User:WilliamF1two/Band of the Year/2001

Rochdale Contest
Date: Sunday 28th January 2001 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 High School, Wardle Format: Own choice (combined Championship and First sections) Adjudicator: Colin Hardy

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points

Durham League Contest
Date: Sunday 4th February 2001 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Leisure Centre, Peterlee Format: Set test (The Essence of Time – Peter Graham) Adjudicator: Derek Broadbent

Brass at the Guild Contest
Date: Sunday 11th February 2001 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Guild Hall, Preston Format: Own choice Adjudicator: C. Brian Buckley

Only bands from the national Championship section were eligible for points Pemberton Old Wigan and Blackburn and Darwen were awarded points despite being from the national First section, as they also achieved a top 5 finish at other contests later in the year

Oxfordshire & District BBA Winter Contest
Date: Sunday 18th February 2001 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Cowley Conservative Club, Oxford Format: Own choice (combined Championship, First and Second sections) Adjudicator: Alan Mossford

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points

Cornwall Brass Band Assocation Contest
Date: Saturday 3rd March 2001 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Hall for Cornwall, Truro Format: Own choice Adjudicator: Goff Richards

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points

Midlands Area
Date: Sunday 4th March 2001 Class: B Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Town Hall, Burton upon Trent Format: Set test (Jazz – Philip Wilby) Adjudicator: William Relton

Yorkshire Area
Date: Sunday 4th March 2001 Class: B Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 St George's Hall, Bradford Format: Set test (Jazz – Philip Wilby) Adjudicator: Steve Sykes

North West Area
Date: Sunday 11th March 2001 Class: B Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Winter Gardens, Blackpool Format: Set test (Jazz – Philip Wilby) Adjudicator: Malcolm Brownbill

Scottish Championship
Date: Sunday 11th March 2001 Class: B Location: Town Hall, Falkirk Format: Set test (Jazz – Philip Wilby) Adjudicator: Colin Hardy

London and Southern Counties Area
Date: Sunday 18th March 2001 Class: B Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Arts & Leisure Centre, Stevenage Format: Set test (Jazz – Philip Wilby) Adjudicator: Steve Sykes

North of England Area
Date: Sunday 18th March 2001 Class: B Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dolphin Centre, Darlington Format: Set test (Jazz – Philip Wilby) Adjudicator: Garry Cutt

Welsh Area
Date: Sunday 1st April 2001 Class: B Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Brangwyn Hall, Swansea Format: Set test (Jazz – Philip Wilby) Adjudicator: James Scott

West of England Area
Date: Sunday 1st April 2001 Class: B Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Riviera Centre, Torquay Format: Set test (Jazz – Philip Wilby) Adjudicator: Goff Richards

Tameside Open Championships
Date: Sunday 1st April 2001 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tameside Hippodrome, Ashton-under-Lyne Format: Own choice Adjudicator: Roy Newsome

Only bands from the national Championship section were eligible for points Blackburn and Darwen and Pemberton Old Wigan were awarded points despite being from the national First section, as they also achieved a top 5 finish at other contests during the year

Carnegie Invitation Contest
Date: Saturday 21st April 2001 Class: E Location: Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline Format: Own choice Adjudicator: Malcolm Brownbill

Only bands from England, Scotland and Wales were eligible for points

European Championships
Date: Saturday 5th May 2001 Class: A Location: Music & Convention Centre, Montreux Format: Set test (Montreux Wind Dances – Carl Rütti) and own choice Adjudicators: Jappie Dijkstra, Maurice Hamers and Thomas Wyss (set test), Pascal Eicher, Roy Newsome and Allan Withington (own choice)

Only bands from England, Scotland and Wales were eligible for points

Grand Shield
Date: Saturday 5th May 2001 Class: B Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Winter Gardens, Blackpool Format: Set test (An Epic Symphony – Percy Fletcher) Adjudicators: Derek Broadbent and David Read

Senior Cup
Date: Saturday 5th May 2001 Class: C Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Winter Gardens, Blackpool Format: Set test (Prometheus Unbound – Granville Bantock) Adjudicators: James Scott and Geoffrey Whitham

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points

Buxton Festival
Date: Sunday 6th May 2001 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Pavilion Gardens, Buxton Format: Own choice (combined Championship and First sections) Adjudicator: John Berryman

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points

East Anglian BBA Spring Festival
Date: Sunday 6th May 2001 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 St. Andrew's Hall, Norwich Format: Set test (Tournament for Brass – Eric Ball) (combined Championship and First sections) Adjudicator: Alan Hope

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points

SEWBBA (Ebbw Vale) Contest
Date: Saturday 12th May 2001 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Leisure Centre, Ebbw Vale Format: Set test (Tallis Variations – Philip Sparke) Adjudicator: Goff Richards

Only bands from the national Championship section were eligible for points Tongwynlais Temperance were awarded points despite being from the national First section, as they also achieved a top 5 finish at other contests later in the year

Whitehaven Contest
Date: Sunday 13th May 2001 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Civic Hall, Whitehaven Format: Own choice (combined Championship and First sections) Adjudicator: Roy Newsome

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points Blackburn and Darwen were awarded points despite being from the First section, as they also achieved a top 5 finish at other contests during the year

Weston-super-Mare Contest
Date: Sunday 20th May 2001 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Winter Gardens Pavilion, Weston-super-Mare Format: Own choice (combined Championship and First sections) Adjudicator: Derek Broadbent

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points Tongwynlais Temperance were awarded points despite being from the First section, as they also achieved a top 5 finish at other contests during the year

All England Masters
Date: Sunday 27th May 2001 Class: C Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Corn Exchange, Cambridge Format: Set test (Pageantry – Herbert Howells) Adjudicators: Roy Newsome, James Scott and Geoffrey Whitham

West of England Bandsmen's Festival
Date: Saturday 16th June 2001 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Molinnis Park, Bugle Format: Set test (Le Roi d'Ys – Edouard Lalo arr. Frank Wright) (combined Championship and First sections) Adjudicator: William Relton

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points

British Open
Date: Saturday 15th September 2001 Class: A Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Symphony Hall, Birmingham Format: Set test (Les Preludes – Franz Liszt arr. Bram Gay) Adjudicators: John Iveson, James Scott and James Williams

Fife Charities Band Association Contest
Date: Saturday 15th September 2001 Class: E Location: Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline Format: March, hymn and own choice Adjudicators: David Robb and Dennis Taylor

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points

Fleetwood Contest
Date: Sunday 7th October 2001 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Marine Hall, Fleetwood Format: Own choice (combined Championship and First section) Adjudicator: Roy Roe

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points

West Wales BBA Festival Contest
Date: Saturday 13th October 2001 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Memorial Hall, Burry Port Format: Own choice Adjudicator: Lloyd Landry

Only bands from the national Championship section were eligible for points Tongwynlais Temperance were awarded points despite being from the national First section, as they also achieved a top 5 finish at other contests earlier in the year

SCABA Autumn Contest
Date: Sunday 14th October 2001 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone Format: Own choice Adjudicator: Roy Curran

Only bands from the national Championship section were eligible for points Only bands from England, Scotland and Wales were eligible for points

National Championship of Great Britain
Date: Saturday 20th October 2001 Class: A Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Royal Albert Hall, London Format: Set test (Albion – Jan van der Roost) Adjudicators: Roy Newsome, David Read and Jan van der Roost

Pontins Championship
Date: Sunday 28th October 2001 Class: C Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Pontins, Prestatyn Format: Set test (Diadem of Gold – George Bailey arr. Frank Wright) Adjudicators: Derek Broadbent and David Read

Reading Contest
Date: Saturday 10th November 2001 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Town Hall, Reading Format: Set test (Partita – Philip Sparke) Adjudicators: Howard Evans and Philip Sparke

SWBBA Contest
Date: Saturday 10th November 2001 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Riviera Centre, Torquay Format: Set test (Tallis Variations – Philip Sparke) Adjudicators: Brett Baker and John Berryman

Only bands from the national Championship section were eligible for points

Forth Valley Championships
Date: Sunday 11th November 2001 Class: E Location: Town Hall, Falkirk Format: Own choice Adjudicator: Geoffrey Whitham

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points

Brass in Concert
Date: Sunday 18th November 2001 Class: D Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Leisure Centre, Spennymoor Format: Entertainments Adjudicators: Nigel Boddice and Geoffrey Whitham (music), Colin Hardy and David Horsfield (entertainment) and Jim Davies (soloist)

Wilkinson Northern Open
Date: Sunday 18th November 2001 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Theatre Royal, St Helens Format: Set test (Variations on a Ninth – Gilbert Vinter) Adjudicator: Barry Thompson

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points Blackburn and Darwen were awarded points despite being from the First section, as they also achieved a top 5 finish at other contests earlier in the year

National Mineworkers
Date: Saturday 24th November 2001 Class: C Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Winter Gardens, Blackpool Format: Set test (Isaiah 40 – Robert Redhead) Adjudicator: Roy Newsome

North Wales Championships
Date: Saturday 24th November 2001 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Theatr Colwyn, Colwyn Bay Format: Own choice (combined Championship and First sections) Adjudicator: Colin Hardy

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points

GBBA Own Choice Contest
Date: Sunday 25th November 2001 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Royal Forest of Dean College, Coleford Format: Own choice (combined Championship, First and Second sections) Adjudicator: Malcolm Brownbill

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points

Wessex BBA Contest
Date: Saturday 1st December 2001 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Arts Centre, Poole Format: Set test (Salute to Youth – Gilbert Vinter) Adjudicator: Nigel Seaman

Only bands from the national Championship section were eligible for points

Aylesbury (Bucks & District BBA) Contest
Date: Sunday 2nd December 2001 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Civic Centre Theatre, Aylesbury Format: Own choice Adjudicators: Lloyd Landry and Dennis Masters

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points Welwyn Garden City were awarded points despite being from the First section, as they also achieved a top 5 finish at the SCABA Autumn Contest earlier in the year

West Midlands BBA Contest
Date: Sunday 2nd December 2001 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa Format: Own choice Adjudicator: Geoffrey Whitham

Only bands from the national Championship section were eligible for points