Young Drummer of the Year 2012; Final 40 announced

The MikeDolbear.com Young Drummer of the Year competition 2012 is in full swing. The competition, launched at this years London Drum Show, has recieved high numbers of entries. The final 40 have already been short listed. A press release from Mike Dolbear reads:

This year we had our record number of entries with 537 entries and a judging panel of four teachers and players has selected the final 40 from a very high standard.

Please note that the final 40 is in no particular order.

The final 10 will be judged by a panel of 6 professional drum teachers and players from various genres from this list of 40 and will be announced here on December 1st.

This year’s final is Sunday February 5th 2012 at the Spa center Leamington Spa.

The final 40

1: James Fuke

2: Will Downes-Hall

3: William Jupp

4: Charles Johnson

5: Sam Wyss

6: Charles Hall

7: Jordan Owen

8: Nathan Wallington

9: Oscar Ogden

10: Morgan Simpson

11: Oliver Cox

12: Jake Brown

13: Mikey Ciancio

14: Danny Williams

15: Lewie Hilsdon

16: Chris McIntyre

17: John Kerfoot

18: Peter Rayner

19: Zak Reynolds

20: Dominic Calzetli

21:Angus MacGregor

22: Joe Dawson

23: Lyle Dear

24: Charlie Vasiliou

25: Luke Jarrett

26: Callum Masters

27: Alex Whibley-Conway

28: Max Mills

29: Mathew Brown

30: Calum Blair

31: Elloise Houghton

32: Joey Robbins

33: Toby Green

34: Joel Waters

35: Tom Monk

36: Kieran Gaffney

37: Joe Mallet

38: Graeme Newbury

39: Paul Youngs

40: Gregory Greenfield