North East Midlands Brass Band Association

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  • Revised February Contest Draw

    A band has withdrawn from each of the third and second sections: the revised draw has been emailed to all the band secretaries.

    The revised list of percussion has also been emailed to the band secretaries. A copy is available on our documents page.

  • February Contest – Provided Percussion

    A list of the percussion we will be providing for our February contest has been emailed to all the band secretaries. A copy may be found on our documents page.

  • February Contest Draw

    Entries are now closed for our area test piece contest on the 21st/22nd February.

    The estimated timings for the weekend are:

    Saturday 21st February
    10:00 a.m. Third Section (9 bands)
    Results 1:05 p.m.

    1:40 p.m. Second Section (8 bands)
    Results 4:25 p.m.

    Sunday 22nd February
    10:15 a.m. Fourth Section (2 bands)
    Results 11:00 a.m.

    11:35 p.m. First Section (8 bands)
    Results 2:05 p.m.

    2:50 p.m. Championship Section (5 bands)
    Results 5:00 p.m.

  • Entries to the Third Section Are Now Closed

    Please note that entries to the third section on the Saturday of our February contest are now closed (each section is restricted to ten bands to ensure that we keep within the fire regulations concerning the number of people in the building at any one time). Please email Robert at admin@nembba.org.uk if your band wishes to be added to the waiting list.

    On the Saturday, we still have room for three more second section bands.

    On the Sunday, we have five spaces remaining throughout the day (unregistered, fourth, first and championship sections), subject to the maximum of ten bands in any one section.

    Entry forms may be downloaded here.

    Our adjudicators are Mareika Gray on the Saturday and Mark Walters on the Sunday.

  • NEMBBA Daytime Band
  • NEMBBA Autumn Contest Results

    Championship Section

    1. Newstead Brass (Martin Heartfield)

    Best instrumentalist: Lynden Cooper (euphonium, Newstead Brass)

    First Section

    1. The Hucknall & Linby MC Brass Band (Chris Ledger-Knapp)
    2. Thoresby Colliery Band (Luke Pallister)
    3. City of Coventry Brass (Lee Woodward)
    4. Chapeltown Silver Prize Band (Gary Hallas)

    Best instrumentalist: Karl Booker (euphonium, The Hucknall & Linby MC Brass)

    Second Section

    1. Hathern Band (Gary Wyatt)
    2. Shirebrook Miners Welfare Band (Chris Banks)
    3. Bollington Brass Band (Craig Mann)

    Best instrumentalist: Rachael Johnson (tenor horn, Bollington Brass Band)

    Third Section

    1. Long Eaton Silver Prize Band (James Dennis)
    2. The Wigston Band (Colin Jones)
    3. Whitwell Brass Band (Rob Deakin)
    4. Newark Town Band (Gary Wyatt)

    Best instrumentalist: Alison Harding (cornet, The Wigston Band)

    Fourth Section

    1. Swinton & District Excelsior Band (Stephen Hague)
    2. Matlock Band (Chris Banks)
    3. Ireland Colliery Chesterfield Band (Sarah Fellowes)
    4. Croft Silver Band (Henry Dunger)

    Best instrumentalist: Simon Challender (cornet, Ireland Colliery Chesterfield Band)

    Training Band Section

    1. Long Eaton Silver Prize Training Band (Sharon Stansfield)

    Best instrumentalist: Henry Siviter (cornet, Long Eaton Silver Prize Training Band)
    Youngest player: Rowan Nicolson, aged 9 (Long Eaton Silver Prize Training Band)

    The contest held a minute’s silence before the first and championship section results in memory of Duncan Beckley, MBE (for many years associated with Newstead Brass) and Peter Tombs (for many years associated with Thoresby Colliery Band).

    A big thank you to everybody who worked so hard to make today’s contest a success.

    • Our adjudicator Sandy Smith.
    • Our stewards and helpers: our president (and best instrumentalist in the championship section), Lynden Cooper, Mike Allcock, Lisa Balsom, Judith Beckett, Melanie Cooper, Brian Draper, Kevin Holdgate, Patricia Hope, Heather Hoy, Elaine and Daniel Nicolson, Emma Palmer, Jo Priestley, .
    • Newstead Brass for the loan of the percussion and Mark Davis who transported it to and from the venue.
    • The Long Eaton Silver Prize Band who provided the music stands for the contest.
    • Our venue, The Post Mill Centre and their staff, for hosting the contest.
    • Our bands, without whom we would not have had a contest, and all of you who came to support the bands.
  • Additional Percussion For Our Autumn Contest

    We have added a tam-tam to the percussion we are providing for our contest on Sunday 16th November. The full list of provided percussion may be viewed here.

  • Long Service & Lifetime Achievement Awards

    The site now lists all the Long Service and Lifetime Achievement Awards made by NEMBBA since 2022.

  • Final Information

    I have now issued the final information to bands competing in our contest on Sunday 16th November. Copies of all the contest documentation (apart from the draw) are on the Documents page.

  • Percussion Provided

    A list of the percussion we will be providing for our November contest has been emailed to all the band secretaries. A copy may be found on our documents page.