The British Bandsman National Championships Challenge Trophy
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The National Brass Band Championships| Championship Section | First Section | Second Section | Third Section | Fourth Section |
| Year | Champion Band | Conductor | Test Piece |
| 2007 | Music for Battle Creek - Philip Sparke | ||
| 2006 | Grimethorpe Colliery UK Coal Band | Allan Withington | Les Francs Juges - Hector Berlioz, arr. Frank Wright |
| 2005 | Leyland Band | Russell Gray | Eden - John Pickard |
| 2004 | Black Dyke Band | Nicholas Childs | '...all the flowers of the mountain...' - Michael Ball |
| 2003 | Fairey FP (Music) | Allan Withington | Theme and Variations from "The Enigma" - E Elgar arr. Eric Ball |
| 2002 | Williams Fairey Engineering | Allan Withington | Masquerade - Philip Wilby |
| 2001 | Black Dyke | Nicholas Childs | Albion - Jan Van der Roost |
| 2000 | Buy As You View Cory | Robert Childs | Harrison's Dream - Peter Graham |
| 1999 | Fodens (Courtois) | Nicholas Childs | Concerto for Band no.1 opus 44 - Derek Bourgeois |
| 1998 | Brighouse and Rastrick | A Withington | Between the Moon and Mexico - P Sparke |
| 1997 | Brighouse and Rastrick | A Withington | Legends & Myths on Alderley Edge - P Graham |
| 1996 | CWS (Glasgow) Band | Howard Snell | Isaiah 40 (Redhead) |
| 1995 | Black Dyke Mills | James Watson | Songs for BL (Howarth) |
| 1994 | Black Dyke Mills | James Watson | Theme and Co-operation - J Horovitz |
| 1993 | Williams Fairey Engineering | Major Peter Parkes | The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (Bourgeois) |
| 1992 | Grimethorpe Colliery Band | Frank Renton | The New Jerusalem - P Wilby |
| 1991 | Desford Colliery Caterpillar | James Watson | Energy (Simpson) |
| 1990 | CWS (Glasgow) Band | John Hudson | English Heritage (Lloyd) |
| 1989 | Desford Colliery Caterpillar | James Watson | Odin (Butterworth) |
| 1988 | Desford Colliery Dowty | James Watson | Seascapes (Steadman-Allen) |
| 1987 | Desford Colliery Dowty | James Watson | Harmony Music - P Sparke |
| 1986 | Fairey Engineering Works | Roy Newsome | Diversions (Bourgeois) |
| 1985 | Black Dyke Mills | Major Peter Parkes | Cloudcatcher Fells - J McCabe |
| 1984 | The Cory Band | Arthur Kenney | Dances and Arias - E Gregson |
| 1983 | The Cory Band | Arthur Kenney | Ballet for Band - J Horovitz |
| 1982 | The Cory Band | Arthur Kenney | Contest Music - W Heaton |
| 1981 | Black Dyke Mills | Major Peter Parkes | Blitz - D Bourgeois |
| 1980 | Brighouse and Rastrick | Derek Broadbent | Carnival (Dvorak/Brand) |
| 1979 | Black Dyke Mills | Major Peter Parkes | Volcano (Simpson) |
| 1978 | Yorkshire Imperial Metals | Dennis Carr | Four Dances from Checkmate (Bliss) |
| 1977 | Black Dyke Mills | Major Peter Parkes | Connotations for Brass Band - E Gregson |
| 1976 | Black Dyke Mills | Major Peter Parkes | Sinfonietta for Brass Band "The Wayfarer" - E Ball |
| 1975 | Black Dyke Mills | Major Peter Parkes | Une Vie de Matelot (Farnon) |
| 1974 | The Cory Band | Major H.A.Kenney | Fantasy for Brass Band (Arnold) |
| 1973 | Brighouse and Rastrick | James Scott | Freedom - H Bath |
| 1972 | Black Dyke Mills | Geoffrey Brand | A Kensington Concerto - E Ball |
| 1971 | Wingates Temperance | Dennis Smith | Le Roi D'Ys - E Lalo |
| 1970 | Grimethorpe Colliery | George Thompson | Pride of Youth (Jacob) |
| 1969 | Brighouse and Rastrick | Walter Hargreaves | High Peak - E Ball |
| 1968 | Brighouse and Rastrick | Walter Hargreaves | Prelude from the Mastersingers - R Wagner |
| 1967 | Black Dyke Mills | Geoffrey Brand | Journey into Freedom - E Ball |
| 1966 | GUS (Footwear) | Stanley Boddington | Le Carnival Romain - H Berlioz |
| 1965 | The Fairey Band | Leonard Lamb | Triumphant Rhapsody - G Vinter |
| 1964 | GUS (Footwear) | Stanley Boddington | Variations on a Ninth - G Vinter |
| 1963 | CWS Manchester | Alex Mortimer | Belmont Variations (Bliss) |
| 1962 | CWS Manchester | Alex Mortimer | The Force of Destiny (Verdi) |
| 1961 | Black Dyke Mills | GH Willcocks | Les Francs Juges - H Berlioz |
| 1960 | Munn and Felton's | Stanley Boddington | Three Figures (Howells) |
| 1959 | Black Dyke Mills | GH Willcocks | Le Roi D'Ys - E Lalo |
| 1958 | Foden's Motor Works | Rex Mortimer | Variations on the Shining River (Rubbra) |
| 1957 | Munn and Felton's | Stanley Boddington | Variations for Brass Band (V Williams) |
| 1956 | Fairey Aviation | GH Willcocks | Festival Music - E Ball |
| 1955 | Munn and Felton's | Harry Mortimer | Blackfriars (Cundell) |
| 1954 | Fairey Aviation | Harry Mortimer | Sovereign Heritage (Beever) |
| 1953 | Foden's Motor Works | Harry Mortimer | Diadem of Gold (Bailey) |
| 1952 | Fairey Aviation | Harry Mortimer | Frogs of Aristophanes (Bantock) |
| 1951 | Black Dyke Mills | Alex Mortimer | An Epic Symphony - P Fletcher |
| 1950 | Foden's Motor Works | Harry Mortimer | Pageantry (Howells) |
| 1949 | Black Dyke Mills | Harry Mortimer | Comedy Overture (Ireland) |
| 1948 | Black Dyke Mills | Harry Mortimer | On the Cornish Coast - H Geehl |
| 1947 | Black Dyke Mills | Harry Mortimer | Freedom - H Bath |
| 1946 | Brighouse and Rastrick | Eric Ball | Oliver Cromwell - H Geehl |
| 1945 | Fairey Aviation | Harry Mortimer | Overture for an Epic Occasion (Wright) |
| 1944 | (no contest) | ||
| 1943 | (no contest) | ||
| 1942 | (no contest) | ||
| 1941 | (no contest) | ||
| 1940 | (no contest) | ||
| 1939 | (no contest) | ||
| 1938 | Foden's Motor Works | Fred Mortimer | An Epic Symphony - P Fletcher |
| 1937 | Foden's Motor Works | Fred Mortimer | Pageantry (Howells) |
| 1936 | Foden's Motor Works | Fred Mortimer | Kenilworth (Bliss) |
| 1935 | Munn and Felton's | William Halliwell | Pride of Race (Wright) |
| 1934 | Foden's Motor Works | Fred Mortimer | Comedy Overture (Ireland) |
| 1933 | Foden's Motor Works | Fred Mortimer | Prometheus Unbound (Bantock) |
| 1932 | Foden's Motor Works | Fred Mortimer | A Downland Suite (Ireland) |
| 1931 | Wingates Temperance | H Moss | Honour and Glory - H Bath |
| 1930 | Foden's Motor Works | Fred Mortimer | Severn Suite (Elgar) |
| 1929 | Carlisle St Stephens | W Lowes | Victory - C Jenkins |
| 1928 | Black Dyke Mills | William Halliwell | A Moorside Suite - G Holst |
| 1927 | Carlisle St Stephens | W Lowes | The White Rider (Wright) |
| 1926 | St Hilda Colliery | J Oliver | An Epic Symphony - P Fletcher |
| 1925 | Marsden Colliery | JA Greenwood | Joan of Arc (Wright) |
| 1924 | St Hilda Colliery | William Halliwell | On the Cornish Coast - H Geehl |
| 1923 | Luton Red Cross | William Halliwell | Oliver Cromwell - H Geehl |
| 1922 | Horwich Railway Mechanics Institute (RMI) | JA Greenwood | Freedom - H Bath |
| 1921 | St Hilda Colliery | William Halliwell | Life Divine - C Jenkins |
| 1920 | St Hilda Colliery | William Halliwell | Coriolanus - C Jenkins |
| 1919 | (no contest) | ||
| 1918 | (no contest) | ||
| 1917 | (no contest) | ||
| 1916 | (no contest) | ||
| 1915 | (no contest) | ||
| 1914 | (no contest) | ||
| 1913 | Irwell Springs | William Halliwell | Labour and Love - P Fletcher |
| 1912 | St Hilda Colliery | William Halliwell | William Tell (Rossini) |
| 1911 | Perfection Soap Works | William Halliwell | Les Huguenots (Meyerbeer) |
| 1910 | Foden's Motor Works | William Halliwell | Gems of Schubert |
| 1909 | Shaw | William Rimmer | Flying Dutchman - R Wagner |
| 1908 | Irwell Springs | William Rimmer | Rienzi - R Wagner |
| 1907 | Wingates Temperance | William Rimmer | Gems of Schumann |
| 1906 | Wingates Temperance | William Rimmer | Gems of Chopin |
| 1905 | Irwell Springs | William Rimmer | Roland à Ronceveaux |
| 1904 | Hebburn Colliery | A Holden | Grand Selection (Mendelssohn) |
| 1903 | Besses o' th' Barn | Alex Owen | Die Meistersinger - R Wagner |
| 1902 | Black Dyke Mills | John Gladney | Hiawatha (Coleridge-Taylor) |
| 1901 | Lee Mount | W Swingler | Gems from Sullivan's Operas, No.3 |
| 1900 | Denton Original | Alex Owen | Beauties of Sullivan |
| Year | The National Contest Champion Band |
The Sydenham Amateur Contest Champion Band |
| 1860 | Black Dyke Mills | Cyfarthfa |
| 1861 | Saltaire | Marriner's, Keighley |
| 1862 | Chesterfield Rifle Corps | - |
| 1863 | Blandford | - |