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The Kingsmen have returned from a fantastic weekend in Bournemouth competing in the annual British Association of Barbershop Singers - Sing 2025 competition. The very best Choruses from all over the country compete to win the coveted award.

And what a successful weekend it was - great weather, great camaraderie and a great result. Six months of hard work all came together as the Kingsmen achieved an overall score of 65.8% for their songs "The way you look tonight" and "Fly me to the moon".

This was the second best score for the Kingsmen since 1999 and only 0.1% away from their very best result achieved in 2008. Kingsmen finished a very creditable 14th position nationally but even better was to come as we were thrilled to be crowned as Division 3 champions, winning a bursary of £500.

Pictured above is the chorus as we hit our final note of the competition, Gary Rowe our Musical Director and Ian Wooler accepting our division 3 winners award and Gary, his family and members of our chorus celebrating our success.

Why not re-live our superb performance by clicking on the link below and scrolling forward to 2 hours 42 minutes to watch our performance. You can also watch Gary and Ian collecting our Division 3 winners award by scrolling to 8 hours 47 minutes.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArMegUeeEV4