And finally we complete the line-ups for the lower section nationals... Amington (Midlands) BAE Systems Brass (London & Southern Counties) Brass Sounds Inverclyde (Scotland) City of Bradford (Yorkshire) Daventry Brass (Midlands) Downton (West of England) Goodwick Brass (Wales) Hangleton (London & Southern Counties) Hoover (Bolton) (North-West) Horbury Victoria (Yorkshire) Ripon City (North of England) Sidmouth Town (West of England) St. David's Brass (Scotland) Treherbert & District (Wales) Whitworth Vale & Healey (North-West) York Railway Institute (North of England)
Third Section City of Bradford - 100/30 fav Hoover (Bolton) - 4/1 York Railway Institute - 9/1 Goodwick Brass - 9/1 Sidmouth Town - 9/1 St. David's Brass - 12/1 Amington - 12/1 Whitworth Vale & Healey - 14/1 Daventry Brass - 14/1 Horbury Victoria - 16/1 BAE Systems Brass - 25/1 Ripon City - 28/1 Downton - 40/1 Treherbert & District - 40/1 Brass Sounds Inverclyde - 50/1 Hangleton - 150/1
St. David's Brass is from Scotland? and there is a St. George's Brass Band in Ireland? The saints don't seem to line up?!
Go Horbury!!! 16/1 worth a tenner anyday lol. ( Waits for Paddy's reply "put your money where your mouth is" )
Cheers mate - wanted the first prize of course (and the best Bass trophy) but really just glad to be back at the Albert Hall
City of Bradford - 3/1 fav (from 100/30) Hoover (Bolton) - 13/2 (4/1) York Railway Institute - 8/1 (9/1) Goodwick Brass - 8/1 (9/1) Sidmouth Town - 9/1 Amington - 12/1 Whitworth Vale & Healey - 12/1 (14/1) Daventry Brass - 12/1 (14/1) St. David's Brass - 14/1 (12/1) Horbury Victoria - 16/1 BAE Systems Brass - 18/1 (25/1) Ripon City - 20/1 (28/1) Brass Sounds Inverclyde - 33/1 (50/1) Downton - 40/1 Treherbert & District - 40/1 Hangleton - 66/1 (150/1)
Not much to talk about here people?.. Ah well, here's the final prices ahead of this weekend's shindig... [TABLE="width: 203"] [TR] [TD="class: xl24, width: 271, bgcolor: transparent"]Third Section [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: xl26, width: 271, bgcolor: transparent"]Hoover (Bolton) - 11/5 fav (from 13/2) [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: xl27, bgcolor: transparent"]City of Bradford - 4/1 (3/1) [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: xl27, bgcolor: transparent"]Goodwick Brass - 11/2 (8/1) [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: xl28, bgcolor: transparent"]York Railway Institute - 11/2 (8/1) [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: xl27, bgcolor: transparent"]Daventry Brass - 18/1 (12/1) [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: xl27, bgcolor: transparent"]Treherbert & District - 18/1 (40/1) [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: xl26, width: 271, bgcolor: transparent"]Whitworth Vale & Healey - 22/1 (12/1) [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: xl25, bgcolor: transparent"]Sidmouth Town - 22/1 (9/1) [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: xl26, width: 271, bgcolor: transparent"]Horbury Victoria - 25/1 (16/1) [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: xl27, bgcolor: transparent"]Amington - 25/1 (12/1) [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: xl26, width: 271, bgcolor: transparent"]St. David's Brass - 25/1 (14/1) [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: xl28, bgcolor: transparent"]BAE Systems Brass - 28/1 (18/1) [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: xl28, bgcolor: transparent"]Ripon City - 33/1 (20/1) [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: xl28, bgcolor: transparent"]Brass Sounds Inverclyde - 66/1 (33/1) [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: xl25, bgcolor: transparent"]Downton - 66/1 (40/1) [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: xl28, bgcolor: transparent"]Hangleton - 66/1 [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: xl29, bgcolor: transparent"]4barsrest.com: 1. City of Bradford 2. Sidmouth 3. Horbury Vic 4. Goodwick [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: xl29, bgcolor: transparent"]Paddy Flower: 1. City of Bradford 2. Hoover 3. Goodwick 4. York RI [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: xl29, bgcolor: transparent"]The Fantasy League: 1. Hoover 2. City of Bradford 3. Goodwick 4. York RI [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: xl30, bgcolor: transparent"]World of Brass Rankings: 1. Goodwick (192) [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Personally I think City of Bradford are gonna have more than enough class this weekend, the punter's dark horse seems to be the improving Treherbert. Best of luck to all involved
Result 1. City of Bradford, Lee Skipsey, (Yorkshire), 4 2. Horbury Victoria, Duncan Beckley, (Yorkshire), 7 3. Goodwick, Matthew Jenkins, (Wales), 9 4. Whitworth Vale and Healey, John Binns, (North West), 16 5. Brass Sounds Inverclyde, Lynda Nicholson, (Scotland), 14 6. Sidmouth Town, Adrian Harvey, (West of England), 8 7. Hoover (Bolton), Trevor Halliwell, (North West), 10 8. Ripon City, Malcolm Dubb, (North of England), 11 9. York Railway Institute, Gordon Eddison, (North of England), 1 10. St. David's Brass, John A. Dickson, (Scotland), 5 11. Treherbert and District, Nigel Seaman, (Wales), 13 12. BAE Systems, Keith Woodger, (London & Southern Counties), 3 13. Amington, Wesley Kendrick, (Midlands), 15 14. Daventry, Nigel Howard, (Midlands), 2 15. Hangleton, R. Baker, (London & Southern Counties), 6 16. Downton, Steven Mead, (West of England), 12 Best Instrumentalist: Tim Poole - Cornet (City of Bradford) Courtesy of 4barsrest
Massive congrats to City of Bradford - fantastic team effort! Heard a few myself & Horbury definitely stood out for me - you pushed us all the way for the top spot! Think the adjudication matched the thoughts around the hall fairly well.