The Association of Brass Band Adjudicators (AoBBA) has announced that the vastly experienced musicians Chris Houlding and Duncan Wilson have become recent additions to the organisation's membership.

In addition trainee adjudicator Gordon Eddison has graduated from the AoBBA Training Programme and been accepted as a full member.

Excellent credentials

David Hirst added: "Chris and Duncan come with excellent credentials and will be an asset to our ever growing membership.

We are also pleased that our training programme has now become firmly embedded into our core activities and that it is producing full members of the quality of Gordon."