Young musicians from the Dyfed Powys Police force area yesterday performed anti drink-drive songs as part of the Wales wide campaign. The Music Challenge final saw three bands perform their anti drink-drive song which was kindly sponsored by Chevron (Pembroke Refinery). The awareness raising event formed part of the All Wales summer anti drink-drive campaign. The winner of the music challenge was Tom van Hamer, of Carmarthenshire, with his song 'On The Road'. He received £250 for himself and £250 and a trophy for Amman Valley School, Ammanford, who he represented. The runners-up were 200 Yards Ahead from Greenhill School, Tenby, they received £150 for the band and £150 for their school. Third place went to Delayed Seed, from Lampeter Secondary School, who received £100 for the band. Road safety officer Susan Storch said: "We would like to thank all the young people who took part in the competition and the schools they represented. All three acts performed to a high standard and the judges had a very difficult job in deciding the winners. "The Music Challenge started in Gwent through Capita Symonds in 2006 and they are now in their third year. Following on from their success, we started running this competition through the Mid and West Wales Road Safety Group last autumn and we hope to see this as an All Wales initiative in the near future. "This is a novel way of engaging with young people and getting across the very serious message of anti drink driving and we will continue to work very closely with all our partners as we start to plan for our second year!"
