On Sunday 18 June 2006 the presentation for Saddleworth & Oldham Area Championship was held at Delph Band Club

Jim Fitton of United Co-operatives Milnrow Band receives the Oldham Chronicle trophy and a cheque for £750 from Chronicle editor Jim Williams while representatives from Best Local runners up Mossley and 3rd placed Holme Silver look on.

Having regained the coveted title of Saddleworth and Oldham Champions Brighouse & Rastrick recieve a cheque for £2500 and the Marjorie Fielding Trophy. Recieving the awards on their behalf from United Co-operatives secretary and keen band follower Ian Mason, is cornet player Matthew Hilton.

United Co-operatives Ian Mason presents Phil Lamb of Marsden (Riverhead Brewery) with the runners up cheque for £1000.

Eight year old Charlotte Cockburn proudly presents the newest prize, the Hayden Bradley Memorial Trophy and a cheque for £250 for the best overall youth band to Susan Landon of Rochdale Borough Youth Band.
Following on from this LEES and SPRINGHEAD along with UPPERMILL held their presentations at Delph. Quite appropriately the band in concert just happened to be The Oldham (Lees) Band.
Lees and Springhead Photos.
Top left Brian Taylor collects the overall winners trophy on behalf of The Fairey Band.
Top right chairman Bill Cullen presents the Section Three cup to Wardle & District Anderson Band.
Above left John Dunkerley presents The Best Local award to Diggle Band.
Above Rochdale Borough Youth collect their Megabyte youth award.
Edith Firth looks right pleased to present the Deportment prize to Cheshire Constabulary

Uppermill Photos
Below left Terry Hopkinson presents the Waggon Cup to Delph Band.
Below right Andy Clayton collects the Champion Brass Shield on behalf of Greenfield for best Section Four Band.
Delph presentation night Saturday 12 August 8.00pm

Contest Secretary Mary Rodgers presents the Dundas Cup to Oldham Music Centre for achieving second place in the Youth Section.

Local Vicar Rev John Brocklehurst, a regular Whit Friday helper, presents the historic Cowap Cup for the Champion Band to Rothwell Temperance.

Committee member Alan Kershaw presents the R and D Buckley Memorial Trophy for the highest placed non-championship band to Roberts' Bakery

Dobcross Silver's representative John Holden receives the Eric Lawton Memorial Cup for the best local band.

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