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Band:

Poulton

Conductor: S.Tarry (Conductor until May 2007)

2004 National Gradings 1st Section (since 2002)

Promoted 2002

Competitions

2000

N/W Area Qualifier- 03/00

4/17 in 2nd section

Tameside - 04/00

12/12

Pontins - Prestatyn

16/20

Wilkinsons - St.Helens

5/13
2001

N/W Area Qualifier- 03/01 QUALIFIED !

2/14

FINALS 2001 SEPTEMBER

13/18

N/W Counties Fleetwood 10/01

WON 1/5 in 2nd section

2002

Brass at Guild 02/02

7/9 in 2nd section

N/W Area Qualifier - 03/02

      4th/14 in 2nd section

Tameside

      5/9 in 2nd section

N/W Counties Fleetwood 10/02

6/9 in 2nd section

2003

N/W Counties Preston 9/2/03

2nd/10  in 2nd section

(Spectrum)

N/W Area Qualifier 03/03

7th/14 in First Section

(FIRST OUTING IN 1st SECTION)

Tameside 

3rd in 2nd section - played particularly badly!

Fleetwood 7/7 but played well in Championship Section
2004
N/W Counties

Preston 8/2/04

10/17 in Championship/1st section

BEST SOLOIST WON BY:-

ROBERT SCHILLITOE

Solo Trombone

YEAR OF THE DRAGON

 

N/W Area Qualifier 03/04 7/11 in 1st section

We lost this one - could have easily made top three but too many slips

Tameside 5/5 in Championship

We deserved this result - worst we have played for over 12 months

Fleetwood 03/10 3rd Place in Championship (`Firestorm`)

BEST TENOR HORN IN CHAMPIONSHIP SECTION WON BY:-

MARGE WALSH

Wilkinsons 21/11 6th/13 in Championship
2005
N/W Counties

Preston 6/2/05

5th/20 in Championship
N/W Area Qualifier 03/05 9/12 in 1st section

Just too many slips

Fleetwood 10/05 2nd/5 in Championship

1st outing on Paganini Variations & played it well

Wilkinsons 11/05 11/14

Some very dubious results

2006
N/W Counties

Preston 5/2

6th/16 in Championship

Paganini Variations - Good performance

N/W Area Qualifier 03/06 6/11 in 1st section

Good performance but just a few slips

Fleetwood 10/06 6th/8 in Championship
Wilkinsons 11/06 10th/10 in Championship

A strange result - performance definately did not warrant the position.

2007
N/W Counties

Preston 4/2

7th/11 in Championship

Highest placed 1st Section Band - Good performance

(Area test-piece played)

N/W Area Qualifier 03/07 2nd/13 in 1st section

QUALIFIED TO THE NATIONAL FINALS 2007 TO BE HELD ON

29TH SEPTEMBER 2007 HARROGATE, YORKSHIRE

NEW CONDUCTOR Cpt. GARY CLEGG (wef September 2007)

FINALS 2007 SEPTEMBER

3rd/17

Highest ever result in the band`s history

Fleetwood 10/07 4th/6 in Championship
N/W Counties

Preston 3/2

15th/16 in Championship

Area Test Piece - James Cook, Circumnavigator

(Wire Brass placed 14th, Longridge placed 16th)

N/W Area Qualifier 03/08 6th/13 in 1st section
MUSICAL DIRECTOR VACANT FROM AUGUST 2008
Fleetwood 10/08 Did not enter, searching for a new M,D,