Brass Bands England Back Adjudicator Training Programme

The Association of Brass Band Adjudicators (AoBBA) were delighted to receive support from Brass Band England at their 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 for the Championship Section.

Martin Heartfield, AoBBA’s training officer told A4B: “I was delighted to have the opportunity to attend the Youth Championships at the weekend. The AoBBA are very grateful to Brass Band England for allowing one of our trainees to have such a high quality experience as part of their training programme. I am looking forward to working closely with them in the future and developing new initiatives for the benefit of our new adjudicators “

Chairman of AoBBA Mark Wilkinson told A4B: “We are 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”