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Welsh Open Brass Band Entertainment Championship

Sun 22 Feb 2026



Format: Entertainments Contest
Adjudicators: Tom Davoren , Ryan Watkins
Venue: Riverfront Theatre, Newport, Newport County, Wales, UK

Position Band Conductor Music Draw Total
1 Wantage Silver Chris King Brainstorm
Oblivion 2022
Dies Irae [arr. Gordon]
You'll Never Walk Alone
Brainstorm (Reprise) 2026
Shut Up And Dance 2025
9 194
2 Ebbw Valley Matthew Rowe Airborne
Blind Spot
Cadillac of the Skies 2015
A Motley Crew 2021
Phoenix (5th Mov. from War of the Worlds) 2012
8 193
3 Goodwick Joshua Ruck Sing Sing Sing [arr Woodfield]
Around the Campfire 2024
Oklahoma! [arr Catherall]
By The Time I Get To Phoenix
Birdland [arr Smith]
11 191
4 Filton Concert Craig Williams Soaring the Heights 2024
The Flower Duet
Brasilia 1996
It's A Monster
Who Wants To Live Forever
The Spirit of St. Louis
5 190
5 Parc & Dare Dewi Griffiths Moon River [arr. Hall]
The Lord Bless You and Keep You [arr Austin]
Pop Looks Bach
Stories from Burt
Good Morning
1 189
6 Kidlington Concert Brass Jonathan Pippen Five Blooms in a Welsh Garden 1992 Fanfare of Daffodils
March: Castell Caerffili 1950
Variations on a Welsh Theme 1981
Ar Lan Y Mor [arr. Higgins] 2022
Visions of Kolkhis 2009
13 188
7 City of Cardiff (Melingriffith) Robert Westacott Caravan
Nobody Does It Better 2017
Stardust
Perpetuum Mobile
A Fistful of Dollars
Call of the Cossacks 2002 Cossack Wedding Dance
3 187
8 Tylorstown Andrew Jones A Fantasy of Joy
From Your Smile
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
Hope [Aertgeerts] 2019
Ride
4 186
9 Brunel Brass Daniel Hall The Mandalorian [arr. Hall]
Cantina Blues
Scherzo for X-Wings
Your Father Would Be Proud
Symphonic Suite - Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2 185
10 Pontardulais Town Paul Jenkins Twister 2024
Munchkin Mambo 2024
If Only I Had A Brain 2024
How To Love Without A Heart 2024
Roar, Lion, Roar! 2024
Emerald Skylines 2024
6 184
11 Lydbrook David Barringer Anno 1920
Windows of the World 2002 Amazonia
Windows of the World 2002 Rainforest
Zimba Zamba
Postcard from Mexico 1983
10 183
12 BTM Jeff Hutcherson Overture to the Opera Tancredi
Live and Let Die
March: The President
Scarborough Fair [arr. Hutcherson]
Duel of the Fates [arr. Wagner]
7 182
13 Forest of Dean Martyn Patterson March: Thundercloud
It's Raining Men
Rainbow Connection [arr. Patterson]
Sunrise Over Blue Ridge
Evocations 1996 IV - Royal Hunt of the Sun
14 181
14 Medway Alan Gifford First World Symphony for Brass Band
12 180

Music Adjudicator: Tom Davoren
Entertainment Adjudicator: Ryan Watkins

Most Entertaining Stage Presentation (Porthcawl Town Council Cup and £300): Wantage
Highest Placed First Section Band not in Main Prizes (Eifion W. Rogers Cup and £300): Tylorstown
Invitation to the 2026 British Open Spring Festival: Filton Concert Brass

Best Soloist (Secretary's Rosebowl): Oliver Hodgkiss, Euphonium, Ebbw Valley
Best Soprano (4barsrest Cup and £50): Tom King, Brunel Brass
Best Cornet (Arthur Batten Memorial Cup): Russell Jackson, Wantage
Best Horn Section (Jean Gardiner Cup): Filton Concert
Best Baritone (Jonathan Bound Memorial Trophy): Imogen Fewster, Wantage
Best Euphonium (Madeleine Moon Cup): Oliver Hodgkiss, Ebbw Valley
Best Trombone Section (Ciswo Cup): Ebbw Valley
Best Tuba Section (David Evans Memorial Shield): Goodwick
Best Percussion (Yorweth & Megan Gowing Memorial Cup): Brunel Brass
Youngest Player (Rosemary Deere Shield): Tomos Joseph, BTM (13)

Winning band receives the South Wales Miners Challenge Cup and £1000
Musical Director of the winning banding receives the Miners Eisteddfod Cup
2nd placed band receives the Tower Colliery Cup and £500
3rd placed band receives the Wales T.U.C Challenge Cup and £300

Qualification event for the 2026 British Open Spring Festival Senior Trophy

Bands eligible for Spring Festival invitation:
BTM, Filton Concert, Forest of Dean, Kidlington Concert, Medway





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