Four in a Row for Friary Guildford
Congratulations to winners of the London and Southern Counties Regional Championships, Friary Guildford and M.D. Chris King. The band claimed their fourth consecutive Championship title in as many years but were run close by second placed Thundersley, who will now join Friary Guildford at the Royal Albert Hall in October for the National Finals.
Congratulations also go to the winners and qualifiers from the other sections who will represent their region in Cheltenham in September.
Championship Section:
1. Friary Guildford (Chris King)*
2. Thundersley (Nigel Taken)*
3. Wantage (Paul Holland)
4. Zone One Brass (Richard Ward)
5. Kidlington Concert Brass (Duncan Wilson)
6. Redbridge (Jeremy Wise)
7. East London Brass (Jayne Murrill)
8. Haverhill Silver (Paul Filby)
9. Aveley & Newham (Alan Duguid)
10. Jersey Premier Brass (Tim Pritchard)
11. Medway (Melvin White)
Best Cornet: Friary Guildford
Best Euphonium: Wantage
Best Horn: Friary Guildford
Best Trombone Section: Friary Guildfod
withdrawn: Northfleet Brass (David Lewis)
First Section:
1. Sandhurst Silver (David Johnson)*
2. Amersham (Paul Fisher)*
3. East of England Co-op (Nigel Cooper)
4. Staines Brass (Shane O'Neill)
5. Fulham (John Ward)
6. Bedford Town (Steve Phillips)
7. Regent Brass (Paul Archibald)
8. Cawston (Leigh Sharpe)
9. Hitchin (Graham Chambers)
10.Colchester (David Maddocks)
11. Ware Brass (Craig Patterson)
12. City of Cambridge (Peter Bassano)
13. Egham (Gareth Green)
14. Chiltern Hills Brass (Gordon Davies)
15. Grimesdyke Brass (Sharon Broughall)
16. Alder Valley Brass (Lee Woodward)
Soprano: Sandhurst Silver
Cornet: Sandhurst Silver
Bass Section: Sandhurst Silver
Second Section:
1. LGB Brass (Ian Stewart)*
2. St Sebastian Wokingham (John Watts)*
3. Milton Keynes Brass (Jonathan Mott) *
4. Wantage Concert Brass (David Hayward)
5. Horsham Borough (Mark McLaughlin)
6. Chinnor Silver (David Pegram)
7. Soham Comrades (Mark Ager)
8. Waterbeach (Andrew Kershaw)
9. Tilbury (Ben Jones)
10. BAE Systems (Melvin White)
11. Yiewsley & West Drayton (Christopher Cole)
12. Welwyn Garden City (Graham Chambers)
13. Epsom & Ewell Silver (Paul Graham)
14. Fairlop Brass (Kevin Jordan)
15. Littleport Brass (Nicholas Garman)
16. Hungerford Town (Tim Crouter)
17. Cold Ash Brass (Jemma Johnstone)
18. Castleton Brass (Peter Ryan)
Best Basses: Chinnor Silver
Best Trombones: Wantage Concert Brass
Third Section:
1. City of Norwich Brass (Andy Craze)*
2. Chichester City (Alan Rodgers)*
3. Oxford Cherwell Brass (Terry Brotherhood)
4. Tendring Brass (Antony Sanders)
5. Epping Forest (Keith Schroeter)
6. Jubilee Brass (Oxford) (Clifford Sadler)
7. Crystal Palace (Michael Gray)
8. Brighton & Hove City (Matthew Hackett)
9. Olney Brass (Kevin Nicholls)
10. East Coast Brass (Paul Speed)
11. Simon Langton Brass (David Cutting)
12. Hangleton (Richard Baker)
13. Tadley Concert Brass (Paul Chapman)
14. Norfolk Wherry Brass (Eddie Baker)
Fourth Section:
1. Bradwell Silver (Brian Keech)*
2. Regent Community Brass (Chris Bearman)*
3. Great Yarmouth Brass (Colin Swaep)*
4. Hadstock Silver (Diane Pannell)
5. Cottenham Brass (Peter Mackley)
6. Watford (Ian Graves)
7. Royston Town (Steve Earley)
8. Pangbourne & District Silver (Stewart Lewins)
9. Woodbridge Excelsior (Chris Lewis-Garnham)
10. Bletchington Silver (Sheldon Barwick)
11. Witney Town (Steve Sizeland)
12. Hemel Hempstead (David Edmonds)
13. Abbey Brass (Rob Tompkins)
14. Letchworth Garden City (Tim Welch)
15. Wantage Academy (Nikki Jones)
16. Marsh Gibbon Silver (Chris Johnston)
17. City of Oxford (Dexter Drown)
18. Amersham Community Brass (Paul Fisher)
*Qualify for National Final
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