Winter Contest 2026 – Results

First Section

1st: Chinnor Silver Band (191 points)
2nd: St Sebastians (Wokingham) Band (190 points)
3rd: Rushden Town Band (189 points)
Best Instrumentalist: Flugel, Rushden Town Band

Third Section

1st: Avonbank (Evesham) Band (189 points)
2nd: Shipston Town Band (188 points)
3rd: Tadley Concert Brass (187 points)
Best instrumentalist: Solo Cornet, Avonbank (Evesham)
Best Euphonium player: Godalming

Unregistered section

1st: Hook Norton Brass Band (177 points)
2nd: Coleshill Youth Brass (173 points)
3rd: Chinnor Training Band (172 points)
Best Instrumentalist: Solo Cornet, East Woodhay Silver Band
Unregistered band with the fewest borrowed players: East Woodhay Silver Band

Special Awards

Band with the most U18 players: Coleshill Youth Brass
Youngest Player of the weekend: Bramwell Fagg, Coleshill Youth Band (Age 8)

Saturday Special Prizes

Best Percussion of the Day: Brass Band of Central England
Best Bass Section of the Day: Chinnor Silver Band
Best Cornet of the Day: St. Sebastian Wokingham
Best Tenor Horn of the Day: Rushden Town Band