The Association of Brass Band Adjudicators (AoBBA) has announced that two trainee adjudicators have now become full members.

AoBBA Head of Training & Mentoring, Martin Heartfield told 4BR: "Both Sam Fisher and Christopher Bond have received excellent reports from both their mentors and contest organisers and we look forward to their contribution to the association."

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Sam Fisher has already been active on the adjudication circuit and is well respected as both player and conductor and a graduate of the University of Shefield. Likewise, Christopher Bond, a graduate of the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama is well known as a composer and conductor.

PR Officer David Hirst added: "We're pleased that our training programme has now become firmly embedded into our core activities and we are always happy to accept well qualified people as trainees."