)
8 Amington Chris Barker 1 Flag
Corineus (Christopher Bond)
9 Nailsworth Silver Anri Adachi 13 Flag
Olympus (Philip Harper)
10 City of Chester Bluecoat Ewan Easton 2 Flag
Triptych for Brass Band (Philip Sparke)
11 Clock Face Miners Heritage Will Haw 10 Flag
Fire in the Blood (Paul Lovatt-Cooper)
12 Cleobury Mortimer Concert Brass David Nicholson 12 Flag
Corineus (Christopher Bond)
13 Croft Silver Henry Dunger 6 Flag
Music for Jock Tamson (Alan Fernie)

Best championship section band: Sovereign Brass
Best 1st section band: Beaumaris
Best 2nd section band: Skelmersdale Prize
Best 3rd section band: Amington
Best 4th section band: Croft Silver

Most promising lower section band: Skelmersdale Prize

Best instrumentalist: ? (cornet, Newstead Brass)
Mick Foley Memoriam Award (best cornet): Kirsty Abbotts (Oddfellows Brass)
Best euphonium: Pete Woodley (Jackfield)
Best back row cornets: Beaumaris
Best bass section: Beaumaris