his contest is hosted by the North West Branch of the NIBA, under NIBA Rules.  It is held annually and consists of various grades, each of which are asked to play two pieces.  A slow piece which is usually a hymn tune, and a March.   We have entered grade one of this contest on the occasions when we have competed.  Below is a list of our contesting record in this competition:

Hymn / Slow Piece Section

Year	Grade Entered	Title of Pieces	Points Awarded	Placement
1987	1	Pilgrims	46/50	1st.
1988	1	Horbury	45/50	1st.
1989	1	O Praise Ye The Lord (Laudate Dominum)	81/100	1st.
1990	1	Highwood	42/50	2nd.
1991	1	Aurelia	45/50	2nd.
1992	1	Dear Lord & Father Of Mankind	42/50	2nd.
1993	1	Dear Lord & Father of Mankind	46/50	1st.
1999	1	Young Amadeus (Mozart)	45/50	2nd.

Open March Section

Year	Grade Entered	Title of Pieces	Points Awarded	Placement
1986	1	Heidecksburg (Herzer)	89/100	2nd.
1987	1	The Middy (Alford)	94/100	1st.
1988	1	Jaurez (Schetting)	90/100	1st.
1989	1	Aces High (Goodwin)	88/100	1st.
1990	1	Action Front (Blankenburg)	92/100	2nd.
1991	1	Grovemount (Abbott)	94/100	1st.
1992	1	Deutchland's Rhum (Loffler)	82/100	2nd.
1993	1	The Middy (Alford)	46/50	1st.
1999	1	True Comrades In Arms (Blankenburg)	89/100	2nd.

his contest is held in Scotland (duh!) by the Scottish Amateur Flute Band Association (SAFBA) under SAFBA Rules.  It consists of two grades, each of which are asked to play a March and an Own Choice Selection of pieces lasting no more that 20 minutes.  Below is a list of our contesting record in this competition:

Open March Section

Year	Grade Entered	Title of Pieces	Points Awarded	Placement
1988	1	Jaurez (Schetting)	90/100	1st.
1989	1	The Middy (Alford)	89/100	3rd.
1990	1	Action Front (Blankenburg)	85/100	6th.
1992	1	Grovemount (Abbott)	81/100	8th
1993	1	The Middy (Alford)	84/100	5th.
1994	1	On The Quarterdeck (Alford)	90/100	3rd.
1995	1	Wellington (Zehle)	77/100	2nd.
1997	1	On The Quarter Deck (Alford)	90/100	2nd.
1998	1	Florentiner (Fucik)	88/100	3rd.
1999	1	True Comrades In Arms (Blankenburg)	86/100	8th.
2000	1	Wellington (Zehle)	91/100	2nd.
2001	1	Hoch Heidecksburg (Herzer)	80/100	8th.
2002	1	Grovemount (Abbott)	88/100	5th.
2003	1	In Friendship & Loyalty (Teike)	92/100	4th.
2004	1	Inspiration (Rumohr)	90/100	2nd.
2005	1	Hands Across The Sea (Sousa)	89/100	2nd.
2006	1	Florentiner March (Fucik)	91/100	3rd.

Millennium March Section
Listen to this march on our music page.

Year	Grade Entered	Title of Pieces	Points Awarded	Placement
2000	1	The Flight Of Time (Abbott) (The Millennium March)	93/100	3rd.

Championship Section

Year	Grade Entered	Title of Pieces	Points Awarded	Placement
1988	1	Carrickfergus (Trad.) Poet & Peasant (Suppe)	88/100	4th.
1989	1	Hungarian Dance No.5 (Brahms) Andante Cantabile (Tschaikowsky) King Stephen (Beethoven)	85/100	7th.
1990	1	The Gladiators Farewell (Blankenburg) The Young Amadeus (Mozart) Finale from Faust (Faust) Instant Concert	85/100	7th.
1992	1	Star Wars Theme (Williams) Fingal's Cave (Mendelssohn)	86/100	3rd.
1993	1	Poet & Peasant (Suppe) Jamie's Patrol (Dacre) Thunder & Lightning Polka (Strauss)	90/100	3rd.
1994	1	The Siege Of Corinth (Rossini) The Londonderry Air (Trad.) Entry Of The Gladiators (Fucik)	92/100	2nd.
1995	1	True Comrades In Arms (Blankenburg) Carrillion Polovetsian Dances (Borodin)	95/100	1st.
1997	1	The Contemptibles (Stanley) I Don't Know Hove To Love Him Polovetsian Dances (Borodin)	88/100	4th.
1998	1	Aces High (Goodwin) Marinarella (Fucik)	86/100	6th.
1999	1	The Londonderry Air (Trad.) Sicilian Vespers (Verdi)	88/100	8th.
2000	1	Death Or Glory (Hall) Autumn Leaves Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 (Liszt)	95/100	2nd.
2001	1	Selection from I Vesper Siciliani (Verdi) In The Upper Garden (Abbott) 633 Squadron (Goodwin)	85/100	8th.
2002	1	633 Squadron (Goodwin) All I Ask Of You (Webber) Finale From William Tell (Rossini)	87/100	5th.
2003	1	Slavonic Dance No 8 (Dvorak) Young Amadeus (Mozart) Poet & Peasant (Suppe)	94/100	3rd.
2004	1	Dear Lord & Father (Parry) Spanish Gypsy Dance (Marguina) Der Freischutz (Weber)	94/100	2nd.
2005	1	Capriccio Espagnol (Rimsky-Korsakov) Thunder & Lightning Polka (Strauss II)	90/100	4th
2006	1	Spanish Gypsy Dance (Marquina) Polovetsian Dances (Borodin)	91/100	3rd.

In Addition we also won Best overall Band on Three Occasions:
1993, 1994, & 1995.

And our piccolo player Thomas Alford won the piccolo prize in 2000.

he Flute Band League (FBL) as the name suggests was set up to promote flute bands affiliated to the NIBA.  Each year they hold an Own Choice Contest, which is divided up into various grades.  Below is a list of our contesting record in this competition:

Year	Grade Entered	Title of Pieces	Points Awarded	Placement
1986	2	Massaniello (Auber)	84/100	2nd.
1987	2	Poet & Peasant (Suppe)	86/100	1st.
1988	2	Carrickfergus (Trad.) The Barber Of Seville (Rossini)	75/100	2nd.
1989	2	Blaenwern King Stephen (Beethoven)	85/100	4th.
1990	2	Poet & Peasant (Suppe)	84/100	4th.
1991	1	Grovemount (Abbott) Overture In 'C' (Schubert)	88/100	6th.
1992	1	Deutschland's Rhum (Loffler) The Force Of Destiny (Verdi)	89/100	5th.
1993	1	Aces High (Goodwin) Poet & Peasant (Suppe)	86/100	9th.
1994	1	On The Quarter Deck (Alford) Siege Of Corinth (Rossini)	81/100	7th.
1995	1	Polovetsian Dances (Borodin)	88/100	5th.
1996	1	Wellington (Zehle) Night On Bare Mountain (Mussorsky)	94/100	3rd.
1997	1	Polovetsian Dances (Borodin)	91/100	4th.
1998	1	Hoch Heidecksburg (Herzer) Pique Dame (Suppe)	88/100	9th.
1999	1	True Comrades In Arms (Blankenburg) Sicilian Vespers (Verdi)	88/100	6th.
2000	1	Death Or Glory (Hall) Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 (Liszt)	90/100	5th.
2001	1	I Vespri Siciliani (Verdi)	88/100	6th.
2002	1	Three Dance Episodes from Rodeo (Copland)	87/100	7th.
2003	1	Symphony No 9 (Dvorak)	60.5/100	6th.
2004	1	Inspiration March (Rumohr) Der Freischutz (Weber)	88/100	6th.
2005	1	Dear Lord & Father (Parry) Capriccio Espagnol (Rimsky-Korsakow)	73/100	7th.
2006	1	Florentiner March (Fucik) Polovetsian Dances (Borodin)	89/100	5th
2007	1	Jaurez March (Schetting) Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 (Liszt)	87/100	6th