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West of England Regional Championships issue contest statement

The Council of the West of England Regional Championships has issued a statement after hosting the Area contest event in Torquay on the weekend.

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  The Championships were held at the Riviera Centre in Torquay on the weekend.

The statement reads:

"The Council of WEBBA acknowledge the many messages of thanks from bands and visitors to the Riviera Centre during a period of unprecedented and challenging circumstances arising from this National crisis and fluctuating and emerging Government advice.

The decision to proceed was based wholly on the facts available to us at the time and in difficult circumstances where a variety of related opinions and advice were never going to satisfy every individual view. However we adhered to the official advice given by the Government.

The decision of a very small percentage of bands to withdraw is fully understood and the underlying reasons may be unique to each individual band. However, it will have been unfortunate if their decision was based entirely on inaccurate information widely circulated via social media.

Since the beginning of this week we have remained in close contact with Philip Morris, Managing Director of Kapitol Promotions and the management team of the Riviera Centre to ensure additional measures were put in place for bands, their supporters and any guests.

It is extremely disappointing that a number of anonymous and inappropriate comments have been directed at the WEBBA team via the secretary's email and also her mobile telephone and as a consequence no response will be generated.

We always value feedback but we would remind originators that we are all volunteers.

Equally, whilst we acknowledge all of the feedback we have received whether negative or positive, owing to the current volume, we are unable to acknowledge individually but please be assured all will be considered at our next Council meeting as an overall review of these championships.

The extremely positive atmosphere from the bands attending and audiences at the five presentation ceremonies together with feedback from public areas and exhibitors supports our decision to continue.

There is no doubt that the coming weeks will be challenging for all communities. Nevertheless, our planning for the 2021 Regional Championships will commence very shortly."

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