The 100th Championship of Ireland Bands’ Contest was held today, Saturday 20th October 2018 in the Market Place Theatre, Armagh. The contest was adjudicated by Dr Robert Childs.

The band and conductor, Mr Brian Connolly, worked extremely hard as always in preparation for the contest and achieved 5th place in the championship section.

The set piece for the Champion Section Brass was Diversions on a Bass Theme by George Lloyd.

Congratulations to Downshire Brass on their win and to all the other winning bands bands in their respective sections today.

Our grateful thanks also go to Craig Connolly for his help today.

Full results of the day will follow.

Championship Brass

Test Piece: Salamander (John McCabe)

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Best Instrumentalist: ??? – ??? – ???
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Best Overall Performance of the Day: ???
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Full results will follow soon