The Section 1-4 Finals of the National Championships of Great Britain take place at York, Barbican this weekend.
Due to family commitments 4BR is not providing band by band coverage of the performances but will provide results and full news reports as soon as possible.
World of Brass will be video recording the performances and releasing the footage on its www.Wobplay.com multi-media platform 2 hours after the conclusion of each section.
Public parking is in Q-Park via Kent Street, behind the venue.
Preview coverage:
First Section: https://www.4barsrest.com/articles/2026/2154.asp
Second Section: https://www.4barsrest.com/articles/2026/2153.asp
Third Section: https://www.4barsrest.com/articles/2026/2152.asp
Fourth Section: https://www.4barsrest.com/articles/2026/2151.asp
Schedule:
Saturday 19th September:
Second Section:
Test piece: Song of Courage (Eric Ball)
Adjudicators: Dr Robert Childs, Dr Stephen Cobb, Sheona White
Saturday 19th September
Draw: 7.45am
Start: 9.00am
Abertillery & District (Lee Blankley)
Bollington Brass (Craig Mann)
Campbeltown Brass (Owen Pickering)
Ellington Colliery Clare Winter)
Felling Band (Stephen Malcolm)
Harborough (Ben Smith)
Hatfield & Askern Colliery (Richard Marshall)
Jersey Premier Brass (Jason Mildren)
Johnstone Silver (Raymond Tennant)
Kippax (James Beecham)
Lanner & District Silver (Stuart Chappell)
Leicestershire Co-op (Ben Hewlett-Davies)
Lewes Brass (Nathaniel Roff)
Lostock Hall Memorial (Joe Murtagh)
Markham & District (Gary Davies)
Staines Brass (Gareth Trott)
Uppermill (James Garlick)
Verwood Town (Kevin Smith)
Wotton under Edge & District (Jim Bennett)
First Section:
Test piece: Beyond the Falls — The Smoke that Thunders (Andrew Wainwright)
Adjudicators: David Hirst, Dr David Thornton, Mark Wilkinson
Saturday 19th September
Draw: 12.45am
Start: 3.15pm
Blackburn & Darwen (Daniel Thomas)
Bournemouth Concert Brass (Lloyd Bartlett)
Durham Miners Association (Stuart Gray)
East of England Co-op (Mark Ager)
Fulham (Alan Thomas)
Haydock (Mark Quinn)
Hucknall & Linby MC (Chris Ledger-Knapp)
Kirkintilloch Kelvin Brass (Mareika Gray)
Lochgelly (Chris Shanks)
Lympstone (Chris Spreadbury)
Marsden Silver Prize (Ben Dixon)
Parc & Dare (Dewi Griffiths)
Raunds Temperance (Jonathan Pippen)
Roche Brass (Matt Green)
Rushden Town (Adele Hudson)
South Yorkshire Police (Leigh Baker)
Tyldesley (Neil Samuel)
York Railway Institute (Dr David Lancaster)
Sunday 20th September:
Fourth Section:
Test piece: Heroes of the North (Peter Graham)
Adjudicators: Stephanie Binns; Nicholas Garman; Stephen Pritchard-Jones
Sunday 20th September
Draw: 7.45am
Start: 9.00am
Bon-Accord B (Harry Marshall)
Brighton & Hove City Brass (Rom Stanko)
Brindle (Stephen Hartley)
City of Oxford (Douglas Brown)
Coalburn Intermediate (Gareth Bowman)
Crystal Palace (Jim Lynch)
Cubbington Silver (Mark Scott)
Driffield Silver Peter Kench)
Garforth Brass (Gordon Eddison)
Gwaun Cae Gurwen (Alex Parker)
Matlock (Chris Banks)
Pendennis Brass (Harry Weir)
Queensbury Music Centre (Alan Hobbins)
Shaftesbury Town Silver (Martin Hill)
Swinton & District Excelsior (Stephen Hague)
Wardle Community Band (Jane Conway)
Third Section:
Test piece: Snow Island (Thierry Deleruyelle)
Adjudicators: Stephanie Binns; Nicholas Garman; Stephen Pritchard-Jones
Sunday 20th September
Draw: Noon
Start: 2.30pm
Allerton Brass (Jamie Duncan)
Avonbank (Evesham) (Micah Parsons)
Barton Community (Garry Oglesby)
Betteshangar Colliery Welfare (Mike West)
Bream Silver (Hugh Bamford)
City of Cardiff (Melingriffith) 2 (John Murray)
Clock Face Miners Heritage (Will Haw)
Cwmtawe (Wayne Pedrick)
Drighlington (Nick Eastwood)
East Riding of Yorkshire (Richard Grantham)
Epping Forest (Keith Schroeter)
Littleborough (Max Stannard)
Market Rasen (Peter Richardson)
Selkirk Silver (Stuart Black)
Shirebrook Miners Welfare (Chris Banks)
St David's Brass (John Dickson)
St Pinnock (Helen Varley)
Swindon Brass (Steve Yorke)
Tadley Concert Brass (Paul Chapman)
Wetherby & District Silver (Craig Ratcliffe)
