*
banner

4BR 2014 National Finals Competition

4BR has teamed up with Geneva Instruments to give you the chance to win a fantastic Symphony cornet.

Geneva Cornet
 

4BR has teamed up with Geneva Musical Instruments for the chance to win a fantastic state of the art Geneva Symphony Cornet.

The National Brass Band Championship of Great Britain takes place at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Saturday 11th October starting at 10.00am and there is a superb line up of 20 of the finest bands in the UK all hoping to be crowned 2014 National Champion after performing ‘The Legend of King Arthur’ by Peter Meechan.

All you have to do is pick the same band as the three judges in the box and and you will be in the hat to see if you will be the lucky winner of a wonderful Geneva Symphony cornet.

Simples...!!!!

Competing Bands:

1. Black Dyke
2. Brighouse & Rastrick
3. Burry Port Town
4. Carlton Main Frickley Colliery
5. Co-operative Funeralcare
6. Cory
7. Desford Colliery
8. East Yorkshire Motor Services
9. Fairey
10. Flowers
11. Foden's
12. Friary Guildford
13. Grimethorpe Colliery
14. Reg Vardy
15. Tongwynlais Temperance
16. Tredegar
17. Virtuosi GUS
18. Wantage Silver 'A'
19. Whitburn
20. Woodfalls

All you have to do is pick the 2014 Champion Band of Great Britain and you could also be the proud owner of a brand new Geneva Symphony cornet4BR

Closing Time and Date:

You have to get your answer into us before the start of the awards ceremony on Saturday evening (11th October).

We will be watching out for any sneaky tries to win the prize after the new champions have been announced!

Answers:
E-mail us your choice of answer, with your contact telephone details at: quiz@4barsrest.com


By entering the competition you agree to allow your contact details to be passed to Geneva Instruments.

Become a supporter and help make our future secure.

4barsrest continues to be a proudly independent voice. There are no paywalls to overcome to be able to enjoy what we do to keep our journalism at the heart of the brass banding world. Support us with a one-off donation or subscribe from just £2.50 per month.

Support us    


British Open

Result: 2026 Spring Festival — Senior Cup

May 2 • Kirkintilloch claims the Senior Cup honours as Rainford, Tongwynlais Temperance and East London Brass join them in the Grand Shield in 2027.


2026 Spring Festival

Result: 2026 Spring Festival — Senior Trophy

May 2 • Sandhurst Silver claims the Senior Trophy honours as Sovereign Brass, Unite Scotland Kinneil and Yorkshire Imperial are also promoted to the Senior Cup.


Fleetwood

Fleetwood back on demand

May 1 • You can enjoy all 32 performances from the recent Fleetwood Contest on demand


British Open

Live stream broadcast from Spring Festival

May 1 • All the action from the 104th British Open Spring Festival is to be live-stream broadcast this weekend.


Regent Hall Concerts - Royal Greenwich Brass Band

Sunday 3 May • St Alfege Church. Greenwich Church Street SE10 9BJ


Regent Hall Concerts - FiveBy5 Trumpet Quintet

Tuesday 5 May • Charlton House and Gardens. Charlton Road, . London. . SE7 8RE


Regent Hall Concerts - Royal Greenwich Brass Band

Friday 8 May • Regent Hall. (The Salvation Army). 275 Oxford Street. London W1C2DJ


Wardle Anderson Brass Band - Wardle Junior Blast

Friday 8 May • Milnrow Parish Church, 16 Westward Ho, Milnrow, Rochdale OL16 3JX


Regent Brass - Woodbridge Excelsior Band and Russell Gray

Saturday 9 May • The Salvation Army (Regent Hall), Oxford Street, London W1C 2DJ


Wellington Silver Band (Somerset)

May 2 • Bb Basses. With Colin Dance now appointed as our MD and our other Bb Bass leaving due to work commitments, we have openings for two Bb basses. We are a friendly community (4th section?) band with a variety of gigs including our own Proms in the Park.


Wellington Silver Band (Somerset)

May 2 • Tuned Percussionist. We are looking for a tuned percussionist to join our friendly community (4th section?) band. We have a variety of gigs including our own Proms in the park, charity concerts, fetes, (maybe contesting). Other brass players welcome.


Tintwistle Band

April 28 • Tintwistle Band are looking for a Soprano and front row cornet players to help complete our team.. We rehearse Monday and Thursday 8-10pm at our own bandroom on Old Road in Tintwistle, and perform a variety of concerts all year round.


Phillip Littlemore

GGSM, AoBBA Member
Conductor, Band Trainer, Adjudicator, Arranger, Teacher and Publisher


               

 © 2026 4barsrest.com Ltd