Contesting line-up of 52 bands in this year’s Scottish Championships
Fifty-two bands will be competing in this year’s Scottish Championships – the regional qualifying contest for the finals of the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain – which will take place in Perth Concert Hall on the weekend of 8/9 March.
2025 marks a significant year for the Scottish Brass Band Association as it celebrates its 130th anniversary.
On the Saturday, the Second, Third 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 five entries in the non-contesting Section 4b and then the Championship section.
Championship section
Sunday 9 March, Perth Concert Hall
Adjudicators: David Barringer and Alan Fernie
Bathgate (Craig Anderson)
Bon-Accord Silver (Adam Cooke)
Bo’ness & Carriden (Phil Chalk)
Coalburn Silver (Gareth Bowman)
Dalmellington (Andrew Duncan)
Kingdom Brass (Katrina Marzella Wheeler)
Kirkintilloch Kelvin (Mareika Gray)
the cooperation band (Dr Glenn Van Looy)
The Kirkintilloch Band (Hedley Benson)
Whitburn (Prof Nicholas Childs)
First section
Saturday 8 March, Perth Concert Hall
Adjudicators: David Barringer and Mark Wilkinson
Clackmannan District (Paul Drury)
Dalkeith & Monktonhall (James Chamberlain)
Dunaskin Doon (Ralph Brill)
Granite City Brass (Bruce Wallace)
Johnstone (Joshua Parkhill)
Kinneil (Allan Ramsay)
Lochgelly (Chris Shanks)
Newmains & District (Paul McKelvie OBE)
Newmilns & Galston (Alan Friel)
Newtongrange Silver (Anne Crookston)
Second section
Saturday 8 March, Perth Concert Hall
Adjudicators: Mark Wilkinson and David Barringer
Annan Town (Lewis Wilkinson)
Broxburn & Livingston (Bryan Allen)
Campbeltown Brass (Andrew McMillan)
Croy Silver (Kenneth Blackwood)
Irvine & Dreghorn (Helen Douthwaite Teasdale)
Jedforest Instrumental (Philip Rosier)
Kilmarnock Concert Brass (Rebecca Wilson Paterson)
Perthshire Brass (Willie McMullan)
Shotts St Patrick’s (Charlie Farren)
St David’s Brass (John A Dickson)
Tullis Russell Mills (John-Luke Harris)
Third section
Saturday 8 March, Perth Concert Hall
Adjudicators: Alan Fernie and Stan Lippeatt
Bon-Accord B (Harry Marshall)
Brass Sounds Inverclyde (Alistair Gibson)
Buckhaven & Methil Miners (Steven Craig)
Dysart Colliery (Robert Fraser)
Highland Brass (Mark Bell)
Langholm Town (Chris Bradley)
Peebles Burgh (David McAuley)
Renfrew Burgh (Mark Good)
St Ronan’s Silver (Michael Marzella)
Selkirk Silver (Stuart Black)
Fourth section
Sunday 9 March, Perth Concert Hall
Adjudicators: Mark Wilkinson and Stan Lippeatt
Arbroath & Carnoustie (Neill McDonald)
Coalburn Intermediate (Gareth Bowman)
Dundee Instrumental (Bob McDonald)
Dunfermline City Brass (Stephen Duncan)
Hawick Saxhorn (Andrew Holland)
Kirkton Brass Bathgate (Paul McKelvie OBE)
MacTaggart Scott Loanhead (Amy Paterson)
Pencuik Silver (Jess Purbrick)
Stranraer Brass (Angela Miller)
Turriff Silver (Matt Bailey)
Whitburn Heartlands (Peter Holmes)
Section 4b
Sunday 9 March, Perth Concert Hall
Adjudicator: Mark Good
Brass Central Strathearn (Tom Smith)
Barrhead Burgh (Alan Friel)
Clackmannan District Youth & Development Brass (Luci Lamb)
Forfar Instrumental (Donald Innes)
Stranraer Brass Training (Angela Miller)
