Wessex BBA Festival
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Date:
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29 Nov 2025 |
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Venue:
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Talbot Heath School, Bournemouth |
| Adjudicator(s): |
John Ward |
| Pos |
Band
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Conductor
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Draw |
| 1 |
Friary Brass Band |
Nigel Taken |
7 |
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A Brussels Requiem (Bert Appermont) |
| 2 |
Sandhurst Silver |
Josh Ruck |
12 |
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A Road Less Travelled By (Philip Sparke) |
| 3 |
Verwood Concert Brass |
Kevin Smith |
14 |
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Metropolis 1927 (Peter Graham) |
| 4 |
Hyde |
Ben Halstead |
10 |
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Sinfonietta No 3 (Etienne Crausaz) |
| 5 |
Michelmersh Silver |
Kevin Smith |
1 |
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Of Distant Memories (Music in an Olden Style) (Edward Gregson) |
| 6 |
Medway Towns |
Alan Gifford |
9 |
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Paganini Variations (Philip Wilby) |
| 7 |
Bournemouth Concert Brass |
Lloyd Bartlett |
8 |
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Coventry Variations (Bramwell Tovey) |
| 8 |
Horsham Borough Silver |
Will Wilkins |
4 |
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Symphony of Marches (Gilbert Vinter) |
| 9 |
Verwood Town |
Kevin Smith |
6 |
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Triptych for Brass Band (Philip Sparke) |
| 10 |
Poole Borough |
Andrew Elliot |
3 |
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Tam O'Shanter's Ride (Dr Denis Wright) |
| 11 |
Downton |
Lloyd Bartlett |
13 |
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Endurance (Andrew Baker) |
| 12 |
Verwood Community Brass |
Mike Dunnings |
2 |
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Anglian Dances (Alan Fernie) |
| 13 |
Downton Training |
Miriam Dubas |
11 |
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Neverland (Christopher Bond) |
| W |
Ocean Brass |
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5 |
Pitt Rivers Cup (overall winners): Friary Brass Band
The Christopher Wren Cup (best championship section band): ?
Lilliput Trophy (best 1st section band): ?
Salisbury Cup (best 2nd section band): ?
Avalon Cup (best 3rd section band): ?
Hampshire Cup (best 4th section/ungraded band): ?
Best playing of a march: Friary Brass Band (playing O.R.B. (Charles Anderson))
The Kevin Bolton Plaque (best instrumentalist): Andy Ashworth (soprano cornet, Sandhurst Silver)
The Maurice Woods Trophy (best cornet): ? (Friary Brass Band)
The Tom Gomersall Memorial Cup (best euphonium): ? (Friary Brass Band)
best horn section: Verwood Concert Brass
The Stan & Barry Willis Cup (best trombone section): Hyde
Arthur Spence Shield (best bass section): Sandhurst Silver
The James Winter Trophy (best percussion section): Sandhurst Silver
The South Wilts Cup (best musical interpretation by conductor): Nigel Taken (Friary Brass Band)