February 2026 Contest Results

Championship Section

  1. Skelmanthorpe (Jonathan Bates)
  2. Newstead Brass (Martin Heartfield)
  3. Yorkshire Imperial (Ian McElligott)
  4. Blidworth Welfare Band (Colum O’Shea)
  5. The Staffordshire Band (Lee Woodward)

Best euphonium: Neil Johnson (Skelmanthorpe)
Best soprano cornet: Jack Reeves (Newstead Brass)

First Section

  1. South Yorkshire Police Band (Leigh Baker)
  2. Horbury Victoria Band (Dean Jones)
  3. Shirland Miners Welfare (Lynden Cooper)
  4. Audley Brass (Tom Hancock)
  5. Oddfellows Brass (John Davis)
  6. Jackfield Band (Craig Stevens)
  7. Hucknall and Linby MC Brass Band (Chris Ledger-Knapp)
  8. City of Coventry Brass (Lee Woodward)

Best tenor horn: Adrian Green (South Yorkshire Police Band)

Second Section

  1. Leicestershire Coop Band (Ben Hewlett-Davies)
  2. Bollington (Craig Mann)
  3. Barnsley Brass (Ben Brickles)
  4. Hatfield & Askern Colliery Band (Richard Marshall)
  5. Carlton Brass (Matthew Ludford-King))
  6. Rolls Royce (Derby) Band (Adrian Lacey)
  7. Chapeltown Silver Prize Band (Gary Hallas)

Best cornet: Joe Clarbour (Hatfield & Askern Colliery Band)

Third Section

  1. Dronfield Band (Roland Spencer)
  2. Wakefield Metropolitan Brass Band (Michael Dodd)
  3. Shirebrook Miners Welfare Band (Chris Banks)
  4. Whitwell Brass (Rob Deakin)
  5. Maltby Miners Welfare (Terry Clifford)
  6. Long Eaton Silver Prize Band (James Dennis)
  7. Ireland Colliery Chesterfield Band (Sarah Fellowes)
  8. Rode Hall Silver Band (Ken Mackintosh)

Best cornet: Adrian Wood (Dronfield Band)
Best bass section: Dronfield Band

Fourth Section

  1. Matlock Band (Chris Banks)
  2. Croft Silver Band (Henry Dunger)

Best euphonium: Tina Lewis (Croft Silver Band)
Youngest player: Freddie Farr (Matlock Band)