27th December 2002

The 2002 4BarsRest awards

Foden's Richardson were voted "Band of the Year" in the 2002 4BarsRest awards with Russell Gray winning "Conductor of theYear". Players from Foden's were also mentioned in the 2002 4BarsRest "All Star" Brass Band. For more information go to www.4barsrest.com.

17th November 2002

UK Brass in Concert Championships

Fodens, conducted by Russell Gray, were runners up at this years UK Entertainment Championships in Spennymoor for the second year running. Results were as follows.

Position	Draw	Band	Conductor	Points
1	6	Grimethorpe Colliery (UK Coal)	Garry Cutt	256
2	1	Foden's Richardson	Russell Gray	249
3	9	JAG Mount Charles	Bryan Hurdley	248
4	3	Sellers International	Philip McCann	242
5	8	Ransome	Peter Parkes	240
6	2	Leyland	Chris Davies	239
7	10	Kirkintilloch	Allan Ramsey	238
8	4	Ever Ready	Ray Farr	237
9	7	Carlton Main Frickley Colliery	William Rushworth	230
10	5	Yorkshire Imperial David Urquhart Band	David Evans	229
11	11	Besses o' th' Barn	Lynda Nicholson	228

Winning Soloist: Shaun Thomas, JAG Mount Charles
Best Soprano: Alan Wycherley, Fodens Richardson
Best Principal Cornet: Darren Stott, Sellers International
Best Euphonium: Michael Dodd, Grimethorpe Colliery UK Coal
Best March: New Colonial, Grimethorpe Colliery UK Coal
Youngest Player: Michael Smith, JAG Mount Charles
Quality Performance Award: Grimethorpe Colliery UK Coal
New Music Award: Sellers International, You Raised me up, Arr Andy Duncan
Entertainment and Presentation: Grimethorpe Colliery UK Coal
Winning Conductor Award: Garry Cutt, Grimethorpe Colliery UK Coal
Frank Johnson Memorial Trophy is awarded to the secretary submitting the neatest package of musical scores and notes, the winner was Jag Mount Charles.

17th October 2002

Blue Chip Venture

Fodens Band today announced that their long search for a high quality business sponsor has ended following the successful negotiation of a partnership agreement with the highly respected blue chip company, Richardson Developments of Oldbury, Birmingham.

Commenting on the new sponsorship arrangement, Fodens Band Chairman Colin Short said, "We are delighted to have secured this sponsorship deal with Richardson Developments. When we started our search for a sponsorship partner, the organisation gave me a resounding mandate to go out and search for a strong sponsor that would not only provide financial support to the band but also something more in terms of personal interest and involvement. This was a tall order, however there is no doubt that we have more than achieved this goal as the deal has been agreed with the founders of the company Don and Roy Richardson, who are highly respected, old established businessmen with a great deal of personal credibility. We certainly consider this association a major coupe for Fodens with the huge personal support of the Richardson brothers and now look forward to going into the National Brass Band Championship finals in the Royal Albert Hall this weekend."

10th October 2002

New Sponsorship Announcement

Fodens Band is delighted to announce that a new sponsor has been secured.

Further announcements will follow on this web site when all details are finalised.

14th September 2002

2002 British Open Championship Results

Fodens conducted by Bramwell Tovey were just pipped by Cory in this years British Open.

The first six bands were as follows: -

Placing		Draw	Band	Conductor
1		16	BUY AS YOU VIEW CORY	Robert Childs
2		8	FODENS	Bram Tovey
3		3	BLACK DYKE	Nicholas Childs
4		12	BRIGHOUSE & RASTRICK	Major Ian McElligott
5		2	CWMAMAN INSTITUTE	John Hudson
6		19	WILLIAMS FAIREY	Allan Withington

Alan Wycherley, Soprano Cornet with Fodens, received the best instrumentalist award.

Congratulations go to Robert Childs and the Cory Band on their win.

Test Piece: The Maunsell Forts (John McCabe)
Adjudicators: William Relton, Micheal Ball & David Read

4th July 2002

Euphoniums Keep It In The Family

Glyn Williams pictured with his brother Aled who has just taken over on second euphonium from Neil Jackson.