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Exciting climax to Welsh League series in Cardiff

The third leg of the 2018 Welsh League series will take place in Cardiff later this month.

Welsh League
  The final leg of the Welsh League series will take place at Willows High School in Cardiff.

There is sure to be an exciting day of keenly fought competition at SEWBBA Autumn Festival Welsh League Brass Band Contest at Willows High School in Cardiff on Saturday 24th November.

It will be the third and final leg of the annual Welsh League series and will see bands in each section battle to be crowned 2018 champion by performing some stern test-piece choices and enjoyable own-choice selections.

Eight youth bands

There is sure to be a real treat with the excellent news that no less than eight youth ensembles will be showcasing their talents.

It all kicks off at 10.00am and with excellent facilities and plenty of great music to enjoy it should be a fine way to round off the domestic Welsh contest season.

There is sure to be a real treat with the excellent news that no less than eight youth ensembles will be showcasing their talents4BR

Championship Section:


Test-piece: Between the Moon & Mexico (Philip Sparke)
Adjudicator: Stan Lippeatt

Ebbw Valley Brass (Gareth Ritter)
Llwydcoed (Chris Turner)
Markham & District (Matt Rowe)
Pontardulais Town (Paul Jenkins)
Tylorstown (Gary Davies)

First Section:


Test-piece: Trittico (James Curnow)
Adjudicator: Stan Lippeatt

Abergavenny Borough (Sean O'Neil)
AW Parker Drybrook (Joshua Ruck)
Briton Ferry (Jeff Pearce)

Second Section:


Test-piece: Oceans (Goff Richards)
Adjudicator: Stan Lippeatt

Abertillery Town (Joshua Ruck)
Newport Borough (Robin Hackett)
Penclawdd Brass (Tony Small)
RAF St Athan Voluntary (Alan R Bourne)
Seindorf Arian Crwbin (TBC)
Upper Rhondda (Jayne Thomas)

Third/Fourth Sections:


Own Choice:
Adjudicator: John Maines

Crosskeys Silver (Sion Rhys Jones)
Cwmtawe Youth (Wayne Pedrick)
Gwaun Cae Guwen (Robert Burnett)
Oakdale Silver (Kerry Bowden)
Severn Tunnel (Daniel Hall)
Taff Vale Brass (Gareth Ritter)
Usk Brass (James Jones)
Ynyshir (Gary Davies)

Youth Section:


Entertainment Programme
Adjudicator: John Maines

BTM Beginners (Lloyd Barnaby)
City of Cardiff M3 Youth (Carol Flannery Davies)
City of Cardiff M4 Beginners (Rebecca Cale)
Ebbw Valley Academy (Bethan Cooke)
Llwydcoed Juniors (Richard Davies)
Newport Borough Training (Hayley Giles)
Rhondda Fach Youth (Angela Westacott)
Vale of Glamorgan Training (Ron Westacott)

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