2012 Contest Winners
1st June 2012
The weather:
Perfect - the sun came out as the contest started, dry, gentle breeze.
There were 125 bands playing.
Oldham & Saddleworth Area Prize
1st Prize |
Black Dyke |
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2nd Prize |
Brighouse & Rastrick |
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3rd Prize |
Marsden Silver |
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Local |
1: Oldham Band (Lees) |
(8 mile radius of Uppermill) |
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2: Milnrow Band |
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3: Delph Band |
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Youth |
2nd Rossendale Scouts |
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See here for how the results are aggregated to determine the area prize winners.

Delph
1st Prize |
Black Dyke |
81 bands played. |
2nd Prize |
Brighouse & Rastrick |
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3rd Prize |
Marsden Silver |
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4th Prize |
Grimethorpe Colliery |
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5th Prize |
Milnrow |
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6th Prize |
Hammonds Saltaire |
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7th Prize |
Cecilia Chemignon (Switzerland) |
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Local |
1: Delph |
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2: Diggle |
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Saddleworth |
Tie: Dobcross Silver / Diggle |
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Best non-Championship |
Salvo Brass |
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3rd/4th Section |
Elland Silver |
(before 9pm) |
Youth |
1: 2nd Rossendale Scouts |
(before 9pm) |
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2: Tewit Youth |
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Cornet |
Black Dyke |
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Sop Cornet |
Brighouse & Rastrick |
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Euphonium |
Marsden Silver |
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Bass Section |
Black Dyke |
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Trombones |
Milnrow |
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Deportment |
Cheshire Constabulary |
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Denshaw
1st Prize |
Black Dyke |
52 bands played. |
2nd: |
Brighouse & Rastrick |
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3rd Prize |
Rothwell Temperance |
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1st section |
1: Rainford Band |
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2: Oldham Band (Lees) |
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2nd Section |
1: Lindley Band |
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2: Asen Höga Brass Band |
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3rd Section |
1: Whitworth Vale & Healey |
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2: Huddersfield & Ripponden |
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4th Section |
1: Parr Band (St Helens) |
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2: Newhall Band |
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Local |
Milnrow |
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Saddleworth |
1: Delph Band |
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2: Uppermill |
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Youth |
1: Wardle Youth |
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2: Tewit Youth |
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Sop Cornet |
Black Dyke |
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Bass section |
Black Dyke |
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Spot prize |
Salvo Brass |
available to bands booked in between 8:00 - 9:30 pm |

Diggle
1st Prize |
Black Dyke |
50 bands played. |
2nd: Prize |
Rothwell Temperance |
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3rd Prize |
Brighouse & Rastrick |
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1st/2nd section |
Emmental |
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3rd/4th Section |
Musik Frohsinn Oberburg |
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4th Section |
Markham Main Colliery |
which has not won other prize |
Saddleworth |
Delph |
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Youth |
Wardle High School |
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Best Band on the March |
Silk Brass |
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Sop Cornet |
Black Dyke |
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Cornet |
Wardle High School |
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Euphonium |
Rothewell Temperance |
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Solo (non Championship) |
Rainford |
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Bass section |
Black Dyke |
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Dobcross
1st Prize |
Fairey |
65 bands played. |
2nd Prize |
Brighouse & Rastrick |
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3rd Prize |
Black Dyke |
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Local |
Marsden Silver |
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Saddleworth |
Diggle |
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Youth |
1: Oldham Music Centre |
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2. Smithills Snr |
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Henry Livings |
Marsden Silver |
participants in Whit Walks |
Junior Soloist |
Dobcross Youth (cornet) |
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Junior Player |
Dobcross Youth (cornet) |
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Local Junior Soloist |
Oldham Music Centre (cornet) |
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Youth sop cornet |
Smithills |
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Friezland
1st Prize |
Elland Silver |
40 bands played. |
2nd Prize |
Musik Frohsinn Oberburg |
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3rd Prize |
Cheshire Constabulary |
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4th Prize |
Emley Brass Band |
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4th Section |
Sale Brass
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Youth |
1: Tewit Youth |
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2: Wardle High |
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Local |
Greenfield |
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Solo Cornet |
Linthwaite |
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Bass Section |
Rochdale Borough Youth |
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Deportment |
1: Musik Frohsinn Oberburg |
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2: Cheshire Constabulary |
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Greenacres
1st Prize |
Black Dyke |
43 bands played |
2nd Prize |
Rothwell |
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3rd Prize |
Hepworth |
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2nd Section |
1: Delph |
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2: York Railway Institute |
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3: Uppermill |
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3rd Section |
1: Boarshurst Silver |
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2: Whitworth Vale & Healey |
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3: Emley |
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4th Section |
1: Parr St Helens |
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2: Greenfield |
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3: Lees |
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Local |
1: Oldham (Lees) |
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2: Marsden |
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3: Diggle |
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Youth |
1: Rochdale Borough Youth
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2: 2nd Rossendale Scouts |
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Cornet |
Hepworth |
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Euphonium |
Black Dyke |
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Deportment |
Chermagnon (Switzerland) |
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Youth Deportment |
Rochdale Borough Youth |
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Greenfield
1st Prize |
Brighouse & Rastrick |
60 bands played. |
2nd Prize |
Milnrow |
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3rd Prize |
Marsden Silver |
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1st Section |
1: Emmental (Switzerland) |
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2: Yorkshire Imps |
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2nd Section |
1: Dobcross Silver |
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2: Uppermill |
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3rd Section |
1: Cheshire Constabulary |
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2: Boarshurst Silver |
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4th Section |
1: Yarwell & Nassington |
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2: Greenfield |
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3: Ellenbrook & Boothstown |
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Local |
Uppermill |
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Saddleworth |
Dobcross Silver |
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Local 4th section / below |
Greenfield |
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Youth |
1: Rochdale Borough Youth |
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2: Smithills School |
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Cornet |
Brighouse & Rastrick |
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Euphonium |
Brighouse & Rastrick |
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Deportment |
Cheshire Constabulary |
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Entertainment |
Bramley |
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Grotton
1st Prize |
Brighouse & Rastrick |
46 bands played. |
2nd Prize |
Oldham Band Lees |
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3rd Prize |
Marsden Silver |
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4th Prize |
Yorkshire Imps |
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1st Section |
1: Delph |
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2: Lindley |
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2nd Section |
1: Denham Hendon |
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2: Uppermill |
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3rd/4th Section |
1: Musik Frohsinn Oberburg |
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2: Emley Brass Band |
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Local |
1: Milnrow |
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2: Lees |
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Youth |
1: Tewit Youth |
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2: Oldham Music Centre |
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Cornet |
Yotkshire Imps |
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Sop Cornet |
Lydgate |
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Deportment |
Chermignon |
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Youth
Deportment |
Tewit Youth |
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Lees-Springhead
1st Prize |
Black Dyke |
49 bands played. |
2nd Prize |
Brighouse & Rastrick |
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3rd Prize |
Oldham Band (Lees) |
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1st Section |
1: Oldham Band (Lees) |
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2: Rainford |
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2nd Section |
1: Delph |
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2: Flixton |
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3rd Section |
1: Farnworth & Walkden |
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2: Boarshurst Silver |
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4th Section |
1: Sale Brass |
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2: Parr St Helens |
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Local |
Oldham Band (Lees) |
5 mile radius |
Oldham Met Borough |
Delph |
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Youth |
1: Smithills School Snr
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2: Oldham Music Centre
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Deportment |
Cheshire Constabulary |
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Solo Cornet |
Black Dyke |
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Euphonium |
Black Dyke |
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Lydgate
1st Prize |
Black Dyke |
62 bands played. |
2nd Prize |
Hepworth |
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3rd Prize |
Milnrow |
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1st Section |
1: Yorkshire Imperial Urquhart Travel |
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2: Oldham Band (Lees)
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2nd Section |
1: City of Bradford Brass |
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2: Eccleston |
3rd Section |
1: Boarshurst Silver |
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2: Cheshire Constabulary |
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4th Section |
1: BMP Europe Goodshaw Band |
Correction * |
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2: University of Warwick |
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Local |
1: Milnrow |
Correction * |
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2: Oldham Band (Lees) |
Correction * |
Youth |
1: Dobcross Youth |
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2: Tewit |
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Deportment |
Chermignon, Switzerland |
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Youth Deportment |
Tewit Youth |
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Cornet |
Tie: Black Dyke & Pemberton Old Wigan |
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Sop Cornet |
Black Dyke |
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Euphonium |
Pemberton Old Wigan |
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Trombone |
Black Dyke |
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Bass |
Pemberton Old Wigan |
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* Lydgate contest no longer open the 4th section prize to any un-registered bands and the definition of local bands has changed.

Scouthead & Austerlands
Open Section: |
1: Hepworth |
58 bands played. |
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2: Marsden Silver |
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3: Rainford |
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4: Oldham Band Lees |
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1st Section: |
1: Diggle |
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2: Bedworth |
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3: Frickerley South Emsall |
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2nd Section: |
1: Conerstone Brass |
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2: Dennham Hendon |
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3: Flixton |
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3rd Section: |
1: Musik Frohsinn Oberburg |
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2: Whitworth Vale |
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3: Elland Silver |
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4th Section: |
1: Greenfield |
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2: Pfaffnau |
Correction |
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3: Cleethorpes |
Correction |
Local: |
1: Milnrow |
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2: Uppermill |
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3: Diggle B |
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Saddleworth: |
1: Delph |
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2: Dobcross Youth |
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3: Lydgate |
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Youth |
1: Smithills School |
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2: Shirland Training |
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3: Tewit |
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Deportment |
Musik Frohsinn Oberburg |
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Jun Deportment |
Tewit Youth |
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Sop Cornet |
Hepworth |
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Soloist (cornet) |
Hepworth |
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Bass Section |
Concord (Denmark) |
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Uppermill
1st Prize |
Fodens |
53 bands played. |
2nd Prize |
Marsden Silver |
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3rd Prize |
Hepworth |
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4th Prize |
Brighouse & Rastrick |
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Local |
1: Delph |
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2: Olham Band (Lees) |
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1st Section |
Silk Brass |
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2nd Section |
Asenhöga (Sweden) |
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3rd Section |
Musik Frohsinn Oberburg |
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4th Section |
Amersham Band |
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Youth |
1: Wardle Youth |
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2: Tewit Youth |
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Saddleworth |
Dobcross Silver |
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Deportment |
Musik Frohsinn Oberburg |
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Local Deportment |
Delph Band |
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Soloist |
Fodens |
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