At the weekend the band competed at the prestigious Scottish Open competition and came away with a 3rd place, being placed 1st by Ray Farr, 3rd by Steven Mead and 10th by Tom Brevik. This rounds off a good year of contesting for the band, with podium places at the All England Masters, Whit Friday and a good showing at the Grand Shield.

Musical Director Glyn Williams has this to say about the weekends performance;

"We were delighted at the way we played," Glyn said. "When we came off stage I told the band that they had produced a top three performance at the very least. That’s what we got, but having seen the breakdown of the results, we were just left a little disappointed that Tom Brevik didn't quite like the performance of ‘A Tale as yet Untold’ as much as either Steven or Ray. One place higher than 10th from him and we would have won 2nd place and £1,500 rather than 3rd and £500."

Our next contest outing will be at the Butlins Mineworkers Championships on the 19th and 20th of January, where again we will be playing 'A Tale As Yet Untold', but if you can't wait to hear the band our annual Christmas Concert at Frodsham is on the 9th of December at Frodsham Community Centre, and annual Marsden Christmas Concert with the Colne Valley Male Voice Choir on the 22nd of December at St Bartholomews Church.

Full Results are as follows:

Farr/Brevik/Mead = Total

1. Co-operative Funeralcare (Dr. Nicholas Childs): 2/2/2 = 6
2. Tertnes (Gary Peterson): 6/1/4 = 11
3. Marsden Silver (Glyn Williams): 1/10/3 = 14
4. EYMS (Alan Morrison): 4*/5/6 = 15
5. Kirkintilloch (Phillip McCann): 8*/6/1 = 15
6. Yorkshire Imperial Urquhart Travel (David Nesbit): 3*/3/15 = 21
7. Milnrow (Mareika Gray): 5*/11/5 = 21
8. Felling (Stephen Malcolm): 7/12/7 = 26
9. Northop Silver (Thomas Wyss): 11/8/10 = 29
10. Dalmellington (Archie Hutchison): 12*/9/9 = 30
11. Kingdom Brass (Bede Williams): 14*/4/12 = 30
12. Regent Brass (Alan Duguid): 16/7/8 = 31
13. Blackburn & Darwen (Nick Shephard): 9/14/13 = 36
14. Pemberton Old Wigan DW (Mark Bentham): 10/13/14 = 37
15. Kirkintilloch Kelvin Brass (Charles Keenan): 14/15/11 = 40
16. Lochgelly (Bryan Allan): 15/17/16 = 48
17. Bo'ness & Carriden (Paul Drury): 13/18/18 = 49
18. Fishburn (Huw Thomas): 18/16/17 = 51

*Ray Farr's position takes precdent

4BR Best Instrumentalist: Scott Findlater (Euphonium) - Kirkintilloch