Summary
| Year | Winners | Conductor | Test piece |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Foden's | Russell Gray | Sand and Stars, Thierry Deleruyelle |
| 2022 | Brighouse & Rastrick | Prof David King | The World Rejoicing - Symphonic Variations on a Lutheran Chorale (Edward Gregson) |
| 2019 | Cory | Philip Harper | Dynasty (Peter Graham) |
| 2018 | Cory | Philip Harper | A Brussels Requiem (Bert Appermont) |
| 2017 | Valaisia Brass Band | Arsene Duc | Fraternity (Thierry Deleruyelle) |
| 2016 | Cory | Philip Harper | The Triumph of Time (Prof. Peter Graham) |
| 2015 | Grimethorpe Colliery | Dr. Robert Childs | Reflections on Swan Lake (Stephen Roberts) |
| 2014 | Black Dyke | Prof. Nicholas Childs | Vita Aeterna Variations (Alexander Comitas) |
| 2013 | Tredegar | Ian Porthouse | Arabian Nights - Fantasy on Rimsky Korsakov’s Scheherazade for Brass Band (Stephen Roberts) |
| 2012 | Foden's | Allan Withington | Electra (Dr Martin Ellerby) |
| 2011 | Cory | Dr. Robert Childs | Red Priest (Prof. Philip Wilby) |
| 2010 | Tredegar | Ian Porthouse | On the Shoulders of Giants (Prof. Peter Graham) |
| 2009 | Cory | Dr. Robert Childs | Titan's Progress (Hermann Pallhuber) |
| 2008 | Foden's Richardson | Garry Cutt | Rococo Variations (Prof. Edward Gregson) |
| 2007 | Cory | Dr. Robert Childs | Visions of Gerontius (Kenneth Downie) |
| 2006 | Black Dyke | Dr. Nicholas Childs | Vienna Nights (Philip Wilby) |
| 2005 | Black Dyke | Dr. Nicholas Childs | The Night to Sing (Bramwell Tovey) |
| 2004 | Foden's Richardson Contest Music |
Garry Cutt | Contest Music (Wilfred Heaton), Montage (Peter Graham), St. Magnus (Kenneth Downie) |
| 2003 | Yorkshire Building Society | Prof. David King | The Planets Suite [Venus & Jupiter], (Holst arr. Stephen Roberts) |
| 2002 | Buy As You View Cory | Robert Childs | The Maunsell Forts (John McCabe) |
| 2001 | Yorkshire Building Society | David King | Les Preludes (Liszt, transcribed Bram Gray) |
| 2000 | Buy As You View Cory | Robert Childs | Ceremony (Michael Ball) |
| 1999 | Yorkshire Building Society | David King | ...Dove Descending (Philip Wilby) |
| 1998 | Williams Fairey | James Gourlay | Diversions on a Bass Theme (George Lloyd) |
| 1997 | Yorkshire Building Society | D. King | Whitsun Wakes, Michael Ball |
| 1996 | Marple | G. Cutt | The Severn Suite, Sir Edward Elgar, arr. Bram Gray |
| 1995 | Black Dyke | J. Watson | Revelation, Philip Wilby |
| 1994 | BNFL Leyland | R. Evans | Salamander, John McCabe |
| 1993 | Williams Fairey | P. Parkes | Masquerade, Philip Wilby |
| 1992 | Black Dyke | J. Watson | Cloudcatcher Fells, John McCabe |
| 1991 | Grimethorpe Colliery | F. Renton | Paganini Variations, Philip Wilby |
| 1990 | Sun Life | R. Newsome | Le Roi d'Ys, Edouard Lalo, arr. Frank Wright |
| 1989 | Kennedy's Swinton Concert | G. Cutt | Diversions for Brass Band, Derek Bourgeois |
| 1988 | Rigid Container Group GUS | B. Tovey | Contest Music, Wilfred Heaton |
| 1987 | Williams Fairey Engineering | R. Newsome | Freedom, Hubert Bath |
| 1986 | Black Dyke Mills | P. Parkes | An Epic Symphony, Percy Fletcher, plus Fusions, Howard Blake |
| 1985 | Black Dyke Mills | P. Parkes | Salute to Youth, Gilbert Vinter |
| 1984 | Grimethorpe Colliery | G. Brand | Comedy Overture, John Ireland |
| 1983 | Black Dyke Mills | P. Parkes | Connotations, Edward Gregson |
| 1982 | Besses o' th' Barn | R. Newsome | Three Figures, Herbert Howells |
| 1981 | City of Coventry | A. Kenney | Variations on a Ninth, Gilbert Vinter |
| 1980 | Yorkshire Imperial | J. Pryce Jones | Energy, Robert Simpson |
| 1979 | Fairey Engineering | W. Hargreaves | Le Carnival Romain, H. Berlioz, arr. F. Wright |
| 1978 | Brighouse & Rastrick | G. Brand | Benvenuto Cellini, H. Berlioz, arr. F. Wright |
| 1977 | Black Dyke Mills | P. Parkes | Diadem of Gold, Bailey, arr. F. Wright |
| 1976 | Black Dyke Mills | P. Parkes | An Epic Symphony, Percy Fletcher |
| 1975 | Wingates Temperance | R. Evans | Fireworks, Elgar Howarth |
| 1974 | Black Dyke Mills | R. Newsome | James Cook - Circumnavigator, Gilbert Vinter |
| 1973 | Black Dyke Mills | Roy Newsome | The Accursed Huntsman (Cesar Franck, arr. E. Siebert) |
| 1972 | Black Dyke Mills | G. Brand | Sovereign Heritage, Jack Beaver |
| 1971 | Yorkshire Imperial | T. Walmsley | Festival Music, Eric Ball |
| 1970 | Yorkshire Imperial | T. Walmsley | Pageantry, Herbert Howells |
| 1969 | Grimethorpe Colliery | G. Thompson | Spectrum, Gilbert Vinter |
| 1968 | Black Dyke Mills | G. Brand | John O' Gaunt, Gilbert Vinter |
| 1967 | Grimethorpe Colliery | G. Thompson | Comedy, John Ireland |
| 1966 | CWS (Manchester) | A. Mortimer | Downland Suite, John Ireland |
| 1965 | Fairey | L. Lamb | Saga of the North, Cyril Jenkins |
| 1964 | Foden Motor Works | R. Mortimer | Lorenzo, Thomas Keighley |
| 1963 | Fairey | L. Lamb | Life Divine, Cyril Jenkins |
| 1962 | Fairey | L. Lamb | Island Heritage, Helen Perkin |
| 1961 | Fairey | L. Lamb | Main Street, Eric Ball |
| 1960 | CWS (Manchester) | A. Mortimer | Fantasia, Mozart, arr. Malcolm Sargent |
| 1959 | Besses o' th' Barn | W. Wood | The Undaunted, Eric Ball |
| 1958 | Carlton Main Frickley Colliery | J. Atherton | Sunset Rhapsody, Eric Ball |
| 1957 | Black Dyke Mills | G. Willcocks | Carnival, Helen Perkin |
| 1956 | Fairey Aviation | H. Mortimer | Tam O 'Shanters Ride, Denis Wright |
| 1955 | Ferodo Works | G.Hespe | Sinfonietta for Brass Band, Erik Leidzen |
| 1954 | Munn & Feltons | S. Boddington | Tournament for Brass, Eric Ball |
| 1953 | National Band of New Zealand | K. Smith | Three Musketeers, George Hespe |
| 1952 | CWS (Manchester) | E. Ball | Scena Sinfonica, Henry Geehl |
| 1951 | Ransome & Marles | E. Ball | The Conquerors, Eric Ball |
| 1950 | Fairey Aviation | H. Mortimer | Resurgam, Eric Ball |
| 1949 | Fairey Aviation | H. Mortimer | Rhapsody in Brass, Dean Goffin |
| 1948 | CWS (Manchester) | E. Ball | Music for Brass, Denis Wright |
| 1947 | Fairey Aviation | H. Mortimer | Henry V, R.M. Price |
| 1946 | Bickershaw Colliery | H. Mortimer | Salute to Freedom, Eric Ball |
| 1945 | Fairey Aviation | H. Mortimer | Pride of Race, K. Wright |
| 1944 | Fairey Aviation | H. Mortimer | The Tempest, Maurice Johnstone |
| 1943 | Bickershaw Colliery | W. Haydock | Themes from Symphony No. 5, Beethoven arranged Denis Wright |
| 1942 | Fairey Aviation (Pageantry) | H. Mortimer | Lorenzo or Pageantry |
| 1941 | Fairey Aviation | H. Mortimer | Various Test Pieces |
| 1940 | Bickershaw Colliery | W. Haydock | Clive of India, Joseph Holbrooke |
| 1939 | Wingates Temperance | W. Wood | A Downland Suite, John Ireland |
| 1938 | Slaithwaite | N. Thorpe | Owain Glyndwr, Maldwyn Price |
| 1937 | Besses o' th' Barn | W. Wood | Academic Festival Overture, Brahms, arr D. Wright |
| 1936 | Brighouse & Rastrick | W. Halliwell | Robin Hood, Henry Geehl |
| 1935 | Black Dyke Mills | W. Halliwell | A Northern Rhapsody, Thomas Keighley |
| 1934 | Brighouse & Rastrick | W. Halliwell | Pageantry, Herbert Howells |
| 1933 | Brighouse & Rastrick | W. Halliwell | Princess Nada, Denis Wright |
| 1932 | Brighouse & Rastrick | W. Halliwell | The Crusaders, Dr Thomas Keighley |
| 1931 | Besses o' th' Barn | W. Halliwell | Springtime, Haydn Morris |
| 1930 | Eccles Borough | J. Dow | Oriental Rhapsody, Sir Granville Bantock |
| 1929 | Brighouse & Rastrick | F. Berry | Pathetique, Beethoven |
| 1928 | Fodens Motor Works | W. Halliwell | Lorenzo, Thomas Keighley |
| 1927 | Fodens Motor Works | W. Halliwell | Merry Wives of Windsor, Thomas Keighley |
| 1926 | Fodens Motors Works | W. Halliwell | A Midsummer Night's Dream, Thomas Keighley |
| 1925 | Creswell Colliery | J. A. Greenwood | MacBeth, Dr Thomas Keighley |
| 1924 | Newcastle Steel Works | A. H. Baile | Selection from Franz Liszt, arr Dr. T. Keighley |
| 1923 | Wingates Temperance | W. Halliwell | Dinorah, Meyerbeer, arr C. Godfrey |
| 1922 | South Elmsall & Frickley Colliery | N. Thorpe | Lohengrin, Wagner arr M. Johnstone |
| 1921 | Wingates Temperance | W. Halliwell | Vincent Wallace arr C. Godfrey |
| 1920 | Besses o' th' Barn | W. Wood | I Lombardi, Verdi arr C. Godfrey |
| 1919 | Harton Colliery | G. Hawkins | The Lily of Killarney, Benedict arr C. Godfrey |
| 1918 | Wingates Temperance | W. Halliwell | Il Bravo, Marliani arr C. Godfrey |
| 1917 | Horwich RMI | J. Greenwood | Le Pre-aux-Clercs, Herold arr C. Godfrey |
| 1916 | Horwich RMI | J. A. Greenwood | La Traviata, Verdi arr C. Godfrey Jnr |
| 1915 | Fodens Motor Works | W. Halliwell | Il Furioso, Donizetti arr C. Godfrey |
| 1914 | Black Dyke Mills | J. Greenwood | Joseph und Seine Bruder, Mehul arr C. Godfrey |
| 1913 | Fodens Motor Works | W. Halliwell | A Souvenir of Gounod arr C. Godfrey |
| 1912 | Fodens Motor Works | W. Halliwell | Les Diamants de la Couronne, Auber arr C. Godfrey |
| 1911 | Hebden Bridge | W. Halliwell | Eugene Onegin, Tchaikovsky arr C. Godfrey |
| 1910 | Fodens Motors Wagon Works | W. Halliwell | Acis & Galatea, Handel arr C. Godfrey |
| 1909 | Fodens Motor Works | W. Rimmer | Il Bravo, Marliani arr C. Godfrey |
| 1908 | Black Dyke Mills | W. Rimmer | A Souvenir of Grieg, arr C. Godfrey |
| 1907 | Wingates Temperance | W. Rimmber | Robin Hood, MacFarren arr C. Godfrey |
| 1906 | Wingates Temperance | W. Rimmer | Les Huguenots, Meyerbeer arr C. Godfrey |
| 1905 | Irwell Springs | W. Rimmer | Cosi Fan Tutti, Mozart arr C. Godfrey |
| 1904 | Black Dyke Mills | J. Gladney | Semiramide, Rossini arr C. Godfrey |
| 1903 | Pemberton Old | J. Gladney | Caractacus, Dr. E. Elgar arr C. Godfrey |
| 1902 | Black Dyke Mills | J. Gladney | L'Ebreo, Appoloni arr C. Godfrey |
| 1901 | Kingston Mills | J. Gladney | Mirella, Gounod, arr C. Godfrey |
| 1900 | Lindley | J. Gladney | La Gioconda, Ponchielli arr C. Godfrey |
| 1899 | Black Dyke Mills | J. Gladney | Aroldo, Verdi arr C. Godfrey |
| 1898 | Wyke Temperance | E. Swift | Grand Fantasia, Mendelssohn arr C. Godfrey |
| 1897 | Mossley | A. Owen | Moses in Egypt, Rossini arr C. Godfrey |
| 1896 | Black Dyke Mills | J. Gladney | Gabriella, Pizzi arr C. Godfrey |
| 1895 | Black Dyke Mills | J. Gladney | Hansel und Gretel, Humperdinck arr C. Godfrey |
| 1894 | Besses o' th' Barn | A. Owen | The Golden Web, Going Thomas arr C. Godfrey |
| 1893 | Kingston Mills | J. Gladney | Elaine, Bemberg arr C. Godfrey |
| 1892 | Besses o' th' Barn | A. Owen | Zaar und Zimmer-mann, Lortzing arr C. Godfrey |
| 1891 | Black Dyke Mills | J. Gladney | Das Nachtiager in Granada, Kretzer arr C. Godfrey |
| 1890 | Batley Old | J. Gladney | Euryanthe, Weber arr C. Godfrey |
| 1889 | Wyke Temperance | E. Swift | La Reine de Saba, Gounod arr C. Godfrey |
| 1888 | Wyke Temperance | E. Swift | Der Fligende Hollander, Wagner arr C. Godfrey |
| 1887 | Kingston Mills | J. Gladney | L'Etoile du Nord, Meyerbeer arr C. Godfrey |
| 1886 | Kingston Mills | J. Gladney | La Favorita, Donizetti arr C. Godfrey |
| 1885 | Kingston Mills | J. Gladney | Nabucodonesor, Verdi arr C. Godfrey |
| 1884 | Honley | J. Gladney | La Garza Ladra, Rossini arr C. Godfrey |
| 1883 | Littleborough Public | E. Swift | Il Glurament, Mercadante arr C. Godfrey |
| 1882 | Clayton-le-Moors | A. Owen | Il Seraglio, Mozart arr C. Godfrey |
| 1881 | Black Dyke Mills | A. Owen | Cinq Mars, Gounod arr C. Godfrey |
| 1880 | Black Dyke Mills | A. Owen | Vespri Siciliani, Verdi arr C. Godfrey |
| 1879 | Black Dyke Mills | J. Fawcett | The Last Judgement, Spohr arr C. Godfrey |
| 1878 | Melton Mills | J. Gladney | Romeo e Guilietta, Gounod |
| 1877 | Meltam Mills | J. Gladney | Jessonda, Spohr arr C. Godfrey |
| 1876 | Meltham Mills | J. Gladney | Aida, Verdi arr C. Godfrey |
| 1875 | Kingston Mills | J. Gladney | Il Talismano, Belfe arr C. Godfrey |
| 1874 | Linthwaite | E. Swift | Faust, Spohr arr C. Godfrey |
| 1873 | Meltham Mills | J. Gladney | Dinorah, Meyerbeer arr C. Godfrey |
| 1872 | Robin Hood Rifles | H. Leverton | Souvenir of Mozart, arr C. Godfrey |
| 1871 | Black Dyke Mills | S. Longbottom | Il Barbiere, Rossini arr Winterbottom |
| 1870 | Bacup Old | J. Lord | Ernani, Verdi - arr W. Winterbottom |
| 1869 | Bacup | J. Lord | Le Prophete, Meyerbeer arr W. Winterbottom |
| 1868 | Burnley | J. Ford | Robert le Diable, Meyerbeer |
| 1867 | Clay Cross (3rd Rifles) | J. Naylor | Der Freischutz, Weber arr W. Winterbottom |
| 1866 | Dewsbury Old | John Peel | L'Africaine, Meyerbeer arr Grosse plus 'Own Choice' |
| 1865 | Bacup | J. Lord | 'Own Choice' and Un Ballo in Maschera, Verdi |
| 1864 | Bacup | J. Lord | 'Reminiscences of Auber' and 'Own Choice' |
| 1863 | Black Dyke Mills | F. Galloway | 'Own Choice' plus Faust, Gounod |
| 1862 | Black Dyke Mills | F. Galloway | 'Own Choice' and Muette de Portici (Masaniello), Auber |
| 1861 | Halifax (4th W Yorks Rifles) | J. Dewhurst | 'Own Choice' and Satanella, Balfe |
| 1860 | Halifax (4th W Yorks Rifles) | J. Dewhurst | 'Own Choice' and Zampa, Herold |
| 1859 | - | - | - |
| 1858 | Accrington | R. Barnes | 'On Thee Each living soul awaits' and Achieved is the glorious work' - Creation, Haydn |
| 1857 | Leeds (Smiths) | R. Smith | 'Own Choice' and 'Il Travatore', Verdi |
| 1856 | Railway Foundry (Leeds) | R. Smith | 'Own Choice' and 'Stradella' |
| 1855 | Accrington | R. Barnes | 'Own Choice' and 'Orynthia' |
| 1854 | Railway Foundry Leeds | R. Smith | 'Own Choice' Selections |
| 1853 | Mosley Temperance | W. Taylor | Two 'Own Choice' Selections |
