The 9th Ireland Colliery Chesterfield and Raw Brewery 'Battle of the Bands' contest will take place on Sunday 14th June, with 16 contenders locking musical horns across four sections in a battle for a claim on the generous prize pots on offer.

Training start

The day will commence with the Training Band Section at 10.00am and will conclude with the joint First/Second Section with the results around 6.30pm. The adjudicators for the day are Martin Heartfield and Michael Fowles.

This year's contest will be held at a new venue and larger site at Parkside Community School, Boythorpe Mount, Chesterfield, Derbyshire S40 2NS.

The draw is as follows:

Training Band Section:

1. Stannington Training Band
2. Thurlstone Training Band
3. Rotherham Schools Youth Brass Band
4. Leicestershire COOP Training Band
5. Coleshill Youth Brass

Unregistered Section:

1. Carlton Brass Training Band
2. Thurlstone Band

Third / Fourth Section:

1. Pleasley Colliery Welfare Band
2. Oughtibridge Brass Band
3. Rolls Royce Derby Band
4. Deepcar Brass Band
5. Loxley Silver Band

First/Second Section:

1. Dinnington Brass
2. Dronfield Genquip Band
3. Stannington Brass Band
4. Unite the Union Brass Band