London and Southern Counties (Championship Section), 11th Mar 1984

Results
Form Guide
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Test Piece:	Waverley - Hector Berlioz arr. Howard Snell
Adjudicators:	Peter Parkes
Venue:	Town Hall, Watford

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	London and Southern Counties (Second Section) 1984
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Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Newham	Melvin White	14	190
2	Halls Oxford Concert Brass	Unknown, do you know?	11	189
3	Hanwell	Ian Johnson	3	188
4	Luton	Lyn Morgan	6	187
5	Hendon	Don Morrison	17	186
6	Southsea	David Mallett	7	185
10	Brackley & District	David Williams	8
	Solent Concert	Wesley Garner	5
	Tadley	Gordon Saunders	2
	Cambridge Co-op	James Scott	10
	Aveley	Martin Brabbins	13
	Atlas Copco Hemel Hempstead	William Rumford	12
	Bedford Town	Terry Hext	9
	Clacton-on-Sea Co-operative	Robert Howard	4
	Hitchin	Peter Broadbent	15
	Ipswich Town	Bernard Reader	16
	Morris Motors (Austin Rover Group)	Gordon Saunders	1

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Newham

Competed at this contest 13 times prior to 1984, first recorded in 1958. Conductor at this contest is Melvin White.

London and Southern Counties History

1983	3rd	Melvin White	Images
1982	2nd	Paul Ruby	Essay
1979	5th	Ray Farr	Variations for Brass Band
1978	5th	Ray Farr	Belmont Variations
1977	5th	Ron Cooper	Pageantry
1976	5th	Ron Cooper	Spectrum
1975	5th	Ron Cooper	Journey into Freedom
1974	3rd	Ron Cooper	Variations on a Ninth
1973	Unknown Result		The Plantagenets

Recent Form

11th Feb 1984: 2nd - Milton Keynes Brass Band Festival (Championship Section), conductor Melvin White.
19th Nov 1983: 2nd - Reading Contest (Championship Section), conductor Melvin White.
30th Oct 1983: - Pontins (Championship Section), conductor Melvin White.
Oct 1983: 1st - SCABA Autumn Contest (Championship Section), conductor Melvin White.
30th Apr 1983: 15th - Grand Shield, conductor Melvin White.
4th Apr 1983: 3rd - Pontins Hemsby (Championship Section), conductor Melvin White.

Halls Oxford Concert Brass

Competed at this contest 7 times prior to 1984, first recorded in 1974. Conductor at this contest is Unknown, do you know?

London and Southern Counties History

1983	1st	Michael Brand	Images
1979	Unknown Result		Variations for Brass Band
1978	12th	Harold Williams	Belmont Variations
1977	2nd	Cliff Edmunds	Pageantry
1976	11th	Cliff Edmunds	Spectrum
1975	8th	Cliff Edmunds	Journey into Freedom
1974 (Second Section)	1st	Cliff Edmunds	Song and Dances

Recent Form

19th Feb 1984: 2nd - Oxfordshire & District Brass Band Association Winter Contest (Section A March), conductor Adrian Leaper.
19th Feb 1984: 2nd - Oxfordshire & District Brass Band Association Winter Contest (Section A), conductor Adrian Leaper.
8th Oct 1983: 18th - National Championship of Great Britain (Championship Section Final), conductor Michael Brand.

Hanwell

Competed at this contest 36 times prior to 1984, first recorded in 1945. Conductor at this contest is Ian Johnson.

London and Southern Counties History

1983	2nd	Ian Johnson	Images
1982	Unknown Result		Essay
1980	10th	Unknown, do you know?	Beatrice & Benedict
1979	3rd	Barbara Stone	Variations for Brass Band
1978	1st	Barbara Stone	Belmont Variations
1977	1st	Barbara Stone	Pageantry
1976	1st	Ifor James	Spectrum
1975	4th	Bramwell Tovey	Journey into Freedom
1974	6th	Bryan Birchall	Variations on a Ninth
1973	3rd	Bryan Birchall	The Plantagenets

Recent Form

11th Feb 1984: 4th - Milton Keynes Brass Band Festival (Championship Section), conductor Ian Johnson.
1984: 1st - Joshua Tetley Leeds Open (Championship Section), conductor Ian Johnson.
27th Nov 1983: 1st - City of Leicester Brass Band Festival (Championship Section), conductor Ian Johnson.
19th Nov 1983: - Reading Contest (Championship Section), conductor Ian Johnson.
6th Nov 1983: 1st - Watford (Championship Section), conductor Ian Johnson.
8th Oct 1983: 9th - National Championship of Great Britain (Championship Section Final), conductor Ian Johnson.
Oct 1983: 2nd - SCABA Autumn Contest (Championship Section), conductor Ian Johnson.
May 1983: 1st - SCABA Entertainment Contest (A Section), conductor Unknown, do you know?

Luton

Competed at this contest 25 times prior to 1984, first recorded in 1945. Conductor at this contest is Lyn Morgan.

London and Southern Counties History

1983	Unknown Result		Images
1980	1st	Lyn Morgan	Beatrice & Benedict
1979	Unknown Result		Variations for Brass Band
1978	3rd	Lyn Morgan	Belmont Variations
1977	3rd	Lyn Morgan	Pageantry
1976	3rd	Walter Hargreaves	Spectrum
1975	3rd	Walter Hargreaves	Journey into Freedom
1973	1st	Albert Coupe	The Plantagenets

Recent Form

27th Nov 1983: W - City of Leicester Brass Band Festival (Championship Section), conductor Lyn Morgan.
6th Nov 1983: - Watford (Championship Section), conductor Lyn Morgan.

Hendon

Competed at this contest 17 times prior to 1984, first recorded in 1962. Conductor at this contest is Don Morrison.

London and Southern Counties History

1983	4th	Don Morrison	Images
1981	1st	Don Morrison	Variations on the Shining River
1980	11th	Unknown, do you know?	Beatrice & Benedict
1979	Unknown Result		Variations for Brass Band
1978	6th	Don Morrison	Belmont Variations
1977	8th	Don Morrison	Pageantry
1976	2nd	Don Morrison	Spectrum
1975	1st	Don Morrison	Journey into Freedom
1974	2nd	Don Morrison	Variations on a Ninth
1973	2nd	Don Morrison	The Plantagenets

Recent Form

19th Nov 1983: W - Reading Contest (Championship Section), conductor Don Morrison.

Southsea

Competed at this contest 9 times prior to 1984, first recorded in 1956. Conductor at this contest is David Mallett.

London and Southern Counties History

1983	Unknown Result		Images
1981 (Second Section)	Unknown Result		Concertino
1979	Unknown Result		Variations for Brass Band
1978 (Second Section)	3rd	Alan Slaughter	The Three Musketeers
1976	12th	Frederick S. Monk	Spectrum

Recent Form

19th Nov 1983: W - Reading Contest (Championship Section), conductor David Mallett.
Oct 1983: 3rd - SCABA Autumn Contest (Championship Section), conductor Unknown, do you know?
24th Sep 1983: 7th - Leamington Spa (Warwick District Council) Contest (Open Section), conductor David Mallett.

Brackley & District

Competed at this contest 10 times prior to 1984, first recorded in 1974. Conductor at this contest is David Williams.

London and Southern Counties History

1983 (Second Section)	1st	David Williams	Caprice Brass Fair
1982 (Second Section)	3rd	David Williams	Henry the Fifth (Vaughan Williams, arr. Douglas)
1981 (Second Section)	5th	Les Taylor	Concertino
1980 (Third Section)	5th	Les Taylor	Main Street
1979 (Third Section)	2nd	Les Taylor	Introduction and Allegro
1978 (Third Section)	8th	Les Taylor	Call of the Sea
1977 (Third Section)	4th	Les Taylor	Rococo Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky (Street)
1976 (Fourth Section)	1st	Les Taylor	Voices of Youth
1975 (Fourth Section)	8th	Pat Carthew	The Seasons (Carr)
1974 (Fourth Section)	6th	Pat Carthew	Four Little Maids

Recent Form

19th Feb 1984: 1st - Oxfordshire & District Brass Band Association Winter Contest (Section A), conductor David Williams.
19th Feb 1984: 1st - Oxfordshire & District Brass Band Association Winter Contest (Section A March), conductor David Williams.
4th Dec 1983: 2nd - Aylesbury (Buckinghamshire & District BBA) Contest (Section A), conductor David Williams.
4th Dec 1983: 3rd - Aylesbury (Buckinghamshire & District BBA) Contest (Open Section), conductor David Williams.
19th Nov 1983: 4th - Reading Contest (Championship Section), conductor David Williams.
19th Nov 1983: 9th - Reading Contest (Second Section), conductor David Williams.
6th Nov 1983: 1st - Watford (Second Section), conductor David Williams.
9th Oct 1983: 15th - National Championship of Great Britain (Second Section Final), conductor David Williams.
24th Sep 1983: 1st - Leamington Spa (Warwick District Council) Contest (2nd Section), conductor David Williams.
24th Sep 1983: 4th - Leamington Spa (Warwick District Council) Contest (Open Section), conductor David Williams.
8th May 1983: 1st - Oxfordshire & District Brass Band Association Entertainment Contest (Section A), conductor David Williams.
3rd Apr 1983: 8th - Pontins Brean Sands (Second Section), conductor David Williams.

Aveley

Competed at this contest 15 times prior to 1984, first recorded in 1946. Conductor at this contest is Martin Brabbins.

London and Southern Counties History

1979	Unknown Result		Variations for Brass Band
1978	8th	Cyril Suckling	Belmont Variations
1977	6th	Cyril Suckling	Pageantry
1976	5th	Cyril Suckling	Spectrum
1975	Withdrawn		Journey into Freedom
1974	5th	Cyril Suckling	Variations on a Ninth
1973	Unknown Result		The Plantagenets

Recent Form

4th Apr 1983: 4th - Pontins Hemsby (Championship Section), conductor Kenneth Dennison.

Bedford Town

Competed at this contest 10 times prior to 1984, first recorded in 1950. Conductor at this contest is Terry Hext.

London and Southern Counties History

1983	Unknown Result		Images
1980 (Second Section)	1st	Unknown, do you know?	Concert Overture for Brass Band
1979 (Second Section)	2nd	Terry Hext	Introduction, Elegy and Caprice
1978 (Third Section)	1st	Terry Hext	Call of the Sea
1977 (Fourth Section)	1st	Terry Hext	Hungarian Fantasy
1976 (Fourth Section)	4th	Terry Hext	Voices of Youth

Recent Form

30th Apr 1983: 5th - Grand Shield, conductor Terry Hext.

Cambridge Co-op

Competed at this contest 14 times prior to 1984, first recorded in 1953. Conductor at this contest is James Scott.

London and Southern Counties History

1983	Unknown Result		Images
1979	1st	David Read	Variations for Brass Band
1978	7th	David Read	Belmont Variations
1977	7th	David Read	Pageantry
1976	10th	David Read	Spectrum
1975 (Second Section)	1st	Stanley Boddington	Rhapsody in Brass
1974 (Second Section)	3rd	W. Harry	Song and Dances
1973 (Second Section)	2nd	Peter Mott	The White Company

Recent Form

4th Dec 1983: - Aylesbury (Buckinghamshire & District BBA) Contest (Open Section), conductor David Read.

Clacton-on-Sea Co-operative

Competed at this contest 12 times prior to 1984, first recorded in 1968. Conductor at this contest is Robert Howard.

London and Southern Counties History

1983	Unknown Result		Images
1982	1st	Robert Howard	Essay
1979	Unknown Result		Variations for Brass Band
1978	10th	Robert Howard	Belmont Variations
1977 (Second Section)	1st	Robert Howard	Morning Rhapsody
1976 (Second Section)	4th	Robert Howard	Tournament for Brass
1975 (Second Section)	7th	J. Stewart	Rhapsody in Brass
1974 (Second Section)	5th	J. Stewart	Song and Dances
1973 (Second Section)	3rd	J. Stewart	The White Company

Recent Form

6th Nov 1983: 3rd - Watford (Championship Section), conductor Robert Howard.

Hitchin

Competed at this contest 14 times prior to 1984, first recorded in 1948. Conductor at this contest is Peter Broadbent.

London and Southern Counties History

1983 (Second Section)	2nd	Peter Broadbent	Caprice Brass Fair
1982 (Second Section)	1st	Robert Howard	Henry the Fifth (Vaughan Williams, arr. Douglas)
1981 (Third Section)	2nd	Robert Howard	Hinemoa
1980 (Third Section)	3rd	Robert Howard	Main Street
1978 (Third Section)	13th	Robert Howard	Call of the Sea
1976 (Second Section)	Withdrawn		Tournament for Brass
1975 (Second Section)	3rd	Ernest Denton	Rhapsody in Brass
1974 (Second Section)	7th	Ernest Denton	Song and Dances
1973 (Second Section)	Unknown Result		The White Company

Recent Form

19th Nov 1983: - Reading Contest (Second Section), conductor Peter Broadbent.
9th Oct 1983: - National Championship of Great Britain (Second Section Final), conductor Peter Broadbent.
3rd Apr 1983: 6th - Pontins Hemsby (Second Section), conductor Peter Broadbent.

Ipswich Town

Competed at this contest 4 times prior to 1984, first recorded in 1980. Conductor at this contest is Bernard Reader.

London and Southern Counties History

1983	Unknown Result		Images
1982 (Second Section)	2nd	David Smith	Henry the Fifth (Vaughan Williams, arr. Douglas)
1981 (Second Section)	1st	Bernard Reader	Concertino
1980 (Third Section)	2nd	Bernard Reader	Main Street

Recent Form

4th Apr 1983: 7th - Pontins Hemsby (Championship Section), conductor Bernard Reader.

Atlas Copco Hemel Hempstead

Competed at this contest 19 times prior to 1984, first recorded in 1948. Conductor at this contest is William Rumford.

London and Southern Counties History

1983	Unknown Result		Images
1982 (Second Section)	4th	William Rumford	Henry the Fifth (Vaughan Williams, arr. Douglas)
1979	Unknown Result		Variations for Brass Band
1978	8th	D. Henderson	Belmont Variations
1977	Withdrawn		Pageantry
1976	9th	Clifford Jones	Spectrum
1975	8th	Clifford Jones	Journey into Freedom
1974	6th	D. Chapman	Variations on a Ninth
1973	Unknown Result		The Plantagenets

Recent Form

4th Dec 1983: 2nd - Aylesbury (Buckinghamshire & District BBA) Contest (Open Section), conductor William Rumford.
19th Nov 1983: - Reading Contest (Championship Section), conductor William Rumford.
6th Nov 1983: - Watford (Championship Section), conductor William Rumford.

Morris Motors (Austin Rover Group)

Competed at this contest 21 times prior to 1984, first recorded in 1947. Conductor at this contest is Gordon Saunders.

London and Southern Counties History

1981	2nd	Cliff Edmunds	Variations on the Shining River
1980	8th	Walter Rees	Beatrice & Benedict
1979	4th	Walter Rees	Variations for Brass Band
1978	4th	Walter Rees	Belmont Variations
1977	Withdrawn		Pageantry
1976	5th	Walter Rees	Spectrum
1975	2nd	Walter Rees	Journey into Freedom
1974	1st	Walter Rees	Variations on a Ninth

Recent Form

None

Solent Concert

Competed at this contest 8 times prior to 1984, first recorded in 1975. Conductor at this contest is Wesley Garner.

London and Southern Counties History

1983	Unknown Result		Images
1981	2nd	Wesley Garner	Variations on the Shining River
1980	2nd	Wesley Garner	Beatrice & Benedict
1979	2nd	Wesley Garner	Variations for Brass Band
1978	11th	Wesley Garner	Belmont Variations
1977	4th	Wesley Garner	Pageantry
1976 (Second Section)	1st	Wesley Garner	Tournament for Brass
1975 (Second Section)	2nd	Wesley Garner	Rhapsody in Brass

Recent Form

19th Nov 1983: 3rd - Reading Contest (Championship Section), conductor Wesley Garner.
4th Apr 1983: 11th - Pontins Brean Sands (Championship Section), conductor Wesley Garner.

Tadley

Competed at this contest 8 times prior to 1984, first recorded in 1949. Conductor at this contest is Gordon Saunders.

London and Southern Counties History

1983	Unknown Result		Images
1981 (Second Section)	2nd	Gordon Saunders	Concertino
1977 (Second Section)	Withdrawn		Morning Rhapsody

Recent Form

19th Nov 1983: - Reading Contest (Championship Section), conductor Gordon Saunders.
15th Oct 1983: 2nd - Shaw Social Club (Newbury) Contest (Championship Section), conductor Gordon Saunders.

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Band	Distance
Ipswich Town	71.7 mi / 115.4 km
Southsea	67.3 mi / 108.3 km
Clacton-on-Sea Co-operative	45.4 mi / 73.0 km
Cambridge Co-op	41.9 mi / 67.4 km
Brackley & District	40.8 mi / 65.6 km
Tadley	38.1 mi / 61.3 km
Morris Motors (Austin Rover Group)	34.7 mi / 55.9 km
Bedford Town	33.1 mi / 53.3 km
Halls Oxford Concert Brass	32.7 mi / 52.5 km
Aveley	30.2 mi / 48.6 km
Hitchin	21.5 mi / 34.6 km
Newham	21.0 mi / 33.7 km
Luton	15.4 mi / 24.8 km
Hanwell	10.1 mi / 16.2 km

Average distance: 36.0 mi / 57.9 km

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