{"id":580,"date":"2025-11-02T14:59:45","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T14:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wellingtonband.org.uk\/?p=580"},"modified":"2025-11-26T13:18:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T13:18:45","slug":"our-annual-awards-evening-was-full-of-fun-laughter-and-well-deserved-recognition-as-the-band-came-together-to-celebrate-another-successful-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wellingtonband.org.uk\/index.php\/2025\/11\/02\/our-annual-awards-evening-was-full-of-fun-laughter-and-well-deserved-recognition-as-the-band-came-together-to-celebrate-another-successful-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Annual Awards evening was full of fun, laughter, and well-deserved recognition as the band came together to celebrate another successful year!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/wellingtonband.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_1029.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wellingtonband.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_1029.png 630w, https:\/\/wellingtonband.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_1029-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wellington (Telford) Brass Band Awards Evening 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We had a fantastic evening celebrating another brilliant year for Wellington (Telford) Brass Band at The Cock Hotel, Wellington. \ud83c\udf89<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was great to see the whole band come together to look back on our achievements over the past year \u2014 and, of course, to hand out some well-deserved awards!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our main awards went to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83c\udfc6 The Cathy Gaskell Memorial Trophy \u2013 Vicky (Cornet)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83c\udfc6 Players\u2019 Choice Award \u2013 Steve (Trombone)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83c\udfc6 Musical Director\u2019s Award \u2013 Rob (Cornet)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83c\udfc6 The Jim Wall Memorial Trophy \u2013 Peter (Cornet)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also had a few light-hearted awards to keep things fun:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83c\udfc5 The Greggs Award \u2013 Susan (Horn)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83c\udfc5 The \u201cAnd, Not Ampersand\u201d Award \u2013 Rhian (Baritone)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83c\udfc5 The Timber Award \u2013 Hazel (Horn)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A special thank you goes to Erica, who organised the evening so perfectly. 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