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National Championships of Great Britain

Section 3 Summary

Year Winners Conductor Test piece
2025 Dobcross Silver Jason Smith Music from The Royal Palaces (Arthur Bliss arr. Michael Halstenson)
2024 Golborne Les Webb The Shipbuilders, Peter Yorke
2023 Porthleven Town Tom Bassett The Lost Village of Imber, Christopher Bond
2022 Skelmersdale Prize Benjamin Coulson Sinfonietta for Brass Band, Joseph Horovitz
2021 Tewit Silver Martin Hall Kaleidoscope (Philip Sparke)
2019 Uppermill Dean Redfern Viking Age, Thierry Deleruyelle
2018 Barnsley Brass William Rushworth Episodes for Brass, Gareth Churcher
2017 BD1 Brass Lee Skipsey Hinemoa, Gareth Wood
2016 Crofton Silver Dean Jones Lake of the Moon, Kevin Houben
2015 Houghton Brass Tom Gibson The Graces of Love, Oliver Waespi
2014 Ebbw Valley Gareth Ritter Symphony for Brass, Victor Vladmirovitch Ewald arr Michael E Hopkinson
2013 LGB Brass Ian Stewart Penlee, Simon Dobson
2012 Hitchin Craig Patterson 'Three Ancient Customs' - Richard Huw Cole
2011 City of Bradford Lee Skipsey 'Darkness Visible' - Richard Grantham
2010 Delph Philip Goodwin 'Willow Pattern' - Philip Harper
2009 Brunel Brass John Winterflood Oceans, Goff Richards
2008 Wellington (Telford) Stephen Curtis Suite for Brass - John Rutter, arranged Sandy Smith
2007 Middleton Band Matthew Stringer Imperium, Bruce Fraser
2006 Long Eaton Silver Sharon Stansfield Sinfonietta for Brass Band, Gordon Langford
2005 Jersey Premier Brass Tim Pritchard A Gallimaufry Suite, Philip Harper
2004 Hoover (Bolton) C. Wormwald John Maines & Derek Broadbent
2003 Diggle A. Lawton Four Preludes, Eric Ball
2002 Silk Brass AstraZeneca K. Mackintosh Cherchebi, Goff Richards
2001 Lancashire Life Morecambe A. Warriner An English Suite for Brass Band, Michael Ball
2000 Kirkintillock Kelvin Brass R. Tennant Excelsior, Howard Snell
1999 Test Valley Brass S. Large The Three Musketeers, George Hespe
1998 Oldham Brass '97 A. White Three Minatures, Philip Sparke
1997 Ashton-under-Lyne M. Evans Dancing In The Park, P. Graham
1996 Yeovil Town S. Sykes Sinfonietta for Brass Band, Gordon Langford
1995 Fairlop Brass K. Jordan Suite Gothique, Leon Boellmann arr. Eric Ball
1994 Glossop Old J. Cant Partita for Band, Philip Wilby
1993 Skelmanthorpe S. Fawcett A Celtic Suite, Philip Sparke
1992 Beaumaris & District Silver G. Evans Amaranth , Ray Steadman-Allen
1991 British Steel (Port Talbot) E. Clark Variations , John W. Phillips


Newstead Brass - St George's Day Celebration

Saturday 25 April • St Wilfrid's Church. Church Street, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, NG17 8LA


Newstead Brass - St George's Day Celebration

Saturday 25 April • St Wilfrid's Church. Church Street, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, NG17 8LA


Regent Hall Concerts - Central Band of the Royal Air Force

Friday 1 May • Regent Hall. (The Salvation Army). 275 Oxford Street. London W1C2DJ


Regent Hall Concerts - Royal Greenwich Brass Band

Sunday 3 May • St Alfege Church. Greenwich Church Street SE10 9BJ


Regent Hall Concerts - FiveBy5 Trumpet Quintet

Tuesday 5 May • Charlton House and Gardens. Charlton Road, . London. . SE7 8RE


CLEETHORPES BAND CIO

April 23 • Cleethorpes Band are seeking a Musical Director. The band rehearse on Thursday and Sunday evenings. Placed 3rd in the North of England 4th section contest. We are a registered charity and have a thriving training band.


Leicestershire Co-op Band

April 23 • SOLO HORN Vacancy. The Leicestershire Co-op Band (2nd Section National Finalists & 1st Section from 2027) have a vacancy for Solo Horn. We are an ambitious band with a healthy balance of contests and concerts, always striving for high musical standards.


City of Norwich Brass

April 23 • City of Norwich Brass are seeking a talented and confident solo (tutti) cornet player to join our friendly and ambitious band. We offer a welcoming environment with a diverse and challenging musical repertoire playing at regular concerts and contests


Nigel Seaman

ARMCM ARNCM
Conductor, band trainer, teacher and adjudicator


               

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