User:WilliamF1two/Band of the Year/2002

Rochdale Contest
Date: Sunday 27th January 2002 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 High School, Wardle Format: Own choice (combined Championship and First sections) Adjudicator: Darrol Barry

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points Blackburn and Darwen, United Norwest Co-op Milnrow and Ashton-under-Lyne were awarded points despite being from the First section, as they also achieved a top 5 finish at other contests later in the year

Durham League Contest
Date: Sunday 3rd February 2002 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Leisure Centre, Spennymoor Format: Set test (John O'Gaunt – Gilbert Vinter) (combined Championship, First and Second sections) Adjudicator: Tony Swainson

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points

Brass at the Guild Contest
Date: Sunday 10th February 2002 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Guild Hall, Preston Format: Own choice Adjudicator: Roy Roe

Only bands from the national Championship section were eligible for points

Oxfordshire & District BBA Winter Contest
Date: Sunday 17th February 2002 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Cowley Conservative Club, Oxford Format: Own choice (combined Championship and First sections) Adjudicator: Roy Sparkes

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

Midlands Area
Date: Sunday 3rd March 2002 Class: B Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Town Hall, Burton upon Trent Format: Set test (Whitsun Wakes – Michael Ball) Adjudicator: Goff Richards

Yorkshire Area
Date: Sunday 3rd March 2002 Class: B Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 St George's Hall, Bradford Format: Set test (Whitsun Wakes – Michael Ball) Adjudicator: James Scott

North West Area
Date: Sunday 10th March 2002 Class: B Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Winter Gardens, Blackpool Format: Set test (Whitsun Wakes – Michael Ball) Adjudicator: Roy Newsome

Scottish Championship
Date: Sunday 10th March 2002 Class: B Location: Civic Centre, Motherwell Format: Set test (Whitsun Wakes – Michael Ball) Adjudicator: David Read

London and Southern Counties Area
Date: Sunday 17th March 2002 Class: B Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Arts & Leisure Centre, Stevenage Format: Set test (Whitsun Wakes – Michael Ball) Adjudicator: James Scott

North of England Area
Date: Sunday 17th March 2002 Class: B Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dolphin Centre, Darlington Format: Set test (Whitsun Wakes – Michael Ball) Adjudicator: Malcolm Brownbill

Welsh Area
Date: Sunday 17th March 2002 Class: B Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Brangwyn Hall, Swansea Format: Set test (Whitsun Wakes – Michael Ball) Adjudicator: Steve Sykes

West of England Area
Date: Saturday 6th April 2002 Class: B Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Colston Hall, Bristol Format: Set test (Whitsun Wakes – Michael Ball) Adjudicator: William Relton

Tameside Open Championships
Date: Sunday 7th April 2002 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tameside Hippodrome, Ashton-under-Lyne Format: Own choice Adjudicator: Derek Broadbent

Only bands from the national Championship section were eligible for points Ashton-under-Lyne, United Norwest Co-op Milnrow 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 during the year

SEWBBA (Ebbw Vale) Contest
Date: Saturday 20th April 2002 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Leisure Centre, Ebbw Vale Format: Own choice Adjudicator: Malcolm Brownbill

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

SCABA Spring Contest
Date: Sunday 21st April 2002 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Town Hall, Hove Format: Own choice Adjudicator: John Berryman

Only bands from the national Championship section were eligible for points

Holme Valley Brass Band Contest
Date: Sunday 28th April 2002 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Civic Hall, Holmfirth Format: Own choice (combined Championship, First, Second and Third sections) Adjudicator: David Hirst

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points

European Championships
Date: Saturday 4th May 2002 Class: A Location: 🇧🇪 Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels Format: Set test (Chain – Piet Swerts) and own choice Adjudicators: Herbert Møller, Philip Sparke and Jan van der Roost (set test), James Gourlay, Yves Illi and Manu Mallearts (own choice)

Only bands from England, Scotland and Wales were eligible for points Brass Band Willebroek were awarded points despite being from Belgium, as they also entered the SCABA Autumn Contest later in the year

Buxton Festival
Date: Sunday 5th May 2002 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Pavilion Gardens, Buxton Format: Own choice (combined Championship and First sections) Adjudicator: Roy Roe

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points

Grand Shield
Date: Saturday 11th May 2002 Class: B Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Winter Gardens, Blackpool Format: Set test (Four Dances from Checkmate – Arthur Bliss arr. Eric Ball) Adjudicators: Nicholas Childs and Robert Childs

Senior Cup
Date: Saturday 11th May 2002 Class: C Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Winter Gardens, Blackpool Format: Set test (Le Carnaval Romain – Hector Berlioz arr. Frank Wright) Adjudicators: Malcolm Brownbill and Roy Newsome

Senior Trophy
Date: Saturday 11th May 2002 Class: D Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Winter Gardens, Blackpool Format: Set test (Un Vie de Matelot (A Sailor's Life) – Robert Farnon) Adjudicators: James Scott and Geoffrey Whitham

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points

Cumbria Band Association Contest
Date: Sunday 12th May 2002 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Civic Hall, Whitehaven Format: Set test (Tallis Variations – Philip Sparke) and own choice Adjudicator: Colin Hardy

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

Weston-super-Mare Contest
Date: Sunday 19th May 2002 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Winter Gardens Pavilion, Weston-super-Mare Format: Own choice (combined Championship and First sections) Adjudicator: Derek Greenwood

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points

All England Masters
Date: Sunday 26th May 2002 Class: C Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Corn Exchange, Cambridge Format: Set test (Atlantic – Philip Wilby) Adjudicators: Eric Crees, David Read and James Scott

West of England Bandsmen's Festival
Date: Saturday 15th June 2002 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Molinnis Park, Bugle Format: Set test (Diversions on a Bass Theme – George Lloyd) Adjudicator: David Read

Fife Charities Band Association Contest
Date: Saturday 7th September 2002 Class: E Location: Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline Format: March, hymn and own choice Adjudicator: Chris Wormald

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points

Hardraw Scar Contest
Date: Sunday 8th September 2002 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 The Green Dragon, Hardraw Format: Set test (Carnival Overture – Antonin Dvořák arr. Roy Newsome) Adjudicator: David Horsfield

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points

British Open
Date: Saturday 14th September 2002 Class: A Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Symphony Hall, Birmingham Format: Set test (The Maunsell Forts – John McCabe) Adjudicators: Michael Ball, David Read and William Relton

West Wales BBA Festival Contest
Date: Saturday 5th October 2002 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Amman Valley Comprehensive School, Ammanford Format: Own choice Adjudicator: C. Brian Buckley

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

Fleetwood Contest
Date: Sunday 6th October 2002 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Marine Hall, Fleetwood Format: Own choice Adjudicator: John Berryman

Only bands from the national Championship section were eligible for points Blackburn and Darwen 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: Saturday 12th October 2002 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone Format: Own choice Adjudicator: Geoffrey Whitham

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 19th October 2002 Class: A Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Royal Albert Hall, London Format: Set test (Masquerade – Philip Wilby) Adjudicators: Malcolm Brownbill, David Read and William Relton

Pontins Championship
Date: Sunday 27th October 2002 Class: C Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Pontins, Prestatyn Format: Set test (Ballet for Band – Joseph Horovitz) Adjudicators: Richard Evans and Alan Lawton

Only bands from the national Championship section were eligible for points Ashton-under-Lyne 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

NWABBA Contest
Date: Sunday 3rd November 2002 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 King George's Hall, Blackburn Format: Own choice (combined Championship and First sections) Adjudicator: John Berryman

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points United Norwest Co-op Milnrow were awarded points despite being from the First section, as they also achieved a top 5 finish at other contests earlier in the year

SWBBA Contest
Date: Saturday 9th November 2002 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Riviera Centre, Torquay Format: Set test (Journey into Freedom – Eric Ball) Adjudicator: Derek Broadbent

National Mineworkers
Date: Saturday 16th November 2002 Class: C Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Winter Gardens, Blackpool Format: Set test (The Essence of Time – Peter Graham) Adjudicator: David Read

SEWBBA (Treorchy) Contest
Date: Saturday 16th November 2002 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Parc and Dare Hall, Treorchy Format: Set test (Le Roi d'Ys – Edouard Lalo arr. Frank Wright) Adjudicator: John Berryman

Only bands from the national Championship section were eligible for points Thomas Coaches Mid Rhondda and 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

Brass in Concert
Date: Sunday 17th November 2002 Class: D Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Leisure Centre, Spennymoor Format: Entertainments Adjudicators: Nigel Boddice and Rob Wiffin (music), Roy Sparkes and Barry Thompson (entertainment) and Roy Roe (soloist)

Wilkinson Northern Open
Date: Sunday 17th November 2002 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Theatre Royal, St Helens Format: Set test (Ballet for Band – Joseph Horovitz) (combined Championship and First sections) Adjudicator: Colin Hardy

North Wales Championships
Date: Saturday 23rd November 2002 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Ysgol John Bright, Llandudno Format: Own choice Adjudicator: Roy Roe

Only bands from the national Championship section were eligible for points

GBBA Own Choice Contest
Date: Sunday 24th November 2002 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Royal Forest of Dean College, Coleford Format: Own choice Adjudicator: Steve Sykes

Leicestershire BBA (Leicester) Contest
Date: Sunday 24th November 2002 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Beauchamp College, Oadby Format: Own choice Adjudicator: Roy Newsome

Only bands from the national Championship section were eligible for points Kibworth were awarded points despite being from the national First section, as they also achieved a top 5 finish at the West Midlands BBA Contest later in the year

Aylesbury (Bucks & District BBA) Contest
Date: Sunday 1st December 2002 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Civic Centre Theatre, Aylesbury Format: Own choice Adjudicators: Alan Mossford and Bram Wiggins

Only bands from the national Championship section were eligible for points

West Midlands BBA Contest
Date: Sunday 1st December 2002 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa Format: Own choice Adjudicator: Goff Richards

Only bands from the national Championship section were eligible for points Kibworth were awarded points despite being from the national First section, as they also achieved a top 5 finish at the Leicestershire BBA (Leicester) Contest earlier in the year

Wessex BBA Contest
Date: Saturday 7th December 2002 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Arts Centre, Poole Format: Set test (Fantasy for Brass Band – Malcolm Arnold) Adjudicator: Duncan Beckley

Only bands from the national Championship section were eligible for points