Sponsored by music publishers Stainer and Bell, and judged by our own musical director Matthew Hardy, Keith Allen – Musical director of Birmingham Symphonic Winds and director of National Concert Band Festival; Nicholas Williams – Publishing director at Stainer and Bell, and Roger Cawkwell – Freelance London composer, arranger, conductor, multi instrumentalist, and good friend of SWON.

The results were as follows:
First Place: Trans-Siberian Railway, Alfie Pugh
Second Place: Swallow Canyon, Thomas Carr
Third Place: The Circadian Rhythm of Mr Nails, Henry Mitton