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National Championship of Great Britain (Championship Section Final)



The current Nationals contest began in 1900, but there was a previous 'Nationals' contest run 40 years earlier:

<a href="http://brassbandresults.co.uk/contests/enderby-jacksons-great-national-contest/">Enderby Jackson's Great National Contest</a>.


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Future Events

Past Results

Date Winner Conductor Test Piece
05 Oct 2024 Flowers Paul Holland Harrison's Dream
21 Oct 2023 Black Dyke Nicholas Childs Of Men and Mountains
15 Oct 2022 Fodens Russell Gray Hyperlink
02 Oct 2021 Fodens Russell Gray Heroes [Broughton]
10 Oct 2020 Cancelled due to Covid-19 Pandemic.
12 Oct 2019 Cory Philip Harper Titan's Progress
06 Oct 2018 Fodens Russell Gray Handel in the Band
14 Oct 2017 Brighouse & Rastrick David King Gallery
08 Oct 2016 Cory Philip Harper Journey of the Lone Wolf
10 Oct 2015 Cory Philip Harper Spiriti
11 Oct 2014 Black Dyke Nicholas Childs The Legend of King Arthur
12 Oct 2013 Cory Philip Harper Of Distant Memories
20 Oct 2012 Foden's Allan Withington Daphnis et Chloé, 2nd Suite
15 Oct 2011 Brighouse & Rastrick David King Breath of Souls
09 Oct 2010 Brighouse and Rastrick David King Terra Australis
17 Oct 2009 Black Dyke Band Nicholas Childs The Torchbearer
11 Oct 2008 Black Dyke Band Nicholas Childs Concertino for Brass Band [Downie]
20 Oct 2007 Grimethorpe Colliery Allan Withington Music for Battle Creek
28 Oct 2006 Grimethorpe Colliery (UK Coal) Allan Withington The Judges of the Secret Court (Les Francs Juges)
15 Oct 2005 Leyland Russell Gray Eden
16 Oct 2004 Black Dyke Nicholas Childs ...all the flowers of the mountain...
18 Oct 2003 Fairey FP (Music) Allan Withington Theme and Eight Variations from Enigma
19 Oct 2002 Williams Fairey Allan Withington Masquerade [Wilby]
20 Oct 2001 Black Dyke Nicholas Childs Albion
21 Oct 2000 Buy As You View Cory Robert Childs Harrison's Dream
16 Oct 1999 Fodens (Courtois) Nicholas Childs Concerto for Band No 1 [Bourgeois]
17 Oct 1998 Brighouse & Rastrick Allan Withington Between the Moon and Mexico
18 Oct 1997 Brighouse & Rastrick Allan Withington On Alderley Edge
19 Oct 1996 CWS (Glasgow) Howard Snell Isaiah 40
21 Oct 1995 Black Dyke Mills James Watson Songs for BL
15 Oct 1994 Black Dyke Mills James Watson Theme and Cooperation
16 Oct 1993 Williams Fairey Engineering Peter Parkes The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
17 Oct 1992 Grimethorpe Colliery Frank Renton The New Jerusalem
05 Oct 1991 Desford Colliery Caterpillar James Watson Energy
06 Oct 1990 CWS (Glasgow) John Hudson English Heritage
07 Oct 1989 Desford Colliery Caterpillar James Watson Odin
08 Oct 1988 Desford Colliery Dowty James Watson Seascapes
03 Oct 1987 Desford Colliery Dowty James Watson Harmony Music
04 Oct 1986 Fairey Engineering Roy Newsome Diversions for Brass Band
06 Oct 1985 Black Dyke Mills Peter Parkes Cloudcatcher Fells
07 Oct 1984 The Cory Band Arthur Kenney Dances and Arias
08 Oct 1983 The Cory Band Arthur Kenney Ballet for Band
02 Oct 1982 The Cory Band Arthur Kenney Contest Music
03 Oct 1981 Black Dyke Mills Peter Parkes Blitz
04 Oct 1980 Brighouse & Rastrick Derek Broadbent Carnival Overture [Dvorák, arr. Brand]
06 Oct 1979 Black Dyke Mills Peter Parkes Volcano
07 Oct 1978 Yorkshire Imperial Metals Denis Carr Four Dances from Checkmate
08 Oct 1977 Black Dyke Mills Peter Parkes Connotations
09 Oct 1976 Black Dyke Mills Peter Parkes Sinfonietta for Brass Band - The Wayfarer
11 Oct 1975 Black Dyke Mills Peter Parkes Un Vie de Matelot (A Sailor's Life)
05 Oct 1974 Cory Arthur Kenney Fantasy for Brass Band [Arnold]
06 Oct 1973 Brighouse & Rastrick James Scott Freedom (Brass Band Symphony No. 1)
14 Oct 1972 Black Dyke Mills Geoffrey Brand A Kensington Concerto
09 Oct 1971 Wingates Temperance Denis Smith Le Roi d'Ys
10 Oct 1970 Grimethorpe Colliery George Thompson Pride of Youth
11 Oct 1969 Brighouse & Rastrick Walter Barrow Hargreaves High Peak
12 Oct 1968 Brighouse & Rastrick Walter Barrow Hargreaves Prelude to the Mastersingers (Die Meistersinger)
14 Oct 1967 Black Dyke Mills Geoffrey Brand Journey into Freedom
15 Oct 1966 GUS (Footwear) Stanley Boddington Le Carnaval Romain [arr. Wright]
16 Oct 1965 Fairey Leonard Lamb Triumphant Rhapsody
17 Oct 1964 GUS (Footwear) Stanley Boddington Variations on a Ninth
19 Oct 1963 CWS (Manchester) Alex Mortimer The Belmont Variations
20 Oct 1962 CWS (Manchester) Alex Mortimer La Forza del Destino (The Force of Destiny) - Overture [arr. F. Wright]
28 Oct 1961 Black Dyke Mills George Willcocks The Judges of the Secret Court (Les Francs Juges)
15 Oct 1960 Munn & Feltons Stanley Boddington Three Figures
24 Oct 1959 Black Dyke Mills George Willcocks Le Roi d'Ys
25 Oct 1958 Fodens Motor Works Rex Mortimer Variations on the Shining River
26 Oct 1957 Munn & Feltons Stanley Boddington Variations for Brass Band [Vaughan Williams]
27 Oct 1956 Fairey Aviation George Willcocks Festival Music (Symphonic Suite)
29 Oct 1955 Munn & Felton's Works Harry Mortimer Blackfriars
16 Oct 1954 Fairey Aviation Works Harry Mortimer Sovereign Heritage
17 Oct 1953 Fodens Motor Works Harry Mortimer Diadem of Gold
01 Nov 1952 Fairey Aviation Harry Mortimer The Frogs of Aristophanes
27 Oct 1951 Black Dyke Mills Alex Mortimer An Epic Symphony
28 Oct 1950 Fodens Motor Works Harry Mortimer Pageantry
12 Nov 1949 Black Dyke Mills Harry Mortimer Comedy Overture
16 Oct 1948 Black Dyke Mills Harry Mortimer On the Cornish Coast
01 Nov 1947 Black Dyke Mills Harry Mortimer Freedom (Brass Band Symphony No. 1)
19 Oct 1946 Brighouse & Rastrick Eric Ball Oliver Cromwell
06 Oct 1945 Fairey Aviation Harry Mortimer Overture for an Epic Occasion
23 Sep 1939 Cancelled due to war, and not run again until 1945, when the contest was run with the newly instituted areas/nationals format.
24 Sep 1938 Fodens Motor Works Fred Mortimer An Epic Symphony
25 Sep 1937 Fodens Motor Works Fred Mortimer Pageantry
26 Sep 1936 Fodens Motor Works Fred Mortimer Kenilworth
28 Sep 1935 Munn & Feltons William Halliwell Pride of Race
29 Sep 1934 Fodens Motor Works Fred Mortimer Comedy Overture
30 Sep 1933 Fodens Motor Works Fred Mortimer Prometheus Unbound
01 Oct 1932 Fodens Motor Works Fred Mortimer A Downland Suite
26 Sep 1931 Wingates Temperance Harold Moss Honour and Glory [Bath]
27 Sep 1930 Fodens Motor Works Fred Mortimer The Severn Suite
28 Sep 1929 Carlisle St. Stephen's William Lowes Victory [Jenkins]
29 Sep 1928 Black Dyke Mills William Halliwell A Moorside Suite
24 Sep 1927 Carlisle St. Stephen William Lowes The White Rider
25 Sep 1926 St. Hilda Colliery William Halliwell An Epic Symphony
26 Sep 1925 Marsden Colliery J. A. Greenwood Joan of Arc [Wright]
27 Sep 1924 St. Hilda Colliery William Halliwell On the Cornish Coast
29 Sep 1923 Luton Red Cross William Halliwell Oliver Cromwell
23 Sep 1922 Horwich RMI J. A. Greenwood Freedom (Brass Band Symphony No. 1)
24 Sep 1921 St. Hilda Colliery William Halliwell Life Divine
25 Sep 1920 St. Hilda Colliery William Halliwell Coriolanus
Sep 1914 Cancelled due to war, and not run again until 1920.
27 Sep 1913 Irwell Springs William Halliwell Labour and Love
28 Sep 1912 St. Hilda Colliery William Halliwell William Tell [arr. Rimmer]
30 Sep 1911 Perfection Soap Works William Halliwell Les Huguenots [arr. W. Rimmer]
01 Oct 1910 Fodens Motor Works William Halliwell Gems of Schubert [arr. Rimmer]
25 Sep 1909 Shaw William Rimmer Der Fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman) [arr. Godfrey]
26 Sep 1908 Irwell Springs William Rimmer Rienzi [arr. Cope]
28 Sep 1907 Wingates Band William Rimmer Gems of Schumann
29 Sep 1906 Wingates Band William Rimmer Gems of Chopin [arr. Short]
30 Sep 1905 Irwell Springs William Rimmer Roland a Ronceveaux
01 Oct 1904 Hebburn Colliery Angus Holden Grand Selection: Mendelssohn's Works [arr. Godfrey]
26 Sep 1903 Besses o' th' Barn Alexander Owen The Mastersingers (Die Meistersinger) [arr. Shipley]
27 Sep 1902 Black Dyke Mills John Gladney Hiawatha [Coleridge-Taylor arr. Godfrey]
28 Sep 1901 Lee Mount William Swingler Gems from Sullivan's Operas No. 3
21 Jul 1900 Denton Original Alexander Owen Gems from Sullivan's Operas No. 1
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