Contesting line-up of 50 bands in this year’s Scottish Championships

Fifty bands will be competing in this year’s Scottish Championships which will take place in Perth Concert Hall on the weekend of 9/10 March.

On the Saturday, the Third, Second and First sections will be held in that order while on the next day, the Fourth section bands will take to the stage ahead of three entries in the non-contesting Section 4b and then the Championship section.

Championship section

Sunday 10 March, Perth Concert Hall

Adjudicators: Tom Davoren and Chris King

Bathgate (Craig Anderson)

Bon-Accord Silver (Adam Cooke)

Coalburn Silver (Gareth Bowman)

Dalkeith & Monktonhall (James Chamberlain)

Dalmellington (Erik Janssen)

Kingdom Brass (Thomas Wyss)

Kirkintilloch Kelvin (Mareika Gray)

the cooperation band (Glenn Van Looy)

Unison Kinneil (Raymond Tennant)

Whitburn (Prof Nicholas Childs)

First section

Saturday 9 March, Perth Concert Hall

Adjudicators: Tom Davoren and Chris King

Bo’ness & Carriden (Charlie Farren)

Dunaskin Doon (Ralph Brill)

Granite City Brass (Bruce Wallace)

Irvine & Dreghorn (John Boax)

Johnstone (Joshua Parkhill)

Lochgelly (Chris Shanks)

Newmilns & Galston (Alan Friel)

Newtongrange Silver (Anne Crookston)

The Kirkintilloch Band (Hedley Benson)

Second section

Saturday 9 March, Perth Concert Hall

Adjudicators: Helen Douthwaite-Teasdale and Stan Lippeatt

Annan Town (Lewis Wilkinson)

Broxburn & Livingston (Bryan Allen)

Campbeltown Brass (Andrew McMillan)

Clackmannan District (Paul Drury)

Jedforest Instrumental (Philip Rosier)

Kilmarnock Concert Brass (Rebecca Wilson)

Newmains & District (Paul McKelvie OBE)

Renfrew Burgh (Mark Good)

Selkirk Silver (Simon Railton)

Shotts St Patrick’s (Andy Shaw)

St David’s Brass (John A Dickson)

Third section

Saturday 9 March, Perth Concert Hall

Adjudicators: Tom Davoren and Chris King

Brass Sounds Inverclyde (Joshua Parkhill)

Croy Silver (Kenneth Blackwood)

Dysart Colliery (Robert Fraser)

Highland Brass (Mark Bell)

Langholm Town (Chris Bradley)

Peebles Burgh (Vaughan Fleischfresser)

Penicuik Silver (Alan Fernie)

Perthshire Brass (Willie McMullan)

St Ronan’s Silver (Chris Shanks)

Fourth section

Sunday 10 March, Perth Concert Hall

Adjudicators: Stan Lippeatt and John Boax

Bon-Accord B (Jennifer Cook)

Buckhaven & Methil Miners (Steven Craig)

Coalburn Intermediate (David Fehilly)

Dundee Instrumental (Bob McDonald)

Dunfermline City Brass (Andy Shaw)

Hawick Saxhorn (Stuart Black)

Kirkton Brass Bathgate (Simon Railton)

MacTaggart Scott Loanhead (Peter Holmes)

Stranraer Brass (Angela Miller)

Turriff Silver (Matt Bailey)

Whitburn Heartlands (Andrew McMillan)

Section 4b

Sunday 10 March, Perth Concert Hall

Adjudicator: John Boax

Brass Central Strathearn (Tom Smith)

Clackmannan District Youth & Development Brass (Luci Lamb)

Forfar Instrumental (Donald Innes)