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Grading Tables

The English and Welsh 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.

The Scottish Brass Band Association uses a different grading system where the winners of each lower section automatically get promoted and a combined score over two years is used to decide the other promotion place and two relegation places.

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

Band2019 20222023PointsPromotion/Relegation
Band2019 20222023PntsProm/Rele
Friary Guildford1 3 2 6
Zone One Brass2 5 1 8
Redbridge Brass3 2 5 10
Haverhill4 1 9 14
Amersham6.5 p4 4 14.5
East London Brass8 6 3 17
Sandhurst Silver6.5 p6.5 p6 19
Wantage Silver 'A'5 8 7 20
Fulham6.5 p7 10 23.5
East of England Co-op6.5 p6.5 p12 25
Thundersley Brass9 10 8 27Relegated
Kidlington Concert Brass7 9 11 27Relegated
Number of bands121212
Average grading6.56.56.5

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

Band2019 20222023PointsPromotion/Relegation
Band2019 20222023PntsProm/Rele
Medway3 7 2 12Promoted
Egham4 4 7 15Promoted
Milton Keynes Brass5 3 8 16
Hitchin Town8 r8 r1 17
Cawston8 5 6 19
Regent Brass8 r9 3 20
Aveley & Newham8 r8 r4 20
Bedford Town8 p8 p9 25
Jersey Premier Brass8 p15 5 28
Grimsdyke Brass6 10 12 28
Soham Comrades14 6 10 30
Wantage Silver 'B'8 p8 p15 31
Horsham Borough8 p13 11 32
L.G.B. Brass8 p12 14 34Relegated
Staines Brass10 14 13 37Relegated
Number of bands151515
Average grading888

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

Band2019 20222023PointsPromotion/Relegation
Band2019 20222023PntsProm/Rele
City of Norwich9.5 p1 4 14.5Promoted
Epsom & Ewell Silver1 10 7 18Promoted
Alder Valley Brass9.5 r9 r1 19.5
Chiltern Hills Brass9.5 r9 r3 21.5
Tendring Brass2 9 11 22
Olney Town9.5 p9 p5 23.5
Chinnor Silver11 11 2 24
Waterbeach10 4 10 24
St Sebastian Wokingham13 6 6 25
City of Cambridge9.5 r8 8 25.5
Ware Brass9.5 r7 9 25.5
Tilbury17 2 12 31
BAE Systems6 12 15 33
Chichester City9.5 p9 p17 35.5
Oxford Cherwell Brass12 13 13 38
Epping Forest9.5 p16 14 39.5
Colchester Silver7 18 a18 a43Relegated
Yiewsley & West Drayton14 14 16 44Relegated
Number of bands181717
Average grading9.599

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

Band2019 20222023PointsPromotion/Relegation
Band2019 20222023PntsProm/Rele
Fairlop Brass8 r4 3 15Promoted
Simon Langton Brass8 p8 1 17Promoted
Bradwell Silver10 1 6 17
Welwyn Garden City7 7 4 18
Hungerford3 15 2 20
Amersham Concert Brass8 nb9 nb5 22
Hemel Hempstead8 p9 p7 24
Hangleton8 p9 p8 25
Littleport Brass8 r9 10 27
Cold Ash Brass8 r9 r11 28
Crystal Palace8 5 17 30
Regent Community Brass9 13 9 31
Jubilee Brass (Oxford)13 6 13 32
Great Yarmouth Brass8 p10 14 32
Brighton & Hove City Brass5 16 12 33
Castleton8 r9 r16 33
Reading Spring Gardens8 nb14 15 37Relegated
Cottenham8 p11 18 37Relegated
Number of bands151718
Average grading899.5

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

Band2019 20222023PointsPromotion/Relegation
Band2019 20222023PntsProm/Rele
Putney & Wimbledon10.5 nb5 1 16.5Promoted
Tadley Concert Brass10.5 r6.5 r2 19Promoted
Letchworth Garden City6 13 a4 23
Godalming10.5 r6.5 r6 23
Pangbourne and District Silver5 11 7 23
Royston Town11 4 9 24
Abbey Brass (Abingdon)10 3 11 24
Watford16 7 3 26
Woodbridge Excelsior8 8 10 26
Witney Town7 10 12 29
Patcham Silver18 12 1 31
Wantage Academy Brass20 6 5 31
Hadstock14 9 8 31
City of Oxford Silver9 13 a13 35
East Coast Brass10.5 r13 a16 a39.5
Luton Youth12 13 a16 a41
Amersham Community Brass13 13 a16 a42
Snowdown Colliery15 13 a16 a44
Bletchington Silver17 13 a16 a46
Norfolk Wherry Brass19 13 a15 47
Number of bands201215
Average grading10.56.58

p = average grading after promotion, r = average grading after relegation, nb = average grading for new band, a = absent, d = disqualified