Result: 2025 British Open Championship

Brighouse & Rastrick and Prof David King are inspired by Shakespeare and Prokofiev to claim the happiest of Symphony Hall endings on 'Star Crossed Lovers'.

Brighouse & Rastrick claimed the British Open title for an eighth time

Sunday, 07 September 2025

Report to follow

Result

Test Piece: Star Crossed Lovers (Stephen Roberts)
Adjudicators: Stephen Roberts, Anne Crookston and David Hirst

1. Brighouse & Rastrick (Prof. David King) *
2. Brass Band Treize Etoiles (Frederic Theodoloz)
3. Cory (Philip Harper)
4. Foden's (Russell Gray)
5. Aldbourne (Glyn Williams)
6. Leyland (Daniel Brooks)
7. the cooperation band (Katrina Marzella-Wheeler)
8. KNDS Fairey (Philip Chalk)
9. Flowers (Paul Holland)
10. Whitburn (Luc Vertommen) **
11. Hammonds (Morgan Griffiths)
12. Grimethorpe Colliery (Michael Bach)
13. Tredegar (Ian Porthouse)
14. Oldham Band (Lees) (John Collins) **
15. Carlton Main Frickley Colliery (Allan Withington)
16. Black Dyke (Prof. Nicholas Childs)
17. EverReady (David Morton)
18. Amersham (Paul Fisher)

Stanley Wainwright Memorial Trophy: Tom Hutchinson (cornet) — Cory
Brian Evans Memorial Trophy for Best Soprano: Ashley Marston (Brighouse & Rastrick)
The Geoffrey Whitham Memorial Trophy for Best Euphonium: Chris Robertson (Brighouse & Rastrick)
Phillip McCann Trophy for Best Cornet: Tom Hutchinson (Cory)

* Brighouse & Rastrick will receive an invitation from Brass Bands England to represent England at the 2027 European Championships in Montreux, Switzerland

** Oldham Band (Lees) and Whitburn are relegated to the Grand Shield

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