February 9th 2019 saw the return of the Pontardulais Town Band Awards Evening, held on this occasion at Tree Tops Country Club in Swansea.
The awards were presented by new Band President, Mr. Garry Owen, and the prize winners were as follows:
Most Improved Player of the Year: Lyndon Harris (Euphonium)
Bandsperson of the Year: Carly Shanklin (Cornet)
Player of the Year: Gareth Halfpenny (Trombone)
Players’ Player of the Year: Kevin Shanklin (Soprano cornet)
A special presentation was also made to Jayne Kinnear for her tireless work ‘behind the scenes’ over the past year, which has included securing numerous grants for the band to fund Workshops, purchase instruments for the Training band and for upgrading band facilities, to name but a few. Jayne was also heavily involed in the planning of the hugely successful Festival of Remembrance Concert held in November 2018.
Most Improved Player of the Year – Lyndon Harris 
Bandsperson of the Year – Carly Shanklin 
Player of the Year – Gareth Halfpenny 
Players’ Player of the Year – Kevin Shanklin 
Special Contribution Award – Jayne Morgan Kinnear 
All the prize winners, along with Band President Garry Owen, Band Chairperson Sue Aldrich and Senior Band Conductor Paul Jenkins. 
