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Results: 2026 North West Regional Championships

Titles go to Foden's, Haydock, Lostock Hall, Allerton Brass and Wardle Community Band in Blackpool.

Blackpool
  Foden's retained the Championship Section title

Results:

Championship Section:

Test piece: Elgar Variations (Martin Ellerby)
Adjudicators: Dr Robert Childs; Gavin Saynor

1. Foden's (Russell Gray)*
2. KNDS Fairey (Phil Chalk)*
3. Pemberton Old Wigan DW (Thomas Wyss)
4. Freckleton (John Atkinson)
5. Leyland (Daniel Brooks)
6. Milnrow (Christopher Binns)
7. Wardle Anderson Brass (Jamie Cooper)
8. Boarshurst Silver (Martyn Evans)
9. Rainford (Adam DJ Taylor)
10. Whitworth Vale & Healey (Mike Golding)
11. Acceler8 (Jef Sparkes)

Best Cornet: Mark Wilkinson (Foden's)

*Qualify for National Final

First Section:

Test piece: Variations on 'Was Lebet' (Andrew Wainwright)
Adjudicators: John Doyle; Alan Widdop

1. Haydock (Mark Quinn)*
2. Tyldesley (Neil Samuel)*
3. Blackburn & Darwen (Daniel Thomas)*
4. Roberts Bakery (Mike Jones)
5. Wingates (Matthew Ryan)
6. Manx Concert Brass (Michael Fowles)
7. Ashton under Lyne (Paul Lovatt Cooper)
8. Flixton (Adie Smith)
9. Diggle (Sean Conway)
10. Besses Boys (James Holt)
11. Skelmersdale (John Binns)
12. Eccles Borough (Mareika Gray)
13. Pemberton Old Wigan DW B (Ryan Breen)
14. Longridge (Mark Peacock)
15. Eagley (Christopher Wormald)
16. Silk Brass (Tony Wyatt)
17. Valley Brass (Haydock) (David Chadwick)

*Qualify for National Final

Second Section:

Test piece: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Philip Harper)
Adjudicators: Martin Heartfield; Helen Douthwaite-Teasdale

1. Lostock Hall Memorial (Tommy Tynan)*
2. Bollington Brass (Craig Mann)*
3. Uppermill (James Garlick)*
4. Dobcross Silver (Jason M Smith)
5. Rivington & Adlington (Malcolm Wilson)
6. Hazel Grove (Nigel Beasley)
7. Middleton (Kevin Gibb)
8. Old Hall Brass (Trevor Halliwell)
9. Liverpool (Louise Hough MBE)
10. Poulton-le-Fylde (Stephen Craig)
11. Haslingden & Helmshore (Daniel Price)
12. City of Chester Bluecoat (Ewan Easton)
13. Marple (Sarah Groarke-Booth)
14. Eccleston Brass (John Wood)
15. Golborne (Les Webb)
16. Delph (Philip Goodwin)
17. Hawk Green (Neil Hewson)
18. Mossley (Duncan Byers)
19. Morecambe (Steve R Terry)

Best Basses: Lostock Hall Memorial
Best Soprano: Poulton le Fylde
Youngest Player: Lostock Hall

*Qualify for National Final

Third Section:

Test piece: Three Haworth Impressions (Gordon Langford)
Adjudicators: Leigh Baker; Benjamin Richeton

1. Allerton Brass (Jamie Duncan)*
2. Littleborough (Max Stannard)*
3. Clock Face Miners Heritage (Will Haw)*
4. Trinity Girls (Craig Mann)
5. BMP Europe Ltd (Goodshaw) (Dean Redfern)
6. VBS Poynton (Joey Wong)
7. Ramsey Town (Robert Mitchell)
8. Blackpool Brass (John North)
9. Besses o'th' Barn (Jacob Hickson)
10. Hoover Bolton (Joe Murtagh)
11. Rode Hall Silver (Ken Mackintosh)
12. Sale Brass (Andrew Mallon)
13. Thornton Cleveleys (Matthew Balson)
14. Pilling Jubilee Silver (Joshua Hughes)
15. Stalybridge Old (Nigel Lawless)

*Qualify for National Final

Fourth Section:

Test piece: Indian Summer (Eric Ball)
Adjudicators: Nicholas Garman; Sarah Groarke-Booth

1. Wardle Community Band (Jane Conway)*
2. Brindle (Steve Hartley)*
3. Onchan Silver (David Karran)
4. St. John's Mossley (Ben Hill-Wilson)
5. Red Admiral Brass (Stuart Barton)
6. Farnworth & Walkden (Matt Whitfield)
7. Darwen Brass (David W Ashworth)
8. Manx Youth Band (Ian Clague MBE)
9. Greenfield (Paul Towle)
10. Dobcross Youth (James Atkins)
11. Stacksteads (Matthew Spaight)
12. Cadishead Public (David Holland)
13. Blackley (Karl Stott)

Best Trombones: St John's Mossley

*Qualify for National Final

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