National Finals 2022

The band was placed 9^th in the First Section Final of the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain, held at The Centaur, Cheltenham Racecourse, on September 17^th 2022. The band gained the invitation to represent Wales at the contest through winning the First Section at the Welsh Regional Championships in March.

All 16 competing bands were required to perform the set test piece ‘Trittico’ by James Curnow, with three adjudicators to impress – Roger Webster, Ian Porthouse and Gary Davies.

Full results for the section are below.

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw
1	Stannington	Sam Fisher	15
2	Marsden Silver Prize	Andrew Lofthouse	13
3	Staffordshire	Craig Williams	14
4	Sandhurst Silver	David Johnson	16
5	Acceler8	Jef Sparkes	8
6	Ebbw Valley	Gareth Ritter	1
7	Ashton under Lyne	Martyn Evans	6
8	Bo’ness & Carriden	Charlie Farren	9
9	Pontardulais Town	Paul Jenkins	7
10	Hyde	Nigel Seaman	2
11	Dalkeith & Monktonhall	James Chamberlain	3
12	Kirbymoorside Town	Sarah Woodward	11
13	Gresley Colliery	Craig Stevens	10
14	East of England Co-op	Nigel Cooper	4
15	Houghton	Michael Franey	5
16	Bodmin Town	Simon Badge	12