1893 :

June 13th at Barnsley contest took first prize out of 18 Bands playing 'Verdi' conducted by G.F. Birkinshaw. Winning £10 cash prize plus a euphonium valued at 14 guineas, a medal for the trombonists, A. Smith, and a medal for the euphonium player William Lunn (who later became Member of Parliament for the district and maintained a long and active connection with Rothwell Temperance Band).