The band were delighted to achieve Second Prize at the 2018 Welsh Regional Championships competing against a strong field of ten bands. The band will now progress to represent Wales at the National Championships of Great Britain taking place in Cheltenham in September. Full Section One results were as follows:-
Test Piece: Brass Metamorphosis (James Curnow)
Adjudicators: Alan Morrison and Mark Wilkinson
1. Ebbw Valley (Gareth Ritter)*
2. Burry Port Town (Christopher Bond)*
3. Tylorstown (Gary Davies)
4. Deiniolen (Lois Eifion)
5. Lewis Merthyr (Craig Roberts)
6. BTM (Jeff Hutcherson)
7. Markham & District (Matt Rowe)
8. Llanrug (Gavin Saynor)
9. Thomas Coaches Mid-Rhondda (Graham Sheppard)
10. Abergavenny Borough (Sean O’Neill)
*Qualify for National Final
Best Instrumentalist: Arwel Williams (soprano) — Deiniolen