Date:	16 Nov 2008
Venue:	The Sage, Gateshead
Music Adjudicator(s):	Professor David King, Stephen Roberts
Entertainment Adjudicator(s):	Andrew Berryman, David Horsfield
Soloist Adjudicator(s):	Ian Bousfield

Pos	Band	Conductor	Draw	Music	Ent	Total
1	Cory	Dr Robert Childs	10	199	57.0	256.0
2	Stavanger Brass Band	Allan Withington	3	193	59.0	252.0
3	Grimethorpe Colliery	Michael J Garasi	7	194	54.0	248.0
4	Brighouse & Rastrick	Alan Morrison	6	196	51.5	247.5
5	Fairey	Philip Chalk	4	191	54.5	245.5
6	Foden's	Garry E Cutt	2	190	50.0	240.0
7	Leyland	Jason Katsikaris	8	189	48.5	237.5
8	Desford Colliery	Nigel Seaman	12	188	48.5	236.5
9	Whitburn	Steven Mead	5	185	51.5	236.5
10	Hepworth (Cookson Homes)	Sandy Smith	1	187	46.0	233.0
11	Reg Vardy	Allan Ramsay	11	186	46.0	232.0
12	YBS	Morgan Griffiths	9	184	47.0	231.0

Quality of performance: Cory
Best entertainment and presentation: Stavanger Brass

Best march: Brighouse & Rastrick (The Thin Red Line)
Best soloist: David Childs (euphonium, Cory), playing The Hot Canary
Best new music (arrangement or composition): Innuendo (Queen arr Peter Meechan), played by Whitburn

Best principal cornet: Stephen Wilkinson (Brighouse & Rastrick)
Best soprano cornet: Martin Irwin (Brighouse & Rastrick)
Best euphonium: Mike Howley (Brighouse & Rastrick)
Best trombone: Garry McPhee (Brighouse & Rastrick)
Best Basses: Fodens
Best percussion: Stavanger Brass

Youngest player: Kate Malcolm, age 12 (Reg Vardy)