Contestants may not enter multiple solo sections (e.g. Intermediate and Senior competitions) but should select one section which best fits their current skill level. Contestants are permitted to enter the Baroque section as well as their appropriate solo section.
The ADRS 2018 National Competition ran over the weekend with the following players winning in each category.
| Adult beginner | Leigh Ackland | 1st (cor anglais) |
| Weekend Warriors & Friends | Sara Rafferton | 1st (bassooist) |
| Christina Cherry | 2nd (oboist) | |
| Baroque | Ezekiel Jones | 1st (bassoonist) |
| Kate Walpole | 2nd (baroque bassoonist) | |
| Beginner | Junya Zhang | 1st (bassoonist) |
| Emily Wan | 2nd (bassoonist) | |
| Benjamin Woods | 3rd (tenoroon) | |
| Winston Leonard | Most Promising Bassoonist | |
| Phoebe Siu | Most Promising Oboist | |
| Junior | Sophie Woods | 1st (oboist) |
| Emily Wan | 2nd (bassoonist) | |
| Genevieve Lee Chan | 3rd (oboist) | |
| Stephanie Upfold | Most Promising Bassoonist | |
| Clairesse Tan | Most Promising Oboist | |
| Intermediate | Ezekiel Jones | 1st (bassoonist) |
| Phoebe Xu | 2nd (oboist) | |
| Emily Wan | 3rd (bassoonist) | |
| Fiona Li | Most Promising Bassoonist | |
| Eason Yang | Most Promising Oboist | |
| Senior | Phoebe Xu | !st - Oboe |
| Ezekiel Jones | 1st - Bassoon | |
| Serena Chen | 2nd (oboist) | |
| Miriam Cooney | 3rd (oboist) | |
| Louis Georgiou | Most Promising Player Bassoonist | |
| Alex Tsang | Most Promising Player Oboist | |
| Elite | Kate Mostert | !st - Oboe |
| Matthew Ventura | 1st - Bassoon | |
| Carol Wang | 2nd (bassoonist) | |
| An Nguyen | 3rd (oboist) | |
| Edward Song | Most Promising Player (oboist) |