User:WilliamF1two/Band of the Year/2005

Butlins Mineworkers
Date: Saturday 22nd January 2005 Class: C Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Butlins, Skegness Format: Set test (Harmony Music – Philip Sparke) and entertainments Adjudicators: Roy Newsome and David Read

Brass at the Guild Contest
Date: Sunday 6th February 2005 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Guild Hall, Preston Format: Own choice Adjudicator: Derek Broadbent

Only bands from the national Championship section were eligible for points Northop Silver and Poulton-le-Fylde 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

North of England Area
Date: Sunday 27th February 2005 Class: B Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dolphin Centre, Darlington Format: Set test (Overture to Rienzi – Richard Wagner arr. Howard Lorriman) Adjudicator: Geoffrey Whitham

Midlands Area
Date: Sunday 6th March 2005 Class: B Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Town Hall, Burton upon Trent Format: Set test (Overture to Rienzi – Richard Wagner arr. Howard Lorriman) Adjudicator: Roy Roe

Yorkshire Area
Date: Sunday 6th March 2005 Class: B Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 St George's Hall, Bradford Format: Set test (Overture to Rienzi – Richard Wagner arr. Howard Lorriman) Adjudicators: Nigel Boddice and David Horsfield

North West Area
Date: Sunday 13th March 2005 Class: B Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Winter Gardens, Blackpool Format: Set test (Overture to Rienzi – Richard Wagner arr. Howard Lorriman) Adjudicator: Geoffrey Whitham

Scottish Championship
Date: Sunday 13th March 2005 Class: B Location: Caird Hall, Dundee Format: Set test (Overture to Rienzi – Richard Wagner arr. Howard Lorriman) Adjudicators: Steve Pritchard-Jones and David Read

Welsh Area
Date: Sunday 13th March 2005 Class: B Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Brangwyn Hall, Swansea Format: Set test (Overture to Rienzi – Richard Wagner arr. Howard Lorriman) Adjudicator: William Relton

West of England Area
Date: Sunday 13th March 2005 Class: B Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Riviera Centre, Torquay Format: Set test (Overture to Rienzi – Richard Wagner arr. Howard Lorriman) Adjudicator: Roy Roe

London and Southern Counties Area
Date: Sunday 20th March 2005 Class: B Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Arts & Leisure Centre, Stevenage Format: Set test (Overture to Rienzi – Richard Wagner arr. Howard Lorriman) Adjudicator: David Read

Tameside Open Championships
Date: Sunday 3rd April 2005 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tameside Hippodrome, Ashton-under-Lyne Format: Own choice Adjudicator: Gareth Pritchard

Only bands from the national Championship section were eligible for points Ashton under Lyne, Marsden Silver Prize and Vernon Building Society (Poynton) Brass Band 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

European Championships
Date: Saturday 30th April 2005 Class: A Location: MartiniPlaza, Groningen Format: Set test (Extreme Make-over – Johan de Meij) and own choice Adjudicators: Roman Brogli, Durk Lautenbach and Jan van der Roost (set test), Philip Sparke, Per Kristian Svensen and Luuk Tuinstra (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 International Masters later in the year

Buxton Festival
Date: Sunday 1st May 2005 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Pavilion Gardens, Buxton Format: Own choice (combined Championship and First sections) Adjudicator: Malcolm Brownbill

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points Vernon Building Society (Poynton) Brass Band were awarded points despite being from the First section, as they also achieved a top 5 finish at the Tameside Open Championships earlier in the year

Grand Shield
Date: Saturday 7th May 2005 Class: B Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Winter Gardens, Blackpool Format: Set test (Masquerade – Philip Wilby) Adjudicators: David Read and William Relton

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points Ashton under Lyne were awarded points despite being from the First section, as they also achieved a top 5 finish at the Tameside Open Championships earlier in the year

Senior Cup
Date: Saturday 7th May 2005 Class: C Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Winter Gardens, Blackpool Format: Set test (Montage – Peter Graham) Adjudicators: Derek Broadbent and Malcolm Brownbill

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

Senior Trophy
Date: Saturday 7th May 2005 Class: D Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Winter Gardens, Blackpool Format: Set test (Connotations – Edward Gregson) Adjudicators: C. Brian Buckley and Chris Wormald

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points

SEWBBA (Ebbw Vale) Contest
Date: Saturday 14th May 2005 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Leisure Centre, Ebbw Vale Format: Own choice Adjudicator: David Read

Only bands from the national Championship section were eligible for points Parc and Dare were awarded points despite being from the national First section, as they also achieved a top 5 finish at the SEWBBA (Treorchy) Contest later in the year

Weston-super-Mare Contest
Date: Sunday 15th May 2005 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Winter Gardens Pavilion, Weston-super-Mare Format: Own choice (combined Championship and First sections) Adjudicator: Roy Roe

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points Chalford were awarded points despite being from the First section, as they also achieved a top 5 finish at the GBBA Own Choice Contest later in the year

International Masters
Date: Sunday 29th May 2005 Class: D Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Corn Exchange, Cambridge Format: Set test (Cloudcatcher Fells – John McCabe) Adjudicators: John Miller, David Read and William Relton

West of England Bandsmen's Festival
Date: Saturday 18th June 2005 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Molinnis Park, Bugle Format: Set test (Contest Music – Wilfred Heaton) Adjudicator: William Relton

British Open
Date: Saturday 17th September 2005 Class: A Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Symphony Hall, Birmingham Format: Set test (The Night to Sing – Bramwell Tovey) Adjudicators: Nigel Boddice, Derek Broadbent and William Relton

West Wales BBA Festival Contest
Date: Saturday 1st October 2005 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Memorial Hall, Burry Port Format: Own choice Adjudicator: Roy Sparkes

Fleetwood Contest
Date: Sunday 2nd October 2005 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Marine Hall, Fleetwood Format: Own choice Adjudicator: Geoffrey Whitham

Only bands from the national Championship section were eligible for points Freckleton and Poulton-le-Fylde 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 2nd October 2005 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone Format: Own choice Adjudicator: Paul Norley

Only bands from England, Scotland and Wales were eligible for points Only bands from the national Championship section were eligible for points Regent Brass were awarded points despite being from the national First section, as they also achieved a top 5 finish at the Leicestershire BBA (Leicester) Contest later in the year

National Championship of Great Britain
Date: Saturday 15th October 2005 Class: A Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Royal Albert Hall, London Format: Set test (Eden – John Pickard) Adjudicators: John Berryman, Malcolm Brownbill and David Read

Fife Charities Band Association Contest
Date: Saturday 29th October 2005 Class: E Location: Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline Format: March, hymn and own choice Adjudicator: Stan Lippeatt

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points

Pontins Championship
Date: Sunday 30th October 2005 Class: C Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Pontins, Prestatyn Format: Set test (Three Figures – Herbert Howells) Adjudicators: Nigel Boddice and Geoffrey Whitham

SWBBA Contest
Date: Saturday 5th November 2005 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Riviera Centre, Torquay Format: Set test (Spectrum – Gilbert Vinter) Adjudicator: Roy Sparkes

Only bands from the national Championship section were eligible for points

SEWBBA (Treorchy) Contest
Date: Saturday 19th November 2005 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Parc and Dare Hall, Treorchy Format: Set test (Salome – Gareth Wood) Adjudicator: Malcolm Brownbill

Only bands from the national Championship section were eligible for points Parc and Dare were awarded points despite being from the national First section, as they also achieved a top 5 finish at the SEWBBA (Ebbw Vale) Contest earlier in the year

Brass in Concert
Date: Sunday 20th November 2005 Class: D Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 The Sage, Gateshead Format: Entertainments Adjudicators: Nigel Boddice and Goff Richards (music), Stan Lippeatt and Simone Rebello (entertainment) and Nick Hudson (soloist)

GBBA Own Choice Contest
Date: Sunday 20th November 2005 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Royal Forest of Dean College, Coleford Format: Own choice (combined Championship and First sections) Adjudicator: Ian McElligott

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points Chalford were awarded points despite being from the First section, as they also achieved a top 5 finish at the Weston-super-Mare Contest earlier in the year

Leicestershire BBA (Leicester) Contest
Date: Sunday 20th November 2005 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Guthlaxton College, Wigston Magna Format: Own choice Adjudicator: Colin Hardy

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

Wilkinson Northern Open
Date: Sunday 20th November 2005 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Theatre Royal, St Helens Format: Own choice (combined Championship and First sections) Adjudicator: Gareth Pritchard

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

Scottish Open
Date: Sunday 27th November 2005 Class: C Location: Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow Format: Own choice Adjudicators: Richard Evans and David Horsfield

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points

Durham League Contest
Date: Sunday 27th November 2005 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Leisure Centre, Spennymoor Format: Set test (Diversions on a Bass Theme – George Lloyd) (combined Championship, First and Second sections) Adjudicator: Barry Thompson

Only bands from the Championship section were eligible for points

Manchester District Contest
Date: Sunday 27th November 2005 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Civic Hall, Uppermill Format: Own choice (combined Championship, First and Second sections) Adjudicator: Ian Brownbill

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

Wessex BBA Contest
Date: Saturday 3rd December 2005 Class: E Location: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Pavilion, Weymouth Format: Set test (The Year of the Dragon – Philip Sparke) Adjudicator: Steve Sykes

Only bands from the national Championship section were eligible for points