The 2026 Yorkshire Regional Championships take place this weekend at Huddersfield Town Hall.
54 bands will look to claim the domestic bragging rights in the five sections, with the action kicking off on Saturday (7th March) at 9.00am with the First Section (11 bands), followed by the Third Section (11 bands) around 1.30pm and finally the Fourth Section (10 bands) at around 6.05pm.
Sunday (8th March) will start 9.30am with the first band taking to the stage in the Second Section (10 bands) followed by the Championship Section contest (12 bands) at around 3.00pm.
Qualifiers
The defending top section champion is Black Dyke Band who are pre-qualified for the Royal Albert Hall. They will be joined by two other invited bands. Two bands in each of Sections 1-4 will also qualify for the National Nationals in York.
Tickets:
Tickets will be available at the Box Office: 01484 225755 or online: www.kirklees.gov.uk
For more information go to: www.regional-contest.org.uk/yorkshire
Championship Section:
Set Work: Elgar Variations (Martin Ellerby)
Adjudicator: Dr Stephen Cobb; Mareika Gray
Black Dyke (Prof Nicholas J. Childs)
Brighouse & Rastrick (Prof David King)
Carlton Main Frickley Colliery (Allan Withington)
Grimethorpe Colliery (Frans Violet)
Hammonds (Morgan Griffiths)
Hepworth (Ryan Watkins)
Old Silkstone (Norman Law)
Rothwell Temperance (David Roberts)
Skelmanthorpe (Jonathan Bates)
Stannington (Sam Fisher)
Unite the Union (Jonathan Beatty)
Yorkshire Imperial (Ian McElligott)
First Section:
Set Work: Variations on 'Was Lebet' (Andrew Wainwright)
Adjudicators: Steve Pritchard-Jones; Gary Davies
BD1 Brass (Jamie Smith)
City of Bradford (Lee Skipsey)
Crofton Silver (Gary Perrin)
Elland Silver (David McGlynn)
Emley (Tim Sidwell)
Hebden Bridge (Vicki Kennedy)
Horbury Victoria (Dean Jones)
Knottingley Silver (Kevin Belcher)
Lindley (Alan Widdop)
Marsden Silver (Leigh Baker)
South Yorkshire Police (Leigh Baker)
Second Section:
Set Work: 20,000 Leagues under the Sea (Philip Harper)
Adjudicators: Philip Wilby; Jacob de Haan
Barnsley Brass (Ben Brickles)
Barnsley Metropolitan (Alex Francis)
Chapeltown Silver (Garry Hallas)
Clifton & Lightcliffe (John Clay)
Hade Edge (Derek Renshaw)
Hatfield & Askern Colliery (Richard Marshall)
Kippax (James Beecham)
Meltham & Meltham Mills (Tom Haslam)
Slaithwaite (Jason Smith)
Strata Brass (David Holling)
Third Section:
Set Work: Three Haworth Impressions (Gordon Langford)
Adjudicators: Philip Wilby; Jacob de Haan
Dinnington (Jonathan Beatty)
Drighlington (John Roberts)
Dronfield (Roland Spencer)
Huddersfield & Ripponden Brass (Gavin Brown)
Lofthouse 2000 (Lee Whitworth)
Loxley Silver (Lindon Bolt)
Maltby Miners Welfare (Terry Clifford)
Oughtibridge (John Hopkinson)
Rockingham (Fiona Bishop)
Wakefield Metropolitan (Michael Dodd)
Wetherby & District Silver (Craig Ratcliffe)
Fourth Section:
Set Work: Indian Summer (Eric Ball)
Adjudicators: Colum O'Shea; Alan Fernie
Crookes Brass (Jim Fletcher)
Deepcar (Murray Preston)
Dodworth Colliery M.W. (Charlie Bremmer)
Friendly Band (Sowerby Bridge) (Michael Silson)
Garforth (Gordon Eddison)
Gawthorpe Brass '85' (John Edward)
Linthwaite (Tony Robertson)
Queensbury Music Centre (Chris Lewis)
Thurcroft Welfare (Matthew Wright)
Tingley Brass (Allan Briggs)
