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ConsTest: Birmingham Open

Sat 12 Apr 2025



Format: Own Choice Test Piece Contest
Adjudicators: Alan Morrison , Ryan Watkins
Venue: Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

Position Band Conductor Music Draw
1 Parc & Dare Dewi Griffiths Blitz 1980
10
2 Tewit Silver Martin Hall The Raid 2014
5
3 Audley Tom Hancock Albinus Variations 2021
12
4 Jackfield Simon Platford Chivalry 2003
14
5 Sovereign Brass Trevor Jones Montage 1994
7
6 Thoresby Colliery Luke Pallister Tallis Variations 1999
4
7 Ratby Co-operative Mid Nicholas Garman Friendly Takeover 2016
16
8 Wakefield Metropolitan Duncan Beckley Arkansas 2009
18
9 City of Birmingham Saphran Ali Oceans 1984
6
10 Staffordshire Lee Woodward In Memoriam R.K. 1976
15
11 Clock Face Miners Heritage Will Haw Images for Brass [Bulla] 2001
11
12 Nailsworth Silver Anri Adachi Oceans 1984
1
13 Syston Alex Bland The Mermaid of Zennor 2015
17
14 City of Wrexham Scott Lloyd The Plantagenets 1972
2
15 Harborough Ben Smith The Day of the Lord 2014
8
16 Amington Chris Barker Variations on Laudate Dominum 1976
9
17 Croft Silver Henry Dunger I, Daedalus 2024
13
18 Cleobury Mortimer Concert Chris Cobon Chorale and Toccata 1992
3

Royal Marines Highest Championship Section Band (£225 & £1,000 Geneva Voucher): Tewit Silver
World of Brass Highest Placed 1st Section Band (£200 & £1,000 Geneva Voucher): Parc & Dare
Craven Fawcett Highest Placed 2nd Section Band (£175 & £1,000 Geneva Voucher): Ratby Co-operative Mid
Highest Placed 3rd Section Band (£150 & £1,000 Geneva Voucher): Wakefield Metropolitan
Highest Placed 4th Section Band (£125 & £1,000 Geneva Voucher): Syston
Most Promising Lower Section Band (Rehearsal with a Denis Wick Artist): Ratby Co-operative Mid

Denis Wick Best Instrumentalist (A Denis Wick Mouthpiece and Mute): Andrea Lewis, Flugel Horn - Parc & Dare
Mick Foley Memoriam Best Cornet (An Alliance Mouthpiece): Luke Barker - City of Birmingham
Best Euphonium with Geneva (£50 + Lesson with a Geneva Artist): Ruth Fuller - Audley Brass
British Bandsman Best Bass Section: Parc & Dare
Best Back Row Section (£50 voucher for thecornetshop.com): Tewit Silver Band
Highest Supporters Attendance Prize (£50): Sovereign Brass

Overall ConsTest Champions receive £300
Overall Runner-Up recieves £200
Overall 3rd Place recieves £150
Overall 4th Place recieves £125
Overall 5th Place recieves £100

Bands by Section
Championship: Sovereign Brass, Staffordshire, Tewit Silver
1st Section: Audley, Jackfield, Parc & Dare, Thoresby Colliery
2nd Section: City of Birmingham, Nailsworth Silver, Harborough, Ratby Co-operative Mid
3rd Section: Amington, City of Wrexham, Cleobury Mortimer, Clock Face Miners Heritage, Wakefield Metropolitan
4th Section: Croft Silver, Syston





Printed from https://brassbandresults.co.uk/