The Association of Brass Band Adjudicators (AoBBA) has told 4BR that they continue to enjoy a close working relationship with Brass Bands England, and were delighted to link up once more at the recent National Youth Championships.

James Holt who is currently undertaking the adjudicator training programme was given the opportunity to work alongside official judges Richard Ward and AoBBA member Stephen Sykes in the Championship Section.

High quality

Martin Heartfield, AoBBA's Training Officer told 4BR: "We are very grateful to Brass Band England for allowing one of our trainees to have such a high quality experience as part of their ongoing training programme.

This is part of our progressive outlook to working with leading organisations and we are looking forward to working closely with BBE in the future and developing new initiatives for the benefit of the next generation of adjudicators."

This is part of our progressive outlook to working with leading organisations and we are looking forward to working closely with BBE in the future and developing new initiatives for the benefit of the next generation of adjudicatorsMartin Heartfield

Pleased

AoBBA Chairman Mark Wilkinson added: "We're pleased that our adjudicator training programme is achieving recognition and that we now have a number of adjudicators who have qualified to be full members of the Association."