Contesting

Not all bands enter competitions and there are some which shun the contest stage, preferring to concentrate their efforts in providing music for local events. For most players, though, contesting has always been an important part of brass banding, the reason that they spend so many hours trying to perfect their art. It provides them with the opportunity to test their musical skills against others and, of course, to bring home that silverware.

This section includes brass band contests which have taken place in Cornwall. I doubt that all are here, and there are certainly some results missing, but, over time, it is hoped that it will become a comprehensive record of all Cornish Contests.

 

 

 

1969

1^st Cornwall Brass Band Association Own choice Contest

 

Championship Section Test piece

Placed		Conductor	Points
1	St Dennis		194
2	Mount Charles	Alan Jenkin	189
3	St Stythians		188

 

Championship Section Hymn and March

Placed		Points
1	St Dennis	98
2	St Stythians	93
3	Mount Charles	92

 

Second Section Test Piece

1    Bugle Silver  186 points

2    Carharrack & St Day  175 points

3    St Pinnock Silver  172 points

4    Helston Town  171 points

Carharrack & District  164 points

Redruth Silver  164 points

St Keverne Silver

 

Second Section Hymn & March

1    Carharrack & District  96 points

2    Carharrack & St Day  95

3    Helston Town  93 points

4    St Keverne Silver  91 points

Bugle Silver

Redruth Silver

St Pinnock Silver

 

Third Section Test Piece

1    Bude Town  173 points

2    St Ives Town  172 points

3    St Breward Silver  169 points

4    Lostwithiel Silver Youth

 

Third Section Hymn & March

1    Bude Town  93 points

2    St Breward Silver  91 points

3    Lostwithiel Silver Youth  82 points

3    St Ives Town  82 points

 

 

1970

2^nd Cornwall Brass Band Association Own choice Contest

 

Championship Section Test piece

Placed		Conductor	Points
1	St Stythians Silver	E Floyd	186
2	Mount Charles	Alan Jenkin	184
3	Bugle	Hugh Camps	182
	St Pinnock Silver

 

Championship Section Hymn & March

1    St Stythians Silver  87 points

2    Mount Charles Silver  86 points

3    Bugle Silver  85 points

St Pinnock

 

 

Second Section Hymn and March

Placed		Points
1	Carharrack & St Day	82
2	St Pinnock Silver	81
3	Lanner & District	80
	Lostwithiel Silver Youth

St Keverne Silver

 

 

Second Section test piece

Placed		Conductor	Points
1	St Pinnock	Joe Armstrong	176
2	Carharrack & St Day	Clifford Bolitho	174
3	Lanner & District	A J Bedding	173
4	Lostwithiel Silver Youth
	St Keverne Silver

 

Third Section test piece

Placed		Conductor	Points
1	Gweek	William Dower	179
2	Lostwithiel Silver Youth		174
3	St Ives Town	D O’Connell	173

Third Section Hymn & March

1    Lostwithiel Silver Youth

2    Gweek Silver

3    St Ives Town

 

 

 

 

Compiled by Tony Mansell (Bardh Kernow)