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Butlin's Mineworkers

Section 1 Summary

Year Winners Conductor Test piece
2020 Eccles Borough Mareika Gray Symphonic Episodes for Brass Band, Brian Balmages arr. Mike Kilmartin
2019 Boarshurst Silver James Garlick La Forza del Destino, Berlioz arr. Frank Wright or Le Corsair (Berlioz arr. Geoffrey Brand
2018 Eccles Borough Mareika Gray Renaissance, Peter Graham
2017 Skelmanthorpe Jim Davies Fantasy for Brass, Sir Malcolm Arnold
2016 Hebden Bridge Alan Hobbins A Celt in Jersualem
2015 Unite the Union (City of Sheffield) David Hirst Three Folk Songs Settings for Brass Band, Andrew Boysen Jnr. arr Mike Kilmartin
2014 Sandhurst Silver Ian McElligott Vitae Aeturnum, Paul Lovatt-Cooper
2013 Drighlington Jim Davies Ad Undas (To the Waves), Gareth Churcher
2012 Becontree Brass Adam Cooke High Peak, Eric Ball
2011 City of Sheffield David Holling Granite City Variations, Darrol Barry
2010 Jackfield Elcock Reisen Simon Platford A Hebridean Suite, Andrew Duncan
2009 Blackburn & Darwen Nick Sheppard Hostile Skies, Richard Grantham,
2008 Skelmanthorpe John Roberts The Plantagenets, Edward Gregson
2007 Innovate Skelmanthorpe John Roberts Music For The Common Man, Kenneth Downie
2006 Haverhill Silver Mark Ager Purcell Variants, Peter Meechan
2005 Hatfield Coal Power G. O'Connor Ballet for Band, Joseph Horovitz
2003 Horden BHK (UK) Wilf Beddell Rhapsody In Brass, Dean Goffin


Newstead Brass - Brett Baker

Saturday 17 January • St Wilfrid's Church, . Kirkby-in-Ashfield NG17 8LA


The Hepworth Band - New Year Concert

Sunday 25 January • Christ Church, New Mill, Holmfirth HD9 7ER


Contest: Norwegian National Brass Band Championships

Friday 6 February • Grieghallen, Bergen, N-5015 N-5015


Contest: Norwegian National Brass Band Championships

Saturday 7 February • Grieghallen, Bergen, N-5015 N-5015


Contest: London & Southern Counties Regional Championships

Saturday 21 March • Arts & Leisure Centre, Lytton Way, Stevenage SG1 1LZ


Welwyn Garden City Band

December 30 • We are a friendly & sociable Second Section Band with an eye on the 2026 Areas. We have vacancies for a FRONT ROW CORNET player and PERCUSSIONISTS.. Our MD is Will Douglas and we rehearse in Welwyn Garden City on Sunday evenings from 7.00-9.00pm.


Oxted Band

December 30 • As we go into 2026, the band's 125th anniversary, we are seeking CORNET and TROMBONE players to fill our line-up. We are friendly and ambitious band with a wide variety of engagements, including three major concerts each year - check them out on YouTube.


Cambrian Brass

December 30 • We are a friendly, hard-working and inclusive brass band, and everyone is welcome. We currently have specific vacancies for Soprano Cornet, Solo Cornet, Flugelhorn and EEb Bass, but interest from players on any instrument is always very welcome.


Nicholas B. Hudson

FTCL LGSMD (Hons)
Musician | Trombonist | Educator


               

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