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Gallery from the 2016 Welsh Regional Championships
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The happy Welsh prize winners and qualifiers from Swansea who will head to Ostend, London and Cheltenham.

Championship Section: MD 

Ian Porthouse - Tredegar Championship Section: Tredegar (Ian Porthouse) Championship Section: MD Ian Porthouse - Tredegar Championship Section: Tredegar (Ian 

Porthouse) Championship Section: Best Instrumentalist: Dewi Griffiths (cornet) - 

Tredegar Championship Section: MD Ian Porthouse - 

Tredegar with  Best Instrumentalist: Dewi Griffiths Championship Section: Cory (Philip Harper) Championship Section: Best Basses: Cory Championship Section: 

Tongwynlais Temperance (Michael Fowles) First Section: City of Cardiff (Melingriffith) (Nigel 

Seaman) First 

Section: City of Cardiff (Melingriffith) (Nigel Seaman) First Section: MD Nigel Seaman - City of Cardiff 

(Melingriffith) First Section: Ebbw Valley 

(Gareth Ritter) First Section: Llanrug (Paul 

Hughes) First Section: Best Instrumentalist: Owain Llestyn (cornet) - Llanrug Second Section: Thomas Coaches Mid Rhondda 

(Alan Gibbs) Second Section: Bob Burnett - Thomas Coaches Mid Rhondda (Alan 

Gibbs) Second 

Section: Thomas Coaches Mid Rhondda (Alan Gibbs) Second Section: Deiniolen (Lois Eifion) Second Section: Crwbin (Lynne Turner) Second Section: Crwbin 

(Lynne Turner) Best Percussion Third Section: Rhyl Silver (Keith Jones) Third Section: Rhyl Silver (Keith Jones) Third Section: Best 

Instrumentalist: Stuart Parry (cornet) - Rhyl Silver Third Section: Briton Ferry (Jeff Pearce) Third Section: Usk (Jeff Jones) Fourth Section: Phoenix (Luke Jenkins) Fourth Section: MD Luke Jenkins - Phoenix Fourth Section: Phoenix (Luke 

Jenkins) Fourth Section: Phoenix (Luke 

Jenkins) Fourth Section: 

Newport Borough (Robin Hackett) Fourth Section: Conductors Luke Jenkins & 

Robin Hackett Fourth Section: Youngest Player: Sam Howell (aged 9) - Phoenix Fourth Section: Best Instrumentalist: Seamus Gallagher (cornet) - 

Newport Borough Fourth 

Section: Upper Rhondda (Jayne Thomas)


Brass Bands England - 2026 National Youth Brass Band Championships

Saturday 28 March • King Edward's School, Edgbaston Park Road, Birmingham B15 2UA


The Hepworth Band - Slaithwaite Philharmonic Orchestra

Saturday 18 April • Huddersfield Town Hall HD1 2TA


Contest: Whit Friday March Contests

Friday 29 May • Saddleworth & Tameside OL3


The Hepworth Band - Brassband Burgermusik Luzern

Saturday 30 May • Dewsbury Minster, Vicarage Road, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire WF12 8DD


Contest: Norwegian National Brass Band Championships

Friday 5 February • Grieghallen, Bergen, N-5015 N-5015


Chinnor Silver

March 27 • We are a friendly progressive 1st Section band who need a couple of seats filled.. Bb BASS and PERCUSSIONIST are on our wanted list so if you are looking for a new banding challenge get in contact. We rehearse on Wednesdays and have good realistic diary.


Newport Borough Brass Band

March 27 • After a respectable 4th place in the 2nd Section at the Welsh Area Contest, we are looking for FRONT ROW CORNET (position negotiable) 1st BARITONE, 2ND TROMBONE and Bb BASS players to come and join us on our journey under the baton of Martin McHale BEM.


East London Brass

March 27 • PERCUSSION - ELB are the look out for a percussionist to complement our existing section. We have a sensible diary of contests and concerts and are ambitious to keep progressing as a band.


Derek Renshaw

ABBA Member
Conductor, Band Trainer and Adjudicator.


               

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