With a week to go I was wondering if anyone had predictions for the results?!
Let's say top 3 and a dark horse?!
With a week to go I was wondering if anyone had predictions for the results?!
Let's say top 3 and a dark horse?!
Have you got a list of who is going?
THE HARRY AND MARGARET MORTIMER CHAMPIONSHIP:
SUNDAY, 5th NOVEMBER
TEST PIECE: Blitz – Derek Bourgeois
ADJUDICATORS: David Read and Derek Broadben
BTM (Jason Katsikaris
BESSES O`TH BARN (John Hinckley)
BHK (UK) LTD BAND (Norman Law)
BLACKBURN AND DARWEN (Nick Sheppard)
CWMAMAN INSTITUTE SILVER (Nigel Seaman)
EAST YORKSHIRE MOTOR SERVICES (Jim Davies)
FRIARY GUILDFORD BRASS (TBA)
JACKKFIELD(ELCOCK REISEN) (TBA)
KIDLINGTON CONCERT (Barry Wassell)
LANGLEY (Cliff Parker)
LINDLEY (Neil Jowett)
LONGRIDGE (Peter Lockett)
OLD SILKSTONE (TBA)
PEMBERTON OLD WIGAN JJB (Mark Peacock)
PENNINE BRASS (Ian Porthouse)
SOHAM COMRADES (Matthew Brown)
STAFFORDSHIRE (Steve Bastable)
THORESBY COLLIERY (Martin Heartfield)
TIMPERLEY (David Evans)
TONGWYNLAIS TEMPERANCE SILVER (Gareth Pritchard)
TREDEGAR (Michael Fowles)
UNITED NORWEST CO-OP MILNROW (A White)
WIRE BRASS (Paul Andrews)
FIRST SECTION:
SATURDAY, 4th November
TEST PIECE: Music for the Common Man - Kenneth Downie
ADJUDICATORS: Roy Roe and Barry Thompson
BARNSLEY BUILDING SOCIETY (John Hopkinson)
BEDWORTH BRASS (Colin Randal)
CHALFORD (Steve Tubb)
FOSS DYKE (TBA)
HEBDEN BRIDGE BAND (Prof Philip Wilby)
IBSTOCK BRICK BRASS (David Jones)
LANGBAURGH (TBA)
MARSDEN SILVER (RIVERHEAD BREWERY) (Glyn Williams)
MAXILEAD METALS TYLDESLEY (Robert Taylor)
NEWMILNS & GALSTON (Craig Anderson)
NORTHOP SILVER (Thomas Wyss)
ST KEVERNE (TBA)
STANNINGTON BRASS (D. Renshaw)
STONESFIELD SILVER (Terry Brotherhood)
STOURPORT ON SEVERN BRASS (Barry Pope)
SWINDON PEGASUS BRASS (John Winterflood)
THOMAS COACHES MID RHONDA (Alan Gibbs)
TINTWISTLE (David Shutter)
VERNON BUILDING SOCIETY POYNTON (Alan Lawton)
WANTAGE SILVER A (Phillip Bailey)
WREXHAM BRASS (Wayne Ruston)
SECOND SECTION:
Sunday: 5th November
A Swiss Excursion – Darrol Barry
Adjudicators: Roy Roe and Barry Thompson
Audley Brass (Clive Fox)
Boarshurst Silver (David Hebb)
Bollington Brass (Peter Christian)
Brass Band Bacchus
Comwy Town (Keith Jones)
Greenalls (John Ludden)
Hawk Green (Marple) (Phil Pavey)
Hoover (Bolton) (Robbie Cargill)
Kippax (Keith Wardle)
Royal Buckley Town (Paul Lovatt-Cooper)
Phoenix West Midlands Brass (David Bishop-Rowe)
Silk Brass AstraZenica (Macclesfield) (James Cant)
South Yorkshire Police (Andrew Dennis)
United Co-operative 2000 Brass (Jamie Meredith)
Unity Brass (Robert Boulter)
Wakefield Metropolitan (Russell Gray)
THIRD SECTION:
Saturday, 4th November
Episodes in Brass – Gareth Churcher
Adjudicators: Steve Pritchard-Jones and David Loukes
BMP Europe Goodshaw (D Wm Ashworth)
Campbeltown Brass (Craig Anderson)
Dearham (M Condron)
Eccleston Brass (Ian Bateson)
Elland Silver (TBA)
Fairfield (Buxton) (C W KItchen)
Flixton (Kevin Gibbs)
Harlech Silver Carwyn Evans
Holywell (Gareth Thomas)
Middleton Brass (Carl Whiteoak)
Newhall (Mark Phillips)
Pemberton Old Wigan JJB “B” (Peter Ashley)
Rainford (Neil Samuel)
Rivington & Adlington Brass Band (Dave Mort)
Skelmersdale (Charles Dickinson)
St Joseph’s Brass Band (T B A)
Valley Brass (Haydock) (David Chadwick)
Wardle & District Anderson Brass (Sean Conway)
Whitworth Vale & Healey (John Bins)
FOURTH SECTION:
Saturday 4th October
Facets of Glass - Gordon Langford
Adjudicators: David Read and Derek Broadbent
Barton Town (Gary Oglesby)
Besses Boy (James Holt)
Blackley (Adrain Smith)
Carrbrook Brass (Lee Dunkly)
Coppull & Standish (Harry Bentham)
Croft Silver (Steve Burton)
Denton Brass (C J Fox)
Dodworth M.W Brass (Eliot Darwin)
Eaton Farnworth & Walkden Band (Peter Ashley)
Golborne (David Ashworth)
Greenfield (David Chapman)
Phoenix Brass (David Watson)
Lostock Hall Memorial (TBA)
Nantlle Vale (Gareth Williams)
Newport Borough (Mike Davis)
Oldham Band (Lees) (John Collins)
Ratby Co-operative Mid Band (Geoff Newman)
Sale Brass (Steve Shawcross)
Uppermill (Alan Widdop)
Wellington (Telford) (Steve Curtis)
I can't be bothered to do top 3 'cos it's Sundaybut for winners I'd pick:
Champ: Thoresby
1st: Marsden
2nd: Silk Brass*
3rd: Rainford
4th: Oldham (Lees)
*With the proviso that I've never heard of Brass Band Bacchus (are they Swiss?), so they might be awesome - who knows
Andrew Baker
Champ - Pennine Brass ,Staffordshire,Timperley
1st - Marsden, Northop, Hebden Bridge
2nd - Silk Brass, Wakefield Met, Audley Brass
3rd - Pemberton Old B, Rainford, Flixton
4th - Dodworth, Oldham Brass, ?????
My prediction is that the tMP will rock!!!
Will Elsom
My Score Exchange Site
A man once accused of being able to write a melody...
A wise man once said, "Pointing out a fallacy in someone's argument is not the same as pedantically and persistently pushing it down someone's throat whilst completely ignoring other points that are made."
A quick google revealed the band comes from Belgium, and took part in the world brass band championships in 2005, competeing in the second section.Originally Posted by Anno Draconis
I can't be bothered to do top 3 'cos it's Sunday
Champ: Thoresby
1st: Marsden
2nd: Silk Brass*
3rd: Rainford
4th: Oldham (Lees)
*With the proviso that I've never heard of Brass Band Bacchus (are they Swiss?), so they might be awesome - who knows
Isn't it great to see foregn bands competeing.
and the web site can be found here!
but strangely enough no mention of pontins on there!
Well we'll just have to see about that won't we ?
- Wilky
- Mr Wilx
Sorry Lauren, slightly off topic this, i know it's a predictions thread but i've heard rumors that a few bands have withdrawn. I just wander if anyone knows of any withdrawals before i make my prediction?
My mechanic told me, "I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder."
As far as I know, Stonesfield aren't going (1st section). Kidlington definitely are in the Champ section from this area.
I'm not going either, for that matter, even though I've been playing Blitz for a number of weeks. Its rather a long way to go for a short concert with the tMp band - not to mention the fact its my wife's birthday next w/e!
Neil.
Team-tMp - Test the Nation 2003
Euphonium - tMP Whit Friday 2004
That's Euphonium, from the Greek Eu meaning pleasant and phonos meaning sound - no matter what noise I happen to be making at the time
I don't think Besses are going.
Andy Cattanach, BBb Tuba + Bass Trombone.
Intrada Brass Ensemble.
Beer: So much more than just a breakfast drink.
Champ Section I think:
1st PENNINE BRASS (Ian Porthouse)
2nd STAFFORDSHIRE (Steve Bastable)
3rd TREDEGAR (Michael Fowles)
FIRST SECTION i think: (got stuck here)
1st MARSDEN SILVER (RIVERHEAD BREWERY) (Glyn Williams)
2nd VERNON BUILDING SOCIETY POYNTON (Alan Lawton)
3rd WANTAGE SILVER A (Phillip Bailey)
SECOND SECTION:
1st Boarshurst Silver (David Hebb)
2nd Hoover (Bolton) (Robbie Cargill)
3rd United Co-operative 2000 Brass (Jamie Meredith)
THIRD SECTION: easy lol
1st Flixton (Kevin Gibbs)
2nd Rainford (Neil Samuel)
3rd Valley Brass (Haydock) (David Chadwick)
FOURTH SECTION:
1st Dodworth M.W Brass (Eliot Darwin)
2nd Besses Boy (James Holt)
3rd Denton Brass (C J Fox)
Leisa Mallalieu-Ingman
Wakefield Metropolitan Brass Band
Keep your eyes open for BHK... i happen to know they've got some amazing players up their sleeves that have recently signed
Trombone - Fodens Band
Trombone - The British Trombone Quartet
"trombones can chant like a choir of priests, threaten, utter gloomy sighs, a mournful lament, or a bright hymn of glory; they can break forth into awe-inspiring cries and awaken the dead or doom the living" - Hector Berlioz
Championship-
1 STAFFORDSHIRE (Steve Bastable)
2 EAST YORKSHIRE MOTOR SERVICES (Jim Davies)
3 PENNINE BRASS (Ian Porthouse)
DH - Tredegar.
1st Section
1 MARSDEN SILVER (RIVERHEAD BREWERY) (Glyn Williams)
2 ST KEVERNE (TBA)
3 WANTAGE SILVER A (Phillip Bailey)
2nd - 4th Sections
Sorry guys but don't have a clue!
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