North West Open Championships

Organised by the North West Area Brass Band Association
Venue The Brown Shipley Concert Hall, Royal Northern College of Music. According to programme notes by the NWABBA chariman Peter Bates, 2002 was the first ever North West Open Championships (it may have been the last).
It is separate from other contests organised by the NWABBA, (such as King Georges Hall Blackburn on 3rd November 2002).