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Regional Championships: West of England

Championship Section Summary

Year Winners Conductor Test piece
2024 Flowers Paul Holland Variations on an Enigma, Philip Sparke
2023 Camborne Ian Porthouse Red Priest, Philip Wilby
2022 Aldbourne Glyn Williams Contest Music (Wilfred Heaton)
2020 Camborne Town Ian Porthouse A Tale as Yet Untold (Philip Sparke)
2019 Flowers Paul Holland Seascapes, Ray Steadman-Allen
2018 Flowers David Childs Odyssey, Kevin Norburry
2017 Woodfalls Dr Robert Childs Pageantry, Herbert Howells
2016 Flowers Paul Holland Cambridge Variations, Philip Sparke
2015 Flowers Paul Holland The Torchbearer, Peter Graham
2014 Flowers Paul Holland St Magnus, Kenneth Downie
2013 Flowers Paul Holland Harmony Music, Philip Sparke
2012 Flowers Paul Holland The Devil & The Deep Blue Sea, Derek Bourgeois
2011 Woodfalls Dr Nicholas Childs Paganini Variations, Philip Wilby
2010 Flowers Paul Holland English Heritage, George Lloyd
2009 Camborne Town G. Cutt Salute to Youth, Gilbert Vinter
2008 Mount Charles A. Duncan Festival Music, Eric Ball
2007 PolySteel P. Harper Isaiah 40, Robert Redhead
2006 Mount Charles Dr. Nicholas Childs Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Peter Graham
2005 Bournemouth Concert Brass Nigel Taken Rienzi, Richard Wagner arr. Howard Lorriman
2004 JAG Mount Charles Dr. Nicholas Childs Tristan Encounters, Martin Ellerby
2003 Camborne Town Frank Renton Prague, Judith Bingham
2002 SWT Woodfalls G Cutt Whitsun Wakes, Michael Ball
2001 Camborne Town F. Renton Jazz, Philip Wilby
2000 Flowers R. Evans Variations on an Enigma, Philip Sparke
1999 Bodmin N. Childs Blitz, Derek Bourgeois
1998 SWT Woodfalls M. White Montage, Peter Graham
1997 Flowers G. Cutt A Lowry Sketchbook, Philip Wilby
1996 Sun Life R. Evans Sounds, John Golland
1995 Sun Life R. Newsome Un Vie de Matelot, Robert Farnon
1994 Flowers Gary Cutt Partita, Philip Sparke
1993 Sun Life R. Newsome Of Men and Mountains, Edward Gregson
1992 Sun Life R. Newsome Frontier, Michael Ball
1991 Flowers D. Broadbent Journey Into Freedom, Eric Ball
1990 Camborne - The Beacons, Ray Stadman-Allen
1989 Sun Life Roy Newsome Prisms, Peter Graham
1963 Camborne Town F. J. Roberts Rienzi, Wagner, Haydn Johns


Petworth Town Band - Petworth Town Band at Petworth Heritage weekend

Saturday 20 September • Centre of Petworth Town GU28 OAH


Cheltenham Silver Band - Holst Birthday Concert

Saturday 20 September • All Saints Church, All Saints Road, Pittville, Cheltenham GL52 2HG


Dobcross Silver Band - Milnrow Band

Sunday 21 September • c/o Dobcross Band Club. Platt Lane. Dobcross Saddleworth OL3 5AD


Regent Hall Concerts - The Band of the Grenadier Guards Big Band

Friday 26 September • Regent Hall (The Salvation Army). 275 Oxford Street. WC1 2DJ W1C2DJ


Brass Bands England - The Brass Band Conference

Saturday 27 September • Redhills Durham Miners Hall, Durham DH1 4BE


Haverhill Silver Band

September 17 • Haverhill Silver Band (Championship Section) seeks a FRONT ROW CORNET (position negotiable). This is a superb opportunity to join East Anglia's premier brass band for the L&SC area contest, the Senior Cup, Whit Friday and beyond.


Cheltenham Silver Band

September 16 • Required:. Musical Director : Cheltenham Silver Academy Band Following the relocation of our current conductor we are looking for a progressive, passionate and dedicated individual to lead our Academy Band, and to support our continued improvement.


Chinnor Silver

September 16 • We need a Bass player (either Bb or Eb) and a percussionist to join our happy team! The band is promoted to the first section in 2026 and were also 2025 Second section National Finalists. We rehearse on Wednesday evenings in our own bandroom in Chinnor


David Hirst

MA, B.Ed (Hons), LTCL
Conductor, adjudicator and arranger


               

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