Following last year's second place the band came a creditable fourth this year and wishes to place on record their sincere thanks to their Musical Director,  Matt Wright for his efforts.

Well done Matt

And well done band.

Following a second place at the Regional Championships the band represented Yorkshire at thee National Final at Cheltenham. This was the second time they have been to the Nationals, with the last being in 2009.

It was a great experience for all.

Thurcroft Welfare Band have qualified for the National Brassband Championships at Cheltenham by finishing runners-up at the Yorkshire Championships. The Champioships were held on Saturday 4th March 2023 at Huddersfield Town Hall and Thurcroft finished second to Oughtibridge. The percussion section also received the prize for the best percussion performance. The judges commented that the top two bands stood out in the section, and on another day the positions could have been reversed.

Well Done Band.

Happy 30th birthday to Matt our Musical Director. Friends and family gathered for a surprise birthday party at the Carpenters Arms in Tickhill on Friday 27th 2023.

Matt has been a great surport to the band over the years and puts in lots of hard work behind the scenes, so we wanted to say a HUGE thank you to him.

A great night was had by all.

Eddie is 13 years old and is one of our successes from our Training Band. He started with the cornet at the age of 8 at school and soon joined our Training Band to develop his skills. He now plays fourth man down on the front row of the Senior Band.

He has been taught well by his mentor Phil Dickens.

Thurcroft Welfare Brassband continued their successful 2016 with a third place in the 4th section at the Yorkshire Regional Brassband Championships. The band narrowly missed out on a trip to the natonal final at the competition which took place at the St George's Hall, Bradford on 5th March 2016.

Playing The Journal of Phileas Fogg the adjudicator remarked 'A well directed performance by the MD who seemed to know what he wanted from the performance"

Thurcroft Welfare Brassband enjoyed a successful weekend at Butlins Skegness. Competing with ten other bands in the fourth section, the band finished fifth overall and won the NACODS trophy as the highest finishng miners band.

Thurcroft Welfare Band are pleased to be embarking upon a new informal partnership, working with Doncaster Youth Jazz Association. The first joint venture will be a  concert at the St Simon's and St Jude's Church, Thurcroft, 7pm Saturday 26th September, an evening of Brass Band music and Jazz with the association's Doncaster Youth Stageband.

Tickets will be £5 and are available in advance or on the door.

To find out about the Doncaster Youth Jazz Association visit their webpage

The Doncaster Youth Jazz Association- 1973 - 2015 - Leading Jazz education in the Doncaster region. www.dyja.info

The band are delighted to announce the appointment of Matthew Wright as their new MD. This is Matthew’s first brass band appointment. He comes having studied brass band conducting at Huddersfield University with Philip McCann.

Matthew has been appointed following an extended selection period and from a very strong field. The band were attracted by his musical ability and patient directing which were obvious in his audition. Matthew joins the band at an exciting time with the band keen to build on their position near the top of the Yorkshire Area 4^th Section. He inherits a band with very few vacancies and a strong training band with several members keen to join the main band.

Matthew says that he is delighted to be conducting Thurcroft and is keen to take the band forward.

Thurcroft Welfare Band recently hosted a very successful concert at St. Simon and St Jude Church, Thurcoft. The concert was a joint venture between our training band and senior band and was greatly enjoyed by all, young and old.
This was the final concert for the very well liked senior band musical director, Garry Hallas. The band are very sad to see him go and would like to thank him for all his hard work and wish him every success and happiness in the future.

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Thurcroft Welfare Band are reluctantly parting company with their very popular MD, Garry Hallas. Garry, who also conducts Emley, has been with the band for a very happy eighteen months. He now feels that he needs to reduce his conducting commitment to one band in order to allow him to pursue other musical avenues.

Garry said “I have had a great time over the last eighteen months working with the fantastic bunch of people at Thurcroft. Whoever is lucky enough to follow me into the bandroom will find a player on every seat, a supportive committee and a wonderful atmosphere in which to make music.”

The band would like to thank Garry for all he has done over the past year and a half. Garry’s shoes will be very hard to fill and the band are very sorry to lose him.

The band has recently received grant funding from Community First Neighbourhood Matched Fund programme which is administered by the Community Development Foundation for the Office for Civil Society.

The grant will enable the senior band to complete the set of dress jackets for formal concerts and contests, and also to order new Thurcroft personalised ties for the walking out uniform.

The grant has also been given to enable the band to purchase music, mutes and music stands.

The training band has also benefited from the funding – the band will soon take reciept of new polo shirts to wear as an informal uniform to complement their smart purple waistcoat uniform.

The bands are extremely grateful to the program for their support, enabling us to keep both bands looking smart.

We would also like to thank Councillor John Swift who continues to support Thurcroft bands, keeping us informed of organisations which may be able to help us.





Thurcroft Welfare Band has been successful in securing a £5000 grant from the Coalfields Regeneration Trust. The grant will be used to improve the facilities at the Band's practice room. For those who know the band room they will know that the heating is inadequate, particularly in the winter months, and access is for members and equipment is severely limited.

The generosity of the Coalfields Regeneration Trust will enable the room to be insulated and pipework to be installed in anticipation of a new heating system. A ramp and double doors will also be installed to improve access both for wheelchairs and equipment such as large timpani drums.

Please take a moment to visit the Coalfields Regeneration Trust website