The line-up of bands that will compete at the Yorkshire Regional Championship have been announced. The event will be held at Huddersfield Town Hall on the weekend of the 1st & 2nd March.

54 bands will take to the stage in the five sections. Two bands plus Black Dyke (pre-qualified) will represent the region at the Royal Albert Hall. Two bands in each of the First to Fourth Sections will represent the Yorkshire at Cheltenham National Finals.

Saturday

Saturday 1st March will commence at 9.00am with the performances of the 10 bands in the Fourth Section to be judged by Anne Crookston and Benjamin Richeton. It will be followed by the 11 bands in the Second Section (start time approx 12.50pm) adjudicated by Sarah Groarke-Booth and Steven Mead.

The day ends with the 11 bands performing in the First Section (start time approx 5.00pm) judged by Stan Lippeatt and Michael Alcorn.

Sunday

Sunday 2nd March commences at 9.30am with the 10 bands in the Third Section adjudicated by Michael Alcorn and Anne Crookston. The climax of the weekend comes with the 12 bands in the Championships Section (2.30pm start) adjudicated by Steven Mead and Christopher Bond.

Details of the Young Adjudicators panel/Adjudicator Experience Programme organised by the Association of Brass Band Adjudicators will be announced in due course.

Tickets:

Box Office: 01484 225755 or online www.kirklees.gov.uk

Championship Section:

Adjudicators: Steven Mead and Christopher Bond
Test Piece: Diversions (Derek Bourgeois)
Sunday 2nd March
Draw: 11.30am
Start: 2.30pm

Black Dyke (Prof. Nicholas J Childs)
Brighouse & Rastrick (Prof. David King)
Carlton Main Frickley Colliery (Allan Withington)
Grimethorpe Colliery (Michael Bach)
Hammonds (Morgan Griffiths)
Hepworth (Ryan Watkins)
Horbury Victoria (Duncan Beckley MBE)
Marsden Silver (Leigh Baker)
Rothwell Temperance (David Roberts)
Skelmanthorpe (Jonathan Bates)
Stannington Brass (Sam Fisher)
Yorkshire Imperial (Ian McElligott)

First Section:

Adjudicators: Stan Lippeatt and Michael Alcorn
Test Piece: Introduction, Elegy and Caprice (Morley Calvert)
Saturday 1st March
Draw: 3.00pm
Start: 5.00pm

BD1 Brass (Jamie Smith)
Chapeltown Silver (Garry Hallas)
City of Bradford (Lee Skipsey)
Crofton Silver (Dean Jones)
Elland Silver (Gareth Brindle)
Hebden Bridge (Alan Hobbins)
Knottingley Silver (Kevin Belcher)
Lindley Band (Alan Widdop)
Meltham & Meltham Mills (Tom Haslam)
Old Silkstone (Norman Law)
Unite the Union (Jonathan Beatty)

Second Section:

Adjudicators: Sarah Groarke-Booth and Steven Mead
Test Piece: Friendly Takeover (Oliver Waespi)
Saturday 1st March
Draw: 11.00am
Start: 12.50pm approx.

Barnsley Brass (Ben Brickles)
Clifton & Lightcliffe (John Clay)
Drighlington (James McFadyen)
Emley Brass (Tim Sidwell)
Hade Edge (Norman Law)
Hatfield & Askern Colliery (Richard Marshall)
Huddersfield & Ripponden (Gavin Brown)
Kippax (James Beecham)
Slaithwaite (Simon Jacobs)
South Yorkshire Police (Leigh Baker)
Strata Brass (David Holling)

Third Section:

Adjudicators: Michael Alcorn and Anne Crookston
Test Piece: Arkansas (Jacob De Haan)
Sunday 2nd March
Draw: 8.00am
Start: 9.30am

Barnsley Metropolitan (Alex Francis)
Dinnington Colliery (Jonathan Beatty)
Dronfield (Jack Capstaff)
Garforth Brass (Gordon Eddison)
Lofthouse 2000 (Lee Whitworth)
Maltby Miners Welfare (Terry Clifford)
Oughtibridge (John Hopkinson)
Rockingham (Adam Whittle)
Wakefield Metropolitan (Duncan Beckley MBE)
Wetherby & District Silver (Craig Ratcliffe)

Fourth Section:

Adjudicators: Anne Crookston and Benjamin Richeton
Test Piece: I, Daedalus (Andrea Price)
Saturday 1st March
Draw: 7.30am
Start: 9.00am

Crookes Brass (Jim Fletcher)
Deepcar Brass (David Ellison)
Dodworth Colliery M.W. (Geof Benson)
Friendly Band (Sowerby Bridge) (Mick Silson)
Gawthorpe Brass '85 (John Edward)
Linthwaite (Tony Robertson)
Loxley Silver (Lindon Bolt)
Queensbury Music Centre (Chris Lewis)
Thurcroft Welfare (Matthew Wright)
Tingley Brass (Allan Briggs)