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Regional Championships: Wales

Section 1 Summary

Year Winners Conductor Test piece
2026 Parc & Dare Dewi Griffiths Variations on 'Was Lebet', Andrew Wainwright
2025 Parc & Dare Dewi Griffiths Introduction, Elegy & Caprice (Morley Calvert)
2024 Northop Silver Thomas Wyss High Peak (Eric Ball)
2023 Ebbw Valley Gareth Ritter A Day in the Life of a Knight, Phil Lawrence
2022 Pontardulais Town Paul Jenkins Spectrum, Gilbert Vinter
2020 BTM Jeff Hutcherson Legacy (Tom Davoren)
2019 Goodwick Brass Matthew Jenkins Symphony of Marches, Gilbert Vinter
2018 Ebbw Valley Brass Gareth Ritter Brass Metamorphosis, James Curnow
2017 Parc & Dare (Leftfield Environmental) Paul Collis-Smith The Land of the Long White Cloud - Aotearoa, Philip Sparke
2016 City of Cardiff (Melingriffith) Nigel Seaman Essay, Edward Gregson
2015 City of Cardiff (Melingriffith) Nigel Seaman A London Overture, Philip Sparke
2014 Llwydcoed David Childs Cry of the Mountain, Howard Lorriman
2013 Tylorstown Gary Davies Brass Triumphant, Gareth Wood
2012 Burry Port Michael Thorne Mountain Views, Bertrand Moren
2011 Pontardulais Town Paul Jenkins Le Carnival Romain, Hector Berlioz, arr Frank Wright
2010 Pontadulais Town P. Jenkins A Moorside Suite, Gustav Holst
2009 Point of Ayr J. Hinckley Pentacle, Graham Cole
2008 Newbridge (Celynen) P. Holland James Cook-Circumnavigator, Gilbert Vinter
2007 Northop Silver T. Wyss Sinfonietta – The Wayfarer, Eric Ball
2006 Northop Silver Thomas Wyss Voyage of Discovery, Goff Richards
2005 Parc & Dare C. Roberts Comedy Overture, John Ireland
2004 Parc and Dare Craig Roberts Coventry Variations, Bramwell Tovey
2003 Treherbert & District G. Sheppard Passacaglia on a Theme of Brahms, A. Butterworth
2002 Abergavenny Borough D. Childs Royal Parks, G. Lloyd
2001 Beaumaris G. Evans The Undaunted, E. Ball
2000 Rhos Silver I. Davey Music For The Common Man, K. Downie
1999 Burry Port Town M. Thorne Kenilworth, A. Bliss
1998 Thomas Coaches A. F. Gibbs Purcell Variations, K. Downie
1997 Beaumaris & District G. Evans Ballet for Band, J. Horovitz
1996 Abergavenny E. J. Powell Spectrum, G. Vinter
1995 Beaumaris G. Evans Land of The Long White Cloud, P. Sparkes
1952 Cardiff Transport H. Nuttall Springtime, Haydn Morris


Harlow Brass Band - SPRING CONCERT - AN ANIMATION SENSATION

Saturday 16 May • St Andrew's Methodist Church. The Stow. Harlow. CM20 3AF


Sherborne Town Band - Free-Music in the park

Sunday 17 May • Dorchester- Park Bandstand DT1 1RG


Newstead Brass - Mansfield MVC - Brass and Voices

Sunday 24 May • Forest Town Arena. Clipstone Road West,. Mansfield NG19 0EE


Contest: Whit Friday March Contests

Friday 29 May • Saddleworth & Tameside OL3


The Hepworth Band - Brassband Burgermusik Luzern

Saturday 30 May • Dewsbury Minster, Vicarage Road, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire WF12 8DD


Hathern Band

May 10 • Due to University placement we require a Bb Bass player- we are a First Section band based at our own band room in the village of Hathern LE12 5LJ Leicestershire (between M1 Jcts 23 & 24) and close to Lougborough and Nottingham Universities


Newstead Brass

May 10 • Newstead Brass are on the lookout for a talented 2nd BARITONE player to join our ambitious and hardworking Nottinghamshire-based Championship Section band.. A rare chance to become part of an ambitious brass band striving for even greater success together.


Ibstock Brick Brass

May 9 • Ibstock Brick Brass are looking for a Solo Cornet, 3rd Cornet, 2nd Horn, Bass Trombone and B Flat Tuba as we move into the second section from 2027. We are a friendly, ambitions and progressive band that rehearse at our own bandroom in Coalville.


Nicholas B. Hudson

FTCL LGSMD (Hons)
Musician | Trombonist | Educator


               

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