CONTEST RESULTS

Wessex BBA Festival

Date: 29 Nov 2025
Venue: Talbot Heath School, Bournemouth
Adjudicator(s): John Ward

Pos Band Conductor Draw
1 Friary Brass Band Nigel Taken 7
A Brussels Requiem (Bert Appermont)
2 Sandhurst Silver Josh Ruck 12
A Road Less Travelled By (Philip Sparke)
3 Verwood Concert Brass Kevin Smith 14
Metropolis 1927 (Peter Graham)
4 Hyde Ben Halstead 10
Sinfonietta No 3 (Etienne Crausaz)
5 Michelmersh Silver Kevin Smith 1
Of Distant Memories (Music in an Olden Style) (Edward Gregson)
6 Medway Towns Alan Gifford 9
Paganini Variations (Philip Wilby)
7 Bournemouth Concert Brass Lloyd Bartlett 8
Coventry Variations (Bramwell Tovey)
8 Horsham Borough Silver Will Wilkins 4
Symphony of Marches (Gilbert Vinter)
9 Verwood Town Kevin Smith 6
Triptych for Brass Band (Philip Sparke)
10 Poole Borough Andrew Elliot 3
Tam O'Shanter's Ride (Dr Denis Wright)
11 Downton Lloyd Bartlett 13
Endurance (Andrew Baker)
12 Verwood Community Brass Mike Dunnings 2
Anglian Dances (Alan Fernie)
13 Downton Training Miriam Dubas 11
Neverland (Christopher Bond)
W Ocean Brass   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)