CONTEST RESULTS

Spring Festival (Grand Shield)

Date: 11 May 2024
Venue: Winter Gardens, Blackpool
Adjudicator(s): Morgan Griffiths, Lynda Nicholson
Test piece: A Brussels Requiem (Bert Appermont)

Pos Band Conductor Draw
1 Oldham Band (Lees) John Collins 5 Flag
2 Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Allan Withington 16 Flag
3 Rothwell Temperance David Roberts 19 Flag
4 Friary Brass Band Nigel Taken 1 Flag
5 NASUWT Riverside Brass Professor Nicholas J Childs 15 Flag
6 Desford Colliery (Leics Miners Trust Fund) Ian Porthouse 7 Flag
7 Skelmanthorpe Jonathan Bates 10 Flag
8 Rainford Sarah Groarke-Booth 20 Flag
9 Camborne Town Gareth Churcher 11 Flag
10 The GUS Band Dr David Thornton 12 Flag
11 Redbridge Brass Chris Bearman 2 Flag
12 City of Bradford Brass Matthew Ryan 3 Flag
13 Wingates Martin Heartfield 6 Flag
14 St Dennis Darren Hawken 4 Flag
15 Fishburn Duncan Beckley 14 Flag
16 EverReady Russell Gray 9 Flag
17 Milnrow Lee Skipsey 17 Flag
18 Ratby Co-operative Chris Jeans 8 Flag
19 Llwydcoed Josh Ruck 13 Flag
20 City of Hull Dean Jones 18 Flag

Qualifiers (for 2024 British Open): Oldham Band (Lees) and Carlton Main Frickley Colliery

Best instrumentalist: Roger Webster (cornet, Oldham Band (Lees))

Morgan Griffiths replaced David Hirst in the box, who was ill