4BR talked to adjudicators Dr Roy Newsome and Major Peter Parkes at the conclusion of the Harry & Margaret Mortimer Championship Section contest on the weekend to find out just how Marsden took the title and the £3,000 first prize and why others failed to impress.

Accompanied by Marsden revealing their choral signing abilities on the Pontins stage, Dr Newsome first tells 4BR that both he and Major Parkes had enjoyed a fine test piece that certainly tested the bands...