North West Regional Championships 2024 - Results
CHAMPIONSHIP SECTION
Opera House
Test piece: Variations on an Enigma (Philip Sparke)
Adjudicators: Anne Crookston and Alan Morrison
1. Foden's (Russell Gray)**
2. KNDS Fairey (Phil Chalk)*
3. Pemberton Old Wigan DW (Ryan Watkins)*
4. Leyland (Daniel Brooks)
5. Oldham (Lees) (John Collins)
6. Wingates (Andrea Price)
7. Milnrow (Lee Skipsey)
8. Acceler8 (Jef Sparkes)
9. Rainford (Sarah Groarke-Booth)
10. Longridge (Mark Peacock)
11. Manx Concert Brass (Ian Clague MBE)
12. Ashton under Lyne (Martyn Evans)
** Pre-qualified for invitation to Championship Section Final
* Qualified for invitation to Championship Section Final
Best Principal Cornet: Mark Wilkinson (Foden's)
Best Soprano: Chris Musgrave (Pemberton Old Wigan DW)
Youngest Player: Marvin Wong (Wingates) — aged 14
SECTION ONE
Empress Ballroom
Adjudicators: Steve Sykes and Glyn Williams
1. Wardle Anderson (Brad McCulloch)*
2. Tyldesley (Neil Samuel)*
3. Blackburn & Darwen (Daniel Thomas)*
4. Boarshurst Silver (Jamie Prophet)
5. Whitworth Vale & Healey (Mike Golding)
6. Haydock (Mark Quinn)
7. Eccles Borough (Mareika Gray)
8. Freckleton (Adam Taylor)
9. Flixton (Adie Smith)
10. Roberts Bakery (Mike Jones)
11. Pemberton Old Wigan DW B (Gareth Brindle)
12. Silk Brass (Tony Wyatt)
13. Mossley (Duncan Byers)
14. Valley (Haydock) (David Chadwick)
15. Hazel Grove (Nigel Beasley)
16. Middleton (Jamie Cooper)
17. Bollington (Peter Christian)
* Qualified for invitation to Section 1 Final
SECTION TWO
Opera House
Test piece: Triptych (Philip Sparke)
Adjudicators: Helen Douthwaite-Teasdale and Alan Widdop
1. Skelmersdale Prize (Benjamin Coulson)*
2. Diggle (Sean Conway)*
3. Besses Boys (James Holt)*
4. Eagley (Christopher Wormald)
5. Lostock Hall Memorial (John Atkinson)
6. Delph (Phil Goodwin)
7. Haslingden & Helmshore (Stephan Tighe)
8. Uppermill (James Garlick)
9. Marple (Sarah Groarke Booth)
10. Old Hall (Trevor Halliwell)
11. Poulton-le-Fylde (Brett Baker)
12. Besses o' th' Barn (Simon Cowan)
13. VBS Poynton (Adam Delbridge-Smith)
14. Pilling Jubilee Silver (Joshua Hughes)
15. City of Chester Bluecoat (Ewan Easton)
16. Liverpool (Dave McGlynn)
17. Allerton (Gavin Holden)
* Qualified for invitation to Section 2 Final
Best Trombone Section: Skelmersdale Prize
SECTION THREE
Pavilion Theatre
Test piece: Corineus (Christopher Bond)
Adjudicators: Duncan Beckley and Stephanie Binns
1. Morecambe (Andrew W. Porter)*
2. Eccleston (John Wood)*
3. Golborne (Les Webb)*
4. Dobcross Silver (Jason M. Smith)
5. CWA Brass (Gary Proctor)
6. Rivington & Adlington (Matt Whitfield)
7. Thornton Cleveleys (Steve Tarry)
8. BMP (Europe) Goodshaw (Dean Redfern)
9. Hawk Green (Neil Hewson)
10. Hoover Bolton (Joe Murtagh)
11. Trinity Girls (Anna Hughes-Williams)
12. Clock Face Miners Heritage (William Haw)
13. Blackpool (David W. Ashworth)
14. Rode Hall Silver (Nigel Butler)
15. Greenfield (Sam Olsson)
16. Darwen (Matthew Balson)
* Qualified for invitation to Section 3 Final
Withdrawn: Farnworth & Walkden (Neil Robinson)
SECTION FOUR
Pavilion Theatre
Test piece: Music for Jock Tamson (Alan Fernie)
Adjudicators: John Doyle and Stan Lippeatt
1. Stalybridge Old (Nigel Lawless)*
2. Littleborough (Ashley Higgins)*
3. Onchan Silver (David Karran)
4. Ramsey Town (Robert Quane)
5. Sale (Jess Tredrea)
6. Dobcross Youth (James Atkins)
7. Brindle (Steve Hartley)
8. Red Admiral (Stuart Barton)
9. St. John's (Mossley) (Martin Gernon)
10. Crewe (Adam Shilton)
11. Douglas Town (Robert Mitchell)
12. Stacksteads (Fred Bowker)
13. Port Sunlight Lyceum (Simon Harthern-Evans)
14. Blackley (Karl Stott)
* Qualified for invitation to Section 4 Final
