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
14 Sep 2024	Golborne	Les Webb	The Shipbuilders
17 Sep 2023	Porthleven Town	Tom Bassett	The Lost Village of Imber
17 Sep 2022	Skelmersdale	Benjamin Coulson	Sinfonietta [Horovitz]
18 Sep 2021	Tewit Silver	Martin Hall	Kaleidoscope [Sparke]
27 Sep 2020	Cancelled due to Covid-19 Pandemic.
15 Sep 2019	Uppermill	Dean Redfern	Viking Age
16 Sep 2018	Barnsley Brass	William Rushworth	Episodes for Brass [Churcher]
17 Sep 2017	BD1 Brass	Lee Skipsey	Hinemoa
18 Sep 2016	Crofton Silver	Dean Jones	Lake of the Moon
20 Sep 2015	Houghton Brass	Tom Gibson	The Graces of Love
21 Sep 2014	Ebbw Valley	Gareth Ritter	Symphony for Brass [arr. Hopkinson]
22 Sep 2013	LGB Brass	Ian Stewart	Penlee
23 Sep 2012	Hitchin Town	Craig Patterson	Three Ancient Customs
25 Sep 2011	City of Bradford	Lee Skipsey	Darkness Visible
26 Sep 2010	Delph	Philip Goodwin	Willow Pattern
27 Sep 2009	Brunel Brass	John Winterflood	Oceans
27 Sep 2008	Wellington (Telford)	Stephen Curtis	Suite for Brass [Rutter]
29 Sep 2007	Middleton	Matthew Stringer	Imperium
23 Sep 2006	Long Eaton Silver	Sharon Stansfield	Sinfonietta for Brass Band [Langford]
25 Sep 2005	Jersey Premier Brass	Tim Pritchard	A Gallimaufry Suite
12 Sep 2004	Hoover (Bolton)	Chris Wormald	Diamond Heritage
20 Sep 2003	Diggle	Alan Lawton	Four Preludes
21 Sep 2002	Silk Brass AstraZeneca	Ken Mackintosh	Cherchebi
22 Sep 2001	Lancashire Life Morecambe	Andrew Warriner	An English Suite [M. Ball]
21 Oct 2000	Kirkintilloch Kelvin Brass	Raymond Tennant	Excelsior! [Snell]
18 Sep 1999	Test Valley Brass	Steve Large	The Three Musketeers
19 Sep 1998	Oldham Brass 97	Andrew White	Three Miniatures [Sparke]
27 Sep 1997	Ashton-under-Lyne	Martyn Evans	Dancing in the Park
21 Sep 1996	Yeovil Town	Steve Sykes	Sinfonietta for Brass Band [Langford]
21 Oct 1995	Fairlop Brass	Kevin Jordan	Suite Gothique
01 Oct 1994	Glossop Old	James Cant	Partita for Band - Postcards from Home
02 Oct 1993	Skelmanthorpe	Stuart Fawcett	A Celtic Suite
03 Oct 1992	Beaumaris & District Silver	Gwyn Evans	Amaranth
05 Oct 1991	British Steel (Port Talbot) Brass	E. J. Clark	Variations [Phillips]
06 Oct 1990	Blidworth Welfare	David Newman	Music for a Festival [Sparke]
07 Oct 1989	Alvins Walkden	Mike Cotter	Occasion
08 Oct 1988	Regent Brass	Paul Fensom	Cassation
03 Oct 1987	Drighlington	Colin Hardy	Partita [Kelly]
04 Oct 1986	Marple	Garry Cutt	Fanfare and Variations
05 Oct 1985	Swinton Concert Brass	David King	Cityscapes [Bulla]
06 Oct 1984	Bedford (Leigh)	Malcolm Brownbill	Rhapsodic Prelude
08 Oct 1983	Middleton Band	Fred Bowker	A French Suite
02 Oct 1982	Silksworth Colliery	W. Davison	Music from the Elizabethan Court
03 Oct 1981	Yorkshire Bus Company	Edward Griffiths	Vizcaya
04 Oct 1980	Askern Colliery	Ken Johnson	Concertante Music
06 Oct 1979	Corby Beanfield School	Donald Manning	Alice in Wonderland [Hanmer]
07 Oct 1978	Carlton Silver Band	Bernard Nolan	Caprice
08 Oct 1977	Walsall Metropolitan	Peter Bright	Rhapsody on British Sea Shanties
09 Oct 1976	St. Keverne Silver	Derek Johnston	Third Rhapsody on Negro Spirituals
11 Oct 1975	Wakefield Youth	Peter Kitson	Pride of Race
05 Oct 1974	Thornsett	Brian Taylor	Carnival [Perkin]
06 Oct 1973	Haworth	John Moor	The Shipbuilders
14 Oct 1972	Wigan & District	Edward Gray	A Waltz Overture
09 Oct 1971	Redbridge Youth Band	John Ridgeon	Avalon [Richardson]
10 Oct 1970	Cargo Fleet	A. Rutherford	A Czech Fantasy
11 Oct 1969	Teversal Colliery	H. Eggleshaw	The Water Carrier
12 Oct 1968	Pelton Fell Workmen's Institute	George Holden	Music for the Royal Fireworks
14 Oct 1967	Rhymney Workmen's Institute	Richard Nash	Second Organ Sonata
15 Oct 1966	Corby Prize Silver	E. Senton	Land of the Ever Young
16 Oct 1965	Sherborne Town	C. L. White	Music for a Brass Band
17 Oct 1964	Romford Civil Defence	Joseph Anderson	The English Maiden
19 Oct 1963	Poynton Brass	Charles Holt	The Ancient Mariner
20 Oct 1962	Tadley Silver	Gideon West	Four Preludes
28 Oct 1961	Paulton Silver	A. R. Bryant	Cordell Suite
15 Oct 1960	Rawmarsh Prize Band	Edmund Hoole	Call of the Sea
24 Oct 1959	Steel Co. of Wales Port Talbot	W. S. Jenkins	Three Brass Band Studies
25 Oct 1958	Haigh Prize	Harry Bentham	Sinfonietta Pastorale
26 Oct 1957	Ellington Colliery	W. S. Bond	Sinfonie Concertante
27 Oct 1956	Walkden Prize	Clifford Lightbown	James Hook
29 Oct 1955	Pontardulais Town	Cliff Ward	Three English Pictures
16 Oct 1954	Whitburn Miners' Welfare	Herbert Kearsley	Glastonbury
19 Sep 1953	Barnet Band	J. R. Stanyon	A Holiday Suite
20 Sep 1952	Wharncliffe Silkstone	Edmund Hoole	Rufford Abbey
22 Sep 1951	John Dickinson	Philip Catelinet	Hinchingbrooke
23 Sep 1950	Lewis Merthyr Workmen's Inst	Oliver Jones	Indian Summer
17 Sep 1949	British Legion (Oldham)	Leonard Lamb	Petite Suite de Ballet
02 Oct 1948	Storeys of Lancaster	Arthur Brownbill	In Tudor Days
04 Oct 1947	Rhos Silver	Elgar Clayton	The Merry Monarch
17 Aug 1946	Mynyddygarreg Silver	D. T. Gravell	Gems of Chopin [arr. Catelinet]
29 Sep 1945	Houghton Main Colliery	James Thompson	Overture: Messiah