Welsh Regional Championships 2024

In its second appearance in the Championship Section at the Welsh Regional Championships following promotion to the section ahead of the 2023 contesting season, the band performed the set test piece, ‘Variations on an Enigma’ by Philip Sparke, at the Brangwyn Hall in Swansea on Sunday 17th March 2024.

In a section containing two bands that had already pre-qualified for the Finals of the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain to be held at the Royal Albert Hall later in the year, the band was awarded 7th place in a field of 8 bands.

Full results for the section are below.

PositionBandConductorDraw
1Cory BandPhilip Harper1
2Tredegar Town BandIan Porthouse7
3Tongwynlais Temperance BandOwen Farr2
4Ebbw Valley BrassGareth Ritter5
5Tylorstown BandRobert Westacott6
6Llwydcoed BandJoshua Ruck3
7Pontardulais Town BandPaul Jenkins8
8City of Cardiff (M1) BandChristopher Bond4

Best Instrumentalist: Glyn Williams – Euphonium (Cory Band)

Best Cornet: Tom Hutchinson – Cory Band

Best Basses: Cory Band