Contest Wins

I have been very fortunate to play with the following very fine bands and achieve the following contest wins over 33 years from the age of 17 to 2023.

4 British Open Wins,

5 British National Final Wins,

4 European Championship Wins.

9 Yorkshire Area titles,

4 English Nationals,

2 All England Masters,

2 Australian Nationals,

1 North American Nationals.

    

4 British Open Championships, Free Trade Hall & Symphony Hall

1993 (Williams Fairey Band) Conductor Major Parkes 2005, 2006, 2014 (Black Dyke Band) Conductor N J Childs

5 British National Finals, Royal Albert Hall

1993 (Williams Fairey Band) Conductor Major Parkes 2001, 2004, 2008, 2009 (Black Dyke Band) Conductor N J Childs

4 European Brass Band Championships,

1994 (Williams Fairey Band) Conductor Major Parkes 2005, 2012, 2015 (Black Dyke Band) Conductor N J Childs

7 Yorkshire Area Championships, Bradford & Huddersfield Town Halls

2001, 2002, 2008, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 (Black Dyke Band) Conductor N J Childs

4 English Nationals, Preston Guildhall and Birmingham Symphony Hall

2009, 2011, 2012, 2013 (Black Dyke Band) Conductor N J Childs

2 All England Masters, Cambridge, Corn Exchange:

1996 and 1997 (Williams Fairey Band) Conductor J Gourlay

1 Brass in Concert, Spennymoor Town Hall

1996 (Williams Fairey Band) (As the featured soloist) Conductor J Gourlay

1 Butlins Mineworkers Contest, Skegness

2016 (Flowers Band) Conductor P Holland

1 Spring Festival Grand Shield, Blackpool Winter Gardens

1998 (Flowers Band) Conductor B Hurdley (Solo Prize with Woodfalls 2015) Conductor R Childs

2 Northwest Area Championships, Blackpool Winter Gardens

1996, 1997 (Automatic qualification in 1993, 1994, 1995) (Williams Fairey Band) Conductor Major P Parkes

1 North American Brass Band Championships (NABBA), Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA

2016, (Fountain City Brass Band, Kansas City) Conductor J Parisi

2 Australian National Championships, Adelaide

2005 (Brisbane Excelsior Band), 2013 (Kew Band, Melbourne) Conductors H Taylor and M Ford

2 Australian Open Championships (FABB), Tweed Heads:

2010 with Kew Band, Melbourne, Conductor M Ford and 2013 (Brisbane Excelsior) and solo prize in 2013 Conductor H Taylor

1 Yeovil Entertainment Contest,

Yeovil 2011 (Woodfalls Band) (won solo prize with Flowers Band in 1998) Conductor G Pritchard