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Results: Upper Rhondda Solo & Quartet

There was a fine turn out of players at the Upper Rhondda Solo & Quartet Competition — enough for 12 different classes in fact!

 

There was a great turn out of players at the recent Upper Rhondda Solo & Quartet Competition.

Class 1: Slow melody 9 & under
1. Charlotte Lewis (Upper Rhondda) — 93
2. Jessica Eveson (Upper Rhondda) — 92
3. Emanuel Williams (Upper Rhondda) — 91

Most promising player: Charlotte Lewis (Upper Rhondda)

Class 2: Slow melody 10-12
1. Meleri Pryse (Aberystwydd Youth) — 88
2. Owen Kinsey (Upper Rhondda) — 87
3. Dewi Kinsey (Upper Rhondda) — 86

Most promising player: Jessica Berry (Upper Rhondda)

Class 3: Slow melody 13-15
1. Jack Lapthorn (Newport) — 91
2. Lewis Rees (Upper Rhondda) — 90.5
3. Brendan Caddy (St. Dennis) — 90.4

Class 4: Slow melody 16-18
1. Alanah Moulsdale (Upper Rhondda) — 91
2. Ieuan Williams (Upper Rhondda) — 89
3. Christopher Jones (Treherbert silver band) — 86

Class 5:Slow melody 19 & over
1. Glen Philp (Upper Rhondda) — 91
2. Gareth Robinson (Tredegar) — 90
3. Terence Wells (Oakdale Silver) — 88

Class 6: Air varie 17 & under
1. Ieuan Williams (Upper Rhondda) — 94
2. Brendan Caddy (St. Dennis) — 93
3. Huw Llyr Evans (Aberystwydd Youth) — 92

Class 7: Air varie 18 & over
1. Stephen Lomas (Hucknall & Linby Brass) — 94
2. Simon Goodall (Unattached) — 91
3. Chris Eveson (Newbridge) — 88

Class 8: Duet 17 & under
1. Emily Harding & Ben Stratford (Drybrook/Forest of Dean Youth) — 90
2. Ieuan Reed & Lowri Reed (Upper Rhondda) — 89

Class 9: Duet 18 & over
1. Alanah Moulsdale & Glen Philp (Upper Rhondda) — 99

Class 10: Quartet 17 & under
1. Buds (Flowers Band) — 91
2. Petals (Flowers Band) — 90
3. Golden Cornets (Upper Rhondda) — 89

Class 11: Quartet 18 & over
1. Ospreys Trombone Quartet (Upper Rhondda) — 95
2. Tuba Quartet (South Wales Tubas) — 93
3. Dragons Quartet (Upper Rhondda) — 90

Class 12: Ensemble
1. Upper Rhondda Brass (Upper Rhondda) — 96

Upper Rhondda Brass Band Best Instrumentalist: Alanah Moulsdale (Upper Rhondda)

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