The results of the Australian National band championships for 2000 in Launceston are as follows:

Open A Grade (Adjudicator James Scott): (testpiece: Endeavour - Philip Sparke)

Band

 Hymn

Test

Own Choice

Stage March

Total

Drill

Music

Total

Brisbane Excelsior

46(2)

190(4)

184(5)

42(=7)

462(4)

90

35

125(4)

City of Holroyd

41(=7)

187(7)

178(10)

39(10)

445(10)

89

34

123(6)

Footscray Yarraville

43(5)

192(2)

189(1)

46(2)

470(2)

88

34

122(7)

Glenorchy City

42(6)

186(8)

182(7)

42(=7)

452(8)

91

36

127(3)

Hawthorn Brass

40(9)

185(9)

186(3)

45(3)

456(6)

89

35

124(5)

Kew

47(1)

194(1)

185(4)

44(4)

470(1)

88

33

121(=8)

Moreland-Brunswick

44(4)

188(6)

183(6)

43(=5)

458(5)

88

33

121(=8)

St Marys Band Club

41(=7)

191(3)

187(2)

47(1)

466(3)

91

37

128(2)

South Brisband Fed.

45(3)

189(5)

180(9)

41(9)

455(7)

91

39

130(1)

Willoughby

39(10)

183(10)

181(8)

43(=5)

446(9)

88

33

121(=8)

As a result, Kew won, Footscray Yarraville 2nd and St. Mary's Band Club Brass 3rd.

Pieces Played

Band

Hymn

Own Choice

March

Street March

Brisbane Excelsior

The Old 100th - Fernie

English Heritage - Lloyd

Knight Templar

The Australasian

City of Holroyd

Third Mode Melody - Smith

The Essence of Time - Graham

Waikato Times

Standard of St. George

Footscray Yarraville

Crimond - Richards

English Heritage - Lloyd

Senator

The Champions

Glenorchy City

Hyfrydol - Cook

Lowry Sketchbook - Wilby

Keighley Moor

Appreciation

Hawthorn Brass

Crimond - Richards

English Heritage - Lloyd

Simoraine

The B.B. and C.F.

Kew

Ascalon - Redhead

The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea - Bourgeois

The Florentine March

The Contestor

Moreland-Brunswick

Nicaea - Himes

A London Overture - Sparke

The Contestor

Washington Grays

St Marys Band Club

Day Thou Gavest - Wilby

Tristan Encounters - Ellerby

Knight Templar

Knight Templar

South Brisband Federal

I Know Thou Art Mine - Ballantine

Paganini Variations - Wilby

The Contestor

The B.B. and C.F.

Willoughby

New Covenant - Curnow

Paganini Variations - Wilby

Ravenswood

Ravenswood

In B Grade, Launceston RSL won, with Ulverston Municipal 2nd.

In C Grade, Kew Brass won, Bunbury 2nd and Latrobe 3rd.

In Junior A grade Willoughby 1st

In Junior C grade, Glenorchy City 1st, City of Holroyd 2nd

In the Open B Grade Concert, Derwent Valley was first with Hobart City 2nd.

From Glenorchy City, Joe Cook won Euphonium, Open Quartet came 2nd to Holroyd, Junior Quartet came first, Andrew Woolley came 2nd in Bb Bass and Matthew Spotswood came 2nd in Junior Euphonium.

Chistina Bowden (cornet) won the solo champion of champions title.