Future Events

• We believe this contest will be run on 23 Mar 2025 at Gala Theatre, Durham, County Durham, England, UK

Past Results

Date	Winner	Conductor	Test Piece
16 Mar 2024	Durham Miners Association	Stuart Gray	Triptych [Sparke]
12 Mar 2023	Durham Miners Association	Stuart Gray	The Pilgrim's Progress
19 Mar 2022	Tewit Silver	Martin Hall	The Aeronauts
14 Mar 2020	Cockerton	Andrew Hunter	The Golden Sabre - Tales of the Hussar-Poet, Denis Davydov
17 Mar 2019	North Skelton	Lewis Wilkinson	Rise of the Phoenix
17 Mar 2018	North Skelton	Daniel Brooks	Ex Terra Lucem
11 Mar 2017	Ashington Colliery	David Kendall	Rhapsody in Brass
13 Mar 2016	Dunston Silver	Aidan Hodgson	The Mermaid of Zennor
15 Mar 2015	Lockwood Brass	John Roberts	Variations on Maccabeus
15 Mar 2014	Lockwood	John Roberts	Chaucer's Tunes
17 Mar 2013	Ripon City	Malcolm Dibb	The Plantagenets
18 Mar 2012	South Milford	Martin Hall	Cross Patonce
19 Mar 2011	Catterick Brass	Brenden Wheeler	Resurgam
20 Mar 2010	Cockerton Prize Silver	George Nicklin	Kingdom of Dragons
22 Mar 2009	Flookburgh	Alan Lewis	New World Sketches
30 Mar 2008	Barton Town	Richard Evans	Three Part Invention
17 Mar 2007	Wansbeck's Ashington Colliery	Nigel Stedman	Carnival [Perkin]
18 Mar 2006	Lockwood Brass	John Roberts	Images of the Millennium
27 Feb 2005	Lockwood Brass	John Roberts	Variations for Brass Band [Vaughan Williams]
21 Mar 2004	Ellington Colliery	Denis Wright	Kaleidoscope [Sparke]
15 Mar 2003	Langbaurgh Brass	Tim Oldroyd	Celestial Prospect
16 Mar 2002	Langbaurgh Brass	Tim Oldroyd	Symphony for Brass [arr. Hopkinson]
18 Mar 2001	Westoe (STHCT)	Stephen Malcolm	The Moor of Venice
19 Mar 2000	The Harrogate Band	David Lancaster	Sword, Jewel and Mirror
20 Mar 1999	Yarm & District	Mark Sidwell	Symphonic Suite for Brass
22 Mar 1998	Rowntree	Chris Hirst	Culloden Moor
15 Mar 1997	The Cottingham Band	Richard Grantham	A New Buckenham Suite
16 Mar 1996	Carlisle St. Stephens	William Rumford	Hollywood!
19 Mar 1995	Broughton's Brass	Barry Holden	Rococo Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky [Street]
20 Mar 1994	Grimsby	Jon Hall	A Salford Sinfonietta
21 Mar 1993	Rowntree	Derek Warley	Oceans
15 Mar 1992	Rowntree	Derek Warley	Dimensions
17 Mar 1991	Northumbria Police	David Binding	Masque [Devreese]
18 Mar 1990	Russell Foster Houghton Brass	Roger Payne	Forth Suite
16 Apr 1989	Consett M.M. Oil (UK)	Jack Dodds	Orion [Bantock]
17 Apr 1988	Durham Constabulary	Keith MacDonald	Royal Parks
15 Mar 1987	Cockerton Band	Chris Lawn	The Margam Stones
16 Mar 1986	Lingdale Silver	Brian Broadbent	California Legend
24 Mar 1985	Newcastle Brown Ale	Roger Payne	Music for a Brass Band
31 Mar 1984	Ashington Colliery	Mike Priestley	Dimensions
24 Apr 1983	Cockerton Silver	Graham Catherall	Caprice Brass Fair
03 Apr 1982	Harton & Westoe Colliery	Ken Johnson	Henry the Fifth [Vaughan Williams]
04 Apr 1981	Easington	Derek Broadbent	Concertino [Lane]
22 Mar 1980	Kirkbymoorside	Les Maw	Concert Overture for Brass Band
24 Mar 1979	North Skelton and District	Ken Robinson	Introduction, Elegy and Caprice
15 Apr 1978	Consett Steelmen	Jack Dodds	The Three Musketeers
06 Mar 1977	Washington Welfare	George Rowell	Morning Rhapsody
07 Mar 1976	Washington Welfare	George Rowell	Tournament for Brass
01 Mar 1975	Northumbria Police	Stan MacDonald	Rhapsody in Brass
09 Mar 1974	Sunderland Concert	Earnest Camsey	Song and Dances
03 Mar 1973	Durham Constabulary	Stan MacDonald	The White Company
04 Mar 1972	Pelton Fell Workmens	Cliff Sayers	Sinfonietta [Horovitz]
13 Mar 1971	Dearham Miners	Joe Ireland	Suite Gothique
14 Mar 1970	Washington Glebe Colliery	Albert Ward	First Suite in Eb [arr. Herbert]
15 Mar 1969	Dawdon Colliery	Stan MacDonald	Second Suite in F
09 Mar 1968	Dawdon Lodge	Stan MacDonald	Vizcaya
18 Mar 1967	Pegswood Colliery	Unknown	Kenilworth
12 Mar 1966			Quo Vadis?
20 Mar 1965	Dawdon Lodge	Stan MacDonald	Old English Suite: Three Castles
07 Mar 1964			The Great City (Suite)
09 Mar 1963	Ellington Colliery	W. S. Bond	Spring Song
10 Mar 1962	105 Corps Engineering Regt	Walter Wilson	Peter Schmoll
11 Mar 1961	Head Wrightson Works	Cliff Midgley	Symphonic Suite for Brass
26 Mar 1960	Cowpen and Crofton	John Carr	Galleons Reach
04 Apr 1959	Sunderland Police	Norman Piper	Yorkshire Ridings Suite
29 Mar 1958	Craghead Colliery	Eric Cunningham	Venus and Adonis
18 May 1957	Newbiggin & Lynemouth Collieries	George Wright	Land of the Ever Young
26 May 1956	Bedlington Dr. Pit Workmen's	John Carr	Snowdon Fantasy
14 May 1955	Bedlington Dr Pit	John Carr	Thames Valley Suite
15 May 1954	Craghead Colliery	Eric Cunningham	Call of the Sea
25 Apr 1953	Newbiggin Colliery	George Wright	King Lear
19 Apr 1952	Silksworth Colliery	John Peacock	Springtime
18 Mar 1951	Silksworth Colliery	John Peacock	The English Maiden
04 Mar 1950	Thornley Colliery	Edward Kitto	Three Brass Band Studies
04 Jun 1949	Backworth Colliery	J. W. Taylor	Sirius [Wright]
15 May 1948	Coxlodge Institute	T. Dixon	Four Preludes
01 Mar 1947	Boldon Colliery	Harry Mileman	Sinfonietta Pastorale
18 May 1946	Boldon Colliery	Harry Mileman	La Favorita [arr. Godfrey]
07 Jul 1945	Boldon Colliery	Harry Mileman	La Traviata [unknown arranger]