Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Fantasy for Brass Band [Arnold] 1974
Adjudicators:	Morgan Griffiths , Lauren Petritz-Watts
Venue:	Winter Gardens (Spanish Hall), Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw
1	Boarshurst Silver	Jamie Prophet	13
2	East London Brass	Jayne Murrill	15
3	Woodfalls	Joshua Ruck	16
4	Easington Colliery	Graeme Tindall	6
5	Enderby	Michael Fowles	4
6	Parc & Dare	Dewi Griffiths	10
7	Pontardulais	Paul Jenkins	11
8	Longridge	Mark Peacock	5
9	Goodwick	Stephen Sykes	14
10	Dalkeith & Monktonhall	James Chamberlain	12
11	Tyldesley	Neil Samuel	2
12	Unite Scotland Kinneil	Allan Ramsay	19
13	Eccles Borough	Mareika Gray	3
14	Yorkshire Imperial	Stephen Malcolm	18
15	Roche Brass	Matt Green	7
16	Newstead Brass	Martin Heartfield	17
17	Brunel Brass	Daniel Hall	20
18	Roberts Bakery	Mike Jones	8
19	Blackburn & Darwen	Daniel Thomas	9
20	Brass Band of Central England	Stephen Phillips	1

Best Soloist: Kevin Darby, Flugel - Woodfalls

Newly invited bands:
Brunel Brass (Wychavon Festival of Brass)
Dalkeith and Monktonhall (Fife Charities Band Association Contest)
Easington Colliery (invited due to recent contest success)
Goodwick (Welsh Open Contest)
Newstead Brass (Rochdale Contest)
Tyldesley (invited due to recent contest success)

Bands that declined an invitation: Acceler8, Wardle Anderson.

Boarshurst Silver, East London Brass, Woodfalls and Easington Colliery will receive and invitation to the 2026 Senior Cup contest.
Brass Band of Central England, Blackburn & Darwen, Roberts Bakery and Brunel Brass will be relegated from the Senior Trophy and have to regain entry to the British Open Spring Festival.