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Grand Shield
2023
Spring Festival (Grand Shield)
Date:
13 May 2023
Venue:
Winter Gardens, Blackpool
Adjudicator(s):
Dr Robert Childs, David Hirst
Test piece:
The World Rejoicing (Variations on a Lutheran Chorale) (Edward Gregson)
Pos
Band
Conductor
Draw
1
Whitburn
Professor Nicholas J Childs
16
2
Hepworth
Ryan Watkins
10
3
Reg Vardy
Russell Gray
18
4
Oldham Band (Lees)
John Collins
19
5
Carlton Main Frickley Colliery
Allan Withington
6
6
The GUS Band
Dr David Thornton
3
7
City of Bradford Brass
Gareth Brindle
11
8
Friary Brass Band
Nigel Taken
12
9
NASUWT Riverside Brass
Michael Fowles
8
10
Wingates
Andrea Price
17
11
Ratby Co-operative
Mareika Gray
20
12
Milnrow
Lee Skipsey
7
13
City of Hull
Dean Jones
4
14
Camborne Town
Ian Porthouse
2
15
Skelmanthorpe
Martin Heartfield
13
16
Rainford
Sarah Groarke-Booth
5
17
Dalmellington
Erik Janssen
1
18
Wantage
Jonathan Pippen
9
19
Pemberton Old Wigan DW
Ben Dixon
15
20
Ashton-under-Lyne
Martyn Evans
14
Qualifiers (for 2023 British Open): Whitburn and Hepworth
Best instrumentalist: Andrew McMillan (horn, Whitburn)
Historical results summary