Tilbury take Top Honours at scaba Spring Contest

Published in Contest on 2014-04-30 by scaba

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There was a great day of music making to enjoy at the Hawth Theatre in Crawley on Sunday 27th April, with 13 bands playing to an appreciative audience and adjudicator Paul Cosh at the scaba Spring Contest.

The Tilbury Band directed by Andrew Austin took the First Section honours, with very nearly a clean sweep of the prizes on offer.  Cranbrook Town under Ian Lanceley claimed victory in the Second section for the second year running, with Brighton & Hove City Brass topping the Third Section conducted by Matthew Hackett. Shanklin Town Youth won the Youth Section.

Results:

First Section:
1. Tilbury (Andrew Austin)
2. Horsham Borough (Andrew Kershaw)
3. Fairlop Brass (Kevin Jordan)

Hymn Tune: Fairlop
March: Tilbury

Best Horn Section: Tilbury
Best Bass Section: Tilbury
Best Tenor Trombone: Greg White (Tilbury)
Best Bass Trombone: Barry Chaplin (Tilbury)
Conductor's Prize: Andrew Austin (Tilbury)

Second Section:
1. Cranbrook Town (Ian Lanceley)
2. Uckfield Concert Brass (Nick Morris)
3. Godalming (James Haigh)
4. Shanklin Town (Malcolm Lewis)

Hymn Tune: Uckfield
March: Cranbrook

Best Instrumentalist: David Newsom (euphonium), Cranbrook
Best Trombone Section: Uckfield Concert Brass
Conductor's Prize: Ian Lanceley (Cranbrook)

Third Section:
1. Brighton & Hove City Brass (Matthew Hackett)
2. Pangbourne & District Silver (Stewart Lewins)
3. Patcham Silver (James Benka-Coker)
4. Cobham (Glen Hayter)

Hymn Tune: Brighton & Hove City Brass
March: Pangbourne & District Silver

Best Instrumentalist: Richard Powell (cornet), Pangbourne
Best Horn Section: Brighton & Hove City Brass
Best Solo Cornet Section: Patcham Silver
Conductor's Prize: Matthew Hackett (Brighton & Hove City Brass)

Youth Section:
1. Shanklin Town Youth (Malcolm Lewis)
2. Patcham Silver Youth (Sandra Clinton)

Hymn Tune: Shanklin
March: Shanklin

Best Instrumentalist: Alex Warner (cornet), Shanklin Town Youth
Conductor's Prize: Malcolm Lewis (Shanklin Town Youth)

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