Scottish Championship (Championship Section), 1962

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Test Piece:	Salute to Youth - Gilbert Vinter
Adjudicators:	Cecil Peacock
Venue:	Usher Hall, Edinburgh

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	Scottish Championship (Second Section) 1962
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Position	Band	Conductor
1	Kinneil Colliery	John Kirkwood
2	Scottish CWS	Alex Mortimer
3	City of Edinburgh	D. James
4	Forfar Instrumental	Drake Rimmer
5	Clydebank Burgh	Unknown, do you know?
	Tullis Russell	Unknown, do you know?
	Croy Parish	Unknown, do you know?
	Broxburn Public	Unknown, do you know?
	Bowhill & District Colliery	Unknown, do you know?
	Bo'ness & Carriden	Unknown, do you know?
	Barry Ostlere & Shepherd	Unknown, do you know?
	Whitburn	Unknown, do you know?
	Dalkeith Burgh	Unknown, do you know?
	Scottish Gas Board	Unknown, do you know?
	Dunfermline Town	Unknown, do you know?
	Hawick Saxhorn	Unknown, do you know?
	Newmains	Unknown, do you know?
	Renfrew Burgh	Unknown, do you know?

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Kinneil Colliery

Competed at this contest 6 times prior to 1962, first recorded in 1955. Conductor at this contest is John Kirkwood.

Scottish Championship History

1961	3rd	John Kirkwood	Les Preludes (Rimmer)
1960	Unknown Result		Themes from Symphony No. 5 (Tchaikovsky)
1959 (Second Section)	1st	John Kirkwood	The Yorkshire Riding Suite
1957 (Third Section)	1st	John Kirkwood	Devon Fantasy
1956 (Third Section)	3rd	John Kirkwood	Spirit of Progress
1955 (Fourth Section)	1st	John Kirkwood	A Summer Day

Recent Form

28th Oct 1961: - National Championship of Great Britain (Championship Section Final), conductor John Kirkwood.

Scottish CWS

Competed at this contest 31 times prior to 1962, first recorded in 1919. Conductor at this contest is Alex Mortimer.

Scottish Championship History

Recent Form

28th Oct 1961: - National Championship of Great Britain (Championship Section Final), conductor Jack Atherton.

City of Edinburgh

Competed at this contest 28 times prior to 1962, first recorded in 1908. Conductor at this contest is D. James.

Scottish Championship History

1961	Unknown Result		Les Preludes (Rimmer)
1960	3rd	John Hoggans	Themes from Symphony No. 5 (Tchaikovsky)
1957	8th	Unknown, do you know?	The Moor of Venice
1956	4th	John Hoggans	Themes from Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)
1955	Unknown Result		Orion
1953	8th	Unknown, do you know?	The Golden Hind
1952	12th	Unknown, do you know?	Unfinished Symphony (arr. Greenwood)

Recent Form

None

Forfar Instrumental

Competed at this contest 33 times prior to 1962, first recorded in 1899. Conductor at this contest is Drake Rimmer.

Scottish Championship History

1959	3rd	Jack Emmott	Wuthering Heights
1957	13th	Unknown, do you know?	The Moor of Venice
1956	15th	Unknown, do you know?	Themes from Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)
1955	Unknown Result		Orion
1954	1st	Elgar Clayton	The Severn Suite
1953	8th	Unknown, do you know?	The Golden Hind
1952	12th	Unknown, do you know?	Unfinished Symphony (arr. Greenwood)

Recent Form

None

Clydebank Burgh

Competed at this contest 45 times prior to 1962, first recorded in 1895. Conductor at this contest is Unknown, do you know?

Scottish Championship History

1961	4th	Alex Mortimer	Les Preludes (Rimmer)
1959	2nd	Alex Mortimer	Wuthering Heights
1957	2nd	Alex Mortimer	The Moor of Venice
1956	1st	Rex Mortimer	Themes from Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)
1955	1st	Alex Mortimer	Orion
1954	Unknown Result		The Severn Suite
1953	6th	John Hoggans	The Golden Hind
1952	16th	Unknown, do you know?	Unfinished Symphony (arr. Greenwood)

Recent Form

None

Barry Ostlere & Shepherd

Competed at this contest 19 times prior to 1962, first recorded in 1904. Conductor at this contest is Unknown, do you know?

Scottish Championship History

1961	Unknown Result		Les Preludes (Rimmer)
1960	4th	John Faulds	Themes from Symphony No. 5 (Tchaikovsky)
1957	14th	Unknown, do you know?	The Moor of Venice
1956	3rd	John Faulds	Themes from Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)
1955	2nd	John Faulds	Orion
1953	3rd	John Faulds	The Golden Hind
1952	8th	Unknown, do you know?	Unfinished Symphony (arr. Greenwood)

Recent Form

None

Scottish Gas Board

Competed at this contest 10 times prior to 1962, first recorded in 1948. Conductor at this contest is Unknown, do you know?

Scottish Championship History

1961	2nd	Alex Mortimer	Les Preludes (Rimmer)
1957	11th	Unknown, do you know?	The Moor of Venice
1956	17th	Unknown, do you know?	Themes from Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)
1955	Unknown Result		Orion
1953	11th	Unknown, do you know?	The Golden Hind
1952	9th	Unknown, do you know?	Unfinished Symphony (arr. Greenwood)

Recent Form

None

Bo'ness & Carriden

Competed at this contest 30 times prior to 1962, first recorded in 1895. Conductor at this contest is Unknown, do you know?

Scottish Championship History

1961	Unknown Result		Les Preludes (Rimmer)
1959	4th	Hugh Forbes	Wuthering Heights
1957	9th	Unknown, do you know?	The Moor of Venice
1956	7th	Unknown, do you know?	Themes from Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)
1955	Unknown Result		Orion
1953	7th	Unknown, do you know?	The Golden Hind
1952	10th	Unknown, do you know?	Unfinished Symphony (arr. Greenwood)

Recent Form

None

Bowhill & District Colliery

Competed at this contest 25 times prior to 1962, first recorded in 1906. Conductor at this contest is Unknown, do you know?

Scottish Championship History

1961	Unknown Result		Les Preludes (Rimmer)
1957	10th	Unknown, do you know?	The Moor of Venice
1956	11th	Unknown, do you know?	Themes from Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)
1955	Unknown Result		Orion
1953	5th	Drake Rimmer	The Golden Hind
1952 (Second Section)	1st	Drake Rimmer	King Lear

Recent Form

None

Broxburn Public

Competed at this contest 36 times prior to 1962, first recorded in 1895. Conductor at this contest is Unknown, do you know?

Scottish Championship History

1961	Unknown Result		Les Preludes (Rimmer)
1960 (Second Section)	1st	Harry Holwill	Gallions Reach
1956 (Second Section)	3rd	Harry Holwill	Land of the Ever Young
1955 (Second Section)	Unknown Result		Snowdon Fantasy
1954 (Third Section)	2nd	J. Taylor	Crown Cavalcade
1953 (Third Section)	Unknown Result		Rhapsody on Negro Spirituals
1952 (Third Section)	11th	Unknown, do you know?	Three Songs without Words

Recent Form

None

Croy Parish

Competed at this contest 18 times prior to 1962, first recorded in 1923. Conductor at this contest is Unknown, do you know?

Scottish Championship History

1961 (Second Section)	1st	John Hoggans	Symphonic Suite for Brass
1960 (Second Section)	4th	John Hoggans	Gallions Reach
1956 (Third Section)	2nd	H. Docherty	Spirit of Progress
1955 (Third Section)	4th	H. Docherty	Normandy
1952 (Second Section)	11th	Unknown, do you know?	King Lear

Recent Form

28th Oct 1961: - National Championship of Great Britain (Second Section Final), conductor John Hoggans.

Dalkeith Burgh

Competed at this contest 13 times prior to 1962, first recorded in 1926. Conductor at this contest is Unknown, do you know?

Scottish Championship History

1961	Withdrawn		Les Preludes (Rimmer)
1960 (Second Section)	2nd	R. Gray	Gallions Reach
1957	18th	Unknown, do you know?	The Moor of Venice
1956	17th	Unknown, do you know?	Themes from Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)
1955 (Second Section)	1st	R. Gray	Snowdon Fantasy
1954 (Third Section)	1st	R. Gray	Crown Cavalcade
1953 (Third Section)	Unknown Result		Rhapsody on Negro Spirituals
1952 (Third Section)	8th	Unknown, do you know?	Three Songs without Words

Recent Form

None

Dunfermline Town

Competed at this contest 21 times prior to 1962, first recorded in 1896. Conductor at this contest is Unknown, do you know?

Scottish Championship History

1961	Unknown Result		Les Preludes (Rimmer)
1959 (Second Section)	2nd	Gregor Grant	The Yorkshire Riding Suite
1956 (Second Section)	4th	Gregor Grant	Land of the Ever Young
1954 (Second Section)	4th	Drake Rimmer	Thames Valley Suite
1952 (Second Section)	10th	Unknown, do you know?	King Lear

Recent Form

None

Hawick Saxhorn

Competed at this contest 31 times prior to 1962, first recorded in 1895. Conductor at this contest is Unknown, do you know?

Scottish Championship History

1961	1st	James Amos	Les Preludes (Rimmer)
1957	16th	Unknown, do you know?	The Moor of Venice
1956	7th	Unknown, do you know?	Themes from Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)
1955	Unknown Result		Orion
1954	4th	James Amos	The Severn Suite
1953 (Second Section)	1st	James Amos	Overture for an Epic Occasion
1952 (Second Section)	3rd	James Amos	King Lear

Recent Form

28th Oct 1961: 26th - National Championship of Great Britain (Championship Section Final), conductor James Amos.

Newmains

Competed at this contest 4 times prior to 1962, first recorded in 1955. Conductor at this contest is Unknown, do you know?

Scottish Championship History

1960	2nd	R. S. Dow	Themes from Symphony No. 5 (Tchaikovsky)
1957	4th	R. S. Dow	The Moor of Venice
1956	9th	Unknown, do you know?	Themes from Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)
1955	6th	Charles Telfer	Orion

Recent Form

None

Renfrew Burgh

Competed at this contest 22 times prior to 1962, first recorded in 1919. Conductor at this contest is Unknown, do you know?

Scottish Championship History

1961	Unknown Result		Les Preludes (Rimmer)
1957	16th	Unknown, do you know?	The Moor of Venice
1956 (Second Section)	2nd	J. Peckham	Land of the Ever Young
1955	Unknown Result		Orion
1953	16th	Unknown, do you know?	The Golden Hind
1952	6th	Unknown, do you know?	Unfinished Symphony (arr. Greenwood)

Recent Form

None

Tullis Russell

Competed at this contest 22 times prior to 1962, first recorded in 1921. Conductor at this contest is Unknown, do you know?

Scottish Championship History

1961	Unknown Result		Les Preludes (Rimmer)
1957	6th	Unknown, do you know?	The Moor of Venice
1956	10th	Unknown, do you know?	Themes from Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)
1955	3rd	Drake Rimmer	Orion
1953	10th	Unknown, do you know?	The Golden Hind
1952	1st	Drake Rimmer	Unfinished Symphony (arr. Greenwood)

Recent Form

None

Whitburn

Competed at this contest 15 times prior to 1962, first recorded in 1905. Conductor at this contest is Unknown, do you know?

Scottish Championship History

1961 (Second Section)	2nd	Harry Holwill	Symphonic Suite for Brass
1960 (Second Section)	3rd	Harry Holwill	Gallions Reach
1956 (Second Section)	Unknown Result		Land of the Ever Young
1955 (Second Section)	4th	Herbert Kearsley	Snowdon Fantasy
1954 (Second Section)	Unknown Result		Thames Valley Suite
1953 (Third Section)	2nd	Herbert Kearsley	Rhapsody on Negro Spirituals
1952 (Third Section)	4th	Herbert Kearsley	Three Songs without Words

Recent Form

28th Oct 1961: - National Championship of Great Britain (Second Section Final), conductor Harry Holwill.

More details and a map are available for this contest

Band	Distance
Forfar Instrumental	49.7 mi / 80.0 km
Clydebank Burgh	46.4 mi / 74.7 km
Renfrew Burgh	46.2 mi / 74.4 km
Scottish CWS	40.1 mi / 64.5 km
Hawick Saxhorn	39.7 mi / 63.9 km
Scottish Gas Board	33.0 mi / 53.1 km
Croy Parish	32.5 mi / 52.4 km
Newmains	28.4 mi / 45.7 km
Whitburn	19.4 mi / 31.3 km
Tullis Russell	17.6 mi / 28.4 km
Kinneil Colliery	16.3 mi / 26.2 km
Bo'ness & Carriden	15.9 mi / 25.6 km
Bowhill & District Colliery	14.0 mi / 22.6 km
Dunfermline Town	13.5 mi / 21.8 km
Barry Ostlere & Shepherd	11.9 mi / 19.2 km
Broxburn Public	10.2 mi / 16.4 km
Dalkeith Burgh	6.5 mi / 10.4 km
City of Edinburgh	0.3 mi / 0.6 km

Average distance: 24.6 mi / 39.5 km

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