National Youth Brass Band Championships of Great Britain

Saturday, 15th February 2003
Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester

Special Awards:

John Henry Iles Cup: Most promising Band Overall : Shaw Youth Band, founded and conducted by M. E. Tooley.
Individual Commitment to Brass Band music: Tom Gibson
Community Championship results
9.00am Brown Shipley Concert Hall
adjudicators: Duncan Beckley and John Berryman
Test Piece Narnia Suite By Geoffrey Burgon
1 Gold award Jag Mount Charles Youth Band Jon Small
2 Gold award Horbury Victoria Youth Tom Greatorex
3 Silver award Houghton Area Youth Band Les Palmer
  Silver award Chalford Youth Band Steve Tubb
  Silver award Lions Youth Brass Nigel Birch
  Silver award Poynton Youth Brass Band Andy Hirst
  Silver award Tewit Youth Band Malcolm Dibb
  Bronze award Haydock Youth Band Dave Chadwick
  Bronze award Shaw Youth Band M.E.Tooley
  Bronze award South East Cheshire Youth Band Louise Renshaw
 
Best instrumentalist: Elizabeth Pope aged 15, Euphonium, Horbury Youth.
Junior Championship results
9.00am Addleshaw Booth Theatre
adjudicators: Colin Hardy and Malcolm Brownbill
1 Gold Award St Helens Youth Training Band Lynda Nicholson
2 Gold Award Aberystwyth Youth School Band Alan Phillips
3 Gold Award Campbeltown Junior Brass Gordon Evans MBE
  Silver Award Gwynedd Mon Junior Brass Band John Glyn Jones
  Silver Award Stockport Schools Intermediate Brass Band Peter Gray
  Bronze award Chorley Silver Youth Stuart Pullin
  Bronze award Cwmtawe District Youth Band Wayne Pedrick
  Bronze award Ratby Co-Operative Youth Band Kevin Steward
  Bronze award Sellers International Youth Band Mark Bousie
  Bronze award Wardle High School Robert Duesbury
  withdrew Towneley High School Youth Band Dave Warren
Best Instrumentalist: Jason Lewis (15yrs) Solo Cornet, Aberystwyth Youth School Band
County Championship
2.30pm Addleshaw Booth Theatre
adjudicators: Paul Hindmarsh and Bryan Hurdley
Test Piece Northern Landscapes By Peter Graham
1 gold award Stockport Schools Senior Brass Band Colin Duxbury
2 gold award Northamptonshire County Youth Brass Band Adele Sellers
3 silver award Worcestershire Youth Brass Band Nicky Daw
  Bronze award Carmarthenshire County Youth Band Ceri John
  Bronze award Oldham Music Centre Youth Martyn Evans
Best instrumentalist: Nicholas Walkley, Worcester, Flugelhorn
Schools Championship
3.00pm Brown Shipley Concert Hall
adjudicators: Duncan Beckley and John Berryman
Test Piece A Malvern Suite By Philip Sparke
1 Gold Tapton School Brass Band Pat Phillips
2 Gold Abraham Darby Band Wayne Ruston
3 Gold Smithills School Senior Brass Band Chris Wormald
  Silver Wardle Youth Band Stuart Marshall
  Silver Glossopdale Community College Mark Bousie
  Bronze Egglescliffe School Brass Band Keith Hewson
Best instrumentalist: Thomas Osborne (19yrs), Cornet, Tapton School Band
Premier Championship
6.00pm Addleshaw Booth Theatre
adjudicators: Paul Hindmarsh and Bryan Hurdley
Test Piece Occasion By Edward Gregson
1 Gold West Lothian Schools Brass Band Nigel Boddice
2 Gold Rochdale Borough Youth Band Eric Landon
3 Silver Greater Gwent Youth Brass Band Robert Childs
4 Bronze Dobcross Youth Band Ted Griffiths