Gloucestershire Brass Band Association
GBBA Own Choice Contest - 2017
Date: 19 November 2017
Venue: All Saints Academy Cheltenham
Adjudicator: Steve Pritchard-Jones
Section D - Youth, Training & Un-registered
Overall Winners - City of Bristol Learners Band (£50 Music voucher)
Best Instrumentalist - Soprano of City of Bristol Learner Band
Most Players under 14 - The Ossie Adlam Memorial Trophy - Lydbrook Training Band
Youngest Player - The Ivor Jordan Memorial Trophy - Joshua (7) of City of Bristol Learners Band
Best Section containing most youth - Fred Pensom Trophy - Trombones of City of Bristol Learners Band
Section B - Second, Third and Fourth Section Bands
Awards (Overall)
Test Piece 1st Place - The A S Felton Trophy & £200 - Chinnor (Section 2)
March 1st Place - The Maxi Cup - Chinnor (Section 2)
Best Instrumentalist - Flugel - Chinnor
Highest placed 2nd Section Band in Test Piece - Sid Stevens Challenge Trophy - Chinnor
Highest placed 3rd Section Band in Test Piece - The A.R. Watkins Cup - Cinderford
Section 4
Best Trombone Section - John Jones Memorial Trophy - Malvern Hills
1st place March - Boosey & Hawkes Challenge Cup - Malvern Hills
1st place Test Piece - SH Brookes (Cirencester) Trophy - Malvern Hills
Winning Conductor - Graham Watkins Trophy - Chris Licence - Malvern Hills
Section A - Championship / First Section Bands
Awards
Test Piece 1st Place - The West of England Trophy & £100 - Forest of Dean Brass
March 1st Place - The Windsor Eyles Cup - Wotton Under Edge
The James Whitson Trophy – Winning Conductor - Chris Howley - Forest of Dean Brass
Best Instrumentalist - Flugel – Forest of Dean Brass
Special Awards - All Sections
Best Cornet Player of the Day - The Arthur Gardner Memorial Trophy - Solo Cornet – Forest of Dean Brass
Best Flugel Player of the Day - The Tedder Watkins Trophy - Forest of Dean Brass
Best Horn Section of the Day - The Glenys Purvis Memorial Trophy - Chinnor
Best Euphonium Player of the Day - The Steve Purvis Memorial Trophy - Chinnor
Best Bass Section of the Day - The Randall Phillips Memorial Trophy - Forest of Dean Brass
Best Percussion Section of the Day - The Haydn Evans Memorial Trophy - Bream
The Cooling Shield - Best Instrumentalist of the Day - Craig Wintle – Solo Cornet – Forest of Dean Brass