We retained our Brass In Concert title at the Sage, thereby becoming the first band in history to win the European, British Open, National and BiC titles in the same calendar year.
The full BiC results were:
Results:
Adjudicators:
In order of marks:
Les Neish & Florent Didier (Music: Quality of Performance)
Mike Kilroy (Programme Content)
Duncan Stubbs & Derek Southcott (Entertainment)
Music/Music/Content/Entertainment = Total
Neish/Didier/Kilroy/Stubbs/Southcott = Total
Separate award: Katrina Marzella-Wheeler (Soloist)
1. Cory (Philip Harper): (1) 60 / (1) 60 / (1) 40 / (3) 18 / (1) 20: 198pts
2. Grimethorpe Colliery (Phillip McCann): (2) 57 / (3) 54 / (5) 32 / (1) 20 / (2) 19: 182pts
3. Brighouse & Rastrick (Leigh Baker): (3) 54 / (6) 45 / (4) 34 / (5) 16 / (3) 18: 167pts
4. Carlton Main Frickley Colliery (Ian McElligott): (4) 51 / (7) 42 / (2) 38 / (4) 17 / (4) 17: 165pts
5. Brass Band Schoonhoven (Ivan Meylemans): (10) 33 / (2) 57 / (3) 36 / (2) 19 / (10) 11: 156pts
6. Flowers (Paul Holland): (6) 45 / (5) 48 / (6) 30 / (6) 15 / (5) 16: 154pts
7. Stavanger (Allan Withington): (5) 48 / (4) 51 / (7) 28 / (9) 12 / (11) 10: 149pts
8. Virtuosi GUS (Adam Cooke): (8) 39 / (9) 36 / (8) 26 / (8) 13 / (7) 14: 128pts
9. Reg Vardy (Russell Gray): (9) 36 / (8) 39 / (10) 22 / (7) 14 / (8) 13: 124pts
10. Hammonds Saltaire (Morgan Griffiths): (7) 42 / (10) 33 / (11) 20 / (11) 10 / (6) 15: 120pts
11. Dublin Silver (Tim Jameson): (11) 30 / (11) 30 / (9) 24 / (10) 11 / (9) 12: 107pts
Individual awards
Don Lusher Trombone Award: Chris Gommersall (Grimethorpe Colliery)
Harry Mortimer Best Principal Cornet Award: Tom Hutchinson (Cory)
The Fesa Trophy for Best Flugel Award: Helen Williams (Cory)
The Gateshead MBC Trophy for Best Soprano Award: Paul Richards (Flowers)
The Louis and Colin Johnson Trophy for Best Percussion Section: Flowers
Best Euphonium: Glyn Williams (Cory)
Best Baritone: Michael Cavanagh (Grimethorpe Colliery)
Best Horn: Arfon Owen (Stavanger)
John Fletcher Best Basses Award: Cory
Youngest Player: Ben Smith (aged 17) — Virtuosi GUS
Best Entertainment and Presentation: Grimethorpe Colliery
Best Programme Content: Cory
Quality of Performance: Cory
Best Soloist: Robbert Vos (euphonium) — Brass Band Schoonhoven
New Composition/Arrangement Award: Paul McGhee — Pandemic (Flowers)
Winning MD: Philip Harper (Cory)
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