National Championships of Great Britain

Championship Section - Summary of winners

Year	Winners	Conductor	Test piece
2012	Foden's	Allan Withington	Daphnis et Chloé, Ravel, arr. Howard Snell
2011	Brighouse and Rastrick	Professor David King	Breath of Souls - Paul Lovatt-Cooper
2010	Brighouse and Rastrick	Professor David King	Terra Australis, Martin Ellerby
2009	Black Dyke	Dr. Nicholas Childs	Torchbearers, Peter Graham
2008	Black Dyke	Dr. Nicholas Childs	Concertino for Brass Band, Dr Kenneth Downie
2007	Grimethorpe Colliery	Allan Withington	Music for Battle Creek, Philip Sparke
2006	Grimethorpe Colliery UK Coal	Allan Withington	Les Francs Juges, Berlioz arr Frank Wright
2005	Leyland	Russell Gray	Eden, Dr John Pickard
2004	Black Dyke	Nicholas Childs	...all the flowers of the mountain..., Michael Ball
2003	Fairey FP (Music) Band	Allan Withington	Theme and Eight Variations from the Enigma (Opus36), Edward Elgar arr. Eric Ball
2002	Williams Fairey	Allan Whithington	Masquerade, Philip Wilby
2001	Black Dyke	Nicholas Childs	Albion, Jan Van der Roost
2000	Buy As You View Cory	Robert Childs	Harrison's Dream, Peter Graham
1999	Fodens Courtois	Nicholas Childs	Concerto for Band No 1 Opus 44, Derek Bourgeois
1998	Brighouse & Rastrick	Allan Withington	Between the Moon and Mexico, Philip Sparke
1997	Brighouse & Rastrick	Allan Withington	Legends & Myths on Alderley Edge, Peter Graham
1996	CWS Glasgow	Howard Snell	Isaiah 40, Robert Redhead
1995	Black Dyke Mills	James Watson	Songs for BL, Elgar Howarth
1994	Black Dyke Mills	James Watson	Theme and Cooperation, Joseph Horovitz
1993	Williams Fairey	Peter Parkes	The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, Derek Bourgeois
1992	Grimethorpe Colliery	Frank Renton	The New Jerusalem, Philip Wilby
1991	Desford Colliery	James Watson	Energy, Robert Simpson
1990	CWS Glasgow	John Hudson	English Heritage, George Lloyd
1989	Desford Colliery	James Watson	Odin, Arthur Butterworth
1988	Desford Colliery Dowty	James Watson	Seascapes, Ray Steadman - Allen
1987	Desford Colliery Dowty	James Watson	Harmony Music, Philip Sparke
1986	Fairey Engineering	Roy Newsome	Diversions for Brass Band, Derek Bourgeois
1985	Black Dyke Mills	Major Peter Parkes	Cloudcatcher Fells, John McCabe
1984	Cory	Major Arthur Kenny	Dances and Arias, Edward Gregson
1983	Cory	Major Arthur Kenny	Ballet for Band, Joseph Horovitz
1982	Cory	Major Arthur Kenny	Contest Music, Wilfred Heaton
1981	Black Dyke Mills	Major Peter Parkes	Blitz, Derek Bourgeois
1980	Brighouse and Rastrick	Derek Broadbent	Carnival Overture, Anton Dvorak arr. Geoffrey Brand
1979	Black Dyke Mills	Major Peter Parkes	Volcano, Robert Simpson
1978	Yorkshire Imperial Metals	Denis Carr	Checkmate, Sir Arthur Bliss arr. Eric Ball
1977	Black Dyke Mills	Major Peter Parkes	Connotations, Edward Gregson
1976	Black Dyke Mills	Major Peter Parkes	Sinfonietta - The Wayfarer, Eric Ball
1975	Black Dyke Mills	Major Peter Parkes	Un Vie de Matelot, Robert Farnon
1974	Cory	A. Kenney	Fantasy for Brass Band, Malcolm Arnold
1973	Brighouse & Rastrick	J. Scott	Freedom, Hubert Bath
1972	Black Dyke Mills	G. Brand	A Kensington Concerto, Eric Ball
1971	Wingates Temperance	D. Smith	Le Roi d'Ys, Lalo, arr. F. Wright
1970	Grimethorpe Colliery	G. Thompson	Pride of Youth, Gordon Jacob
1969	Brighouse & Rastrick	W. Hargreaves	High Peak, Eric Ball
1968	Brighouse & Rastrick	W. Hargreaves	The Mastersingers, Wagner, arr. F. Wright
1967	Black Dyke Mills	G. Brand	Journey Into Freedom, Eric Ball
1966	GUS (Footwear)	S. Boddington	Le Carnaval Romain, Berlioz arr. F. Wright
1965	Fairey	L. Lamb	Triumphant Rhapsody, Gilbert Vinter
1964	G.U.S.	S. Boddington	Variations on a Ninth, Gilbert Vinter
1963	CWS (Manchester)	A. Mortimer	Belmont Variations, Sir Arthur Bliss arr. F. Wright
1962	CWS (Manchester)	A. Mortimer	The Force of Destiny, Verdi arr. F Wright
1961	Black Dyke Mills	G. Willcocks	Les Francs Juges, Berlioz arr. F. Wright
1960	Munn & Feltons	S. Boddington	Three Figures, Herbert Howells
1959	Black Dyke Mills	G. Willcocks	Le Roi d'Ys, Lalo, arr. F. Wright
1958	Fodens Motor Works	R. Mortimer	Variations on the Shining River, Edmund Rubbra
1957	Munn & Feltons	S. Boddington	Variations for Brass Band, Vaughan Williams
1956	Fairey Aviation	G. Wilcocks	Festival of Music, Eric Ball
1955	Munn & Feltons	H. Mortimer	Blackfriars, Edric Cundell, arr. F. Wright
1954	Fairey Aviation	H. Mortimer	Sovereign Heritage, J. Beaver, arr. F. Wright
1953	Fodens Motor Works	H. Mortimer	Diadem of Gold, G. Bailey arr. F. Wright
1952	Fairey Aviation	H. Mortimer	The Frogs of Aristophanes, Granville Bantock, arr. F. Wright
1951	Black Dyke Mills	A. Mortimer	Epic Symphony, Percy Fletcher
1950	Fodens Motor Works	H. Mortimer	Pageantry, Herbert Howells
1949	Black Dyke Mills	H. Mortimer	Overture Comedy, John Ireland
1948	Black Dyke Mills	H. Mortimer	On the Cornish Coast, Henry Geehl
1947	Black Dyke Mills	H. Mortimer	Freedom, Hubert Bath
1946	Brighouse & Rastrick	E. Ball	Oliver Cromwell, Henry Geehl
1945	Fairey Aviation	H. Mortimer	Overture for An Epic Occasion, Denis Wright
1938	Fodens Motor Works	F. Mortimer	An Epic Symphony, Percy Fletcher
1937	Fodens Motor Works	F. Mortimer	Pageantry, Herbert Howells
1936	Fodens Motor Works	F. Mortimer	Kenilworth, Arthur Bliss
1935	Munn & Feltons	W. Halliwell	Pride of Race, Kenneth Wright
1934	Fodens Motor Works	F. Mortimer	Comedy, John Ireland
1933	Fodens Motor Works	F. Mortimer	Prometheus Unbound, Granville Bantock
1932	Fodens Motor Works	F. Mortimer	A Downland Suite, John Ireland
1931	Wingates Temperance	H. Moss	Honour and Glory, Hubert Bath
1930	Fodens Motor Works	F. Mortimer	The Severn Suite, Edward Elgar
1929	Carlisle St. Stephen	W. Lowes	Victory, Cyril Jenkins
1928	Black Dyke Mills	W. Halliwell	A Moorside Suite, Gustav Holst
1927	Carlisle St. Stephen	W. Lowes	The White Rider, Denis Wright
1926	St. Hilda Colliery	W. Halliwell	An Epic Symphony, Percy Fletcher
1925	Marsden Colliery	J. Greenwood	Joan of Arc, Denis Wright
1924	St. Hilda Colliery	W. Halliwell	On the Cornish Coast, Henry Geehl
1923	Luton Red Cross	W. Halliwell	Oliver Cromwell, Henry Geehl
1922	Horwich RMI	J. Greenwood	Freedom, Hubert Bath
1921	St. Hilda Colliery	W. Halliwell	Life Divine, Cyril Jenkins
1920	St. Hilda Colliery	W. Halliwell	Coriolanus, Cyril Jenkins
1913	Irwell Springs	W. Halliwell	Labour & Love, Percy Fletcher
1912	St. Hilda Colliery	W. Halliwell	William Tell, Rossini arr W. Rimmer
1911	Perfection Soap Works	W. Halliwell	Les Huguenots, Meyerbeer arr. W. Rimmer
1910	Fodens Motor Works	W. Halliwell	Gems of Schubert, W. Rimmer
1909	Shaw	W. Rimmer	The Flying Dutchman, Wagner arr. C. Godfrey
1908	Irwell Springs	W. Rimmer	Rienzi, Wagner arr S. Cope
1907	Wingates Temperance	W. Rimmer	Gems of Schumann, arr. W. Short
1906	Wingate Temperance	W. Rimmer	Gems of Chopin, arr. W. Short
1905	Irwell Spring	W. Rimmer	Roland a Ronceveaux, Mermet
1904	Hebburn Colliery	A. Holden	Grand Selection: Mendelssohn, arr. C. Godfrey
1903	Besses o' th Barn	A. Owen	Die Meistersinger, Wagner arr. F. C. Shipley-Douglas
1902	Black Dyke Mills	J. Gladney	Hiawatha, Coleridge Taylor arr. C. Godfrey
1901	Lee Mount	W. Swingler	Gems from Sullivan's Opera No. 3, J. Ord Hume
1900	Denton Original	A. Owen	Gems from Sullivan's Opera No. 1, J. Ord Hume

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