A national DJ competition run by bar chain Bar Med has reached is conclusion naming one Tom Harwood from Croydon as overall winner. He entered the competition at his local Bar Med in May, and impressed judges at a final in Shrewsbury on Wednesday night. As well as winning £3,500 worth of DJ equipment he will now play a warm up set for top UK DJ Tall Paul at The Gallery later this year.
Danny Newman, Musical Director of London club Turnmills and one of the judges at the final told us: "All the finalists rose to the occasion under extremely different conditions. The programming on the night provided an excellent showcase of all that's good in dance music just now."
Winner Tom Harwood told us: "I am ecstatic to have been given the opportunity via Bar Med's competition to showcase my set and I can't believe I am going to be playing alongside Tall Paul. All that plus the fantastic equipment is a dream come true."
Over 960 entries were received for the competition nationwide and following a series of bar heat finals, 28 aspiring DJ's went forward to regional finals in Guildford, Leicester, Harrogate, Oxford and Sutton in July, the winners of each going forward to the final this week. Press info on the event from Bronwen Mellor on 01423 565533.
Meanwhile elsewhere in the world of DJ competitions Motorola’s MixitMoto student DJ competition is reaching the climax of its regional heats. The competition, being held in students’ unions across the UK and Ireland, puts competing student DJs in as support for headline DJs like Yousef and Lottie. The best of those student DJs from each night will go forward to a final at the Ministry of Sound next month. Winners to date:
Cork University: Ciaran Wilkinson
University of Limerick: Brian Phelan
NUI Galway: Noel Lowry
Keele University: Paul Carrol
Stirling University: Sheridan Demyers
Cardiff University: Pete Kirk and Steve Wright
University of Central Lancashire, Preston: Paul Main
More info at www.motorola.co.uk (click on the MixitMoto button).