CONTEST RESULTS

Constest Birmingham Open

Date: 6 Apr 2024
Venue: Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Adjudicator(s): Ian Porthouse, Ryan Watkins

Pos Band Conductor Draw
13 Croft Silver Henry Dunger 6 Flag
Music for Jock Tamson (Alan Fernie)
12 Cleobury Mortimer Concert Brass David Nicholson 12 Flag
Corineus (Christopher Bond)
11 Clock Face Miners Heritage Will Haw 10 Flag
Fire in the Blood (Paul Lovatt-Cooper)
10 City of Chester Bluecoat Ewan Easton 2 Flag
Triptych for Brass Band (Philip Sparke)
9 Nailsworth Silver Anri Adachi 13 Flag
Olympus (Philip Harper)
8 Amington Chris Barker 1 Flag
Corineus (Christopher Bond)
7 Skelmersdale Prize Ben Coulson 7 Flag
Tournament for Brass (Eric Ball)
6 Harborough Ben Smith 9 Flag
Mountain Views (Bertrand Moren)
5 Oddfellows Brass John Davis 3 Flag
Tallis Variations (Philip Sparke)
4 Jackfield (Elcock Reisen) Ryan Richards 11 Flag
Pageantry (Herbert Howells)
3 Beaumaris Bari Gwilliam 4 Flag
The Saga of Haakon the Good (Philip Sparke)
2 Newstead Brass Martin Heartfield 8 Flag
Of Distant Memories (Music in an Olden Style) (Edward Gregson)
1 SPAL Automotive Sovereign Brass Alan Gifford 5 Flag
The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (Derek Bourgeois)

Best championship section band: Sovereign Brass
Best 1st section band: Beaumaris
Best 2nd section band: Skelmersdale Prize
Best 3rd section band: Amington
Best 4th section band: Croft Silver

Most promising lower section band: Skelmersdale Prize

Best instrumentalist: ? (cornet, Newstead Brass)
Mick Foley Memoriam Award (best cornet): Kirsty Abbotts (Oddfellows Brass)
Best euphonium: Pete Woodley (Jackfield)
Best back row cornets: Beaumaris
Best bass section: Beaumaris