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British Open
1997
British Open
Date:
17 Jan 1998
Venue:
Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Adjudicator(s):
David Read, William Relton, James Williams
Test piece:
Whitsun Wakes (Michael Ball)
Pos
Band
Conductor
Draw
Points
14
Rothwell (Leeds)
Thomas Wyss
17
7
Cory
Jeremy Wise
16
11
Marple
Garry E Cutt
15
8
JJB Sports Leyland
Richard Evans
14
9
Fodens (Courtois)
Nicholas J Childs
13
17
Rigid Containers Group
John Berryman
12
1
Yorkshire Building Society
David King
11
199
2
Williams Fairey
James Gourlay
10
198
12
Sellers Engineering
Alan Morrison
9
13
David A Hall Whitburn
Richard Adams
8
5
Grimethorpe Colliery
Major Peter Parkes
7
193
15
Desford Colliery
Frank Renton
6
3
CWS (Glasgow)
Howard Snell
5
197
10
Brighouse & Rastrick
Allan Withington
4
6
Tredegar Town
James Scott
3
192
4
NSK-RHP Ransome
Brian Grant
2
194
16
Besses o' th' Barn
Derek Broadbent
1
Stanley Wainwright Memorial Trophy (best instrumentalist): Ian Porthouse (cornet, Yorkshire Building Society)
Black Dyke, Wingates and Polypipe Rossington didn't enter
No bands were relegated
Points awarded to top six bands only
Contest was postponed from September 1997 following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales