Fifty bands head for Perth with dream of a national finals place

There will be 51 bands heading to Perth Concert Hall to take part in this year’s Scottish Championships, competing for a place at the national finals later this year.

The regional qualifying contest for the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain will be held over the weekend of 11/12 March.

In addition, the section for non-contesting bands has attracted three entries.

The competing bands are:

Championship Section  Sunday 12 March (adjudicators Sandy Smith and John Ward)

Bon-Accord Silver (Adam Cooke)

Bo'ness & Carriden (Gary Cutt)

Dalkeith & Monktonhall (James Chamberlain)

Dalmellington (Erik Janssen)

Johnstone (Colin McKenzie)

Kingdom Brass (Corsin Tuor)

Kirkintilloch Kelvin Brass (Thomas Wyss)

the cooperation band (Mike Fowles)

Unison Kinneil (Raymond Tennant)

Whitburn (Prof Nicholas Childs)

First Section  Saturday 11 March (adjudicators Sandy Smith and John Ward)

Bathgate (Mareika Gray)

Coalburn Silver (Gareth Bowman)

Dunaskin Doon (Paul Drury)

Granite City Brass (Bruce Wallace)

Lochgelly (Chris Shanks)

Newmains & District (Michael Marzella)

Newtongrange Silver (Anne Crookston)

The Kirkintilloch Band (Hedley Benson)

Tullis Russell Mills (George Cameron)

Second Section  Saturday 11 March (adjudicators Sandy Smith and John Ward)

Annan Town (Andrew Warriner)

Broxburn & Livingston (Bryan Allen)

Clackmannan District (Paul Drury)

Dysart Colliery Silver (Lynda Nicholson)

Irvine & Dreghorn Brass (Lewis Bettles)

Jedforest Instrumental (Philip Rosier)

Kilmarnock Concert Brass (Scott Walker)

Newmilns & Galston (Alan Friel)

Renfrew Burgh (Mark Good)

St. David's Brass (John A Dickson)

St. Ronan's Silver (David McLeod)

Third Section  Saturday 11 March (adjudicators Brett Baker and David Ashworth)

Arbroath & Carnoustie (Audrey Bird)

Brass Sounds Inverclyde (Joshua Parkhill)

Croy Silver (Kenneth Blackwood)

Langholm Town (Chris Bradley)

Perthshire Brass (Willie McMullan)

Selkirk Silver (Charlie Farren)

Shotts St. Patrick’s Brass (Andy Shaw)

Stranraer Brass (Angela Miller)

Whitburn Heartlands (Paul Kiernan)

Fourth Section  Sunday 12 March (adjudicators Brett Baker and David Ashworth)

Bon-Accord B ((Jennifer Cook)

Buckhaven & Methil Miners (Steven Craig)

Coalburn Intermediate (David Fehilly)

Dundee Instrumental (Robert McDonald)

Dunfermline City Brass (Andy Shaw)

Hawick Saxhorn (Stuart Black)

Highland Brass (Mark Bell)

Kirkton Brass Bathgate (Simon Railton)

MacTaggart Scott Loanhead (Peter Holmes)

Peebles Burgh (David Robb)

Penicuik Silver (Douglas Anderson)

Turiff Silver (Matt Bailey)

The non-contesting bands are:

Section 4B Sunday 12 March (adjudicator David Hamilton)

Brass Central Strathearn (Tom Smith)

Clackmannan District Youth & Development (Luci Lamb)

Forfar Instrumental (Donald Innes)