Midlands Area (Championship Section)

From 1985 to 1993 this contest was split into North and South Areas. Please refer to the 'Old Contests' section on <a href="http://brassbandresults.co.uk/contests/MIDLANDS-AREA/">http://brassbandresults.co.uk/contests/MIDLANDS-AREA/</a> for the results.

Past Results

Date	Winner	Conductor	Test Piece
03 Mar 2024	Desford Colliery	Ian Porthouse	Variations on an Enigma
26 Feb 2023	The GUS Band	David Thornton	Red Priest
27 Feb 2022	Desford Colliery	Michael Fowles	Contest Music
Mar 2021	Continued uncertainty over COVID-19 sees the 2021 series of regional championship events cancelled.
08 Mar 2020	GUS	Chris Jeans	A Tale as yet Untold
10 Mar 2019	Desford Colliery	Michael Fowles	Seascapes
11 Mar 2018	Virtuosi GUS	Adam Cooke	Odyssey [Norbury]
12 Mar 2017	Virtuosi GUS	Adam Cooke	Pageantry
13 Mar 2016	Virtuosi GUS	Adam Cooke	Cambridge Variations
08 Mar 2015	Virtuosi GUS	Adam Cooke	The Torchbearer
09 Mar 2014	Virtuosi GUS	Adam Cooke	St. Magnus
10 Mar 2013	Jaguar Land Rover	Dave Lea	Harmony Music
11 Mar 2012	Desford Colliery	Russell Gray	The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
13 Mar 2011	Virtuosi GUS	John Berryman	Paganini Variations
14 Mar 2010	Virtuosi GUS	John Berryman	English Heritage
15 Mar 2009	Desford Colliery	Russell Gray	Salute to Youth
09 Mar 2008	Desford Colliery	Nigel Seaman	Festival Music (Symphonic Suite)
11 Mar 2007	The Staffordshire Band	David Maplestone	Isaiah 40
12 Mar 2006	Newstead Welfare	Duncan Beckley	Journey to the Centre of the Earth
06 Mar 2005	Woolley Pritchard Sovereign Brass	Trevor Jones	Overture to Rienzi [arr. Lorriman]
07 Mar 2004	Travelsphere Holidays	David Stowell	Tristan Encounters
02 Mar 2003	Desford Colliery	Peter Parkes	Prague
03 Mar 2002	Desford Colliery	Peter Parkes	Whitsun Wakes
04 Mar 2001	Travelsphere Holidays	Frank Renton	Jazz
05 Mar 2000	Desford Colliery	Peter Parkes	Variations on an Enigma
07 Mar 1999	NSK-RHP Ransome	Brian Grant	Blitz
08 Mar 1998	Desford Colliery	Frank Renton	Montage
01 Mar 1997	NSK-RHP Ransome	Brian Grant	A Lowry Sketchbook
02 Mar 1996	Rigid Containers Group	John Berryman	Sounds
12 Mar 1995	Desford	Peter Parkes	Un Vie de Matelot (A Sailor's Life)
05 Mar 1994	William Davis Construction Group	Keith Wilkinson	Partita [Sparke]
17 Mar 1984	Desford Colliery	Howard Snell	Waverley
19 Mar 1983	Jones & Crossland	Stephen Roberts	Images [McCabe]
08 May 1982	Desford Colliery Band	Howard Snell	Essay for Brass Band [Gregson]
02 May 1981	GUS	Keith Wilkinson	Variations on the Shining River
26 Apr 1980	G.U.S.	Keith Wilkinson	Beatrice & Benedict
05 May 1979	Birmingham School of Music	Roy Curran	Variations for Brass Band [Vaughan Williams]
22 Apr 1978	G.U.S.	Geoffrey Brand	The Belmont Variations
30 Apr 1977	Desford Colliery Welfare	Albert Chappell	Pageantry
24 Apr 1976	Desford Miners Welfare	Albert Chappell	Spectrum [Vinter]
19 Apr 1975	Thoresby Colliery	William Lippeatt	Journey into Freedom
27 Apr 1974	City of Coventry Band	Albert Chappell	Variations on a Ninth
28 Apr 1973	City of Coventry Band	Albert Chappell	The Plantagenets
13 May 1972	City of Coventry	Albert Chappell	Concert Overture for Brass Band
01 May 1971	Ransome Hoffman Pollard Works	Dennis Masters	A Joyful Noise
23 May 1970	City of Coventry	Albert Chappell	The Corsair
03 May 1969	GUS (Footwear)	Stanley Boddington	Diadem of Gold
04 May 1968	Kibworth	Walter Barrow Hargreaves	Themes From Beethoven's 8th Symphony
22 Apr 1967	City of Coventry	Albert Chappell	Festival Music (Symphonic Suite)
23 Apr 1966	City of Coventry	Albert Chappell	La Forza del Destino (The Force of Destiny) - Overture [arr. F. Wright]
24 Apr 1965	Kibworth	William Scholes	Themes from the First Symphony [Beethoven]
25 Apr 1964	GUS (Footwear)	Stanley Boddington	Symphony of Marches
27 Apr 1963	Creswell Colliery Welfare	Ernest Woodhouse	Overture to Rienzi [arr. Johns]
28 Apr 1962	GUS (Footwear)	Stanley Boddington	Salute to Youth
29 Apr 1961	Ransome & Marles Works	George Hespe	Les Preludes [arr. Rimmer]
30 Apr 1960	Munn & Felton's (Footwear)	Stanley Boddington	Themes from Symphony no. 5 [Tchaikovsky, arr. Ball]
18 Apr 1959	Rushden Temperance	William Scholes	Wuthering Heights
15 Mar 1958	Langley	Dennis Masters	The Moor of Venice
23 Mar 1957	Munn & Felton's Works	Harry Mortimer	Themes from Symphony no. 9 [Beethoven]
17 Mar 1956	Rushden Temperance	William Scholes	Orion [Bantock]
12 Mar 1955	Munn and Felton	Harry Mortimer	The Severn Suite
20 Mar 1954	Creswell	George Hespe	Clive of India
07 Mar 1953	Creswell	George Hespe	Rhapsody in Brass
08 Mar 1952	Ransome & Marles	David Aspinall	Resurgam
03 Mar 1951	Ransome & Marles	Eric Ball	Atlantic [Wright]
11 Mar 1950	Ransome & Marles	Eric Ball	Festival Overture [Geehl]
12 Feb 1949	Munn & Felton's	Stanley Boddington	Morning Rhapsody
06 Mar 1948	City of Coventry	Eric Ball	Fantasia in F
07 Apr 1947	Munn & Felton's	Stanley Boddington	Akhnaton
22 Apr 1946	Munn and Felton's	Stanley Boddington	A Downland Suite
02 Apr 1945	Creswell Colliery	Harold Moss	Liszt

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