CONTEST RESULTS

Spring Festival (Grand Shield)

Date: 10 May 2025
Venue: Winter Gardens, Blackpool
Adjudicator(s): Lt Col Dave Barringer, Stan Lippeatt
Test piece: Dances and Arias (Edward Gregson)

Pos Band Conductor Draw
1 EverReady Stephen Roberts 12 Flag
2 Amersham Paul Fisher 5 Flag
3 Hepworth Ryan Watkins 15 Flag
4 Desford Colliery Ian Porthouse 16 Flag
5 St Dennis Darren Hawken 13 Flag
6 Rothwell Temperance David Roberts 8 Flag
7 Fishburn Chris Bentham 4 Flag
8 Redbridge Brass Chris Bearman 17 Flag
9 Friary Brass Band Nigel Taken 14 Flag
10 The GUS Band Dr David Thornton 7 Flag
11 NASUWT Riverside Brass Professor Nicholas J Childs 6 Flag
12 Camborne Town Gareth Churcher 1 Flag
13 Northop Silver Ryan Richards 3 Flag
14 City of Bradford Brass Lee Skipsey 18 Flag
15 Wantage Chris King 19 Flag
16 Stannington Brass Sam Fisher 9 Flag
17 Rainford Sarah Groarke-Booth 10 Flag
18 Wingates Matthew Ryan 11 Flag
19 Ashton-under-Lyne Paul Lovatt-Cooper 2 Flag
20 Skelmanthorpe Gareth Brindle 20 Flag

Qualifiers (for 2025 British Open): EverReady and Amersham

Best instrumentalist: Joshua Dickens (euphonium, Amersham)

Stan Lippeatt replaced Andrea Price as adjudicator