| Year |
Winning band |
Conductor |
Draw |
Points |
| 2024 |
Desford Colliery (Leics Miners Trust Fund) |
Ian Porthouse |
10 |
|
|
Variations on an Enigma (Philip Sparke) |
| 2023 |
The GUS Band |
Dr David Thornton |
9 |
|
|
Red Priest (Philip Wilby) |
| 2022 |
Desford Colliery (Leics Miners Trust Fund) |
Michael Fowles |
10 |
|
|
Contest Music (Wilfred Heaton) |
| 2020 |
The GUS Band |
Chris Jeans |
1 |
|
|
A Tale as Yet Untold (Philip Sparke) |
| 2019 |
Desford Colliery (Leics Miners Trust Fund) |
Michael Fowles |
5 |
|
|
Seascapes (Ray Steadman-Allen) |
| 2018 |
Virtuosi GUS |
Adam Cooke |
2 |
|
|
Odyssey (Kevin Norbury) |
| 2017 |
Virtuosi GUS |
Adam Cooke |
4 |
|
|
Pageantry (Herbert Howells) |
| 2016 |
Virtuosi GUS |
Adam Cooke |
12 |
|
|
Cambridge Variations (Philip Sparke) |
| 2015 |
Virtuosi GUS |
Adam Cooke |
11 |
|
|
The Torchbearer - Symphonic Variations on a theme by Eric Ball (Peter Graham) |
| 2014 |
Virtuosi GUS |
Adam Cooke |
6 |
|
|
St Magnus (Kenneth Downie) |
| 2013 |
Jaguar Land Rover |
Dave Lea |
7 |
|
|
Harmony Music (Philip Sparke) |
| 2012 |
Desford Colliery |
Russell Gray |
8 |
|
|
The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (Derek Bourgeois) |
| 2011 |
Virtuosi GUS |
John Berryman |
9 |
|
|
Paganini Variations (Philip Wilby) |
| 2010 |
Virtuosi GUS |
John Berryman |
3 |
|
|
English Heritage (George Lloyd) |
| 2009 |
Desford Colliery |
Russell Gray |
11 |
|
|
Salute to Youth (Gilbert Vinter) |
| 2008 |
Desford Colliery |
Nigel Seaman |
12 |
194 |
|
Festival Music (Eric Ball) |
| 2007 |
Staffordshire |
David Maplestone |
8 |
194 |
|
Isaiah 40 (Robert Redhead) |
| 2006 |
Newstead Welfare |
Duncan Beckley |
9 |
193 |
|
Journey to the Centre of the Earth (Peter Graham) |
| 2005 |
Wooley Pritchard Sovereign Brass |
Trevor Jones |
9 |
192 |
|
Rienzi Overture (Richard Wagner arr Howard Lorriman) |
| 2004 |
Travelsphere Holidays |
David Stowell |
1 |
197 |
|
Tristan Encounters (Martin Ellerby) |
| 2003 |
Desford Colliery |
Major Peter Parkes |
3 |
192 |
|
Prague (Judith Bingham) |
| 2002 |
Desford Colliery |
Major Peter Parkes |
7 |
196 |
|
Whitsun Wakes (Michael Ball) |
| 2001 |
Travelsphere Holidays |
Frank Renton |
2 |
98 |
|
Jazz (Philip Wilby) |
| 2000 |
Desford Colliery |
Major Peter Parkes |
10 |
198 |
|
Variations on an Enigma (Philip Sparke) |
| 1999 |
NSK-RHP Ransome |
Brian Grant |
6 |
195 |
|
Blitz (Derek Bourgeois) |
| 1998 |
Desford Colliery |
Frank Renton |
10 |
193 |
|
Montage (Peter Graham) |
| 1997 |
NSK-RHP Ransome |
Brian Grant |
6 |
192 |
|
A Lowry Sketchbook (Philip Wilby) |
| 1996 |
Rigid Containers Group |
John Berryman |
8 |
194 |
|
Sounds (John Golland) |
| 1995 |
Desford Colliery |
Major Peter Parkes |
4 |
193 |
|
Un Vie de Matelot (Robert Farnon) |
| 1994 |
William Davis Construction Group |
Dr Keith Wilkinson |
9 |
194 |
|
Partita (Philip Sparke) |