2025 Full Results

2025 West of England Bandsmen's Festival - 21st June 2025

Adjudicator: Melvin White

Championship Section

Test Piece: A Tale As Yet Untold (Philip Sparke) & In Perfect Peace (Kenneth Downie)

  1. Band
    Conductor
    Placing
    Marks
  2. 1st / 1st
    192pts / 190pts
  3. 2nd / 2nd
    187pts / 187pts

Special Awards

  1. Award
    Name
    Instrument
    Band
  2. Best Player
    John Hitchens
    Euphonium
    Camborne Town

First Section

Test Piece: Land of the Long White Cloud (Philip Sparke) & Knight Templar (George Allen)

  1. Band
    Conductor
    Placing
    Marks
  2. 1st / 1st
    184pts / 184pts
  3. 2nd / 4th
    181pts
  4. 3rd / 2nd
    180pts / 182pts
  5. 4th / 3rd
    / 180pts

Special Awards

  1. Award
    Name
    Instrument
    Band
  2. Best Player
    Hannah Hawken
    Cornet
    St Austell Town

Second Section

Test Piece: Sword, Jewel and Mirror (Philip Sparke) & Star Lake (Eric Ball)

  1. Band
    Conductor
    Placing
    Marks
  2. 1st / 1st
    180pts / 180pts
  3. 2nd / 2nd
    177pts / 177pts

Special Awards

  1. Award
    Name
    Instrument
    Band
  2. Best Player
    Cornet
    Shrewton Silver

Fourth Section

Test Piece: Own Choice

  1. Band
    Conductor
    Placing
    Marks
  2. 1st
    175pts
  3. 2nd
    174pts

Special Awards

  1. Award
    Name
    Instrument
    Band
  2. Best Player
    Wendy Chidgey
    Cornet
    Illogan Sparnon Silver Band

Training Section

Test Piece: Own Choice Programme

  1. Band
    Conductor
    Placing
    Marks
  2. 1st
  3. 2nd

Special Awards

  1. Award
    Name
    Instrument
    Band
  2. Best Player
    Tracey Barden
    Flugel
    Carharrack & St Day
  3. Best Cornet Player
    Clare Chapman
    Cornet
    Carharrack & St Day

Youth Section

Test Piece: Own Choice Programme

  1. Band
    Conductor
    Placing
    Marks
  2. 1st
  3. 2nd

Special Awards

  1. Award
    Name
    Instrument
    Band
  2. Best Player
    Eva Margetts
    Horn
    St Austell Town
  3. Best Cornet Player
    Cornet
    St Austell Town
  4. Winning Conductor
    Anna Minear
    St Austell Town

Festival Showcase Section

Test Piece: Own Choice Programme

Deportment

Adjudicator: Jonathan Lush Camps

  1. Band
    Placing
    Mark
  2. Bodmin Town
    1st
    36pts
  3. Shrewton Silver
    2nd
    31pts

Special Awards

  1. Award
    Name
    Band
  2. Best Soprano
    Les Kneebone
    Camborne Town
  3. Best Cornet
    Lia Teague
    Camborne Town
  4. Best Euphonium
    John Hitchens
    Camborne Town
  5. Best Solo Horn
    Jo Scott
    Camborne Town
  6. Best Trombone Section
    David Retallack, Tom Orchard, Dominic Turner
    Camborne Town
  7. Best Flugel Horn
    Jo Mackenzie
    Camborne Town
  8. Best Basses Section
    Zach Schofield-Lea, David Coad, Matt Julian, Kevin Bragg
    Camborne Town
  9. Best Percussion Section
    Thomas Arnold
    St Austell Youth
  10. The Jane Family Cup
    Terry Sleeman
    St Dennis
  11. The Lang Bennetts Cup
    Graham Ball

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