Misc National Rudimental Contests

Some years are missing, some years have incomplete data.

1940s: NARD JR and SR • ADA Junior • ADA Senior

Data compiled by Rick Beckham, with help from various people.

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Misc Winners from Various National Contests

Year	Contest	Winner	Corps/From	Score	Host City
1907	Nationals(?)	Frank Fancher	?	?	New York, NY
1915	Nationals(?)	Frank Fancher	?	?	Newark, NJ
1925	Nationals(?)	Frank Fancher	?	?	Washington DC
1928	Nationals(?)	Earl Sturtze	?	?	Sengac, NJ
1930	Nationals(?)	Danny English	?	?	Brooklyn, NY
1939	ADA World’s Fair	Billy Moriarty	Lancraft Fife and Drum	?	New York, NY
1940	NARD National Contest JR	Bobby Redican	Meriden, CT	197.50	Boston, Ma
1940	NARD National Contest SR	Vincent Mott	?	?	Boston, Ma
1940	ADA World’s Fair (Prelims)	Eric Perrilloux	New York, NY	97.79	New York, NY
1940	ADA World’s Fair (Finals)	Sig Trybus	Seymour, Ct	97.54	New York, NY

1940s

NARD

In 1940, NARD sponsored the American Legion Convention snare competition in Boston, MA. The winners are listed under both the 1940 NARD competition as well as the 1940 AL competition.

Boston, MA

Place	Contestant	Corps/From	Score
1940 AL/NARD Snare Competition – Junior (Incomplete)
1	Bobby Redican	Meriden, Ct	197.50
2	Michael Stefanowicz	Imperial Cadets	?
3	James Ryan	Yalesville F&DC	?
4	Sig Trybus	Seymour	?
5	Frank Arsenault	Imperial Cadets	?

Place	Contestant	Corps/From	Score
1940 AL/NARD Snare Competition – Senior (Incomplete – Winner Only)
1	Vincent Mott	?	?

ADA

ADA stands for American Drummer’s Association. It is not known how many years ADA sponsored a Nat’l Rudimental Championship. Bobby Redican, who won the Junior snare division in 1940, kept this list and gave a copy to Ken Mazur when Ken drove to his home in the 1990’s to interview him.

New York, NY

Place	Contestant	Corps/From	Score
1940 ADA Snare Competition (Junior) – Prelims
1	Bobby Redican	Meriden, Ct	97.12
2	William Reynolds	New Haven, Ct	96.66
3	James Wickenden	Bethel, Ct	95.41
4	Hugh Quigley	New Haven, Ct	95.37
5	Wallace Fulton, Jr	Meriden, Ct	95.33
6	Joseph McGuire	New Haven, Ct	94.95
7	James Melvin	Bethel, Ct	94.41
8	Charles Smith, Jr	Meriden, Ct	93.91
9	Frank Campion	Meriden, Ct	93.50
9	Joseph Valentine	Brooklyn, NY	93.50
11	Martin Logan	Bronx, NY	92.41
12	George Ernest	Bronx, NY	91.91
13	William Reamer	Upper Darby, Pa	90.75
14	Charles Arthur Tappan	Montclair, NJ	89.58
15	Alan Holley, Jr	North Caldwell, NJ	89.41
16	Leonard Yokukonis	Brooklyn, NY	88.33
17	Bob Coffey	Meriden, Ct	87.91
18	Thomas Carney	Bethel, Ct	85.58
19	Kenneth Thomas	Summit, NJ	84.66
20	Salvatore Carini	Paterson, NJ	82.66
21	Arthur Knight	New York, NY	81.29

Place	Contestant	Corps/From	Score
1940 ADA Snare Competition (Junior) – Finals (Incomplete)
1	Bobby Redican	Meriden, Ct	98.62
2	Hugh Quigley	New Haven, Ct	96.83
3	William Reynolds	New Haven, Ct	96.16
4	Wallace Fulton, Jr	Meriden, Ct	95.00
5	James Wickenden	Bethel, Ct	94.66

New York, NY

Place	Contestant	Corps/From	Score
1940 ADA Snare Competition (Senior) – Prelims
1	Eric Perrilloux	New York, NY	97.79
2	Mickey Stefanowicz	Meriden, Ct	96.95
3	Sig Trybus	Seymour, Ct	96.41
4	Frank Arsenault	New Haven, Ct	96.12
5	James O’Neil	Meriden, Ct	95.70
6	Ralph Colter	North Branford, Ct	95.20
7	John Hartigan	North Branford, Ct	95.16
8	Robert Griffith	North Branford, Ct	94.66
9	Charles Bessette	New York, NY	94.16
10	James Whitelaw	Miami, Fl	91.00
11	William Hooten	Philadelphia, Pa	86.66

Place	Contestant	Corps/From	Score
1940 ADA Snare Competition (Senior) – Finals (Incomplete)
1	Sig Trybus	Seymour, Ct	97.54
2	Frank Arsenault	New Haven, Ct	96.61
3	Mickey Stefanowicz	Meriden, Ct	94.33
4	James O’Neil	Meriden, Ct	93.50
5	Ralph Colter	North Branford, Ct	95.20
6	Eric Perrilloux	New York, NY	90.58