CONTEST RESULTS

2026

Date:	12 Sep 2026
Venue:	Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Adjudicator(s):	Martyn Brabbins, Arsène Duc, David Hirst
Test piece:	Music of the Spheres (Philip Sparke)

Pos	Band	Conductor	Draw
1	Foden's	Russell Gray	19
2	Brass Band Willebroek	Frans Violet	11
3	Brighouse & Rastrick	Professor David King	3
4	Sydney City Brass	Jason Katsikaris	10
5	Leyland	Danny Brooks	14
6	Hepworth	Ryan Watkins	12
7	Tredegar	Ian Porthouse	13
8	Aldbourne	Glyn Williams	18
9	Black Dyke	Professor Nicholas J Childs	5
10	Carlton Main Frickley Colliery	Glenn Van Looy	17
11	Milnrow	Christopher Binns	15
12	Flowers	Paul Holland	7
13	Cory	Philip Harper	4
14	KNDS Fairey	Philip Chalk	8
15	Hammonds	Morgan Griffiths	6
16	the cooperation band	Katrina Marzella-Wheeler	9
17	Grimethorpe Colliery	Allan Withington	2
18	Amersham	Paul Fisher	16
19	EverReady	David Morton	1

Stanley Wainwright Memorial Trophy (best instrumentalist): Andy Moore (horn, Brighouse & Rastrick)

Brian Evans Memorial Trophy (best soprano): Richard Poole (Foden's)

Phillip McCann Trophy (best cornet): Mark Wilkinson (Foden's)

Geoffrey Whitham Memorial Trophy (best euphonium): Kevin Van Giel (Brass Band Willebroek)

Amersham and EverReady relegated to Grand Shield