CONTEST RESULTS

Land O' Burns

Date: 28 Aug 2010
Venue: Walker Halls, Troon
Adjudicator(s): C Brian Buckley

Pos Band Conductor Draw Points
1 Johnstone Silver Raymond Tennant 7 195 Flag
2 Whitburn Frank Renton 9 194 Flag
3 Blackburn & Darwen Nick Sheppard 14 191 Flag
4 Co-operative Funeralcare Michael Fowles 11 190 Flag
5 Easington Colliery Nigel Stedman 4 187 Flag
6 Newmilns & Galston Alex McCutcheon 5 186 Flag
7 Shotts St Patrick's Brass Michael Marzella 6 185 Flag
8 Irvine & Dreghorn Brass John Boax 13 184 Flag
9 Downshire Brass Michael Alcorn 10 183 Flag
10 Kilmarnock Concert Brass Craig Anderson 8 182 Flag
11 Dunaskin Doon John Boax 12 181 Flag
12 Kirkintilloch Kelvin Brass Charles Keenan 1 180 Flag
13 Renfrew Burgh David Hutcheson 15 179 Flag
14 Coalburn Silver Gareth Bowman 3 178 Flag
15 Brass Sounds Inverclyde Gareth Bowman 2 177 Flag
W Kingdom Brass Andrew Duncan - - Flag

Contest format: 20 minute entertainment programme featuring at least one composition or arrangement by Alan Fernie
(Alan Fernie listened to all bands and awarded a special prize to the band - Johnstone Silver - that he thought played his piece best)

Best 1st section band: Johnstone Silver
Best 2nd section band: Shotts St Patrick's Brass
Best 3rd section band: Irvine & Dreghorn Brass
Best 4th section band: no entrants

Best instrumentalist: Paul Wilson (bass trombone, Downshire Brass)
Best principal cornet: Iain Culross (Blackburn & Darwen)
Best soprano cornet: Clare Thomas (Johnstone Silver)
Best flugel horn: Caroline Farren (Co-operative Funeralcare)
Best horn: Jennifer Crockett (Irvine & Dreghorn Brass)
Best trombone: Alex Philip (Whitburn)
Best euphonium: Andy Robson (Whitburn)
Best bass section: Johnstone Silver
Best percussion section: Whitburn

Highest placed Ayrshire band: Dunaskin Doon