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 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | Points | Promotion/Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | Pnts | Prom/Rele |
| Friary Guildford | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Zone One Brass | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wantage Silver 'A' | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | |
| Redbridge Brass | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9 | |
| Thundersley Brass | 2 | 9 | 0 | 11 | |
| Haverhill | 8 | 4 | 0 | 12 | |
| Kidlington Concert Brass | 5 | 7 | 0 | 12 | |
| Fulham | 6 p | 6.5 p | 0 | 12.5 | |
| Amersham | 6 p | 6.5 p | 0 | 12.5 | |
| Aveley & Newham | 9 | 6 | 0 | 15 | |
| East London Brass | 7 | 8 | 0 | 15 | |
| Hitchin Town | 6 p | 11 | 0 | 17 | |
| Number of bands | 11 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Average grading | 6 | 6.5 | 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 First Section
| Band | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | Points | Promotion/Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | Pnts | Prom/Rele |
| Sandhurst Silver | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 | |
| Medway | 8 r | 3 | 0 | 11 | |
| East of England Co-op | 3 | 9 | 0 | 12 | |
| Milton Keynes Brass | 8 p | 5 | 0 | 13 | |
| Staines Brass | 4 | 10 | 0 | 14 | |
| Cawston | 7 | 8 | 0 | 15 | |
| Regent Brass | 8 r | 8 r | 0 | 16 | |
| Egham | 12 | 4 | 0 | 16 | |
| Jersey Premier Brass | 8 r | 8 r | 0 | 16 | |
| Horsham Borough | 8 p | 8 p | 0 | 16 | |
| L.G.B. Brass | 8 p | 8 p | 0 | 16 | |
| Grimsdyke Brass | 14 | 6 | 0 | 20 | |
| Soham Comrades | 8 p | 14 | 0 | 22 | |
| Chiltern Hills Brass | 13 | 13 | 0 | 26 | |
| Alder Valley Brass | 15 | 12 | 0 | 27 | |
| Number of bands | 15 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Average grading | 8 | 8 | 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 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | Points | Promotion/Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | Pnts | Prom/Rele |
| Tendring Brass | 9.5 p | 2 | 0 | 11.5 | |
| Bedford Town | 9.5 r | 3 | 0 | 12.5 | |
| Wantage Silver 'B' | 4 | 9 | 0 | 13 | |
| Epsom & Ewell Silver | 13 | 1 | 0 | 14 | |
| St Sebastian Wokingham | 2 | 13 | 0 | 15 | |
| BAE Systems | 10 | 6 | 0 | 16 | |
| Colchester Silver | 9.5 r | 7 | 0 | 16.5 | |
| Chinnor Silver | 6 | 11 | 0 | 17 | |
| Waterbeach | 8 | 10 | 0 | 18 | |
| City of Norwich | 9.5 p | 9.5 p | 0 | 19 | |
| City of Cambridge | 9.5 r | 9.5 r | 0 | 19 | |
| Ware Brass | 9.5 r | 9.5 r | 0 | 19 | |
| Epping Forest | 9.5 p | 9.5 p | 0 | 19 | |
| Oxford Cherwell Brass | 9.5 p | 12 | 0 | 21.5 | |
| Yiewsley & West Drayton | 11 | 14 | 0 | 25 | |
| Castleton | 18 | 8 | 0 | 26 | |
| Tilbury | 9 | 17 | 0 | 26 | |
| 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
London & Southern Counties Third Section
| Band | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | Points | Promotion/Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | Pnts | Prom/Rele |
| Chichester City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Hungerford | 7.5 r | 3 | 0 | 10.5 | |
| Olney Town | 9 | 4 | 0 | 13 | |
| Brighton & Hove City Brass | 8 | 5 | 0 | 13 | |
| Welwyn Garden City | 7.5 r | 7 | 0 | 14.5 | |
| Crystal Palace | 7 | 8 | 0 | 15 | |
| Fairlop Brass | 7.5 r | 8 r | 0 | 15.5 | |
| Littleport Brass | 7.5 r | 8 r | 0 | 15.5 | |
| Cold Ash Brass | 7.5 r | 8 r | 0 | 15.5 | |
| Great Yarmouth Brass | 7.5 p | 8 p | 0 | 15.5 | |
| Cottenham | 7.5 p | 8 p | 0 | 15.5 | |
| Regent Community Brass | 7.5 p | 9 | 0 | 16.5 | |
| Bradwell Silver | 7.5 p | 10 | 0 | 17.5 | |
| Jubilee Brass (Oxford) | 6 | 13 | 0 | 19 | |
| Godalming | 7.5 nb | 14 | 0 | 21.5 | |
| Tadley Concert Brass | 13 | 12 | 0 | 25 | |
| Number of bands | 14 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Average grading | 7.5 | 8 | 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 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | Points | Promotion/Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | Pnts | Prom/Rele |
| Simon Langton Brass | 9 r | 1 | 0 | 10 | |
| Pangbourne and District Silver | 8 | 5 | 0 | 13 | |
| Hemel Hempstead | 12 | 4 | 0 | 16 | |
| Woodbridge Excelsior | 9 | 8 | 0 | 17 | |
| Hadstock | 4 | 14 | 0 | 18 | |
| Witney Town | 11 | 7 | 0 | 18 | |
| Royston Town | 7 | 11 | 0 | 18 | |
| East Coast Brass | 9 r | 10.5 r | 0 | 19.5 | |
| Hangleton | 9 r | 10.5 r | 0 | 19.5 | |
| Letchworth Garden City | 14 | 6 | 0 | 20 | |
| Luton Brass | 9 nb | 12 | 0 | 21 | |
| Watford | 6 | 16 | 0 | 22 | |
| Abbey Brass (Abingdon) | 13 | 10 | 0 | 23 | |
| City of Oxford Silver | 16 | 9 | 0 | 25 | |
| Patcham Silver | 9 nb | 18 | 0 | 27 | |
| Bletchington Silver | 10 | 17 | 0 | 27 | |
| Norfolk Wherry Brass | 9 r | 19 | 0 | 28 | |
| Amersham Community Brass | 17 | 13 | 0 | 30 | |
| Snowdown Colliery | 18 a | 15 | 0 | 33 | |
| Marsh Gibbon Silver | 16 | 21 a | 0 | 37 | |
| Wantage Academy Brass | 18 d | 20 | 0 | 38 | |
| North London Brass | 18 a | 21 a | 0 | 39 | |
| Number of bands | 17 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Average grading | 9 | 10.5 | 0.5 |
p = average grading after promotion, r = average grading after relegation, nb = average grading for new band, a = absent, d = disqualified