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Adjudicators revealed for 2025 Midlands Area

The team of judges who will make the decisions in Bedworth next year have been announced.

Regional Championships
  The Regional Championships return to Bedworth in 2025

The Midlands Regional Championships have announced the adjudication team that will make the all-important decisions at the Area contest to be held over the two weekends of the 8th & 9th March and the 15th March 2025.

The event returns to the Civic Hall in Bedworth.

Adjudicators

The list of adjudicators is as follows: Stephanie Binns, James Holt, Steven Mead, Steve Pritchard Jones, Derek Renshaw and Andrew Warriner.

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