Tameside Whit Friday Brass Band Contest
Friday 24th May 2024
Tameside Overall
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Entry for the 'Tameside Overall' elements of the Whit Friday Brass Band Contest is automatic for all bands that compete at 6 or more Tameside contests.
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Who wins ?
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Each each band is scored out of a maximum 200pts at each contest they play.
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Each contest will work out their rankings accordingly (highest score places in position 1 and so on).
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The band with the lowest total sum of their 6 best rankings will place 1st overall and so on.
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For example if a band played 10 venues placing as follows 1,1,3,1,3,2,1,2,1,1 their best 6 rankings are taken forward, resulting in a score of 6 (1 x 6). The 4 lower rankings are discarded.
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In the event of a tie, the band with the highest combined points score from their 6 best rankings would win.
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Tameside Open Champions (The Tameside Rose Bowl Trophy)
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The "Open Champions Contest" is open to all bands who compete at more than 6 venues regardless of section.
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1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Section Champions
Open to all 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th section registered bands respectively who play at 6 or more of the Tameside contests.
The Tameside Local Champions (The Brian Hill Memorial Trophy)
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Open to all "local" bands who play at 6 or more of the Tameside contests. What constitutes a local band differs at each contest, however the Overall Local Prizes can only be allocated to a band which resides (have a band room or primary practise space) within 6 miles radius of Ashton Town Hall Steps (53°29'23.0"N 2°05'36.0"W) . This was ratified by The Friends of Tameside Whit Friday Brass Band Contest Committee in 2013 and again in 2018.
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Tameside Overall Youth Champions
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Open to all youth bands who play at 6 or more of the Tameside Contests.
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2023 Overall Prizes
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OPEN 1ST
£2000
plus The Tameside Rose Bowl Trophy
OPEN 2ND
£1000
OPEN 3RD
£750
OVERALL
1ST SECTION
£500
OVERALL
2ND SECTION
£400
OVERALL
3RD SECTION
£350
OVERALL
4TH SECTION
£300
LOCAL 1ST
£750
plus The Brian Hill Memorial Trophy
LOCAL 2ND
£600
LOCAL 3RD
£400
YOUTH 1ST
£200
YOUTH 2ND
£100
1 Prize Rule
Bands can only win a single prize.
In the event a band places first in 2 separate categories (for example section and local) they will receive the highest value monetary prize. The lower value prize will go to the next highest scoring band in the relevant category.
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Past Rose Bowl Winners​
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1989 Williams Fairey
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1990 Yorkshire Imperial Metals
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1991 Yorkshire Imperial Metals
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1992 Hammonds Sauce Works Band
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1993 Williams Fairey
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1994 Navigation Band
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1995 Grimethorpe Colliery
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1996 British Telecom Band
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1997 Besses O’ Th’ Barn
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1998 JJB Sport Leyland Band
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1999 JJB Sport Leyland Band
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2000 Yorkshire Building Society Band
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2001 Yorkshire Building Society Band
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2002 Foden’s Courtois
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2003 Foden’s Richardson
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2004 Foden's Richardson
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2005 Foden’s Richardson
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2006 Foden’s Richardson
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2007 Foden’s Richardson
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2008 Foden’s Richardson
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2009 Foden’s Band
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2010 The Fairey Band
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2011 Foden’s Band
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2012 Foden’s Band
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2013 Foden’s Band
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2014 Foden’s Band
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2015 Foden’s Band
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2016 Foden’s Band
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2017 Foden’s Band
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2018 Foden’s Band
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2019 Foden's Band​​
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2022 Foden's Band