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Regional Championships: West of England

Championship Section Summary

Year Winners Conductor Test piece
2024 Flowers Paul Holland Variations on an Enigma, Philip Sparke
2023 Camborne Ian Porthouse Red Priest, Philip Wilby
2022 Aldbourne Glyn Williams Contest Music (Wilfred Heaton)
2020 Camborne Town Ian Porthouse A Tale as Yet Untold (Philip Sparke)
2019 Flowers Paul Holland Seascapes, Ray Steadman-Allen
2018 Flowers David Childs Odyssey, Kevin Norburry
2017 Woodfalls Dr Robert Childs Pageantry, Herbert Howells
2016 Flowers Paul Holland Cambridge Variations, Philip Sparke
2015 Flowers Paul Holland The Torchbearer, Peter Graham
2014 Flowers Paul Holland St Magnus, Kenneth Downie
2013 Flowers Paul Holland Harmony Music, Philip Sparke
2012 Flowers Paul Holland The Devil & The Deep Blue Sea, Derek Bourgeois
2011 Woodfalls Dr Nicholas Childs Paganini Variations, Philip Wilby
2010 Flowers Paul Holland English Heritage, George Lloyd
2009 Camborne Town G. Cutt Salute to Youth, Gilbert Vinter
2008 Mount Charles A. Duncan Festival Music, Eric Ball
2007 PolySteel P. Harper Isaiah 40, Robert Redhead
2006 Mount Charles Dr. Nicholas Childs Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Peter Graham
2005 Bournemouth Concert Brass Nigel Taken Rienzi, Richard Wagner arr. Howard Lorriman
2004 JAG Mount Charles Dr. Nicholas Childs Tristan Encounters, Martin Ellerby
2003 Camborne Town Frank Renton Prague, Judith Bingham
2002 SWT Woodfalls G Cutt Whitsun Wakes, Michael Ball
2001 Camborne Town F. Renton Jazz, Philip Wilby
2000 Flowers R. Evans Variations on an Enigma, Philip Sparke
1999 Bodmin N. Childs Blitz, Derek Bourgeois
1998 SWT Woodfalls M. White Montage, Peter Graham
1997 Flowers G. Cutt A Lowry Sketchbook, Philip Wilby
1996 Sun Life R. Evans Sounds, John Golland
1995 Sun Life R. Newsome Un Vie de Matelot, Robert Farnon
1994 Flowers Gary Cutt Partita, Philip Sparke
1993 Sun Life R. Newsome Of Men and Mountains, Edward Gregson
1992 Sun Life R. Newsome Frontier, Michael Ball
1991 Flowers D. Broadbent Journey Into Freedom, Eric Ball
1990 Camborne - The Beacons, Ray Stadman-Allen
1989 Sun Life Roy Newsome Prisms, Peter Graham
1963 Camborne Town F. J. Roberts Rienzi, Wagner, Haydn Johns


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


Tintwistle Band

January 1 • We have a vacancy for an Eb bass player to complete our bass section.. We are looking forward to competing in the 2nd section Midlands area contest in March 2026.. We rehearse Monday&Thursday 8-10pm in our own bandroom under the baton of our MD Jim Henson.


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.


Ian Porthouse


Cornet soloist, clinician, conductor and adjudicator


               

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