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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

Band2022 20232024PointsPromotion/Relegation
Band2022 20232024PntsProm/Rele
Zone One Brass5 1 1 7
Friary Guildford3 2 2 7
Redbridge Brass2 5 3 10
East London Brass6 3 5 14
Amersham4 4 6 14
Wantage Silver 'A'8 7 4 19
Haverhill1 9 10 20
Sandhurst Silver6.5 p6 8 20.5
Fulham7 10 7 24
Medway6.5 p6.5 p11 24
Egham6.5 p6.5 p12 25Relegated
East of England Co-op6.5 p12 9 27.5Relegated
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

Band2022 20232024PointsPromotion/Relegation
Band2022 20232024PntsProm/Rele
Milton Keynes Brass3 8 3 14Promoted
Hitchin Town8 r1 8 17Promoted
Kidlington Concert Brass8 r8 r2 18
Aveley & Newham8 r4 6 18
Regent Brass9 3 7 19
Thundersley Brass8 r8 r4 20
Bedford Town8 p9 5 22
Cawston5 6 12 23
Horsham Borough13 11 1 25
Epsom & Ewell Silver8 p8 p10 26
City of Norwich8 p8 p13 29
Soham Comrades6 10 14 30
Wantage Concert Brass8 p15 9 32
Grimsdyke Brass10 12 11 33Relegated
Jersey Premier Brass15 5 15 35Relegated
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

Band2022 20232024PointsPromotion/Relegation
Band2022 20232024PntsProm/Rele
St Sebastian Wokingham6 6 1 13Promoted
Tilbury2 12 3 17Promoted
Chinnor Silver11 2 4 17
City of Cambridge8 8 2 18
Alder Valley Brass9 r1 11 21
Waterbeach4 10 8 22
L.G.B. Brass9 r9 r5 23
Staines Brass9 r9 r6 24
Chiltern Hills Brass9 r3 12 24
Tendring Brass9 11 7 27
Ware Brass7 9 14 30
Olney Town9 p5 16 30
Fairlop Brass9 p9 p15 33
BAE Systems12 15 9 36
Oxford Cherwell Brass13 13 10 36
Simon Langton Brass9 p9 p18 36
Epping Forest16 14 13 43Relegated
Chichester City9 p17 17 43Relegated
Number of bands171718
Average grading999.5

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

Band2022 20232024PointsPromotion/Relegation
Band2022 20232024PntsProm/Rele
Welwyn Garden City7 4 3 14Promoted
Amersham Concert Brass9 nb5 2 16Promoted
Bradwell Silver1 6 12 19
Putney & Wimbledon9 p9.5 p1 19.5
Hangleton9 p8 4 21
Hemel Hempstead9 p7 5 21
Littleport Brass9 10 6 25
Yiewsley & West Drayton9 r9.5 r7 25.5
Hungerford15 2 9 26
Cold Ash Brass9 r11 8 28
Jubilee Brass (Oxford)6 13 11 30
Crystal Palace5 17 10 32
Tadley Concert Brass9 p9.5 p14 32.5
Great Yarmouth Brass10 14 13 37
Regent Community Brass13 9 16 38
Castleton9 r16 17 a42Relegated
Brighton & Hove City Brass16 12 15 43Relegated
Number of bands171816
Average grading99.58.5

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

Band2022 20232024PointsPromotion/Relegation
Band2022 20232024PntsProm/Rele
Watford7 3 3 13Promoted
Betteshanger Colliery6.5 nb8 nb1 15.5Promoted
Reading Spring Gardens6.5 r8 r2 16.5
Godalming6.5 r6 4 16.5
Dereham6.5 nb8 nb5 19.5
Abbey Brass (Abingdon)3 11 9 23
Royston Town4 9 10 23
Wantage Academy Brass6 5 13 24
Letchworth Garden City13 a4 8 25
Cottenham6.5 r8 r11 25.5
Witney Town10 12 7 29
City of Oxford Silver13 a13 6 32
Woodbridge Excelsior8 10 14 32
Pangbourne and District Silver11 7 15 33
Hadstock9 8 17 34
Norfolk Wherry Brass13 a15 12 40
Patcham Silver12 14 16 42
Number of bands121517
Average grading6.589

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