We held our inaugural competition at Studley High School on Sunday May 8th. The contest proved a big success with entries coming from a wide area including Bristol, The Forest Of Dean and Llangollen with big support from local bands Bilton and Shipston. Adjudicators Nigel Hall and Dave Bishop Rowe were very impressed with the standard of performance and were particularly impressed with the number of parents who had taken up playing in support of their children and were now performing at the contest themselves. Association Chairman Barbara Dunscombe summed up the feelings of everyone when she commented. “What a brilliant day. Enjoyed it all but particularly the youngsters early in the day…I’m shattered!!” David Birch WMBBA Summary Of Results Adjudicators Nigel Hall and Dave Bishop Rowe Solo 8 years and under Lily Strentz, Baritone – Coleshill Felicity Angell, Trombone – Bilton Training Victoria Culshaw, Trumpet – Unattached Solo 9 10 and 11 years Thomas Strentz, Cornet – Coleshill Sasha Turner, Cornet – Shipston Jimmy Scanlon, Flugel – Bilton Training Solo 12 13 and 14 Luke Barker, Cornet – Shipston Callum Davis, Tuba – Unattached Grace Coates, Cornet – Shipston Solo 15 to 18 Tom Cowan, Euphonium – Bilton Training Jack Lythaby, Horn – Lydbrook Solo Adult John Jemmett, Horn – Filton Concert Jodie Fisher, Flugel – Bilton Neil Kelsall, Euphonium – Bilton Air Varie Solo 14 and under Luke Barker, Cornet – Shipston Becky Strentz, Eb Trumpet – Coleshill Grace Coates, Cornet – Shipston Air Varie Solo 15 to 18 Jack Lythaby, Horn – Lydbrook Air Varie Adult Jack Lythaby, Horn – Lydbrook John Jemmett, Horn – Filton Concert Neil Kelsall, Euphonium – Bilton Duet 11 years and under Ben Murray and Leo Dakin, Cornets – Bilton Training Isobel Graham and Ben Murray, Cornets – Bilton Training Imogen Angell and Felicity Angell, Trombone/Cornet – Bilton Training Duet 14 years and under Luke Barker and Grace Coates, Cornets – Shipston Grace Coates and Sasha Turner, Cornets – Shipston Artie Stubbs and William Thomson, Cornets – Bilton Training Duet 18 years and under Luke Barker and Grace Coates, Cornets – Shipston Duet Adult Neil Kelsall and Samantha Edwards, Euphoniums – Bilton Sheila Allen and Jodie Fisher, Cornets – Bilton = Luke Barker and David Birch, Cornet/Euphonium – Shipston = Amy Wright and Samantha Edwards, Tuba/Euphonium – Bilton Quartet 14 years and under Bilton Training 2 Shipston B Bilton Training 1 Quartet 18 years and under Shipston Quartet Adult Shipston Bilton Silver Training Special Awards Youngest Boy Peter Coates Shipston Youngest Girl Lily Strentz Coleshill
