We are ecstatic to have placed 2nd at the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain!!
This is the highest result in the band’s history!
A huge thank you to our MD Glyn Williams for his never ending belief and superb reading of the score!
Thank you all the organisers and volunteers for a brilliantly run contest and to Phillip Sparke for writing such a wonderful piece of music in ‘A Road Less Travelled By’.
Congratulations to The Cory Band and Foden’s Band for their podium places!
Test piece: A Road Less Travelled By (Philip Sparke)
Adjudicators: Ray Farr; Alan Morrison; Prof. Rob Wiffin OBE
1. Cory (Philip Harper)*
2. Aldbourne (Glyn Williams)*
3. Foden’s (Russell Gray)*
4. Black Dyke (Prof. Nicholas Childs)*
5. Desford Colliery (David Morton)
6. Flowers (Paul Holland)
7. the cooperation band (Katrina Marzella-Wheeler)
8. Zone One Brass (Richard Ward)
9. Grimethorpe Colliery (Allan Withington)
10. GUS Band (Christopher Bond)
11. KNDS Fairey (Philip Chalk)
12. Whitburn (Chris Shanks)
13. Tredegar (Ian Porthouse)
14. Derwent Brass (Jack Capstaff)
15. NASUWT Riverside (Richard Marshall)
16. Hepworth (Ryan Watkins)
17. Sandhurst Silver (Joshua Ruck)
18. Verwood Concert Brass (Kevin Smith)
19. EverReady (Stephen Roberts)
20. Kirkintilloch (Christopher Binns)
*pre-qualify for 2027 National Final
Best Instrumentalist: James Fountain (cornet) — Zone One Brass
James Shepherd Memorial Award to Principal Cornet of Winning Band: Kyle Lawson (Cory)