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AWARD WINNERS 2025
 CHORAL
​               The Doris Cumber Trophy              
​
for infant choirs
no entries ​
​The Festival Celebration Shield
​for choirs 9 years and under
             St Elphege's School                   Year 2/3 Choir     
The Junior Choral Shield
​
​for choirs 11 years and under
              St Elphege's School                   Junior Choir
​The Youth Challenge Shield
​​for choirs 18 years and under
no entries ​
The Addiscombe Shield
for adult choirs
 Surrey Harmony​
The Eric Thiman Cup
for Youth Vocal Ensemble
no entries ​
The Sacred Choral Shield
​
for sacred choral singing
              St Elphege's School                   Junior Choir
VOCAL
Value
The Margaret Cup
​for senior vocal recital​​
Janice Lovett
The Fabian Smith Trophy
​for senior British song ​​
Hannah Swadling
​The Susannah Collier Rose Bowl
​
for opera
Lili Herbert
The Oratorio Trophy ​
Hemya Biswas
The Lieder Cup 
Julie Rickard
The Cavendish Cup
​for senior solo singing ​
Courtney-Ann Dennis
                 The Junior Singing Cup                             for solo singing 14 years and under
Holly Hylton
               The Marian Wey Trophy                      for solo singing 15-20 years ​​
Jessica Obace
The Esme Parkes Cup
​for senior folk song ​​
Parvati Jaikrishnan
The Isabel Wilson Memorial Bursary
for a young singer who shows exceptional promise​​ ​
Chloe Risebro
​The Ballad Cup
​for junior folk song 
​Esme Roberts
​The Junior Vocal Recital Cup
for recital class 14 years and under
​Esme Roberts 
​​The Intermediate Vocal Recital Cup
for recital class 15 to 18 years
Olivia PowellG
​​The Marian Campbell Cups
for duets/trios/small ensembles

 Alicja Nowicka, 
​ 
​Evangelin Vibish Antonainus

​​The Marion Lea Cup
for British song 15 -18 years
Parvati Jaikrishnan
Value
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Value
         
​​WOODWIND/BRASS/
​
PERCUSSION/ENSEMBLES
Value
The Doris Austin Award
​
for percussion
Cantate Handbelss
The Coulsdon and Purley Festival Cup  
​
for ensemble playing​
U3A Recorder Group
​​​The Elsie Brown Challenge Cup 
for orchestras and large ensembles
SWeet! Main Consort
 ​​The Gwendoline Russell Trophy 
for solo recorder 16 years and under
Miranda Rhodes
​The Landsell Cup
​
for solo woodwind playing    
​Sandrine Jones
The Raymond Douglas Memorial Trophy 
​
for the most promising player under 16 years of age who enters at least two classes ​
Maggie Gao
​​​​                 The Diamond Cup                 
​     
for woodwind or brass concerto playing ​
​​Marina Shelvin
​​​The Gerry Ruddick Shield
​
for solo brass playing
​Miranda Jagusch 
        The Platinum Shield               
​
for woodwind or brass recital class
Verity Burcombe
The Nigel Bates Cup   
​for solo percussion
Aldrexter Barroga
The Stellar Achievement Award 
​for the performer(s) who achieve(s) the highest mark overall in the wind, brass, percussion and ensemble sections
 St Elphege's Strings Group
Value
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STRINGS​​​​
 
The Founders Cup
for solo string playing
Lydia Bourzoukou
​​​​The Margaret Bicknall Cup 
for violin playing
​
Althaea Tang
The Rubina Allen Cup 
​for string ensemble playing
Gulliver Trio
The Caterham Cup 
for string concerto playing
Ray-Chinh Le
​​​​The Jacqueline du Pre Cup
​
for solo lower strings playing (viola, 'cello and double bass)
Ray-Chinh Le
The Segovia Cup
for classical guitar playing
Dennis Lalic
​​​​​The Fritz Kreisler Cup
​
for recital performance
Nirvana Che-Lai
The Pilgrim Harps Cup
for harp playing​ ​
Isabella Ng
Value
Value
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​​PIANOFORTE
Value
​​​​The Harold Craxton Trophy
​for senior piano recital​
Jiaxin Li
​​The Jill Jones Memorial Trophy
for intermediate piano recital
Anxo Garcia Missan
The Eothen Shield
for junior piano recital
Alfred Soulier
The Festival Cup
​
for most promising pianist aged 16 and over
not awarded 
The Elizabeth Sutcliffe Cup 
for most promising pianist under 16 years of age who enters at least two classes  ​       
William Higginson
The Minola Kirby Cups
​for pianoforte duet​​​
Amy and Andrew Yick
 The Baroque Cup
​for most outstanding performance of
​a keyboard piece of this period
​
Benjamin Wright
The Coulsdon and Purley Pianoforte Cup
​
for classes 321-330
Daniel Nowrouzi

The Barker Family Trophy 
​for jazz performance​
Rowan Fleming

​The Patricia Romero Concerto Cup 
 
1st place

​for pianoforte concerto playing  ​ 
                Concerto Prize £500  ​
Sherri Lun
​ Frances Knowles Trophy
Pianoforte Concerto   
 2nd 
place
Seth Schultheis
​​The Franz Liszt Cup​​
Sadra Mahshidfar
Value
Value
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SPEECH AND DRAMA
  1.          
    ​​​The Cameron Cup
to be awarded for the competitor gaining the highest average mark from at least two classes       
Year 7 and above
​​
Charles Wood
     ​​The Buxton Memorial Cup
for prose speaking​    
Donald Kearney
​The Sanderstead Cup
 for duologues
Esme and Ethan Roberts
The Cecily Skinner Cup
for Shakespearean classes
Theo Besser
The Cleverton Cup
for choral speaking
Shanila Taylor Tuesday 7pm Group
​​The Vera Mitchell Cup
for own choice poem

Emmeline Hunt
  ​The Norbury Manor Trophy
 ​
for solo drama
Eloise Green
The Rotary Cup
for set poem​
Zuri Maeri
             The Claire Gimblett Trophy
        ​for shared poem between 2 or 3 speakers       
Asvikan Seralathan
​Thashwin Thayaparan

The Olwen Morgan Shield
​for public speaking
Hershnah Uthayakumarar
​The Queen's Memorial Cup        
            to be awarded for the competitor gaining the highest average mark from at least two classes
​Year 6 and below

Eleonora Younes
​The Mary Shackel Shield
​
for set poet
Shakithya Sajitharan
​The Eileen and Dorothy Clarke Salver 
for team public speaking​
no entries
The Carol Shroder Cup
for short talk
Athuyan Iynharran
The Coulsdon and Purley Cup for Speech and Drama
​
for write a poem ​
Aishwarya Kota

Value
Value
Value
SPECIAL AWARDS
​​The Hervey Alan Competition 
for outstanding musicianship
Daniel Nowrouzi
The Sheila Kirk Memorial Trophy
for outstanding solo performances at intermediate or advanced level in two different sections on two different instruments or voice
Micah Tan
​​The Isabel Wilson Memorial Bursary
for a young singer who shows exceptional promise
Chloe Risebro
​​The Chairman's Cup
 Arish Subenthiran
​​​​​The Coulsdon and Purley Medal
for performing and achieving satisfactory standards in the most different sections
Caitlin Abigail Koru Lang
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