The Yorkshire Regional Championships have announced the list adjudicators and its schedule of contests Championships event at Huddersfield Town Hall on the weekend of Saturday & Sunday 2nd & 3rd March.

52 bands will take to the stage over the two days, with three bands invited to head to the Championship Section Royal Albert Hall National Final.

Sections

This includes National Champion Black Dyke Band out of the field of 12 competitors, that are automatically invited following their success last October.

The judges for the top section are Tom Davoren, who makes a welcome return visit to the UK, as well as tuba star and conductor Steve Sykes, who returns for a fourth time and the first since 2019.

Two bands in each of the First (12 bands), Second (10 bands), Third (10 bands) and Fourth Section (8 bands) will be invited to represent the region at the Cheltenham National Finals in September.

The Championships will take place at Huddersfield Town Hall. Huddersfield. West Yorkshire.

A Young Adjudicators Panel will take part in an initiative run by the Association of Brass Band Adjudicators and the Regional Committee for the Fourth Section.

Tickets:

Tickets go on sale on Monday 15th January 2024 from the Box Office: 01484 225755 or online www.kirklees.gov.uk

Further details can be found at: www.regional-contest.org.uk/yorkshire

Schedule:
Saturday 2nd March:
Second Section:

Adjudicators: Stephanie Binns and Mark Wilkinson
Commence: 9.00am
Draw: 7.30am

Fourth Section:

Adjudicators: Paul Norley and Andrew Warriner
Commence: Approx 1.00pm
Draw at 11.15am

Third Section:

Adjudicators: Tom Davoren and Nicholas Garman
Commence: Approx 4.20pm
Draw: 2.30pm

Sunday 3rd March
First Section:

Adjudicators: Andrew Warriner and Paul Norley
Commence: 9.30am
Draw: 8.30am

Championship Section:

Adjudicators: Stephen Sykes and Tom Davoren
Commence: 3.00pm
Draw: 12.45am