The West of England Regional Council has announced the list of competing bands that will aim to claim their places at the London and Cheltenham National Finals later this year.

The Regional Championships take place on the weekend of Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th March at the Riviera International Conference Centre in Torquay.

Qualification

12 bands will battle for the two qualification place on offer to get to the Royal Albert Hall, with defending champion Flowers looking to make it a hat-trick of wins. Two bands will also qualify from the Second and Fourth Sections with three each from the First and Third.

Saturday sees the action in the First, Second and Fourth Sections, with the Championship and Third Section taking place the following day.

Championship Section:

Sunday 15th March
The Forum
Commence: Not before 1.30pm
Draw: Noon
Adjudicators: Jacob Dijkstra & Chris King

Aldbourne (Dr David Thornton)
Bournemouth Concert Brass (Dr Howard Evans)
Camborne Town (Ian Porthouse)
Chalford (Steve Tubb)
Filton Concert Brass (Erik Van De Kolk)
Flowers (Paul Holland)
Lydbrook (Glyn Williams)
Michelmersh Silver (Melvin White)
St Dennis (Darren R Hawken)
SW Comms (Sam Hairsine)
Verwood Concert Brass (Kevin Smith)
Woodfalls (Dr Robert Childs)

First Section:

Saturday 14th March
The Forum
Commence: Not before 2.00pm
Draw: Noon
Adjudicators: Dr Chris Davis OBE & Jacob Dijkstra

A W Parker (Drybrook) (Joshua Ruck)
Andover Town (Steve Large)
Bodmin Town (John Maines)
Brunel Brass (Daniel Hall)
Camborne Junior Contesting (Alan Pope BEM)
City of Bristol Brass (Ian Holmes)
Forest of Dean Brass (Gareth Ritter)
Glastonbury Brass (Daniel Shave)
Helston Town (John Berryman)
Hyde (Nigel Seaman)
Lanner & District Silver (Aaron Harvey)
Otterbourne Brass (Jonathan Lush-Camps)
Roche Brass (David Johnson)
Sherborne Town (Jonathan Lush-Camps)
Sidmouth Town (Adrian Harvey)
Soundhouse Brass (Lee Clayson)
St Austell Town (Iain McKnight)
St Pinnock (Colin Hudson)

Second Section:

Saturday 14th March
The Forum
Commence: 9.00am
Draw: 8.00am
Adjudicators: Chris King & John Winterflood

Bream Silver (Hugh Bamford)
Cinderford (Chris Howley)
Denmead Brass (Estelle Flood)
Downton (Paul Williams)
Hatherleigh Silver (Nick West)
Lydney Town (Siôn Rhys Jones)
Midsomer Norton & Radstock Silver (Joanne Sykes)
Mount Charles (Jeremy Taylor)
New Forest Brass (Ian Luxford)
Phoenix Brass (Crewkerne) (David Boorer)
Shrewton Silver (Mike Dunford)
South Molton Town (Gil Taylor)
St Keverne (Karl Long)
Weston Brass (Lewis Wilkinson)
Wotton-under-Edge & District (Ian Dickinson)

Third Section:

Sunday 15th March
The Forum
Commence: 9.00am
Draw: 8.00am
Adjudicators: Gary Davies & John Winterflood

Bratton Silver (Simon Carr)
Bugle Silver (Tom Howard)
Cheltenham Silver (Nigel Galliott)
City of Bath Brass (Martin Perry)
Exeter Railway (Gareth Davies)
Gillingham Imperial Silver (James Bennett)
Gosport Solent Brass (Colin Garner)
Ocean Brass (Dr Martin Humphries)
Pendeen Silver (Leonard Adams)
Pendennis Brass (Ian Edwards)
Pillowell Silver (Ian Whitburn)
Poole Borough (Lloyd Bartlett)
Porthleven Town (Tom Bassett)
St Stythians (James Burns)
Swindon Brass (Francis Cowley)
Verwood Town (Emma Button)
Weymouth Concert Brass (Helen Brind)
Wroughton Silver (Neil Webb)

Fourth Section:

Saturday 14th March
The Arena
Commence: 11.00am
Draw: 10.00am
Adjudicators: Gary Davies & Nicholas Garman

Bideford Town Band (Mark Durham)
Brunel Brass Academy (Ben Halstead)
Chalford Academy (Steve Tubb)
Cheltenham Silver Academy (Colin Forster)
Illogan Sparnon Silver (Shaun Marsden)
Nailsworth Silver (Anri Adachi)
Okehampton Excelsior Silver (Robert Julian)
Redruth Town (Mark Arnold)
Saltash Town (Ross Farr-Semmens)
Shaftesbury Town Silver (Martin Hill)
Shanklin Town Brass (IoW) (Malcolm Lewis)
Test Valley Brass (John Heritage)
Tewkesbury Town (Andrea Price)
Tiverton Town (John Fitton)
Torbay Brass (Joe Rowlands)
Wincanton Silver (James White)