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2019 Raffle Results

  • By Eileen Kingston
  • Published 08 Jul 2019
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FESTIVAL of West Cork
Incorporating the
40th SOUTH OF IRELAND BAND CHAMPIONSHIPS
RAFFLE RESULTS

1ST PRIZE Clonakilty Park Hotel, Weekend Break for Two Dee Harkin, Wicklow
2nd PRIZE Scally’s Supervalu, 150 euro Shopping Voucher Tom @ O’ Donovan’s Hotel
3rd PRIZE Hamper fo Inchydoney Candles.ie Marie Bratchford, Fermoy
4th PRIZE John Lowney Jewellers, Tipperary Crystal Glasses Pat Harte, Gullane
5th PRIZE Clonakilty Hotel Gift Voucher Eilish O’ Neill, Midelton
6th PRIZE The Whale’s Tail Bistro, Gift Voucher A. Hart, Hart’s Coffee Shop
7th PRIZE The Whale’s Tail Bistro, Gift Voucher Eileen O’ Hara, Inchydoney
8th PRIZE Celtic Ross Hotel, Sunday Lunch for two Voucher A. Harrington, Clonakilty
9th PRIZE…

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Results for 40th Band Championships

  • By Eileen Kingston
  • Published 08 Jul 2019
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Junior Category

  1. St. Mary’s Brass and Reed Youth Band, Kingscourt
  2. Midelton Junior Concert Band
  3. Banna Chluain Meala Junior Band

Special Awards in Junior Category

  • Jack O’ Mahony Cup for Best Junior Musicianship (Frankie Walsh Jr., Coronet Soloist), Midelton Junior Concert Band
  • Adjudicator Award Snare Drummer (Finn Lagzdins), Redemptorist Centre of Music
  • Adjudicator Award Mairead Smith, Conductor, St. Mary’s Brass and Reed Youth Band, Kingscourt

Intermediate Category

  1. St. Mary’s Brass and Reed Youth Band, Kingscourt
  2. Drogheda Youth Brass Band
  3. Blanchardstown Brass…

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2018 Raffle Results

  • By Eileen Kingston
  • Published 13 Jul 2018
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1st prize Quality Hotel Clonakilty, weekend break for 2 – Hillary McKeon, Dublin

2nd prize Scally's Supervalu €100 shopping voucher – Anne Sinnott, Navan

3rd prize Inchydoney Candles    €100 hamper – Agie Hallissey, Clonakilty   

4th prize   Galway Crystal Vase, courtesy John Lowney, Jewellers – Saibh Gilbert, Clonakilty

5th prize The Copperpot Restaurant, Clonakilty meal…

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Results for 39th Band Championships

  • By Eileen Kingston
  • Published 08 Jul 2018
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Junior Category

  1. Fermoy Youth Band
  2. Clara Town Junior Band
  3. St. Mary’s Brass & Reed Junior Band, Kingscourt

Junior Musicianship – Percussion Section - Redemptorist Centre of Music Concert Band, Limerick.

Adjudicator Award – Clara Town Junior Band (low brass – trombone & tuba)

Intermediate Section

  1. Mullingar Town Band
  2. Coalisland Silver Band, Dungannon
  3. St. Mary’s Brass & Reed Band, Kingscourt

Best March - St. Mary’s Brass & Reed Band, Kingscourt

Best Basses – Lourdes Junior Brass Band, Drogheda

Best Percussion – Banna Chluain Meala

Adjudicator…

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Clonakilty Bands Day proves yet another great success

  • By Eileen Kingston
  • Published 08 Jul 2017
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(from The Southern Star)

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Results for 2017 Band Championships

  • By Eileen Kingston
  • Published 08 Jul 2017
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Senior section

  1. Ardee Concert Band
  2. Lourdes Brass Band
  3. Ballymore Eustace Concert Band

Intermediate Section

  1. Fermoy Concert Band
  2. Drogheda Youth Brass Band
  3. Cork Barrack Street Band

Junior Section

  1. Banna Chluain Meala
  2. Midleton Junior Concert Band
  3. Clara Town Junior Band

Middleton and Clara both won special adjudicator awards in Junior section.

Best Junior musicianship - Clara Town Band
Best Trombone - C. J. Kickham Brass Band 

Best…

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