The details for this year's National Youth Championships at the Royal Northern College of Music on Sunday 10th April have been announced.

Co-operative's fifth year

The BFBB is delighted to announce that for the fifth year in a row, The Co-operative will sponsor the event which starts at 9am and will be completed by 8.30pm.

Numbers maintained

This year will one extra band will be competing from last year and amongst the forty-one entrants are a number of debutante's and the return of Camborne Youth who have previously won six National titles in the various sections at the championships.

The Co-operative will sponsor the championships for a fifth consecutive year whilst forty one bands will compete throughout the day4BR

Challenging choices

The bands in the Premier, Advanced and Intermediate Sections will have to get to grips with some challenging music on the day. The Premier Section will tackle Gavin Higgins' 'Fanfares and Love Songs' whilst Philip Wilby's 'Psalms and Alleluias', originally written for the National Children's Band of Great Britain and which was the National Second Section set work in Harrogate last September receives another outing, this time in the Advanced Section.

Of interest to many will be the new commission from Dr Peter Meechan entitled 'Sentinel' which fourteen bands will perform as part of their challenge for National honours in the Intermediate Section

Brownbill, Marshall, Nicholson and Porthouse to judge

As is the norm at the event, all sections will have open adjudication and the judges have also been announced. Lynda Nicholson and James Scott will judge the Premier Section whilst for the first time, Lucy Pankhurst will precide over the proceedings in the Training Section. Malcolm Brownbill, Stan Lippeatt, Richard Marshall, Ian Porthouse and Steve Pritchard-Jones are the remaining adjudicators who will be in attendance.

Tickets

Tickets are available directly from Arnold Tattersfield at the following prices:

Adults £8, 16 and under £4, 11 and under £2.

To purchase tickets please send a cheque for the correct amount made out to BFBB Contests Ltd to:

Arnold Tattersfied
76 Edge Top Road
Thornhill
Dewsbury
West Yorkshire
WF12 0BH

The full list of Sections and bands competing is as follows:

Premier Section
RNCM Theatre
Start: 5.00pm

Fanfares and Love Songs (Gavin Higgins) and Own Choice Programme, 25 minutes playing time
Adjudicators: Lynda Nicholson and James Scott

Carnoustie and District Youth Band, Michael Robertson
Northamptonshire Youth Brass Band, Brad Turnbull
West Lothian Schools Brass Band, Nigel Boddice MBE

Results @ 7.05pm

Advanced Section
RNCM Concert Hall
Start: 5.10pm

Psalms and Alleluias (Philip Wilby) and Own Choice Programme, 20 minutes playing time
Adjudicators: Richard Marshall and Steve Pritchard-Jones

Camborne Youth Band, Alan Pope
Gloucestershire Youth Band, Steve Legge
Lions Youth Brass, Nigel Birch
Oldham Music Centre Youth, Jonathan Leedale
St Helens Youth Brass Band, Mark Bousie
Youth Brass 2000, Chris Jeans

Results @ 7.50pm

Intermediate Section
RNCM Theatre
Start: 9.15am

Sentinel (Dr Peter Meechan) and Own Choice Programme, 20 minutes playing time
Adjudicators: Stan Lippeatt and Ian Porthouse

Aberystwyth Youth, Alan Philips
Astley Youth, Helen Minshall
Dalmellington Junior Band, Ian Taylor
Enderby Youth, Trevor Hounsome
Hade Edge Youth, Simon Wood
Macclesfield Youth Brass Band, Louise Renshaw
M K Youth Brass, David Rose
Poynton Youth Brass Band, Andy Hirst
Rochdale Borough Youth, Eric Landon
Sellers International, Alex Kerwin
Stockport Schools Senior, James Holt
Tewitt Youth, Malcolm Dibb
Wardle High School, Lee Rigg
Worcestershire Youth, Nicky Daw

Results @ 4.20pm

Junior Section
RNCM Concert Hall
Start: 9.00am

Own Choice Programme that must include one piece of music composed for brass band and two verses of a hymn tune. 15 minutes playing time
Adjudicators: Lynda Nicholson and Steve Pritchard Jones

Bolton Intermediate, Toby Hobson
Chalford Youth, Steve Tubb
Coleshill Youth Brass, Stephen Fagg
Daventry Music Centre Brass, Lynette Wild
Fred Longworth High School, Helen Robinson
Gawthorpe Junior Band, Adam Bell
Gwynedd and Mon Brass Band, John Glyn Jones
Lions Junior Brass, Iain Raisbeck
Macclesfield Junior Brass Band, Cheryl Slamon

Results @ 12.45pm

Training Section
RNCM Concert Hall
Start: 1.15pm

15 minutes own choice playing time
Adjudicators: Lucy Pankhurst and Malcolm Brownbill

Astley Youth Training Band, Susan Harrison
Bolton Junior Brass Band, Anna Hughes-Williams
Bolton Beginnner's Brass Band, Toby Hobson
Coleshill Beginner's Brass, Sally Wood
Lions Beginners Band, Christopher Thompson
Sellers International Little Acorns, Jamie Smith
Shirland Welfare Training Band, Dave Harvey
Wardle High 'B' Band, Gwen Smith
Warren Wood Primary School Band, Peter Christian

Results @ 4.45pm