AWARD WINNERS 2026
CHORAL |
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The Doris Cumber Trophy for infant choirs |
Hazelwood School Year 2 Choir |
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 |
LKYC London Korean Youth Choir |
The Addiscombe Shield for adult choirs |
LKWC London Korean Women's Choir |
The Eric Thiman Cup for Youth Vocal Ensemble |
Celeste Norbury High School for Girls |
The Sacred Choral Shield for sacred choral singing |
St Elphege's School Junior Choir |
VOCAL |
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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 |
Sharon Lit |
The Oratorio Trophy |
Gillian Hope |
The Lieder Cup |
Alison Tamas |
The Cavendish Cup for senior solo singing |
Gillian Hope |
The Junior Singing Cup for solo singing 14 years and under |
Chloe Risebro |
The Marian Wey Trophy for solo singing 15-20 years |
Keeran Jithendra |
The Esme Parkes Cup for senior folk song |
Sophie James |
The H R Taylor Trust Vocal Bursary for a young singer who shows exceptional promise |
Aishwarya Kota |
The Ballad Cup for junior folk song |
Hemya Biswas |
The Junior Vocal Recital Cup for recital class 14 years and under |
Isha Kalia |
The Intermediate Vocal Recital Cup for recital class 15 to 18 years |
Olivia PowellG |
The Marian Campbell Cups for duets/trios/small ensembles |
Alison Tamas, Dionah Vibish Antonainus |
The Marion Lea Cup for British song 15 -18 years |
Arian Edwards |
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WOODWIND/BRASS/ PERCUSSION/ENSEMBLES |
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The Doris Austin Award for percussion |
Cantate Handbelss |
The Coulsdon and Purley Festival Cup for ensemble playing |
Croydon Brass |
The Elsie Brown Challenge Cup for orchestras and large ensembles |
St Elphege's Strings Group |
The Gwendoline Russell Trophy for solo recorder 16 years and under |
Ella Bach |
The Landsell Cup for solo woodwind playing |
Hitomi Shiu |
The Raymond Douglas Memorial Trophy for the most promising player under 16 years of age who enters at least two classes |
Henry Cook |
The Diamond Cup for woodwind or brass concerto playing |
Henry Cook |
The Gerry Ruddick Shield for solo brass playing |
Micah Tan |
The Platinum Shield for woodwind or brass recital class |
Hiu Yan Kwan |
The Nigel Bates Cup for solo percussion |
Adamya Swarup |
The Stellar Achievement Award for the performer(s) who achieve(s) the highest mark overall in the wind, brass, percussion and ensemble sections |
Hiu Yan Kwan |
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STRINGS |
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The Founders Cup for solo string playing |
Ray-Chinh Le |
The Margaret Bicknall Cup for violin playing |
Althaea Tang |
The Rubina Allen Cup for string ensemble playing |
Wells Trio |
The Caterham Cup for string concerto playing |
Susannah Wells |
The Jacqueline du Pre Cup for solo lower strings playing (viola, 'cello and double bass) |
Rebecca Wells |
The Segovia Cup for classical guitar playing |
Dennis Lalic |
The Fritz Kreisler Cup for recital performance |
Sigal Nachshen |
The Pilgrim Harps Cup for harp playing |
Sigal Nachshen |
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PIANOFORTE |
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The Harold Craxton Trophy for senior piano recital |
Sin U Sau |
The Jill Jones Memorial Trophy for intermediate piano recital |
Alfred Soulier |
The Eothen Shield for junior piano recital |
Yidan Wang |
The Festival Cup for most promising pianist aged 16 and over |
Anxo Garcia |
The Elizabeth Sutcliffe Cup for most promising pianist under 16 years of age who enters at least two classes |
Ruoshui Song |
The Minola Kirby Cups for pianoforte duet |
No entries |
The Baroque Cup for most outstanding performance of a keyboard piece of this period |
Yuanli Liu |
The Coulsdon and Purley Pianoforte Cup for classes 321-330 |
Ameli Sakai-Ivanova |
The Barker Family Trophy for jazz performance |
Olivia Edwards |
The Patricia Romero Concerto Cup 1st place for pianoforte concerto playing Concerto Prize £500 |
Ryan Sheng |
Frances Knowles Trophy Pianoforte Concerto 2nd place |
Sin U Sau |
The Franz Liszt Cup |
Leqi Song |
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SPEECH AND DRAMA |
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The Cameron Cup to be awarded for the competitor gaining the highest average mark from at least two classes Year 7 and above |
Enjala Baskar |
The Buxton Memorial Cup for prose speaking |
Lakshmi Shah |
The Sanderstead Cup for duologues |
Edyn Duhaney and Eleanor Rea |
The Cecily Skinner Cup for Shakespearean classes |
Naethrathi Sivakaran |
The Cleverton Cup for choral speaking |
Collingwood Drama Group |
The Vera Mitchell Cup for own choice poem |
Rajarshi Kommana |
The Norbury Manor Trophy for solo drama |
Jasper Diaso |
The Rotary Cup for set poem |
Theo Twomey |
The Claire Gimblett Trophy for shared poem between 2 or 3 speakers |
Chiron Chundar Ilanko Siyara Suthahar |
The Olwen Morgan Shield for public speaking |
Ashve Inkgaranar |
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 |
Jenson Perkins |
The Mary Shackel Shield for prose reading |
Christina Florence Jenkins |
The Eileen and Dorothy Clarke Salver for team public speaking |
Dhruvika Gogineni Jesika Jeyananthan Kaaviya Nithiyakumaran |
The Carol Shroder Cup for short talk |
Johaan Jain |
The Coulsdon and Purley Cup for Speech and Drama for write a poem |
Thisanth Pavalarajah |
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SPECIAL AWARDS |
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The Hervey Alan Competition for outstanding musicianship |
Ameli Sakai-Ivanova |
The Sheila Kirk Memorial Trophy for outstanding solo performances at intermediate or advanced level in two different sections on two different instruments or voice |
Isabella Ng |
The H R Taylor Trust Vocal Bursary for a young singer who shows exceptional promise |
Aishwarya Kota |
The Chairman's Cup |
To be announced |
The Coulsdon and Purley Medal for performing and achieving satisfactory standards in the most different sections |
Ruben Jithendra |