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Results: 2026 West of England Bandsmen's Festival

The GUS Band reclaims the famous Royal Trophy for the first time in 71 years on a wonderful day of music making in the sunshine in Bugle.

GUS Bugle
  The GUS Band rounded off the day with a performance in the town square with their silverware on show

Results:


Updated results to follow...

Championship Section:

Adjudicator: Dr Stephen Cobb
Test piece: English Heritage (George Lloyd)

1. GUS Band (Christopher Bond): 190
2. St Dennis (Darren R Hawken): 188
3. Roche Brass (Matt Green): 184
4. Camborne (Gareth Churcher)
5. St Austell (Steve Sykes)
6. Staffordshire (Lee Woodward)

Best Player in Section: Luke Barker (cornet) — St Dennis

March:
Molinnis Park (Paul Saggers)

1. GUS Band
2. St Dennis
3. Camborne Town
4. Staffordshire
5. Roche Brass
6. St Austell

First Section:

Adjudicator: Stephen Cobb
Test piece: Ancestral Tides (Christopher Bond)

1. Bodmin Town (Gwilym Davies): 186
2. Forest of Dean (Martyn Patterson): 177

Best Player in Section: Yasmin Stevens (flugel) — Bodmin

Hymn Tune:
Love Divine (arr. Iain McKnight)

1. Bodmin Town
2. Forest of Dean

Second Section:

Adjudicator: Stephanie Binns
Test piece: Penlee (Simon Dobson) & Cornish Cavalier (WE Moyle)

1. St Keverne (Karl Long): 175
2. Lydney Town (Thomas Dunne): 174
3. Shrewton Silver (Scott Stewart): 171
4. Mount Charles (Jeremy Taylor)

Best Player in Section: James Burns (cornet) — St Keverne

Third Section:

Adjudicator: Stephen Cobb
Smoke Sketches (Daniel Hall)

1. Saltash Town (Joshua Green): 130
2. Jubilee Brass (Oxford) (Clifford Sadler): 128
3. Illogan Sparnon Silver (Shaun Marsden): 125

Best Player in Section: Theresa Taylor (euphonium) — Jubilee Brass)

Fourth Section:

Adjudicator: Stephen Cobb
Test piece: Little Suite for Brass (Malcolm Arnold)

1. Pendennis Brass (Harry Weir): 130
2. Lostwithiel Town (Norman Pendray): 125
3. Bugle Silver (Aaron Harvey): 122
4. Plymouth City Brass Academy (Paul Norley)
5. Carharrack & Day Silver (Suzanne Thomson)

Best Player in Section: Gareth Thomas (cornet) — Pendennis Brass

Youth Section:

Adjudicator: Christopher Binns
Own Choice & Test piece: Treskerby (Monty Pearce)

1. St Austell Youth (Mark Arnold)
2. St Dennis Youth (David Johnson)

Best Player in Section: Neythen Powell-Jones (euphonium) — St Austell Youth
Best Cornet Player: Evan Godfrey (St Austell Youth)

Training Section:

Adjudicator: Christopher Binns
Own Choice

1. Indian Queens Training (Bec Eddy)
2. Plymouth City Training Brass (Beth Strongman)

Best Player in Section: Drumkit (Plymouth City Training Brass)
Best Cornet Player: Carenza Heasman (Indian Queens Training)

Deportment:

1. Illogan Sparnon Silver
2. Bodmin Town
3. GUS Band
4. St Austell

Overall individual awards:
Best Soprano: Jack Wilson (GUS Band)
Best Cornet: Luke Barker (St Dennis)
Best Flugel: Yasmin Stevens (Bodmin)
Best Horn: Ailsa Russell (GUS Band)
Best Baritone: Andrew Rigby (GUS Band)
Best Euphonium: Kim Kenerdine (St Dennis)
Best Trombone Section: GUS Band
Best Bass Section: GUS Band
Best Percussion Section: Bodmin

Centenary Cup Awards:
Youngest Player: Jowan Reynolds (St Newlyn East) — aged 6
Oldest Player: Glyn Thomas (Pendennis Brass) — aged 88

David Jane Awards:
The Jane Family Cup: Sue and Courtney Berryman
The Lang Bennetts Cup: Anna Minear

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