Future Events

• We believe this contest will be run on 13 Sep 2025 at Cheltenham Racecourse (The Centaur), Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK

Past Results

Date	Winner	Conductor	Test Piece
15 Sep 2024	Betteshanger Colliery	Michael West	Smoke Sketches
16 Sep 2023	Newhall	Kevin Holdgate	A Saddleworth Festival Overture
18 Sep 2022	Dobcross Silver	Jason M. Smith	New Beginnings
19 Sep 2021	Nailsworth Silver	Anri Adachi	An Elgar Portrait
26 Sep 2020	Cancelled due to Covid-19 Pandemic.
14 Sep 2019	Tewit Silver	Martin Hall	Beecher Variations
15 Sep 2018	Stamford Brass	Julian Bright	Divertimento [Barry]
16 Sep 2017	Newmains & District	Michael Marzella	Petite Suite de Ballet
17 Sep 2016	Phoenix Brass (Goodwick)	Luke Jenkins	Music from Kantara
19 Sep 2015	Usk	Jeff Jones	Visions [Price]
20 Sep 2014	Northop Brass	David Davies	Narnia Suite
21 Sep 2013	Ebbw Valley Brass	Gareth Ritter	A Malvern Suite
22 Sep 2012	Norfolk Wherry Brass	Andrew Craze	A British Isles Suite
24 Sep 2011	Melingriffith 2	Dewi Griffiths	Henry the Fifth [Vaughan Williams]
26 Sep 2010	Hazel Grove	Nigel Beasley	A Royal Mile Suite
26 Sep 2009	St. Breward Silver	Kevin MacKenzie	Alta Vista
27 Sep 2008	Lostock Hall Memorial	John Wood	The Shipbuilders
30 Sep 2007	Formby	Louise Hough	Roman Triptych
24 Sep 2006	Dodworth Colliery M.W.	Eliot Darwin	Valerius Variations
24 Sep 2005	Valley Brass (Haydock)	David Chadwick	A Mendip Celebration
11 Sep 2004	Potters Bar	Sarah Groarke-Booth	The Four Noble Truths
20 Sep 2003	Wardle & District Anderson Brass	Philip Shaw	Call of the Sea
21 Sep 2002	St. Dennis	Brian Minear	A Cambrian Suite
22 Sep 2001	Shirland Welfare Training	Marie Smith	Attleborough Suite
22 Oct 2000	Beaumaris B	Fred Evans	The Seasons [Wilby]
18 Sep 1999	Lympstone Telecoms	Charles Fleming	Salzburg Suite
19 Sep 1998	Test Valley Brass	Steve Large	A Caledonian Journey
27 Sep 1997	Brent Brass	Phillip Littlemore	The Fall of the Year
21 Sep 1996	Manx Concert	Ian Clague	A Malvern Suite
21 Oct 1995	Todmorden Old	Dennis Hadfield	Vizcaya
01 Oct 1994	Frickley South Elmsall Colliery	Brian Till	St. Michael's Mount
03 Oct 1993	Hollingworth Brass	James Cant	Little Suite for Brass Band [Platts]
03 Oct 1992	Eaton's Farnworth	Steven Booth	Prelude, Song and Dance
05 Oct 1991	Beaumaris & District	Gwyn Evans	Landscapes [Johnson]
06 Oct 1990	Gorton Silver	Ben Ashby	Pantheon [Amos]
07 Oct 1989	Sovereign Brass	Barry Pope	Contrasten
08 Oct 1988	Allerton Bywater Colliery	Alan Morrison	Whealdon Rhapsody
03 Oct 1987	Besses Boys	Barrie Chappell	Little Suite for Brass Band [Platts]
04 Oct 1986	Drighlington	Colin Hardy	Divertimento [Kelly]
05 Oct 1985	Hesketh Bank Silver	Harry Bentham	A Saddleworth Festival Overture
06 Oct 1984	Boldon Colliery	George Rowell	Second Suite in F
08 Oct 1983	Handcross Brass	Ian Walsh	Ballad for Band
02 Oct 1982	Warren	Duncan Beckley	Tuba Mirum
03 Oct 1981	Rhodian Brass	David Windle	Contest Day
04 Oct 1980	Delph	Philip Goodwin	Doon Valley
06 Oct 1979	Darwen	Geoff Ainsworth	A Suite for Switzerland
07 Oct 1978	Ecclesfield	Alan Exley	The Isle of Avalon
08 Oct 1977	Hammonds Sauce (B)	A. W. McLauchlan	Little Suite for Brass Band [Platts]
09 Oct 1976	Queensbury Music Centre	Andrew Owenson	A Czech Fantasy
11 Oct 1975	North Skelton and District	Ken Robinson	Salzburg Suite
05 Oct 1974	West Wycombe Brass	Douglas Bird	Youth Salutes a Master
06 Oct 1973	RNR (Tay Division) Dundee	Alex Barrie	Whealdon Rhapsody
14 Oct 1972	Fishburn Colliery Welfare	James Foxcroft	Lindum Suite
09 Oct 1971	Ebbw Vale Municipal	Don Hendy	Shakespearean Rhapsody
10 Oct 1970	Harpenden	George Crossland	A Psalm for all Nations
11 Oct 1969	City of Coventry 'B'	Albert Chappell	American Sketches
12 Oct 1968	Workington Town	W. Petre	Homeward
14 Oct 1967	Chapeltown Silver Prize	Edmund Hoole	James Hook
15 Oct 1966	Hatfield Main Colliery	W. Smith	Spirit of Progress
16 Oct 1965	Guildford Silver	Frank Renton	Neapolitan Suite
17 Oct 1964	Stanhope Silver	Jack Woodhall	A Souvenir of Shakespeare
19 Oct 1963	Cargo Fleet Works	A. Rutherford	Everybody's Child
20 Oct 1962	Corby Silver	John Baldwin	A Garland of Classics
28 Oct 1961	Hetton Silver	George Scorer	Three Days
15 Oct 1960	Poynton Brass	Charles Holt	In Tudor Days
24 Oct 1959	Cammell Laird Works	Rex Mortimer	Holiday Sketches
25 Oct 1958	Elland Silver	Roy Newsome	John Peel Suite
26 Oct 1957	Gwaun-cae-Gurwen	Haydn Morris	Suite in Bb [Jacob]
27 Oct 1956	Esh Colliery Welfare Silver	Jack Atherton	Three Songs without Words
29 Oct 1955	Brancepeth Colliery	J. W. Ainsley	The Merry Monarch
16 Oct 1954	Woodhorn Colliery	Archibald Locker	Beautiful Britain
19 Sep 1953	Ystalyfera Public Prize Band	Lewis Williams	Country Sketches
20 Sep 1952	Ellington Colliery	W. S. Bond	Wayside Scenes
22 Sep 1951	95th (Crewe) Squadron A.T.C	Basil Stokes	The Call of Youth
23 Sep 1950	Kibworth Silver	Edward Moore	May Day
17 Sep 1949	Gomersal Mills	Frank Braithwaite	Pride of the Forest
02 Oct 1948	Wincanton Silver	J. B. Yorke	Three Songs without Words
04 Oct 1947	Butterfield's Tank Works	Hugh Forbes	Divertimento [Ball]