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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
17
Rigid Containers Group
John Berryman
12
16
Besses o' th' Barn
Derek Broadbent
1
15
Desford Colliery
Frank Renton
6
14
Rothwell (Leeds)
Thomas Wyss
17
13
David A Hall Whitburn
Richard Adams
8
12
Sellers Engineering
Alan Morrison
9
11
Marple
Garry E Cutt
15
10
Brighouse & Rastrick
Allan Withington
4
9
Fodens (Courtois)
Nicholas J Childs
13
8
JJB Sports Leyland
Richard Evans
14
7
Cory
Jeremy Wise
16
6
Tredegar Town
James Scott
3
192
5
Grimethorpe Colliery
Major Peter Parkes
7
193
4
NSK-RHP Ransome
Brian Grant
2
194
3
CWS (Glasgow)
Howard Snell
5
197
2
Williams Fairey
James Gourlay
10
198
1
Yorkshire Building Society
David King
11
199
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