The line up of competing bands at this year's National Finals at the Royal Albert Hall and the International Conference Centre in Harrogate have been confirmed.
Championship Section:
1. Black Dyke (Dr. Nicholas Childs)
2. Camborne Town (Richard Evans)
3. Carlton Main Frickley Colliery (Russell Gray)
4. Cory (Dr. Robert Childs)
5. Desford Colliery (tbc)
6. East Yorkshire Motor Services (tbc)
7. Fairey (Philip Chalk)
8. Flowers (tbc)
9. Foden’s (Garry Cutt North West
10. Hepworth (Cookson Homes) (tbc)
11. Kirkintilloch (Selmer Simonsen)
12. Northop (Thomas Wyss)
13. Newstead Brass (Duncan Beckley)
14. Pemberton Old Wigan (Mark Bentham)
15. Redbridge Brass (Jeremy Wise)
16. Reg Vardy (tbc)
17. Rothwell Temperance (David Roberts)
18. The Co-operative Funeral Care Band (Michael Fowles)
19. Tredegar (Ian Porthouse)
20. Zone One Brass (Richard Ward)
Section 1:
1. Barton Town (Richard Evans) — North of England
2. Blackburn and Darwen (Nick Sheppard) — North West
3. City of Coventry Brass (Stephen Cooper) — Midlands
4. GT Group Peterlee (Stephen Malcolm) — North of England
5. Hade Edge (Simon Wood) — Yorkshire
6. Kirkintilloch Kelvin (Charles Keenan) — Scotland
7. Newtongrange Silver (Nigel Boddice MBE) — Scotland
8. Norfolk Brass (David Stowell) — London and Southern Counties
9. Phoenix West Midlands Brass (David Maplestone) — Midlands
10. Point of Ayr Colliery (John Hinckley)- Wales
11. Poole Borough (Phil Randall) — West of England
12. Sandhurst Silver (Ian McElligott) — London and Southern Counties
13. Sherborne Town (Paul Cosh) — West of England
14. Tongwynlais Temperance (Philip Harper) — Wales
15. Wakefield Metropolitan (Norman Law) — Yorkshire
16. Wardle Anderson Brass (Sean Conway) — North West
Section 2:
1. Annan Town (David Shanks) — Scotland
2. Arbroath Instrumental (Michael Robertson) — Scotland
3. Camborne ‘B’ (Alan Pope) — West of England
4. City of Cardiff (Melingriffith) (Gareth Ritter) — Wales
5. Deiniolen (Gavin Saynor) — Wales
6. East London Brass (Jayne Murrill) — London and Southern Counties
7. Fairlop Brass (Kevin Jordan) — London and Southern Counties
8. Flookburgh (John Iveson) — North of England
9. Frickley/South Elmsall (David Nichols) — Yorkshire
10. Holme Silver (Disposable Group) (Duncan Beckley) — Yorkshire
11. Houghton Brass (H. Smith) — North of England
12. Oldham (Lees) (John Collins) — North West
13. Shirland Welfare (Andrew Dennis) — Midlands
14. Silk Brass (Macclesfield) (James Cant) — North West
15. Verwood Concert Brass (David Johnson) — West of England
16. Yiewsley and West Drayton (Christopher Cole) — London and Southern Counties
17. Wellington (Telford) (Steve Curtis) — Midlands
Section 3:
1. Bakewell Silver (Mark Wilcockson) — Midlands
2. Brunel Brass (John Winterflood) — West of England
3. Bugle Silver (David Pope) — West of England
4. Coalburn Silver (Gareth Bowman) — Scotland
5. Crofton Silver (T. Sidwell) — Yorkshire
6. Cubbington Silver (Gary Smallwood) — Midlands
7. Dobcross Silver (Grenville Moore) — North West
8. Douglas Town (Gordon Higginbottom) — North West
9. Dunfermline Town (David Neil) — Scotland
10. Garforth Brass (Steven Bailey) — Yorkshire
11. Hungerford Town (Tim Crouter) — London and Southern Counties
12. Lostock Hall Memorial (John Wood) — North West
13. North Skelton (Tim Oldroyd) — North of England
14. Royal Buckley Town (Paul Lovatt-Cooper) — Wales
15. St. Sebastian Wokingham (Lee Woodward) — London and Southern Counties
16. South Milford Brass (Richard Wilton) — North of England
17. Ynyshir (Dean Evans) — Wales
Section 4:
1. Battle Town (Jon Penton) — London and Southern Counties
2. Brass Sounds Inverclyde (Gareth Bowman) — Scotland
3. Cheshire Constabulary (David Woollam) — North West
4. Downton (Roland Wright) — West of England
5. Dronfield CMW (John Davis) — Midlands
6. Ebbw Vale Town (Ceri Thomas) — Wales
7. Eccles Borough (Les Webb) — North West
8. Fairfield (Buxton) (C. Kitchen) — Midlands
9. Kingsway Printers Cleethorpes (Steven Askew) — North of England
10. Kirkby Lonsdale (Allan Greenwood) — North of England
11. Peebles Burgh Silver (tbc) — Scotland
12. Pontypool Brass (Patrick O’Leary) — Wales
13. Maltby Miners Welfare (Terry Clifford) — Yorkshire
14. Rivington and Adlington (Malcolm Wilson) — North West
15. St. Breward Silver (Garry Lannie) — West of England
16. Test Valley Brass (Steve Large) — West of England
17. Thurcroft Welfare (Ken Vernon) — Yorkshire
18. Wantage Silver ‘B’ (D. Dullforce) — London and Southern Counties
19. Whitwell (David Fretwell) — Midlands
