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Regional Championships: North of England

Section 2 Summary

Year Winners Conductor Test piece
2024 Durham Miners Association Stuart Gray Triptych, Philip Sparke
2023 Durham Miners Association Stuart Gray The Pilgrim's Progress, Rodney Newton
2022 Tewit Silver Martin Hall The Aeronauts, Goff Richards
2020 Cockerton Silver Andrew Hunter The Golden Sabre — Tales of the Hussar-Poet, Denis Davydov, Kit Turnbull
2019 North Skelton Lewis Wilkinson Rise of the Phoenix, Darrol Barry
2018 North Skelton Daniel Brooks Ex Terra Lucem, Jonathan Bates
2017 Ashington Colliery David Kendall Rhapsody in Brass, Sir Dean Goffin
2016 Dunston Silver Aidan Hodgson The Mermaid of Zennor, Philip Harper
2015 Lockwood Brass John Roberts Variations on Maccabeus, Kevin Norbury
2014 Lockwood Brass John Roberts Chaucer's Tunes, Dr Michael Ball
2013 Ripon City Malcolm Dibb The Plantagenets, Edward Gregson
2012 South Milford Brass Martin Hall Cross Patonce, Dr Goff Richards
2011 Catterick Brass Brenden Wheeler Resurgam, Eric Ball
2010 Cockerton Prize Silver G. Nicklin The Kingdom of Dragons, Philip Harper
2009 Flookburgh A. Lewis New World Sketches, Dan Price
2008 Barton Town R. Evans Three Part Invention, Kenneth Downie
2007 Wansbeck’s Ashington Colliery N. Stedman Carnival, Helen Perkin
2006 Lockwood Brass John Roberts Images of the Millennium, Howard Snell
2005 Lockwood Brass J Roberts Variations For Brass Band, R. Vaughan Williams
2004 Ellington Colliery D. Wright Kaleidoscope, Philip Sparke
2003 Langbaurgh Brass T. Oldroyd Celestial Prospect, W. Heaton
2002 Langbaurgh Brass T. Oldroyd Symphony for Brass, V. Ewald
2001 Westoe STCHT S. Malcolm The Moor of Venice, W. Alwyn
2000 Harrogate D. Lancaster Sword, Jewel and Mirror, P. Harper
1999 Yarm & District M. Sidwell Symphonic Suite for Brass, L. Locas
1998 Rowntree Band C. Hirst Culloden Moor, G. Wood
1997 The Cottingham Band R. Grantham A New Buckenham Suite, A. Jackman
1996 Carlisle St. Stephens W. Rumford Hollywood, G. Richards
1995 Broughton's Brass B. Holden Rococo Variations, A. Street


Newstead Brass - Brett Baker

Saturday 17 January • St Wilfrid's Church, . Kirkby-in-Ashfield NG17 8LA


The Hepworth Band - New Year Concert

Sunday 25 January • Christ Church, New Mill, Holmfirth HD9 7ER


Contest: Norwegian National Brass Band Championships

Friday 6 February • Grieghallen, Bergen, N-5015 N-5015


Contest: Norwegian National Brass Band Championships

Saturday 7 February • Grieghallen, Bergen, N-5015 N-5015


Contest: London & Southern Counties Regional Championships

Saturday 21 March • Arts & Leisure Centre, Lytton Way, Stevenage SG1 1LZ


Croy Silver Band

January 1 • Croy Silver Band currently has contest vacancies on Cornet and Percussion, but is always happy to accommodate enthusiastic new players in any section of the band.


Welwyn Garden City Band

December 30 • We are a friendly & sociable Second Section Band with an eye on the 2026 Areas. We have vacancies for a FRONT ROW CORNET player and PERCUSSIONISTS.. Our MD is Will Douglas and we rehearse in Welwyn Garden City on Sunday evenings from 7.00-9.00pm.


Oxted Band

December 30 • As we go into 2026, the band's 125th anniversary, we are seeking CORNET and TROMBONE players to fill our line-up. We are friendly and ambitious band with a wide variety of engagements, including three major concerts each year - check them out on YouTube.


Alan Widdop


Conductor, Brass teacher, Adjudicator (ABBA)


               

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