RECENT RANKING CONTESTS

CONTEST RESULTS

1999

British Open

Date:	11 Sep 1999
Venue:	Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Adjudicator(s):	Michael Ball, David Read, Ken Smith
Test piece:	...Dove Descending (Philip Wilby)

Pos	Band	Conductor	Draw
15	DUT Rothwell	Thomas Wyss	1
23	Wingates	Jim Davies	2
13	Desford Colliery	Dr Roy Newsome	3
5	Fodens (Courtois)	Nicholas J Childs	4
22	Rolls Royce (Coventry)	Dave Lea	5
16	BT	Philip Bailey	6
18	Grimethorpe Colliery RJB	Andreas Spörri	7
20	NSK-RHP Ransome	Brian Grant	8
9	CWS (Glasgow)	Howard Snell	9
6	Buy As You View Cory	Jeremy Wise	10
14	Carlton Main Frickley Colliery	John Hinckley	11
3	Williams Fairey	James Gourlay	12
21	Besses o' th' Barn	Gareth Pritchard	13
4	Brighouse & Rastrick	Allan Withington	14
12	Marple	Garry E Cutt	15
1	Yorkshire Building Society	David King	16
8	JJB Sports Leyland	Richard Evans	17
11	Whitburn	Phillip McCann	18
19	Flowers	Bryan Hurdley	19
7	Tredegar Town	James Scott	20
17	Sellers International	Major Peter Parkes	21
2	Black Dyke	James Watson	22
10	GUS	Melvin White	23

Stanley Wainwright Memorial Trophy (best instrumentalist): Robert Childs (euphonium, Black Dyke)
Points awarded to top six bands only

Wingates, Besses o' th' Barn and Sellers International relegated to Grand Shield