Below you can see our recent Contesting results, and in some cases the adjudicator’s remarks on our performance as a PDF. You can see where we are in relation to other band in the Midlands at the Midland Area’s Grading Tables page. Des Stimpson has also put together a one page summary of Area and National contest results over the band’s history.
The First Section was created in 1992, so we were not actually relegated from the Championship Section, but rather re-organised out of it. The creation of the South Midlands Area in 1985 took us away from the London & Southern Counties, then South Midlands and East Anglia was renamed to reflect boundary changes, and eventually after that whole Area was dropped we ended up in the Midlands. We like to think that bands get better the further North you go, so you could spin this list to show us still being as good as ever!
| Date | Contest | MD | Adjudicator | Programme | Sect. | Draw | Place | Points | Rem. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/3/12 | Midland Area Contest, Bedworth | John Durrant | TBA | Mountain Views (B Moren) | 1st | TBA | TBA | - | TBA |
| 27/11/11 | LBBA Autumn Contest, Loughborough | John Durrant | TBA | TBA | 1st | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 12/3/11 | Midland Area Contest, Bedworth | Jason Glynn | Peter Bassano & Maj. Paul Norley | Le Carnaval Romain (H Berlioz) | 1st | 3 | 14/18 | - | |
| 28/11/10 | LBBA Autumn Contest, Loughborough | Jason Glynn | J Berryman | Prisms | 1st | 15/18 | 4/18 | 192 | |
| 13/3/10 | Midlands Area Contest, Bedworth | Jason Glynn | Philip Harper & Kevin Wadsworth | A Moorside Suite (G Holst) | 1st | 12 | 12 | - | |
| 23/10/09 | Pontins Brass Bands Championships, Prestatyn | Jason Glynn | Stan Lippeatt & Peter Roberts | Symphony of Marches | 1st | 10 | 14/15 | - | |
| 14/3/09 | Midlands Area Brass Band Championships, Bedworth | Jason Glynn | Derek Broadbent & Brian Buckley | Pentacle (G Cole) | 1st | 12 | 8/16 | - | |
| 24/10/08 | Pontin’s Brass Band Championships, Prestatyn | Geoff Riseley | Malcolm Brownbill & Colin Hardy | The Wayfarer | 1st | 9 | 13/18 | - | |
| 21/9/08 | Wychavon Festival of Brass Entertainment Contest, Pershore | Geoff Riseley | Roy Sparkes | Gaite Parisienne, Memory from Cats, Birdland, From Earth’s Confusion, Excerpts from The Firebird |
1st | 11/12 | 182 | ||
| 6/4/08 | SCABA Spring Contest, Hove | David Richards | Steve Pritchard-Jones | Punchinello, James Cook Circumnavigator |
1st | 8 | 2+5/8 | 190+187 | |
| 8/3/08 | Midlands Area Brass Band Championships, Bedworth | David Richards | John Roberts & Kevin Wadsworth | James Cook Circumnavigator (G Vinter) | 1st | 7 | 18/18 | 162 | |
| 25/11/07 | West Midlands Brass Bands Association Contest, Leamington Spa | David Richards | Connotations | 1st | 5/8 | - | |||
| 7/10/07 | Oxford Contest, Wheatley | David Richards | Nigel Horne & Philip Burditt | The Incredibles, Flowerdale, Comedy Tonight, I’d Rather Have Jesus, Shine as the Light |
Open | 2/21 | |||
| 10/3/07 | Midlands Area Brass Band Championships, Burton-on-Trent | Jason Glynn | David Read & Alan Morrison | The Wayfarer (E Ball) | 1st | 3 | 9/19 | 178 | |
| 16/3/06 | Midlands Area Brass Band Championships, Burton-on-Trent | Jason Glynn | Malcolm Brownbill & David Horsfield | Voyage of Discovery (G Richards) | 1st | 11 | 11/17 | 179 | |
| 11/3/05 | Midlands Area Brass Band Championships, Burton-on-Trent | Jason Glynn | Roy Roe | Comedy Overture (J Ireland) | 1st | 15 | 6/16 | 185 | |
| 30/10/04 | Pontin’s Brass Band Championships, Prestatyn | Jason Glynn | Colin Hardy & Raymond Tennant | London Overture | 1st | 6 | 15 | 24 | |
| 6/3/04 | Midlands Area Brass Band Championships, Burton-on-Trent | Jason Glynn | Malcolm Brownbill | Coventry Variations (B Tovey) | 1st | 15 | 7/15 | 184 | |
| 2003 | Midlands Area Brass Band Championships, Burton-on-Trent | Jason Glynn | Passacaglia for Brass on a Theme of Brahms (A Butterworth) | 1st | 9/17 | ||||
| 7/10/02 | Pontin’s Brass Band Championships, Prestatyn | Jason Glynn | Roy Roe & Denis Wilby | Sunset Rhapsody | 2nd | 8/21 | |||
| 22/9/02 | National Brass Band Championships, Torquay | Jason Glynn | Denis Wilby & Melvin White | Danceries (K Hesketh) | 2nd | 14 | 2/17 | 182 | |
| 2/3/02 | Midlands Area Brass Band Championships, Burton-on-Trent | Jason Glynn | Steven Sykes | Symphony for Brass (V Ewald) | 2nd | 3/22 | 184 | ||
| 2001 | Midlands Area Brass Band Championships | Jason Glynn | The Moor of Venice (W Alwyn) | 2nd | 6/20 | ||||
| 2000 | Midlands Area Brass Band Championships | David Clark | The Sword, Jewel and Mirror (P Harper) | 2nd | 4/20 | ||||
| 17/3/99 | Midlands Area Brass Band Championships, Nottingham University | David Clark | Symphonic Suite (L Lucas) | 2nd | 12=/21 | ||||
| 1998 | Midlands Area Brass Band Championships | David Williams | Culloden Moor (G Wood) | 2nd | 4/20 | ||||
| 1997 | Midlands Area Brass Band Championships | Catherine Underwood | A New Buckenham Suite (A Jackman) | 2nd | 14/19 | ||||
| 1996 | Midlands Area Brass Band Championships | Rachel Coles | Spectrum (G Vinter) | 1st | 18/21 | ||||
| 1995 | Midlands Area Brass Band Championships | John Bennett | Land of the Long White Cloud (P Sparke) | 1st | 13/20 | ||||
| 1994 | Midlands Area Brass Band Championships | John Bennett | Spectrum (G Vinter) | 1st | 14/18 | ||||
| 1993 | South Midlands & East Anglia Area Contest | Brian Hurdley | The Forest of Dean (D Bourgeois) | 1st | 4/7 | ||||
| 1992 | South Midlands & East Anglia Area Contest | Peter Wain | Celebration (E Ball) | 1st | 4/6 | ||||
| (At this point the Championship Section was spilt in two and we ended up in the new 1st Section) | |||||||||
| 1991 | South Midlands & East Anglia Area Contest | Peter Wain | Journey into Freedom (E Ball) | Champ | 8/11 | ||||
| 1990 | South Midlands & East Anglia Area Contest | Guy Bennett | The Beacons (R Steadman-Allen) | Champ | 9/13 | ||||
| 1989 | South Midlands & East Anglia Area Contest | Guy Bennett | Prisms (P Graham) | Champ | 9/13 | ||||
| 1988 | South Midlands & East Anglia Area Contest | Keith Wilkinson | Ballet for Band (J Horovitz) | Champ | 3/11 | ||||
| 1987 | South Midlands & East Anglia Area Contest | David Williams | Diversions on a Bass Theme (G Lloyd) | Champ | 3/8 | ||||
| 1986 | South Midlands & East Anglia Area Contest | David Williams | Variations on Theme by Haydn (Brahms) | Champ | 8/9 | ||||
| 1985 | South Midlands Area Contest | David Williams | Contest Music (W Heaton) | Champ | 7/7 | ||||
| 1984 | London & Southern Counties Area Contest | David Williams | Waverley (H Berlioz) | Champ | 10/17 | ||||
| 1983 | National Brass Band Championships, Royal Albert Hall | David Williams | Variations & Fugue (D Henshall) | 2nd | 15/16 | ||||
| 1983 | London & Southern Counties Area Contest | David Williams | Caprice-Brass Fair (G Winters) | 2nd | 1/19 | ||||
| 1982 | National Brass Band Championships, Imperial College | David Williams | A Caledonian Suite (B Orr) | 2nd | 21/23 | ||||
| 1982 | London & Southern Counties Area Contest | David Williams | Henry V (R V-Williams) | 2nd | 3/14 | ||||
| 1981 | London & Southern Counties Area Contest | Les Taylor | Concertino (P Lane) | 2nd | 5/15 | ||||
| 1980 | London & Southern Counties Area Contest | Les Taylor | Main Street (E Ball) | 3rd | 5/22 | ||||
| 1979 | National Brass Band Championships, Kensington | Les Taylor | Alice in Wonderland (R Hanmer) | 3rd | 2/23 | ||||
| 1979 | London & Southern Counties Area Contest | Les Taylor | Introduction & Allegro (G Wood) | 3rd | 2/17 | ||||
| 1978 | London & Southern Counties Area Contest | Les Taylor | Call of the Sea (E Ball) | 3rd | 8/20 | ||||
| 1977 | London & Southern Counties Area Contest | Les Taylor | Rococo Variations (A Street) | 3rd | 4/19 | ||||
| 1976 | National Brass Band Championships, Kensington | Les Taylor | A Czech Fantasy (A Jakeway) | 4th | 16/24 | ||||
| 1976 | London & Southern Counties Area Contest | Les Taylor | Voices of Youth (E Gregson) | 4th | 1/18 | ||||
| 1975 | London & Southern Counties Area Contest | Les Taylor | The Seasons (J Carr) | 4th | 8/15 | ||||
| 1974 | London & Southern Counties Area Contest | Pat Carthew | Four Little Maids (J Carr) | 4th | 6/19 | ||||