25/1/2010

Congratulations to Ben Clarke the 2010 Young Drummer of the Year. See photos on our Facebook Page. Full review coming soon.

5/1/2010

Meet the finalists.... visit our feature on mikedolbear.com profiling each of the 10 finalists.

http://www.mikedolbear.co.uk/story.asp?StoryID=2116

11/11/2009

This is it - The Final 10!

We can now announce the 10 finalists for the 2010 Young Drummer of the Year competition. The following entrants will be now invited to take part in the competition finals in Leamington Spa on Sunday 24th January 2010.

Maxwell Marlow – Bishops Stortford
Paeris Giles – Christchurch
Tristan Evans – Exeter
Robert Hall – Llandudno
Ben Clark – Lymington
Matthew Arnold – Southampton
Lewis O’Neill – Widnes
Rhys Morgan – Neath
Ollie Harding – Powys
Jake Brown – Stafford

May we say well done to those above and everyone else who sent in entries. We hope that you will all be able join us in January - keep an eye on this site for further details closer to the event date.

We will be in touch with all finalists in the near future with further instructions.

6/11/2009

The Final 40!

Ok, we've once again gone through the tough job of choosing the final 40 to go through to the second round of judging for this year's competition. We do seem to say this every year, but it does seem that the standard of entries has yet again risen, making this no easy task!

Thank you to all those who have sent in your tapes and well done to the following 40, who's entries will now go through to the next round:

Judging for the next round will take place within the next seven days, so keep watching this space for the announcement of the final 10!

13/09/2009

Welcome to the 8th UK National Young Drummer of the Year Competition. This year we will be returning to the Royal Spa Centre in Leamington Spa for the Finals. We are delighted to announce that we have secured joint sponsorship for this years competition from well known music retailer Professional Music Technology (PMT) and Mapex, Paiste and Vic Firth.

The competition is also supported this year by Drummer and Rhythm magazines.

Some initial points to note:

• We will be accepting entries up to November 2nd 2009
• We can accept entries on DV Tape or on a DVD only
• The final 40 and then the final 10 will be announced here in the weeks following the closing date
• You are very strongly urged to read the FAQ's page as we can only answer queries which are not covered in the FAQ's
• Keep an eye on this page for updates.