Category: Contest

There has been a change to the adjudicators for the third section with Jack Capstaff replacing Andrea Price. The full list of adjudicators for this year’s Midlands regional contest is now:

Borrowed Players (1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Section Bands only): if you intend to borrow players, please complete this form in full and return it to Lesley Bentley by the Friday one week before the contest (27th February for 1st, 3rd & 4th Section Bands and 6th March for 2nd Section Bands).

All Second Section bands have been advised that there will be a Water Gong provided by GI Percussion from Huddersfield, who are also providing all the other percussion equipment. Kapitol has issued the following statement: After speaking to the Music Panel, they believe the water gong is not an issue as the score states that…

Errata have been issued for the fourth section test piece: these may be viewed here. Errata have been issued for the championship section test piece: these may be viewed here.

Changes to the national rules for borrowing players are now been issued. They can be read here.

The entry form for the 2026 area contest has now been emailed to all the band secretaries. If you have not received it, or your band is thinking of entering for the first time, a copy may be downloaded here. The closing date for entries is Friday 9th January 2026.

The adjudicators for this year’s Midlands regional contest are:

Next year’s contest will be held again in the Civic Hall in Bedworth, Warwickshire on the following dates: Third Section Saturday 7th March a.m. First Section Saturday 7th March p.m. Fourth Section Sunday 8th March a.m. Championship Section Sunday 8th March p.m. Second Section Sunday 15th March

We have added photographs of the tubular bells to our document listing the percussion being provided for the second section, which may be downloaded here.

A Triangle on a Stand is now being provided with the second second percussion. The full list of percussion being provided for the second section may be downloaded here.