| Year |
4th Section Champions |
Conductor |
Test Piece |
| 2007 | Formby | Louise Hough | Roman Tryptch - Leigh Baker |
| 2006 | Dodworth Colliery | Eliot Darwin | Valerius Variations - Philip Sparke |
| 2005 | Valley Brass (Haydock) | D. Chadwick | A Mendip Celebration – Darrol Barry |
| 2004 | Potters Bar | S Groarke | The Four Noble Truths – Philip Sparke |
| 2003 | Wardle and District Anderson Brass | P. Shaw | Call of the Sea - Eric Ball |
| 2002 | St Dennis | Brian Minear | A Cambrian Suite - Michael Ball |
| 2001 | Shirland Welfare Training | Marie Smith | Attleborough Suite- M Arnold |
| 2000 | Beaumaris 'B' | Fred Evans | The Seasons - P Wilby |
| 1999 | Lympstone S. W.Telecoms | Charles Fleming | Salzburg Suite - D Wright |
| 1998 | Test Valley Brass | S Large | A Caledonian Journey - A Fernie |
| 1997 | Brent Brass | P Fensom | The Fall of the Year - B Wiggins |
| 1996 | Manx Concert | I Clague | A Malvern Suite - P Sparke |
| 1995 | Todmordern Old | D Hadfield | Vizcaya - G Vinter |
| 1994 | Frickley/South Elmsall Colliery | B Till | St Michael's Mount - E Ball |
| 1993 | Hollingworth | J Cant | Little Suite for Brass Band - K Platts |
| 1992 | Eaton's Farnworth | S Booth | Prelude, Song and Dance - J Golland |
| 1991 | Beaumaris & District | G Evans | Landscapes - S Johnson |
| 1990 | Gorton Silver | B Ashby | Pantheon - K Amos |
| 1989 | Sovereign Brass | P Smalley | Contrasten - J de Haan |
| 1988 | Allerton Bywater Colliery | A Morrison | A Wealden Rhapsody - A Spurgin |
| 1987 | Besses Boys | BJ Chappell | Little Suite for Brass Band - K Platts |
| 1986 | Drighlington | C Hardy | Divertimento - B Kelly |
| 1985 | Hesketh Bank Silver | H Bentham | A Saddleworth Festival Overture - G Richards |
| 1984 | Boldon Colliery | G Rowell | Second Suite in F - Holst, arr. S Herbert |
| 1983 | Handcross Brass | I Walsh | Ballad for Band - G Jacob |
| 1982 | Warren | D Beckley | Tuba Mirum, The Trumpet Shall Sound - G Wood |
| 1981 | Rhodian Brass | D Windle | Contest Day - E Ball |
| 1980 | Delph | P Goodwin | Doon Valley - A Street |
| 1979 | Darwen | G Clough | Suite for Switzerland - R Newsome |
| 1978 | Ecclesfield | A Exley | Suite: Isle of Avalon - P Catelinet |
| 1977 | Hammonds Sauce Works "B" | A McLauglan | Little Suite for Brass Band - K Platts |
| 1976 | Queensbury Music Centre | A Owenson | A Czech Fantasy - A Jakeway |
| 1975 | North Skelton & District | K Robinson | Saltzburg Suite - D Wright |
| 1974 | West Wycombe Brass | D Bird | Youth Salutes a Master - E Ball |
| 1973 | RNR Dundee | A Barrie | A Wealden Rhapsody - A Spurgin |
| 1972 | Fishburn Colliery | J Foxcroft | Lindum Suite - D Stephens |
| 1971 | Ebbw Vale Municipal | DV Hendy | Shakespearian Rhapsody - R Heath |
| 1970 | Harpenden | G Crossland | A Psalm for all Nations - E Ball |
| 1969 | City of Coventry "B" | AGA Chappell | American Sketches - E Ball |
| 1968 | Workington Town | W Petrie | Homeward - E Ball |
| 1967 | Chapeltown Silver Prize | E Hoole | James Hook - H Geehl |
| 1966 | Hatfield Main Colliery | W Smith | The Spirit of Progress - D Rimmer |
| 1965 | Guildford Silver | F Renton | Neapolitan Suite - R Barsotti |
| 1964 | Stanhope Silver | J Woodhall | A Souvenir of Shakespeare - W Rimmer |
| 1963 | Cargo Fleet Works | A Rutherford | Everybody's Child - E Ball |
| 1962 | Corby Silver | J Baldwin | A Garland of Classics - arr. W Rimmer |
| 1961 | Hetton Silver | G Scorer | Three Days - W Rimmer |
| 1960 | Poynton Brass | CW Holt | In Tudor Days - H Geehl |
| 1959 | Cammell Laird Works | R Mortimer | Holiday Sketches - D Rimmer |
| 1958 | Elland Silver | R Newsome | John Peel Suite - C Philips |
| 1957 | Gwaun-cae-Gurwen | H Morris | Suite in Bb - G Jacob |
| 1956 | Esh Colliery Welfare Silver | J Atherton | Three Songs Without Words - E Ball |
| 1955 | Brancepeth Colliery | J Ainsley | The Merry Monarch - R Bridger |
| 1954 | Woodhorn Colliery | A Locker | Beautiful Britain - M Laurent |
| 1953 | Ystalyfera Public Prize | L Williams | Country Sketches - P Catelinet |
| 1952 | Ellington Colliery | WS Bond | Wayside Scenes - JA Greenwood |
| 1951 | 95th Crewe ATC | EB Stokes | Call of Youth - JA Greenwood |
| 1950 | Kibworth Silver | EC Moore | Fantasia, Mayday - JA Greenwood |
| 1949 | Gomersall Mills | F Braithwaite | Pride of the Forest - JA Greenwood |
| 1948 | Wincanton Silver | JB Yorke | Three Songs Without Words - E Ball |
| 1947 | Butterfield Tank Works | H Forbes | Divertimento - E Ball |
The National Brass Band Championships