The following sections will be held in the Civic Hall, High Street, Bedworth, Warwickshire CV12 8NF:

Second Section	Saturday 20th March from 10 a.m.
First Section	Saturday 20th March from approx. 2:30 p.m.
Third Section	Sunday 21st March from 10 a.m.
Championship Section	Sunday 21st March from approx. 3:00 p.m.

The fourth section will be held in the United Church theatre, 17 Bulkington Road, Bedworth, Warwickshire CV12 9DG:

Fourth Section

Saturday 20th March from 11 a.m. (results expected c. 3:15 p.m.)

The final 2026 grading tables have now been published. We did not receive any appeals, and so they are unchanged from the provisional tables emailed to the band secretaries after the contest.

Please note that the Civic Hall doors will not be opened until 9:45 a.m. in time for the first draw, which will take place in the Contest Control Room at 10:00 a.m.

Please let Lesley Bentley know if your band intends using the water gong provided by GI Percussion.

The water gong will be placed centrally at the back of the stage. This is a compromise for bands who may have rehearsed with it on either side. Although the stand is on wheels and could be moved, to avoid issues with the water spillage, at the request of the Civic Hall, this will stay in one place.

There will be 10 minute slot between 10:30 – 10:40 a.m. (for first half percussionists) and a 10 minute slot between approximately 12:45 – 12:55 p.m. (for second half percussionist), to try out the water gong.

Final Information To Bands: All the information you should need for the Contest is included here.

The percussion we are providing for the contest is listed here.

For the first section, the list of timpani should be 32”, 30”, 28” & 25”. (Not 2x 25”). A corrected list will be published later today.