The list of bands who will challenge for National honours in the autumn is now complete following the last round of 2012 Regional contests on the weekend.
Four weekends
Following four weekends that have seen around 15,000 musicians compete for bands from as far afield as Scotland down to the West Country, the full list of challengers is now known.
The full list of qualifiers for 2012 is as follows:
Championship Section
The following bands wil compete on Saturday 20th October at the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Barton Town
Beaumaris [pre-qualified]
Black Dyke
Bournemouth Concert Brass
Brighouse & Rastrick [pre-qualified]
Co-operative Funeralcare
Cory [pre-qualified]
Desford Colliery
Exchange Communications Whitburn
Fairey [pre-qualified]
Felling
Flowers
Foden’s
Jaguar Land Rover
Leyland
Rothwell Temperance
Staines Brass
Tongwynlais Temperance
Tredegar
Zone One Brass
Cheltenham:
Sections 1-4 to take place at The Centaur, Cheltenham on Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd September.
First Section
Sunday 23rd September
Becontree Brass
Brunel Brass
Burry Port
Chalford
Clackmannan
Dalkeith & Monktonhall
Foresters Brass 2000
Lewis Merthyr
Milton Keynes Brass
Phoenix West Midlands
Rainford
Ratby Co-operative
Shepherd Group
Unite the Union (City of Sheffield)
Wardle Anderson Brass
Westoe
Yorkshire Imperial Urquhart Travel
Second Section
Saturday 22nd September
Bilton Silver
Chalgrove
City of Bradford
Clifton & Lightcliffe
Coalburn Silver
Croy Silver
Goodwick
Haslingden & Helmshore
Littleport
Llwydcoed
Lympstone South West Telecoms
Mossley
Otterbourne Brass
Shirebrook Miners Welfare Unison
South Milford Brass
Thundersley Brass
York Railway Institute
Third Section
Sunday 23rd September
A W Parker (Drybrook)
Besses Boys
Bream Silver
Daventry Brass
Elland Silver
Emley
Epping Forest
Hitchin Town
Ibstock Brick Brass
Jedforest Instrumental
Kirkby Lonsdale
Long Eaton Silver Prize
Ogmore Valley
Perthshire Brass
Pontypool Brass
Ripon City
Trinity Girls
Whitworth Vale & Healey
Fourth Section
Saturday 22nd September
Amersham (L&SC)
Andover Town
Armthorpe Elmfield
Bletchington Silver
Bon-Accord Silver B
Burbage (Buxton)
Cleobury Mortimer Concert Brass
Darwen Brass
Dunston Silver
Golborne
Hawk Green
Ireland Colliery Chesterfield
Kingdom Brass B
Kingsway Printers Cleethorpes
Launceston Town
Linthwaite
Midsomer Norton & Radstock Silver
Newhall
Norfolk Wherry Brass
Parr (Richardson Ltd.) St. Helen’s
Rhyl Silver
Severn Tunnel
Wilton & District
