Grading Tables
The national brass band gradings are determined by each band's results at the regional championships over a three year period. At the end of each year, the bands with the two lowest aggregate scores in each section are promoted and the bands with the two highest aggregate scores are relegated. The winners of the lower section finals also get promoted.
These are our estimates of the grading tables following recent contests, not the official tables! Promotions and relegations won't be official until confirmed by the relevant regional committee.
London & Southern Counties Championship Section
| Band | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | Points | Promotion/Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | Pnts | Prom/Rele |
| Friary Guildford | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Zone One Brass | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |
| Redbridge Brass | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 | |
| Thundersley Brass | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 | |
| Kidlington Concert Brass | 6.5 p | 5 | 0 | 11.5 | |
| Wantage Silver 'A' | 9 | 3 | 0 | 12 | |
| East London Brass | 5 | 7 | 0 | 12 | |
| Haverhill | 4 | 8 | 0 | 12 | |
| Regent Brass | 6.5 p | 6 p | 0 | 12.5 | |
| Hitchin Town | 6.5 p | 6 p | 0 | 12.5 | |
| Aveley & Newham | 6 | 9 | 0 | 15 | |
| Jersey Premier Brass | 6.5 p | 10 | 0 | 16.5 | |
| Number of bands | 12 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Average grading | 6.5 | 6 | 0.5 |
p = average grading after promotion, r = average grading after relegation, nb = average grading for new band, a = absent, d = disqualified
London & Southern Counties First Section
| Band | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | Points | Promotion/Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | Pnts | Prom/Rele |
| Fulham | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | |
| Amersham | 9 p | 2 | 0 | 11 | |
| Sandhurst Silver | 11 | 1 | 0 | 12 | |
| East of England Co-op | 9 r | 3 | 0 | 12 | |
| Staines Brass | 9 r | 4 | 0 | 13 | |
| Medway | 9 r | 8.5 r | 0 | 17.5 | |
| Milton Keynes Brass | 9 p | 8.5 p | 0 | 17.5 | |
| Soham Comrades | 9 p | 8.5 p | 0 | 17.5 | |
| Northfleet Brass | 9 r | 8.5 ra | 0 | 17.5 | |
| Egham | 7 | 12 | 0 | 19 | |
| Alder Valley Brass | 4 | 15 | 0 | 19 | |
| City of Cambridge | 8 | 11 | 0 | 19 | |
| Chiltern Hills Brass | 6 | 13 | 0 | 19 | |
| Cawston | 16 | 7 | 0 | 23 | |
| Grimsdyke Brass | 9 p | 14 | 0 | 23 | |
| Ware Brass | 14 | 10 | 0 | 24 | |
| Number of bands | 17 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Average grading | 9 | 8.5 | 0.5 |
p = average grading after promotion, r = average grading after relegation, nb = average grading for new band, a = absent, d = disqualified
London & Southern Counties Second Section
| Band | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | Points | Promotion/Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | Pnts | Prom/Rele |
| L.G.B. Brass | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wantage Silver 'B' | 7 | 4 | 0 | 11 | |
| Horsham Borough | 8.5 r | 5 | 0 | 13.5 | |
| St Sebastian Wokingham | 13 | 2 | 0 | 15 | |
| Yiewsley & West Drayton | 5 | 11 | 0 | 16 | |
| Waterbeach | 8 | 8 | 0 | 16 | |
| Chinnor Silver | 11 | 6 | 0 | 17 | |
| Oxford Cherwell Brass | 8.5 p | 9.5 p | 0 | 18 | |
| Bedford Town | 8.5 r | 9.5 r | 0 | 18 | |
| Colchester Silver | 8.5 r | 9.5 r | 0 | 18 | |
| Tendring Brass | 8.5 p | 9.5 p | 0 | 18 | |
| BAE Systems | 9 | 10 | 0 | 19 | |
| Tilbury | 10 | 9 | 0 | 19 | |
| Epsom & Ewell Silver | 8.5 r | 13 | 0 | 21.5 | |
| Fairlop Brass | 8.5 p | 14 | 0 | 22.5 | |
| Cold Ash Brass | 8.5 p | 17 | 0 | 25.5 | |
| Castleton | 8.5 p | 18 | 0 | 26.5 | |
| Littleport Brass | 14 | 15 | 0 | 29 | |
| Number of bands | 16 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Average grading | 8.5 | 9.5 | 0.5 |
p = average grading after promotion, r = average grading after relegation, nb = average grading for new band, a = absent, d = disqualified
London & Southern Counties Third Section
| Band | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | Points | Promotion/Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | Pnts | Prom/Rele |
| City of Norwich | 7.5 p | 1 | 0 | 8.5 | |
| Epping Forest | 7.5 r | 5 | 0 | 12.5 | |
| Chichester City | 12 | 2 | 0 | 14 | |
| Olney Town | 5 | 9 | 0 | 14 | |
| Crystal Palace | 7.5 p | 7 | 0 | 14.5 | |
| Regent Community Brass | 7.5 p | 7.5 p | 0 | 15 | |
| Welwyn Garden City | 7.5 r | 7.5 r | 0 | 15 | |
| Hungerford | 7.5 r | 7.5 r | 0 | 15 | |
| Bradwell Silver | 7.5 p | 7.5 p | 0 | 15 | |
| Jubilee Brass (Oxford) | 10 | 6 | 0 | 16 | |
| Tadley Concert Brass | 4 | 13 | 0 | 17 | |
| Brighton & Hove City Brass | 11 | 8 | 0 | 19 | |
| Hangleton | 8 | 12 | 0 | 20 | |
| East Coast Brass | 13 | 10 | 0 | 23 | |
| Number of bands | 14 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Average grading | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.5 |
p = average grading after promotion, r = average grading after relegation, nb = average grading for new band, a = absent, d = disqualified
London & Southern Counties Fourth Section
| Band | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | Points | Promotion/Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | Pnts | Prom/Rele |
| Watford | 3 | 6 | 0 | 9 | |
| Cottenham | 4 | 5 | 0 | 9 | |
| Hadstock | 8 | 4 | 0 | 12 | |
| Royston Town | 6 | 7 | 0 | 13 | |
| Woodbridge Excelsior | 7 | 9 | 0 | 16 | |
| Great Yarmouth Brass | 14 | 3 | 0 | 17 | |
| Norfolk Wherry Brass | 9.5 ra | 9.5 r | 0 | 19 | |
| Simon Langton Brass | 9.5 r | 9.5 r | 0 | 19 | |
| Hemel Hempstead | 9.5 r | 12 | 0 | 21.5 | |
| Pangbourne and District Silver | 15 | 8 | 0 | 23 | |
| Witney Town | 12 | 11 | 0 | 23 | |
| Abbey Brass (Abingdon) | 11 | 13 | 0 | 24 | |
| City of Oxford Silver | 9.5 ra | 16 | 0 | 25.5 | |
| Amersham Community Brass | 9.5 nb | 17 | 0 | 26.5 | |
| Bletchington Silver | 17 | 10 | 0 | 27 | |
| Letchworth Garden City | 13 | 14 | 0 | 27 | |
| Wantage Academy Brass | 10 | 18 d | 0 | 28 | |
| Snowdown Colliery | 16 | 18 a | 0 | 34 | |
| Marsh Gibbon Silver | 19 a | 16 | 0 | 35 | |
| North London Brass | 18 | 18 a | 0 | 36 | |
| Number of bands | 18 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Average grading | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.5 |
p = average grading after promotion, r = average grading after relegation, nb = average grading for new band, a = absent, d = disqualified