Ashley joined the band in 2008. He started his brass playing at the age of 9 under Adele Sellers (now Hudson) on euphonium. One day his mum dropped him off at school with a euphonium and when she picked him up she had to rearrange the car (90s Ford Fiesta) as he came out with a Eflat tuba as Adele Hudson wanted a tuba for her school band. He never looked back and continued lessons into secondary school and joined the brass band, concert band and jazz band until he left school in 2011. He continue playing with TSB until 2017 when he had 2 years off due to ill health and rejoined the band in November 2019 and helped on percussion for Butlins contest 2020 (he's definitely sticking to tuba) ask anyone about him and tubular bells it's a good laugh. He now is principal B-flat in the band and also second man down in the Caravan and Motorhome Club Concert Band. If you wanted to know or just even feel the weight of the tuba, find him at any gig and he will let you have a hold and see if you can reach the forth valve unlike his wife, Heather (see percussion)