CONTEST RESULTS

2018

Date:	6 Oct 2018
Venue:	Royal Albert Hall, London
Adjudicator(s):	Alan Morrison, Paul Holland, Luc Vertommen
Test piece:	Handel in the Band (Kenneth Downie)

Pos	Band	Conductor	Draw
13	Virtuosi GUS	Adam Cooke	20
17	Thundersley Brass	Nigel Taken	19
11	Friary Guildford	Chris King	18
6	Grimethorpe Colliery	Allan Withington	17
2	Cory	Philip Harper	16
3	Brighouse & Rastrick	Professor David King	15
20	RMT Fishburn	David Hirst	14
12	Co-operative Funeralcare	Frans Violet	13
8	Tredegar	Ian Porthouse	12
10	Woodfalls	Dr Robert Childs	11
14	NASUWT Riverside Brass	David Roberts	10
7	Flowers	Steve Sykes	9
1	Foden's	Russell Gray	8
16	Leyland	Thomas Wyss	7
4	Black Dyke	Professor Nicholas J Childs	6
19	Tongwynlais Temperance	Andreas Kratz	5
9	Whitburn	Florent Didier	4
5	Fairey	Professor Garry E Cutt	3
18	City of Cardiff (Melingriffith)	Nigel Seaman	2
15	Desford Colliery (Leics Miners Trust Fund)	Michael Fowles	1

Best instrumentalist: Chris Thomas (trombone, Cory)

Reg Vardy qualified from the North of England Area but were subsequently disqualified for a registration irregularity. Replaced by Fishburn.