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
17 Mar 2024	Easington Colliery	Allan Withington	Variations on an Enigma
12 Mar 2023	NASUWT Riverside	Robert Childs	Red Priest
20 Mar 2022	NASUWT Riverside	Nicholas Childs	Contest Music
15 Mar 2020	NASUWT Riverside	Nicholas Childs	A Tale as yet Untold
17 Mar 2019	E.Y.M.S.	Stig Mærsk	Seascapes
18 Mar 2018	NASUWT Riverside	David Roberts	Odyssey [Norbury]
12 Mar 2017	NASUWT Riverside	David Roberts	Pageantry
13 Mar 2016	Reg Vardy	Russell Gray	Cambridge Variations
15 Mar 2015	Reg Vardy	Russell Gray	The Torchbearer
16 Mar 2014	Reg Vardy	Russell Gray	St. Magnus
17 Mar 2013	NASUWT Riverside	Ray Farr	Harmony Music
18 Mar 2012	Felling	Stephen Malcolm	The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
20 Mar 2011	Reg Vardy	Nicholas Childs	Paganini Variations
21 Mar 2010	Reg Vardy	Nicholas Childs	English Heritage
22 Mar 2009	EYMS	Robert Childs	Salute to Youth
30 Mar 2008	Reg Vardy	Nicholas Childs	Festival Music (Symphonic Suite)
18 Mar 2007	Reg Vardy	Ray Farr	Isaiah 40
19 Mar 2006	Reg Vardy	Ray Farr	Journey to the Centre of the Earth
27 Feb 2005	Reg Vardy	Ray Farr	Overture to Rienzi [arr. Lorriman]
21 Mar 2004	(Reg Vardy) Ever Ready	Ray Farr	Tristan Encounters
16 Mar 2003	Ever Ready	Russell Gray	Prague
17 Mar 2002	Ever Ready	Nicholas Childs	Whitsun Wakes
18 Mar 2001	Fishburn	Ian Robinson	Jazz
19 Mar 2000	Ever Ready	Nicholas Childs	Variations on an Enigma
21 Mar 1999	Ever Ready	Nicholas Childs	Blitz
22 Mar 1998	EYMS	John Roberts	Montage
16 Mar 1997	East Yorkshire Motor Services	Andrew Snell	A Lowry Sketchbook
17 Mar 1996	E.Y.M.S.	Robert Childs	Sounds
19 Mar 1995	Fishburn Band	Ian Robinson	Un Vie de Matelot (A Sailor's Life)
20 Mar 1994	Ever Ready	Peter Parkes	Partita [Sparke]
21 Mar 1993	Ever Ready	Peter Parkes	Of Men and Mountains
15 Mar 1992	Fishburn	Ian Robinson	Frontier!
17 Mar 1991	Ever Ready	Peter Parkes	Journey into Freedom
18 Mar 1990	Ever Ready	Peter Parkes	The Beacons
16 Apr 1989	Ever Ready	Peter Parkes	Prisms
17 Apr 1988	National Smokeless Fuels	Roger Payne	Ballet for Band
15 Mar 1987	Ever Ready	Peter Parkes	Diversions on a Bass Theme
16 Mar 1986	Ever Ready	Peter Parkes	Variations on a Theme by Haydn
24 Mar 1985	Ever Ready	Peter Parkes	Contest Music
31 Mar 1984	North Skelton	Rob Wiffin	Waverley
24 Apr 1983	North Skelton	Rob Wiffin	Images [McCabe]
03 Apr 1982	Ever Ready	Peter Parkes	Essay for Brass Band [Gregson]
04 Apr 1981	Ever Ready	Peter Parkes	Variations on the Shining River
22 Mar 1980	Ever Ready	Trevor Walmsley	Beatrice & Benedict
24 Mar 1979	Ever Ready	Trevor Walmsley	Variations for Brass Band [Vaughan Williams]
15 Apr 1978	Ever Ready	Walter Barrow Hargreaves	The Belmont Variations
06 Mar 1977	Ever Ready	Eric Cunningham	Pageantry
07 Mar 1976	Ever Ready	Eric Cunningham	Spectrum [Vinter]
01 Mar 1975	Ever Ready	Eric Cunningham	Journey into Freedom
09 Mar 1974	Ever Ready	Eric Cunningham	Variations on a Ninth
03 Mar 1973	Ever Ready (G.B.)	Eric Cunningham	The Plantagenets
04 Mar 1972	Ever Ready Craghead	Eric Cunningham	Concert Overture for Brass Band
13 Mar 1971	Dawdon Lodge	Stan MacDonald	A Joyful Noise
14 Mar 1970	Ever Ready Craghead	Eric Cunningham	The Corsair
15 Mar 1969	Craghead Colliery	Eric Cunningham	Diadem of Gold
09 Mar 1968	Craghead Colliery	Eric Cunningham	Themes From Beethoven's 8th Symphony
18 Mar 1967	Crookhall Bradley	Geoffrey Brand	Festival Music (Symphonic Suite)
12 Mar 1966	Crookhall Colliery	Unknown	Le Roi d'Ys
20 Mar 1965	Crookhall Colliery	J. J. Stobbs	Themes from the First Symphony [Beethoven]
07 Mar 1964	Crookhall Colliery	Unknown	Symphony of Marches
09 Mar 1963	Crookhall Colliery	Walter Barrow Hargreaves	Overture to Rienzi [arr. Johns]
10 Mar 1962	Cowpen & Crofton	John Carr	Salute to Youth
11 Mar 1961	Wallsend Shipyard	George Lee	Les Preludes [arr. Rimmer]
26 Mar 1960	Crookhall Colliery	J. J. Stobbs	Themes from Symphony no. 5 [Tchaikovsky, arr. Ball]
04 Apr 1959	Crookhall Colliery	J. J. Stobbs	Wuthering Heights
29 Mar 1958	Crookhall Colliery	J. J. Stobbs	The Moor of Venice
18 May 1957	S.H. & W.R. Wallsend Shipyard	George Lee	Themes from Symphony no. 9 [Beethoven]
26 May 1956	Harton Colliery	George Thompson	Orion [Bantock]
14 May 1955	Easington Public	Cecil Peacock	The Severn Suite
15 May 1954	Crookhall Colliery	J. J. Stobbs	Clive of India
25 Apr 1953	Wallsend Shipyard	John Carr	Rhapsody in Brass
10 May 1952	Crookhall Colliery	J. J. Stobbs	Resurgam
21 Apr 1951	Crookhall Colliery	J. J. Stobbs	Atlantic [Wright]
04 Mar 1950	Crookhall Colliery	J. J. Stobbs	Festival Overture [Geehl]
04 Jun 1949	Harton Colliery	Jack Atherton	Morning Rhapsody
15 May 1948	Harton Colliery	Jack Atherton	Fantasia in F
01 Mar 1947	Harton Colliery	Jack Atherton	Akhnaton
18 May 1946	North Seaton Workmen's	W. S. Bond	Pride of Race
07 Jul 1945	Blackhall Colliery	Noel Thorpe	Lorenzo