Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Four Dances from Checkmate 1978
Adjudicators:
Venue:	Cheltenham Racecourse (The Centaur), Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor
	Audley	Tom Hancock
	Cockerton Prize Silver	Andrew Hunter
	Diggle	Sean Conway
	Foss Dyke	Gareth Westwood
	Freckleton	Adam Taylor
	Glastonbury Brass	Liam Grunsell
	Granite City Brass	Unknown
	Kidlington Concert	Jonathan Pippen
	Michelmersh Silver	Kevin Smith
	Newtongrange Silver	Anne Crookston
	Old Silkstone	Norman Law
	Parc & Dare	Dewi Griffiths
	Raunds Temperance	Jonathan Pippen
	Ripon City	Unknown
	Roche Brass	Matt Green
	Thundersley	Melvin White
	Tyldesley	Neil Samuel
	Tylorstown	Robert Westacott
	Unite the Union	Jonathan Beatty

Lower Section National Finals will take place over the weekend 13th-14th September 2025. Order to be confirmed.

Bands to perform three of the four dances (Dance of the Four Knights, Ceremony of the Red Bishops and Checkmate).