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Butlin's Mineworkers

Championship Section Summary

Year Winners Conductor Test piece
2020 Flowers Paul Holland Songs of Ascent, Jonathan Bates
2019 Desford Colliery (LMTF)
Carnival
Michael Fowles Own Choice & Entertainment
2018 Flowers
The Year of the Dragon
David Childs Own Choice & Entertainment
2017 Virtuosi GUS
Journey of the Lone Wolf
Adam Cooke Own Choice & Entertainment
2016 Flowers Paul Holland Breath of Souls, Paul Lovatt Cooper & Entertainment Programme
2015 Flowers Paul Holland Facets of the Heart, Tom Davoren & Entertainment Programme
2014 Flowers Paul Holland Energy, Robert Simpson & Entertainment Programme
2013 Virtuosi GUS John Berryman A Tale as Yet Untold, Philip Sparke and Entertainment
2012 Flowers Paul Holland Un Ve De Matelot, Robert Farnon and Entertainment
2011 Flowers Paul Holland Requiems, Darrol Barry and Entertainment
2010 Desford Russell Gray Sleepless Citiies, Paul Lovatt-Cooper and Entertainment
2009 Redbridge Brass Jeremy Wise Harrison's Dream, Peter Graham & Entertainment
2008 Desford Colliery Russell Gray Life Divine, Cryil Jenkins & Entertainment
2007 Desford Colliery Nigel Weeks Northern Light, Professor Philip Wilby & Entertainment
2006 PolySteel Band Philip Harper St Magnus, Kenneth Downie & Entertainment
2005 Ransome Graham O'Connor Harmony Music, Philip Sparke and Entertainment
2003 Desford Garry Cutt Judges of The Secret Court, Berlioz/Frank Wright and Entertainment


Regent Hall Concerts - Five By 5 Trumpet Ensemble

Friday 14 November • Regent Hall (The Salvation Army). 275 Oxford Street. WC1 2DJ W1C2DJ


Contest: 48th Brass in Concert

Saturday 15 November • The Gladhous International Centre for Music, St Mary's Square, Gateshead NE8 2JR


Delph Band - Delph Youth Band

Sunday 16 November • Denshaw Village Hall, . Ripponden Rd, . Denshaw, . Oldham OL3 5SY


Regent Hall Concerts - Trombonanza with Brett Baker and Friends

Saturday 22 November • Regent Hall (The Salvation Army). 275 Oxford Street. WC1 2DJ W1C2DJ


Dobcross Silver Band - Dobross Youth Band and Dobcross Brass Monkeys

Saturday 22 November • Civic Hall . Lee Street . Uppermill . Saddleworth OL3 6AE


Summerbridge & Dacre Silver Band

November 11 • Urgent:- Confident Solo Horn required to lead our horn section for our Christmas Concert and beyond. In the new year will be doing a joint concert with Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band, and other concerts throughout the year.


Audley Brass

November 10 • Audley Brass (First Section National Finalists 2025) are seeking an Eb BASS PLAYER as we work towards our Dickens A Christmas Carol theme concert, the Beartown Brewery Christmas party and the 2026 Area contest.


Tintwistle Band

November 9 • Attention soprano cornet players!. Tintwistle band (famed for the number 1 hit single Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs!) are looking for a soprano cornet player!. We are 2nd section, enjoy all year round concerts/contests, and band social events.


Kevin Wadsworth


Conductor, adjudicator, teacher (ABBA)


               

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