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 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | Points | Promotion/Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | Pnts | Prom/Rele |
| Friary Guildford | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Redbridge Brass | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | |
| Zone One Brass | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | |
| Wantage Silver 'A' | 2 | 9 | 3 | 14 | |
| Thundersley Brass | 5 | 7 | 2 | 14 | |
| East London Brass | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | |
| Kidlington Concert Brass | 6.5 p | 6.5 p | 5 | 18 | |
| Haverhill | 8 | 4 | 8 | 20 | |
| Aveley & Newham | 6.5 p | 6 | 9 | 21.5 | |
| Jersey Premier Brass | 6.5 p | 6.5 p | 10 | 23 | |
| Medway | 9 | 8 | 11 | 28 | Relegated |
| Northfleet Brass | 6.5 p | 10 | 12 a | 28.5 | Relegated |
| Number of bands | 12 | 12 | 11 | ||
| Average grading | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6 |
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 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | Points | Promotion/Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | Pnts | Prom/Rele |
| Hitchin Town | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | Promoted |
| Regent Brass | 8.5 r | 2 | 7 | 17.5 | Promoted |
| Amersham | 8.5 p | 9 p | 2 | 19.5 | |
| Sandhurst Silver | 8.5 r | 11 | 1 | 20.5 | |
| East of England Co-op | 8.5 r | 9 r | 3 | 20.5 | |
| Staines Brass | 8.5 r | 9 r | 4 | 21.5 | |
| Fulham | 13 | 5 | 5 | 23 | |
| Bedford Town | 11 | 10 | 6 | 27 | |
| Alder Valley Brass | 8.5 nb | 4 | 16 | 28.5 | |
| Chiltern Hills Brass | 8.5 p | 6 | 14 | 28.5 | |
| City of Cambridge | 10 | 8 | 12 | 30 | |
| Ware Brass | 5 | 14 | 11 | 30 | |
| Egham | 12 | 7 | 13 | 32 | |
| Cawston | 8.5 p | 16 | 8 | 32.5 | Relegated |
| Grimsdyke Brass | 8.5 p | 9 p | 15 | 32.5 | Relegated |
| Colchester Band | 6 | 17 | 10 | 33 | Relegated |
| Number of bands | 16 | 17 | 16 | ||
| Average grading | 8.5 | 9 | 8.5 |
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 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | Points | Promotion/Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | Pnts | Prom/Rele |
| Soham Comrades | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | Promoted |
| Milton Keynes Brass | 8.5 r | 3 | 3 | 14.5 | Promoted |
| St Sebastian Wokingham | 2 | 13 | 2 | 17 | |
| L.G.B. Brass | 11 | 6 | 1 | 18 | |
| Wantage Silver 'B' | 8.5 r | 7 | 4 | 19.5 | |
| Horsham Borough | 8.5 r | 8.5 r | 5 | 22 | |
| Waterbeach | 8.5 p | 8 | 8 | 24.5 | |
| Yiewsley & West Drayton | 9 | 5 | 11 | 25 | |
| Chinnor Silver | 8.5 p | 11 | 6 | 25.5 | |
| Epsom & Ewell Silver | 8.5 r | 8.5 r | 13 | 30 | |
| Fairlop Brass | 8.5 p | 8.5 p | 14 | 31 | |
| Tilbury | 12 | 10 | 9 | 31 | |
| BAE Systems | 14 | 9 | 10 | 33 | |
| Littleport Brass | 5 | 14 | 15 | 34 | |
| Cold Ash Brass | 8.5 p | 8.5 p | 17 | 34 | |
| Castleton | 8.5 p | 8.5 p | 18 | 35 | |
| Hungerford | 8 | 12 | 16 | 36 | Relegated |
| Welwyn Garden City | 10 | 15 | 12 | 37 | Relegated |
| Number of bands | 16 | 16 | 18 | ||
| Average grading | 8.5 | 8.5 | 9.5 |
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 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | Points | Promotion/Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | Pnts | Prom/Rele |
| Oxford Cherwell Brass | 8 | 2 | 3 | 13 | Promoted |
| Tendring Brass | 2 | 9 | 4 | 15 | Promoted |
| City of Norwich | 8.5 p | 7.5 p | 1 | 17 | |
| Epping Forest | 8.5 r | 7.5 r | 5 | 21 | |
| Olney Town | 7 | 5 | 9 | 21 | |
| Chichester City | 8.5 r | 12 | 2 | 22.5 | |
| Crystal Palace | 8.5 p | 7.5 p | 7 | 23 | |
| Hangleton | 4 | 8 | 12 | 24 | |
| Tadley Concert Brass | 10 | 4 | 13 | 27 | |
| Jubilee Brass (Oxford) | 11 | 10 | 6 | 27 | |
| Brighton & Hove City Brass | 8.5 p | 11 | 8 | 27.5 | |
| East Coast Brass | 5 | 13 | 10 | 28 | |
| Norfolk Wherry Brass | 8.5 r | 7.5 ra | 14 | 30 | Relegated |
| Simon Langton Brass | 14 | 6 | 11 | 31 | Relegated |
| Number of bands | 16 | 14 | 14 | ||
| Average grading | 8.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 |
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 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | Points | Promotion/Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | Pnts | Prom/Rele |
| Regent Community Brass | 9.5 r | 1 | 2 | 12.5 | Promoted |
| Bradwell Silver | 8 | 5 | 1 | 14 | Promoted |
| Cottenham | 14 | 4 | 5 | 23 | |
| Royston Town | 10 | 6 | 7 | 23 | |
| Watford | 16 | 3 | 6 | 25 | |
| Witney Town | 3 | 12 | 11 | 26 | |
| Great Yarmouth Brass | 9.5 r | 14 | 3 | 26.5 | |
| Hadstock | 15 | 8 | 4 | 27 | |
| Woodbridge Excelsior | 11 | 7 | 9 | 27 | |
| Hemel Hempstead | 9.5 r | 9.5 r | 12 | 31 | |
| Letchworth Garden City | 7 | 13 | 14 | 34 | |
| Pangbourne and District Silver | 12 | 15 | 8 | 35 | |
| Bletchington Silver | 9 | 17 | 10 | 36 | |
| City of Oxford Silver | 9.5 r | 9.5 ra | 17 | 36 | |
| Amersham Community Brass | 9.5 nb | 9.5 nb | 18 | 37 | |
| Abbey Brass (Abingdon) | 17 | 11 | 13 | 41 | |
| Snowdown Colliery | 6 | 16 | 19 a | 41 | |
| Wantage Academy Brass | 18 | 10 | 15 | 43 | |
| North London Brass | 13 | 18 | 19 a | 50 | |
| Marsh Gibbon Silver | 19 a | 19 a | 16 | 54 | |
| Number of bands | 18 | 18 | 18 | ||
| Average grading | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 |
p = average grading after promotion, r = average grading after relegation, nb = average grading for new band, a = absent, d = disqualified