Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Hostile Skies
Adjudicators:	Paul Norley , Frank Renton
Venue:	Butlins Skegness (Reds), Skegness, Lincolnshire, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw
1	Foresters Brass 2000	Peter Collins	3
1	Cornerstone Brass	Gavin Lamplough	11
1	Hebden Bridge	Dennis Hadfield	12
4	Haverhill Silver	Mark Ager	10
5	Gresley Colliery	Nigel Boddice	2
6	United Yorkshire Coop	Simon Kerwin	9
7	Markham & District Colliery	Nigel Seaman	5
8	Johnstone Silver	Raymond Tennant	7
9	Pontardulais Town (Burns Pet Nutrition)	Paul Jenkins	8
10	Barton Town	Garry Oglesby	4
11	The Cawston Band	Leigh Sharpe	1
12	Bedworth Brass	Stephen Tighe	6
13	Ibstock Brick Brass	Ken Ferguson	13

In this year, the first section was split into two qualifying pools, A and B, the top three from each of which played off for the overall first section places. Top three placings were not given; these bands were simply notified that they had qualified through being in the top three.

The B section result is here:
http://brassbandresults.co.uk/contests/butlins-mineworkers-first-section-b/2009-01-17/

The play off result is here:
http://brassbandresults.co.uk/contests/butlins-mineworkers-first-section/2009-01-17/