The full list of competing bands that will be taking to the stage at the Centaur Conference Hall at Cheltenham racecourse on the weekend of the 16th/17th September has been released.
Qualifiers from each of the eight Areas of the UK will be represented, tackling set-works by Eric Ball, Steven Ponsford and Gareth Wood.
First Section:
Sunday 17th September
Test Piece: Tournament for Brass (Eric Ball)
Draw: 2.00pm
Commences at the conclusion of Third Section
Adjudicators: Michael Fowles and Paul Holland
Bathgate (Anne Crookston)
Bournemouth Concert (Mathew Brown)
Foresters 2000 (John Davis)
Hitchin (Graham Chambers)
Kidlington Concert (Duncan Wilson)
Llanrug (Paul Hughes)
Marsden Silver (Alan Widdop)
Newtongrange Silver (Andrew Duncan)
Parc & Dare (Jonathan Pippen)
Pemberton Old Wigan DW (Ben Dixon)
Rainford (Gareth Brindle)
Regent Brass (Paul Archibald)
Rushden Town (Adele Hudson)
Shepherd Group (Richard Wilton)
SW Comms (Chris Spreadbury)
Unite the Union (John Roberts)
Westoe (Callum Harrison)
Second Section:
Saturday 16th September
Test Piece: Music of a Legacy (Steven Ponsford)
Draw: 8.15am
Commence: 9.30am
Adjudicators: Tom Davoren and Paul Holland
Abergavenny Borough (Sean O'Neill)
Amersham (Paul Fisher)
Arbroath Instrumental (Michael Robertson)
Ashington Colliery (David Kendall)
Boarshurst Silver (James Garlick)
Bodmin Town (John Maines)
Dalkeith & Monktonhall (James Chamberlain)
Delph (Philip Goodwin)
Flixton (Ian Brownbill)
Foss Dyke (Michael Howley)
Glossop Old (Duncan Beckley)
Grimsdyke (Sharon Broughall)
Helston Town (John Berryman)
Houghton Brass (Tom Gibson)
Otterbourne Brass (Melvin White)
Penclawdd (Tony Small BEM)
Wakefield Metropolitan (Richard Larder)
Worsbrough (John Hopkinson)
Third Section:
Sunday 17th September
Test Piece: Hinemoa (Gareth Wood)
Draw: 8.15am
Commence: 9.30am
Adjudicators: Mark Wilkinson and Glyn Williams
Abertillery & District (Joshua Ruck)
BD1 (Lee Skipsey)
Barton Community (Garry Oglesby)
Castleton Brass (Peter Ryan)
Cheltenham Silver (Nigel Galliott)
Corsham (Colin Hogg)
Formby (Louise Hough MBE)
Ifton Colliery (Scott Lloyd)
Irvine & Dreghorn (Helen Douthwaite-Teesdale)
Kingsway Printers (Cleethorpes) (Brian Harper)
Midsomer Norton & Radstock Silver (Joanne Sykes)
Newport Borough (Robin Hackett)
Oxford Cherwell (Terry Brotherhood)
Rivington & Adlington (Matthew Whitfield)
Rolls Royce (Derby) (Graham Cardwell)
Shirland Welfare (Lynden Cooper)
St David's Brass (John Dickson)
Trinity Girls (Ryan Watkins)
West Yorkshire Police (Kevin Wadsworth)
Fourth Section:
Saturday 16th September
Test Piece: Petite Suite de Ballet (Eric Ball)
Draw: 1.00pm
Commences at the conclusion of Second Section
Adjudicators: Stan Lippeatt and Mark Wilkinson
Allerton (Adam Taylor)
Brindle (Keith Richmond)
City of Norwich (Andrew Craze)
Cleobury Mortimer Concert (Saphran Ali)
Clifton & Lightcliffe B (John Clay)
Corby Silver (Catherine Fountain)
Dysart Colliery (Ross Brotherston)
Fairfield (Buxton) (Charles Kitchen)
Hatherleigh Silver (Matthew Green)
Huddersfield & Ripponden (Adam Bell)
Jayess Newbiggin (Andrew Griffiths)
Newmains & District (Michael Marzella)
RAF St Athan Voluntary (Alan Bourne)
Regent Community (Chris Bearman)
Saltash Town (Robert Julian)
Seindorf Arian yr Oakeley (John Jones)
Shanklin Town (Malcolm Lewis)
Thornton Cleveleys (Stephen Craig)
Trimdon Concert (Tina Mortimer)
Watford (Ian Graves)
