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 | 1 | 3 | |
| Zone One Brass | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | |
| Redbridge Brass | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | |
| Haverhill | 4 | 8 | 4 | 16 | |
| Wantage Silver 'A' | 9 | 3 | 5 | 17 | |
| Thundersley Brass | 7 | 2 | 9 | 18 | |
| Kidlington Concert Brass | 6.5 p | 5 | 7 | 18.5 | |
| East London Brass | 5 | 7 | 8 | 20 | |
| Aveley & Newham | 6 | 9 | 6 | 21 | |
| Hitchin Town | 6.5 p | 6 p | 11 | 23.5 | |
| Regent Brass | 6.5 p | 6 p | 12 | 24.5 | Relegated |
| Jersey Premier Brass | 6.5 p | 10 | 10 | 26.5 | Relegated |
| Number of bands | 12 | 11 | 12 | ||
| Average grading | 6.5 | 6 | 6.5 |
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 | 2 | 12 | Promoted |
| Amersham | 9 p | 2 | 1 | 12 | Promoted |
| Sandhurst Silver | 11 | 1 | 7 | 19 | |
| Medway | 9 r | 8 r | 3 | 20 | |
| East of England Co-op | 9 r | 3 | 9 | 21 | |
| Milton Keynes Brass | 9 p | 8 p | 5 | 22 | |
| Staines Brass | 9 r | 4 | 10 | 23 | |
| Egham | 7 | 12 | 4 | 23 | |
| Grimsdyke Brass | 9 p | 14 | 6 | 29 | |
| Alder Valley Brass | 4 | 15 | 12 | 31 | |
| Soham Comrades | 9 p | 8 p | 14 | 31 | |
| Cawston | 16 | 7 | 8 | 31 | |
| Chiltern Hills Brass | 6 | 13 | 13 | 32 | |
| City of Cambridge | 8 | 11 | 15 | 34 | Relegated |
| Ware Brass | 14 | 10 | 11 | 35 | Relegated |
| Number of bands | 17 | 15 | 15 | ||
| Average grading | 9 | 8 | 8 |
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 | 5 | 12 | Promoted |
| Horsham Borough | 8.5 r | 5 | 4 | 17.5 | Promoted |
| Wantage Silver 'B' | 7 | 4 | 9 | 20 | |
| Tendring Brass | 8.5 p | 9.5 p | 2 | 20 | |
| Bedford Town | 8.5 r | 9.5 r | 3 | 21 | |
| Epsom & Ewell Silver | 8.5 r | 13 | 1 | 22.5 | |
| Colchester Silver | 8.5 r | 9.5 r | 7 | 25 | |
| BAE Systems | 9 | 10 | 6 | 25 | |
| Waterbeach | 8 | 8 | 10 | 26 | |
| St Sebastian Wokingham | 13 | 2 | 13 | 28 | |
| Chinnor Silver | 11 | 6 | 11 | 28 | |
| Oxford Cherwell Brass | 8.5 p | 9.5 p | 12 | 30 | |
| Yiewsley & West Drayton | 5 | 11 | 14 | 30 | |
| Castleton | 8.5 p | 18 | 8 | 34.5 | |
| Tilbury | 10 | 9 | 17 | 36 | |
| Fairlop Brass | 8.5 p | 14 | 18 | 40.5 | Relegated |
| Cold Ash Brass | 8.5 p | 17 | 15 | 40.5 | Relegated |
| Littleport Brass | 14 | 15 | 16 | 45 | Relegated |
| Number of bands | 16 | 18 | 18 | ||
| Average grading | 8.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 |
p = average grading after promotion, r = average grading after relegation, nb = average grading for new band, a = absent, d = disqualified
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 | 6 | 14.5 | Promoted |
| Epping Forest | 7.5 r | 5 | 2 | 14.5 | Promoted |
| Chichester City | 12 | 2 | 1 | 15 | |
| Hungerford | 7.5 r | 7.5 r | 3 | 18 | |
| Olney Town | 5 | 9 | 4 | 18 | |
| Welwyn Garden City | 7.5 r | 7.5 r | 7 | 22 | |
| Crystal Palace | 7.5 p | 7 | 8 | 22.5 | |
| Regent Community Brass | 7.5 p | 7.5 p | 9 | 24 | |
| Brighton & Hove City Brass | 11 | 8 | 5 | 24 | |
| Bradwell Silver | 7.5 p | 7.5 p | 10 | 25 | |
| Godalming | 7.5 nb | 7.5 nb | 14 | 29 | |
| Tadley Concert Brass | 4 | 13 | 12 | 29 | |
| Jubilee Brass (Oxford) | 10 | 6 | 13 | 29 | |
| East Coast Brass | 13 | 10 | 11 | 34 | Relegated |
| Hangleton | 8 | 12 | 15 | 35 | Relegated |
| Number of bands | 14 | 14 | 15 | ||
| Average grading | 7.5 | 7.5 | 8 |
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 |
| Cottenham | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | Promoted |
| Great Yarmouth Brass | 14 | 3 | 2 | 19 | Promoted |
| Simon Langton Brass | 9.5 r | 9 r | 1 | 19.5 | |
| Woodbridge Excelsior | 7 | 9 | 8 | 24 | |
| Royston Town | 6 | 7 | 11 | 24 | |
| Watford | 3 | 6 | 16 | 25 | |
| Hemel Hempstead | 9.5 r | 12 | 4 | 25.5 | |
| Hadstock | 8 | 4 | 14 | 26 | |
| Pangbourne and District Silver | 15 | 8 | 5 | 28 | |
| Witney Town | 12 | 11 | 7 | 30 | |
| Luton Brass | 9.5 nb | 9 nb | 12 | 30.5 | |
| Letchworth Garden City | 13 | 14 | 6 | 33 | |
| Abbey Brass (Abingdon) | 11 | 13 | 10 | 34 | |
| City of Oxford Silver | 9.5 ra | 16 | 9 | 34.5 | |
| Patcham Silver | 9.5 nb | 9 nb | 18 | 36.5 | |
| Norfolk Wherry Brass | 9.5 ra | 9 r | 19 | 37.5 | |
| Amersham Community Brass | 9.5 nb | 17 | 13 | 39.5 | |
| Bletchington Silver | 17 | 10 | 17 | 44 | |
| Wantage Academy Brass | 10 | 18 d | 20 | 48 | |
| Snowdown Colliery | 16 | 18 a | 15 | 49 | |
| Marsh Gibbon Silver | 19 a | 16 | 21 a | 56 | |
| North London Brass | 18 | 18 a | 21 a | 57 | |
| Number of bands | 18 | 17 | 20 | ||
| Average grading | 9.5 | 9 | 10.5 |
p = average grading after promotion, r = average grading after relegation, nb = average grading for new band, a = absent, d = disqualified