ENGLISH CHAMPIONSHIPS
Grade 4 Summary |
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Piping |
Piping x 2 |
Drumming |
Total |
Place |
|
| University of Bedfordshire Grade 4 | 1 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
| Manchester Pheonix | 2 |
4 |
4 |
8 |
2 |
| Wolverhampton | 3 |
6 |
2 |
8 |
3 |
| RAF Waddington | 4 |
8 |
3 |
11 |
4 |
| Nottinghamshire Police | 5 |
10 |
5 |
15 |
5 |
| Scots Guards Association (Manchester) | 6 |
12 |
9 |
21 |
6 |
| Essex Caledonian | 8 |
16 |
6 |
22 |
7 |
| Scunthorpe | 7 |
14 |
10 |
24 |
8 |
| Beverley & District | 9 |
18 |
8 |
26 |
9 |
| Greater Manchester A.C.F. | 10 |
20 |
7 |
27 |
10 |
| Leicestershire & Rutland R.B.L. | 11 |
22 |
11 |
33 |
11 |
This was certainly one of the strongest Grade 4 contests in England for a number of years and although we played reasonably well it was no disgrace to be beaten by the two bands ahead of us - the University of Bedford sound was awesome. Just shows how far we have to improve ours!
The judges comments were quite complimentary although they highlighted a couple of areas where our piping performance needs improving.
A great result for the drummers (taking 2nd place), particularly after the poor placing at Corby - this was much more like it - well done to the whole corps (positive comments on the judges sheets about sides and bass section)
Grade 3 Summary |
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Piping |
Piping x 2 |
Drumming |
Total |
Place |
|
| RAF Waddington Grade 3 | 1 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
| Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue | 2 |
4 |
2 |
6 |
2 |
| Manchester Pheonix | 3 |
6 |
4 |
10 |
3 |
| University of Bedfordshire | 4 |
8 |
5 |
13 |
4 |
| Wolverhampton | 5 |
10 |
3 |
13 |
5 |
| Nottinghamshire Police | 6 |
12 |
6 |
18 |
6 |
| RAF Waddington Grade 4 | 7 |
14 |
8 |
22 |
7 |
| Essex Caledonian | 8 |
16 |
9 |
25 |
8 |
| Greater Manchester A.C.F. | 9 |
18 |
7 |
25 |
9 |
| Beverley & District | 10 |
20 |
10 |
30 |
10 |
Again a very reasonable performance, particularly again by the drum corps (taking 3rd place).
Judges comments on both corps very positive but some work to do to make further improvements.