Year |
Champion Band |
Conductor |
Test Piece |
2010 | Tredegar | Ian Porthouse | Rococo Variations - Edward Gregson |
2009 | Rothwell Temperance | David Roberts | Contest Music - Wilfred Heaton |
2008 | Leyland | Jason Katsikaris | Vienna Nights - Philip Wilby |
2007 | PolySteel | P. Harper | The Night to Sing - Bramwell Tovey |
2006 | Aveley & Newham | N Taken | Whitsun Wakes - Michael Ball |
2005 | Hepworth | M Bentham | Masquerade - P Wilby |
2004 | Sellers International | P McCann | Les Preludes - F Liszt |
2003 | Carlton Main Frickley Colliery | W Rushworth | Tallis Variations - P Sparke |
2002 | Cwmaman | John Hudson | Four Dances from Checkmate - Sir Arthur Bliss |
2001 | Kirkintilloch | Allan Ramsey | Epic Symphony - Percy Fletcher |
2000 | Todmorden Old | D Hadfield | Variations on the Shining River - Edward Rubbra |
1999 | Carlton Main Frickley | J Hinckley | A Comedy Overture - John Ireland |
1998 | Flowers | B Hurdley | Partita - Philip Sparke |
1997 | Rothwell (Leeds) | D Blackledge | Festival Music - Eric Ball |
1996 | Wingates | N Childs | Variations on a Ninth - Gilbert Vinter |
1995 | Yorkshire Building Society | D King | Pageantry - Herbert Howells |
1994 | Cory | G O'Connor | Spectrum - Gilbert Vinter |
1993 | William Davis Construction | K Wilkinson | The Year of the Dragon - Philip Sparke |
1992 | Dodworth | G O'Connor | The Essence of Time - Peter Graham |
1991 | Whitburn | P Parkes | Le Carnaval Romain - Hector Berlioz |
1990 | Stalybridge | Malcolm Brownbill | Trittico - James Curnow |
1989 | Hammonds Sauce Works | Geoffrey Whitham | Ballet for Band - Joseph Horovitz |
1988 | CWS Glasgow | Howard Snell | Un Vie de Matelot - Robert Farnon |
1987 | Blackburn & Darwen | Alex Evans | The Accursed Huntsman - Cesar Franck |
1986 | Lewington Yamaha Brass | Denis Carr | The Wand of Youth - Edward Elgar |
1985 | Woodfalls | Wesley Garner | Journey into Freedom - Eric Ball |
1984 | Andrews Heat for Hire | Denis Carr | Le Roi d'Y's - E Lalo |
1983 | Jones and Crossland | Stephen Roberts | Symphony of Marches - Gilbert Vinter |
1982 | Brodsworth Colliery | Denis Carr | Festival Music - Eric Ball |
1981 | Leyland Vehicles | Richard Evans | Tournament for Brass - Eric Ball |
1980 | Andrews Heat for Hire | D. Renshaw | The Crusaders |
1979 | Rochdale Wilsons | David Loukes | Sinfonietta |
1978 | Ratby | Betty Anderson | 2nd Rhapsody on Negro Spirituals - Eric Ball |
1977 | East Lancashire Paper Group | David Loukes | Land of the Mountain and the Flood - Hamish McCunn |
1976 | Tredegar | John Childs | The Frogs of Aristophanes - Granville Bantock |
1975 | Coventry School of Music | Albert Chappell | Tournament for Brass - Eric Ball |
1974 | Woodfalls | Courtney Bosanko | |