The list of competing bands at this year's Yorkshire Regional Championship has been released by the contest organisers.
The event will take at Bradford's St George's Hall on the weekend of 3rd/4th March.
Championship Section:
Sunday 4th March
Draw: 3.00pm
Commence: 4.30pm
Adjudicators: Paul Cosh & Frank Renton
Black Dyke (Dr. Nicholas J. Childs)
Brighouse & Rastrick (Prof. David King)
Carlton Main Frickley Colliery (Phillip McCann)
Grimethorpe Colliery (Garry Cutt)
Hade Edge (Simon Wood)
Hammonds Saltaire (Morgan Griffiths)
Hebden Bridge (Sandy Smith)
Hepworth (Russell Gray)
Marsden Silver Prize (Glyn Williams)
Meltham & Meltham Mills (Norman Law)
Rothwell Temperance (David Roberts)
Skelmanthorpe (John Roberts)
Wakefield Metropolitan (Michael Howley)
First Section:
Sunday 4th March
Draw: 11.15am
Commence: 12.45pm
Adjudicators: John Berryman & Alan Morrison
Drighlington (Jim Davies)
Frickley South Elmsall (Frank Hoyland)
Hatfield (Graham O’Connor)
Kippax (David Lancaster)
Knottingley (Dr Owen Wedgewood)
Old Silkstone (Simon Kerwin)
South Yorkshire Police (Leigh Baker)
Stannington (Miles Davison)
Unite the Union (City of Sheffield) (Derek Renshaw)
Yorkshire Imperial Urquhart Travel (David Nesbitt)
Second Section:
Saturday 3rd March
Draw: 9.00am
Commence: 10.30am
Adjudicators: Phillip McCann & Philip Sparke
Barnsley Chronicle (Rob Straw)
Chapeltown (Andrew Dennis)
City of Bradford (Lee Skipsey)
Clifton & Lightcliffe (John Clay)
Cornerstone (Damian Wileman)
Crofton Silver (Kevin Belcher)
Dodworth Colliery M.W. (Eliot J. Darwin)
Garforth (Steven Bailey)
Horbury Victoria (Duncan Beckley)
Lindley (Jason M Smith)
Slaithwaite (Tabby Clegg)
Strata (David Holling)
Wetherby & District Silver (Alan Seymour)
Third Section:
Sunday 4th March
Draw: 8.00am
Commence: 9.15am
Adjudicators: Ewan Easton & Malcolm Brownbill
Dinnington Colliery (Jonathan Beatty)
Dronfield CMW (John Davis)
Elland (James Shepherd)
Emley (Garry Hallas)
Gawthorpe Brass ‘85’(John Edward)
Huddersfield & Ripponden (Alan Coe)
Lofthouse 2000 (Andrew Whitaker)
Rockingham (Roland Spencer)
Skelmanthorpe ‘B’ (Phil Garlick)
Thurcroft Welfare (Rob Deakin)
Worsbrough Brass (John Hopkinson)
Fourth Section:
Saturday 3rd March
Draw: 1.30pm
Commence: 3.00pm approx
Adjudicators: Colin Hardy & Mike Kilroy
Armthorpe Elmfield (Haydn Griffiths MBE)
Barnsley Metropolitan (Alex Francis)
Clifton & Lightcliffe ‘B’ (John Clay)
Deepcar (Lindon Bolt)
Friendly Band (Sowerby Bridge) (Carol Caton)
Golcar (Michael J. Cox)
Linthwaite (Tony Jaegar-Fozzard)
Maltby Miners (Terry Clifford)
Markham Main Colliery (Robert Woffinden)
Oughtibridge (Gavin Somerset)
Wilsden (Stuart Derrick)
Yorkshire Traction Honley (Wayne Bostwick)
