Future Events

• We believe this contest will be run on 23 Feb 2025 at Winter Gardens (Opera House Theatre), Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK

Past Results

Date	Winner	Conductor	Test Piece
25 Feb 2024	Foden's	Russell Gray	Variations on an Enigma
26 Feb 2023	Fodens	Russell Gray	Red Priest
27 Feb 2022	Fodens	Russell Gray	Contest Music
28 Feb 2021	Continued uncertainty over COVID-19 sees the 2021 series of regional championship events cancelled.
23 Feb 2020	Fodens	Russell Gray	A Tale as yet Untold
24 Feb 2019	Fodens	Russell Gray	Seascapes
25 Feb 2018	Foden's	Nicholas Childs	Odyssey [Norbury]
26 Feb 2017	Foden's	Nicholas Childs	Pageantry
28 Feb 2016	Foden's	Nicholas Childs	Cambridge Variations
01 Mar 2015	Fairey	Garry Cutt	The Torchbearer
09 Mar 2014	Fairey	Garry Cutt	St. Magnus
10 Mar 2013	Leyland	Michael Bach	Harmony Music
26 Feb 2012	Leyland	Michael Bach	The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
27 Feb 2011	Foden's	Allan Withington	Paganini Variations
14 Mar 2010	Fodens	Garry Cutt	English Heritage
01 Mar 2009	Fodens	Garry Cutt	Salute to Youth
09 Mar 2008	Fodens Richardson	Garry Cutt	Festival Music (Symphonic Suite)
11 Mar 2007	Fodens Richardson	Garry Cutt	Isaiah 40
12 Mar 2006	Fodens Richardson	Garry Cutt	Journey to the Centre of the Earth
13 Mar 2005	Leyland	Russell Gray	Overture to Rienzi [arr. Lorriman]
14 Mar 2004	Leyland	Garry Cutt	Tristan Encounters
09 Mar 2003	Fodens Richardson	Russell Gray	Prague
10 Mar 2002	Fodens	Russell Gray	Whitsun Wakes
11 Mar 2001	Williams Fairey	Howard Snell	Jazz
12 Mar 2000	Fodens Courtois	Nicholas Childs	Variations on an Enigma
14 Mar 1999	Fodens Courtois Band	Nicholas Childs	Blitz
08 Mar 1998	Fodens Courtois Band	Nicholas Childs	Montage
09 Mar 1997	Williams Fairey Band	James Gourlay	A Lowry Sketchbook
10 Mar 1996	Williams Fairey Band	James Gourlay	Sounds
12 Mar 1995	Wingates Band	John Hudson	Un Vie de Matelot (A Sailor's Life)
13 Mar 1994	BNFL Leyland Band	Richard Evans	Partita [Sparke]
14 Mar 1993	BNFL Leyland Band	Richard Evans	Of Men and Mountains
22 Mar 1992	Williams Fairey Engineering Band	Peter Parkes	Frontier!
24 Mar 1991	Leyland Daf Band	Richard Evans	Journey into Freedom
25 Mar 1990	Leyland Daf Band	Richard Evans	The Beacons
19 Mar 1989	Britannia Building Society Band	Howard Snell	Prisms
27 Mar 1988	Britannia Building Society Foden Band	Howard Snell	Ballet for Band
29 Mar 1987	Kennedy's Swinton Concert Brass	David King	Diversions on a Bass Theme
02 Mar 1986	Fairey Engineering Band	Roy Newsome	Variations on a Theme by Haydn
17 Mar 1985	Leyland Vehicles Band	Richard Evans	Contest Music
18 Mar 1984	Fairey Engineering Band	Peter Parkes	Waverley
27 Mar 1983	Fodens OTS Band	Howard Snell	Images [McCabe]
21 Mar 1982	Leyland Vehicles Band	Richard Evans	Essay for Brass Band [Gregson]
29 Mar 1981	Besses o' th' Barn	Roy Newsome	Variations on the Shining River
30 Mar 1980	Fairey Engineering Band	Walter Barrow Hargreaves	Beatrice & Benedict
01 Apr 1979	Besses o' th' Barn	Roy Newsome	Variations for Brass Band [Vaughan Williams]
02 Apr 1978	Fairey Engineering Band	Walter Barrow Hargreaves	The Belmont Variations
03 Apr 1977	Wingates Temperance	Malcolm Brownbill	Pageantry
28 Mar 1976	CWS (Manchester) Band	Derek Garside	Spectrum [Vinter]
23 Mar 1975	CWS (Manchester)	Derek Garside	Journey into Freedom
24 Mar 1974	Wingates Temperance	John Harrison	Variations on a Ninth
25 Mar 1973	CWS (Manchester)	Derek Garside	The Plantagenets
26 Mar 1972	Besses o' th' Barn	Frank Bryce	Concert Overture for Brass Band
18 Apr 1971	Wingates Temperance	Denis Smith	A Joyful Noise
12 Apr 1970	Cammell Laird	James Scott	The Corsair
20 Apr 1969	CWS (Manchester)	Alex Mortimer	Diadem of Gold
20 Apr 1968	CWS (Manchester)	Alex Mortimer	Themes From Beethoven's 8th Symphony
06 May 1967	CWS (Manchester)	Alex Mortimer	Festival Music (Symphonic Suite)
26 Mar 1966	CWS (Manchester)	Alex Mortimer	Le Roi d'Ys
10 Apr 1965	Cammell Laird	James Scott	Themes from the First Symphony [Beethoven]
18 Apr 1964	Cammell Laird	Rex Mortimer	Symphony of Marches
20 Apr 1963	Fairey Aviation	Leonard Lamb	Overture to Rienzi [arr. Johns]
03 Mar 1962	CWS (Manchester)	Alex Mortimer	Salute to Youth
22 Apr 1961	CWS Manchester	Tom White	Les Preludes [arr. Rimmer]
23 Apr 1960	CWS (Manchester)	Alex Mortimer	Themes from Symphony no. 5 [Tchaikovsky, arr. Ball]
25 Apr 1959	Fairey Aviation	Leonard Lamb	Wuthering Heights
22 Mar 1958	CWS (Manchester) Band	Alex Mortimer	The Moor of Venice
27 Apr 1957	CWS (Manchester)	Alex Mortimer	Themes from Symphony no. 9 [Beethoven]
28 Apr 1956	Foden Motor Works Band	Harry Mortimer	Orion [Bantock]
16 Apr 1955	CWS (Manchester)	Alex Mortimer	The Severn Suite
27 Feb 1954	Fairey Aviation	Harry Mortimer	Clive of India
21 Mar 1953	Fodens Motor Works	Harry Mortimer	Rhapsody in Brass
22 Mar 1952	Fairey Aviation Works	Harry Mortimer	Resurgam
07 Apr 1951	Fairey Aviation	Harry Mortimer	Atlantic [Wright]
22 Apr 1950	Fodens Motor Works	Harry Mortimer	Festival Overture [Geehl]
02 Apr 1949	Foden Motor Works Band	Fred Mortimer	Morning Rhapsody
10 Apr 1948	Wingates Temperance Band	J. Eckersley	Fantasia in F
01 Feb 1947	Fairey Aviation	Harry Mortimer	Akhnaton
16 Mar 1946	Barrow Shipyard Band	Herbert Sutcliffe	Academic Festival Overture
09 Jun 1945	Wingates Temperance Band	Harold Moss	Lorenzo