Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Hostile Skies
Adjudicators:	Philip Harper , Dennis Wilby
Venue:	Butlins Skegness (Reds), Skegness, Lincolnshire, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw
1	Stocksbridge	Miles Davison	3
1	Blackburn & Darwen	Nick Sheppard	9
1	Vernon Building Society Poynton	Kevin Gibbs	13
4	Sandhurst Silver	Ian McElligott	4
5	Meltham & Meltham Mills	Stuart Fawcett	1
6	GT Group (Peterlee)	Stephen Malcolm	10
7	Carlton Brass	Walter Ritchie	7
8	Langley Band	Cliff Parker	2
9	Denham Hendon Brass	Gordon Davies	8
10	Hopkins Blidworth Colliery	Kevin Steward	12
11	City of Coventry Brass	Stephen Cooper	5
12	NW Ellington Colliery	Unknown	11
13	Foss Dyke Band	Andrew Keegan	6

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 A section result is here:
http://brassbandresults.co.uk/contests/butlins-mineworkers-first-section-a/2009-01-17/

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