When we unfortunatley lost our cornet player, Martin Spires, his family donated a shield to the band to be presented to the most improved player of the year.
- 2001 – Haddon Pratt
- 2002 – Ben Hall
- 2003 – Sarah Sutor
- 2004 – Christy Hall
- 2005 – Kendell Lee
- 2006 – Bethan Melley
- 2007 – Gretchen Melley
- 2008 – Josh Holt
- 2009 – Alex Russel
- 2010 – Pamela Howard
- 2011 – Daniel Spires
- 2012 – Joe Ward
- 2013 – William Downham
- 2014 – Emily Smith
- 2015 – Alex Wood
- 2016 – Sue Bates
- 2017 – Jenny Richardson
- 2019 – James Richardson
- 2022 – Jo Smith
- 2023 – Nicole Flaherty