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Backworth finished 12th out of 13 in this year’s 4th section of the Regional Qualification Contest.

After a strong and confident performance, the band held high hopes of a decent finish, but adjudicator Colin Hardy decided to isolate and criticise the performance of one individual member of the band and mark the band accordingly, rather than listen to the performance of the other 26 members and judge the performance as a whole.

This is a bitterly disappointing pill for the band to swallow - but the band now looks forward to a busy summer concert programme and contests at Barnard Castle, Kirkby Lonsdale and Newbiggin, where it is hoped the adjudicator will listen to all of the members of the band instead of just one.