Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Star Crossed Lovers 2025
Adjudicators:	Anne Crookston , David Hirst , Stephen Roberts
Venue:	Symphony Hall, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw
1	Brighouse & Rastrick	David King	10
2	Brass Band Treize Etoiles	Frédéric Théodoloz	11
3	Cory	Philip Harper	16
4	Fodens	Russell Gray	14
5	Aldbourne	Glyn Williams	5
6	Leyland	Daniel Brooks	15
7	the cooperation band	Katrina Marzella-Wheeler	12
8	KNDS Fairey	Philip Chalk	9
9	Flowers	Paul Holland	13
10	Whitburn	Luc Vertommen	4
11	Hammonds	Morgan Griffiths	2
12	Grimethorpe Colliery	Michael Bach	18
13	Tredegar	Ian Porthouse	3
14	Oldham (Lees)	John Collins	17
15	Carlton Main Frickley Colliery	Allan Withington	7
16	Black Dyke	Nicholas Childs	1
17	EverReady	David Morton	8
18	Amersham	Paul Fisher	6

171st Contest

Best Instrumentalist (Stanley Wainwright Memorial Trophy): Tom Hutchinson (Cornet, Cory)
Best Soprano (Brian Evans Memorial Trophy): Ashley Marston (Brighouse & Rastrick)
Best Euphonium (Geoffrey Whitham Memorial Trophy): Chris Robertson (Brighouse & Rastrick)
Best Cornet (Philip McCann Trophy): Tom Hutchinson (Cory)

Qualified for EBBC 2027 (Montreux) as the highest placed English band: Brighouse & Rastrick

Relegated to the Grand Shield: Oldham (Lees), Whitburn

Brass Band Treize Etoiles returned as defending champions. As they were also European Champions in 2024, the invitation was extended to Eikanger-Bjørsvik Musikklag as the second highest placed European (non-UK), but the invitation was declined.