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COMPETITION RESULTS - YORKSHIRE & NE FINALS

Year

Placing

Conductor

Piece

Winner

1945

4th  

Lorenzo

Black Dyke Mills

1946

   

Downland Suite

Brighouse & Rastrick

1947

   

Akhnaton

Black Dyke Mills

1948

   

Fantasia in F

Brighouse & Rastrick

1949

   

Morning Rhapsody

Brighouse & Rastrick

1950

   

Festival Overture

St Hildas

1951

   

Atlantic

Brighouse & Rastrick

1952

   

Resurgam

Brighouse & Rastrick

1953

   

Rhapsody in Brass

Black Dyke Mills

1954

   

Clive of India

Brighouse & Rastrick

1955

   

Severn Suite

Black Dyke Mills

1956

   

Orion

Black Dyke Mills

1957

   

Themes from the Ninth Symphony

Carlton Main Frickley Colliery

1958

   

The Moor of Venice

Black Dyke Mills

1959

NP

George Thompson

Wuthering Heights

Black Dyke Mills

1960

   

Themes from Symphony No. 5

Brighouse & Rastrick

1961

   

Les Preludes

Black Dyke Mills

1962

2nd  

Salute to Youth

Crossleys Carpet Works

1963

1st

George Thompson

Rienzi

Grimethorpe Colliery Band

1964

   

Symphony of Marches

Black Dyke Mills

1965

   

Themes from Beethovens 1st Symphony

Black Dyke Mills

1966

   

Le Roi D'ys

Black Dyke Mills

1967

1st

George Thompson

Festival Music

Grimethorpe Colliery Band

1968

1st   Beethovens 8th Symphony  

1969

2nd

George Thompson

Diadem of Gold

Hammonds Sauce Works

1970

2nd

George Thompson

The Corsair

Yorkshire Imperial Metals

1971

    Make a Joyful News  

1972

    Concert Overture for Brass Band  

1973

1st

Elgar Howarth

The Plantagenets

Grimethorpe Colliery Band

1974

    Variations on a 9th  

1975

NP

John Berryman

Journey into Freedom

Yorkshire Imperial Metals

1976

2nd

George Thompson

Spectrum

Yorkshire Imperial Metals

1977

3rd

Not in Programme

Pageantry

Yorkshire Imperial Metals

1978

    Belmont Variations  

1979

 

James Scott

Variations for Brass Band

 

1980

3rd

James Scott

Beatrice and Benedict

Yorkshire Imperial Metals

1981

3rd

David James

Variations on a Shining River

Yorkshire Imperial Metals

1982

    Essay  

1983

1st

Peter Parkes

Images

Grimethorpe Colliery Band

1984

2nd

Peter Parkes

Waverley

Brighouse & Rastrick

1985

3rd

Geoffrey Brand

Contest Music

Black Dyke Mills

1986

6th

Geoffrey Brand

Variations on a Theme by Hayden

Brighouse & Rastrick

1987

3rd

David James

Diversions on a Bass Theme

Black Dyke Mills

1988

3rd

Howard Snell

Ballet for Band

Yorkshire Imperial Metals

1989

3rd

??

Prisms

Brighouse & Rastrick

1990

6th

Frank Renton

The Beacons

Black Dyke Mills

1991

1st

Frank Renton

Journey into Freedom

Grimethorpe Colliery Band

1992

2nd

Frank Renton

Frontier

Brighouse & Rastrick

1993

DNE

DNE

Of Men and Mountains  

1994

4th

Garry Cutt

Partita

 

1995

6th

Garry Cutt

Un Vie de Matelot

Brighouse & Rastrick

1996

1st

Peter Parkes

Sounds

Grimethorpe Colliery RJB Band

1997

DNE

DNE

Lowery Sketchbook

 

1998

3rd

Peter Parkes

Montage

Brighouse & Rastrick

1999

DNE

DNE

Blitz

Carlton Main Frickley Colliery

2000

2nd

Garry Cutt

Variation on an Enigma

Yorkshire Building Society

2001

4th

Garry Cutt

Jazz

Black Dyke

2002 2nd James Gourlay Whitsun Wakes Black Dyke
2003 5th James Gourlay Prague Brighouse & Rastrick
2004 5th Frank Renton Tristan Encounters Yorkshire Building Society
2005 1st Richard Evans  Rienzi Grimethorpe Colliery Band
2006 1st Richard Evans Journey to the Centre of the Earth Grimethorpe Colliery Band
2007 8th Allan Withington Isiah 40 Brighouse & Rastrick

 

TOUR HISTORY

2005: Switzerland
2004: History Of Brass Band Music
2003: Lord Mayor's Show
2003: Proms In The Park
- 2003: USA
2003: Sweden
- 2002: Australia
2002: Luxembourg
2001: Australia / NZ / Hong Kong
2000: Japan
2000: Germany
1999: Japan & Australia
1998: France & Norway
- 1997: Belgium/France/Germany
- 1996: Switzerland
- 1993: Switzerland
- 1991: Germany
- 1988: Netherlands
- 1984: France
- 1983: Ireland
- 1982: Australia
- 1981: Germany
- 1980: Austria
- 1979: Yugoslavia & Italy
- 1978: France
- 1977: Bicentennial Tour USA
1974: Royal Albert Hall