NWABBA Contest (Championship Section), 1st Feb 1998

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Format:	Test Piece Contest
Adjudicators:	Dennis Masters
Venue:	King George's Hall, Blackburn

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	NWABBA Contest (Second Section) 1998
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Position	Band	Conductor	Draw
6	Skipton	Howard Lorriman	8
	Ashton-under-Lyne	Martyn Evans	11
	Blackburn and Darwen	Eric Landon	7
	British Aerospace (Chadderton)	Simon Wood	4
	Tyldesley	Darrol Barry	10
	Freckleton	Paul Dalton	3
	Glossop Old	James Cant	14
	Haydock Ogden Travel	John Maines	6
	Longridge	Gordon Clough	12
	Morecambe	Steve Tarry	2
	Todmorden	Dennis Hadfield	5
	United Norwest Co-op Rochdale	Lynda Nicholson	1
	Congleton	D. Evans	9
	Vernon Building Society Poynton	Anthony Wyatt	13

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Skipton

Not competed at this contest before. Conductor at this contest is Howard Lorriman.

NWABBA Contest History

None in last 10 years

Recent Form

27th Sep 1997: 15th - National Championship of Great Britain (First Section Final), conductor Howard Lorriman.
7th Sep 1997: 2nd - Hardraw Scar, conductor Howard Lorriman.
16th Mar 1997: 1st - North of England Area (First Section), conductor Howard Lorriman.

Ashton-under-Lyne

Competed at this contest 1 time prior to 1998, first recorded in 1997. Conductor at this contest is Martyn Evans.

NWABBA Contest History

1997 (Second Section)

1st

Martyn Evans

Recent Form

23rd Nov 1997: - Manchester District Contest (Open Section), conductor Martyn Evans.
26th Oct 1997: 2nd - Pontins (Third Section), conductor Martyn Evans.
27th Sep 1997: 1st - National Championship of Great Britain (Third Section Final), conductor Martyn Evans.
9th Mar 1997: 1st - North West Area (Third Section), conductor Martyn Evans.

Blackburn and Darwen

Competed at this contest 8 times prior to 1998, first recorded in 1973. Conductor at this contest is Eric Landon.

NWABBA Contest History

1997	Unknown Result
1990	Unknown Result
1989	1st	Alec Evans
1987	2nd	Alec Evans	Diversions on a Bass Theme

Recent Form

16th Nov 1997: - Wilkinson Northern Open (Section A), conductor Eric Landon.
4th May 1997: 16th - Buxton Festival (Championship/First Section), conductor Alan Widdop.
9th Mar 1997: 6th - North West Area (First Section), conductor Alan Widdop.

British Aerospace (Chadderton)

Competed at this contest 15 times prior to 1998, first recorded in 1966. Conductor at this contest is Simon Wood.

NWABBA Contest History

1997	Unknown Result
1996	2nd	Simon Wood
1990	Unknown Result
1989	4th	Eric Landon
1987	1st	Eric Landon	Variations on a Ninth

Recent Form

23rd Nov 1997: - Manchester District Contest (Open Section), conductor Simon Wood.
16th Nov 1997: - Wilkinson Northern Open (Section A), conductor Simon Wood.
26th Oct 1997: 15th - Pontins (Championship Section), conductor Simon Wood.
4th May 1997: 10th - Buxton Festival (Championship/First Section), conductor S. G. Wood.
9th Mar 1997: 5th - North West Area (Championship Section), conductor Simon Wood.

Congleton

Competed at this contest 9 times prior to 1998, first recorded in 1966. Conductor at this contest is D. Evans.

NWABBA Contest History

1990 (Second Section)	Unknown Result
1987 (Second Section)	Unknown Result

Recent Form

25th Oct 1997: W - Pontins (First Section), conductor David Evans.
27th Sep 1997: 2nd - National Championship of Great Britain (First Section Final), conductor D. Evans.
9th Mar 1997: 2nd - North West Area (First Section), conductor D. Evans.

Freckleton

Competed at this contest 8 times prior to 1998, first recorded in 1979. Conductor at this contest is Paul Dalton.

NWABBA Contest History

1997	Unknown Result
1990	Unknown Result
1989	Unknown Result
1987 (Second Section)	Unknown Result

Recent Form

16th Nov 1997: - Wilkinson Northern Open (Section A), conductor Paul Dalton.
27th Sep 1997: 1st - National Championship of Great Britain (First Section Final), conductor Paul Dalton.
9th Mar 1997: 1st - North West Area (First Section), conductor Paul Dalton.

Glossop Old

Competed at this contest 4 times prior to 1998, first recorded in 1983. Conductor at this contest is James Cant.

NWABBA Contest History

1997	2nd	James Cant
1987	Withdrawn

Recent Form

27th Sep 1997: 4th - National Championship of Great Britain (First Section Final), conductor James Cant.
4th May 1997: 2nd - Buxton Festival (Championship/First Section), conductor James Cant.
2nd Mar 1997: 2nd - Midlands Area (First Section), conductor James Cant.

Haydock Ogden Travel

Competed at this contest 7 times prior to 1998, first recorded in 1964. Conductor at this contest is John Maines.

NWABBA Contest History

1997 (Second Section)	Unknown Result
1990 (Second Section)	3rd	J. K. Irving
1989 (Second Section)	Unknown Result
1987 (Fourth Section)	1st	J. K. Irving

Recent Form

16th Nov 1997: - Wilkinson Northern Open (Section A), conductor John Maines.
27th Sep 1997: 8th - National Championship of Great Britain (Second Section Final), conductor John Maines.
9th Mar 1997: 1st - North West Area (Second Section), conductor John Maines.

Longridge

Competed at this contest 9 times prior to 1998, first recorded in 1974. Conductor at this contest is Gordon Clough.

NWABBA Contest History

1997	Unknown Result
1990 (Second Section)	2nd	Anthony Hindley
1989 (Second Section)	1st	Anthony Hindley
1987 (Second Section)	Unknown Result

Recent Form

16th Nov 1997: - Wilkinson Northern Open (Section A), conductor Gordon Clough.
26th Oct 1997: 17th - Pontins (Championship Section), conductor Gordon Clough.
10th May 1997: 20th - Grand Shield, conductor Gordon Clough.
9th Mar 1997: 9th - North West Area (Championship Section), conductor Gordon Clough.

Morecambe

Competed at this contest 5 times prior to 1998, first recorded in 1977. Conductor at this contest is Steve Tarry.

NWABBA Contest History

1990 (Second Section)	Unknown Result
1989 (Third Section)	1st	Steve Tarry

Recent Form

9th Mar 1997: 8th - North West Area (Second Section), conductor Steve Tarry.

Todmorden

Competed at this contest 1 time prior to 1998, first recorded in 1971. Conductor at this contest is Dennis Hadfield.

NWABBA Contest History

None in last 10 years

Recent Form

23rd Nov 1997: 1st - Manchester District Contest (Open Section), conductor Dennis Hadfield.
27th Oct 1997: 1st - Pontins (Second Section), conductor Dennis Hadfield.
27th Sep 1997: 5th - National Championship of Great Britain (Second Section Final), conductor Dennis Hadfield.
4th May 1997: 2nd - Buxton Festival (Second Section), conductor Dennis Hadfield.
2nd Mar 1997: 1st - Yorkshire Area (Second Section), conductor Dennis Hadfield.

Tyldesley

Competed at this contest 10 times prior to 1998, first recorded in 1970. Conductor at this contest is Darrol Barry.

NWABBA Contest History

1997	Unknown Result
1989 (Third Section)	Unknown Result
1987 (Third Section)	6th	Brian Peacock

Recent Form

16th Nov 1997: - Wilkinson Northern Open (Section A), conductor Darrol Barry.
27th Oct 1997: 8th - Pontins (Second Section), conductor Darrol Barry.
27th Sep 1997: 6th - National Championship of Great Britain (Second Section Final), conductor Darrol Barry.
9th Mar 1997: 2nd - North West Area (Second Section), conductor Darrol Barry.

United Norwest Co-op Rochdale

Competed at this contest 1 time prior to 1998, first recorded in 1996. Conductor at this contest is Lynda Nicholson.

NWABBA Contest History

1996

1st

Roy Curran

Recent Form

23rd Nov 1997: 2nd - Manchester District Contest (Open Section), conductor Unknown, do you know?
16th Nov 1997: - Wilkinson Northern Open (Section A), conductor James Davies.
9th Mar 1997: 8th - North West Area (First Section), conductor Duncan Beckley.

Vernon Building Society Poynton

Competed at this contest 6 times prior to 1998, first recorded in 1964. Conductor at this contest is Anthony Wyatt.

NWABBA Contest History

None in last 10 years

Recent Form

23rd Nov 1997: 3rd - Manchester District Contest (Open Section), conductor T. Wyatt.
25th Oct 1997: 7th - Pontins (First Section), conductor Anthony Wyatt.
9th Mar 1997: 4th - North West Area (First Section), conductor Paul Dennison.

More details and a map are available for this contest

Band	Distance
Congleton	41.9 mi / 67.5 km
Vernon Building Society Poynton	31.7 mi / 51.0 km
Glossop Old	30.7 mi / 49.4 km
Morecambe	27.0 mi / 43.5 km
Ashton-under-Lyne	24.1 mi / 38.7 km
Skipton	23.7 mi / 38.2 km
Haydock Ogden Travel	21.6 mi / 34.8 km
Tyldesley	16.2 mi / 26.1 km
United Norwest Co-op Rochdale	16.2 mi / 26.1 km
Todmorden	16.0 mi / 25.8 km
Freckleton	15.5 mi / 25.0 km
Longridge	7.8 mi / 12.6 km
Blackburn and Darwen	4.5 mi / 7.2 km

Average distance: 21.3 mi / 34.3 km

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