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June Entertainment Contest Cancelled
NEMBBA has had to take the difficult decision to cancel our June entertainment contest due to insufficient entries. We apologise for the inconvenience and disappointment to the five bands who did support our contest. Our November own-choice test-piece contest is still going ahead as planned.
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Dates Set for our Annual Area Test Piece Contest
We are running our annual area test piece contest next year on Saturday 21st February and Sunday 22nd February, at our usual venue, The Post Mill Centre in South Normanton. To balance the number of entries on each day, we have rearranged the sections across the weekend: the Third and Second Sections will now play…
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Entries are now open for our Autumn Contest
Entries are now open for NEMBBA’s open own-choice test piece contest, which is being held on Sunday 16th November 2025 at the Post Mill Centre, Market Street, South Normanton DE55 2EJ (please note our new venue for this contest), for all sections (fourth to championship) together with sections for un-registered and training bands to play a…
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The NEMBBA Entertainments Contest 2025. It’s Back!!
NEMBBA is pleased to announce that the ever popular Entertainments contest is back on the calendar and will be held at The Post Mill Centre, South Normanton on Sunday 22nd June 2025. The Format:
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Brian Eggleshaw
NEMBBA is saddened to learn of the death of our vice-president Brian Eggleshaw. Brian was contest secretary of both NEMBBA and the Midlands Area for many years until his retirement in 2011. Brian was also the secretary of the former Ransomes band and contest secretary of the old Butlins contest. We send our condolences to…
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Contest Thanks
A big thank you to everybody who worked so hard to make this weekend’s contest a success.
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Long Service Awards
NEMBBA was delighted to award the following long service awards at our contest today (16th February 2025): 65 Years Colin Aspinall (Lindley Band)Alan Widdop (Lindley Band) 50 Years Amanda Tasker (Lindley Band)Andrew Tasker (Lindley Band)Gill Williams (Langley Band) 40 Years Matthew Stringer (Lindley Band)Roy Varney (Long Eaton Silver Prize Band) 25 Years Kim Larwood (Long…
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February Contest Results
Championship Section Best euphonium: Annie Wilkins (Yorkshire Imperial)Best soprano cornet: Louise Belton (Marsden Silver Prize Band) First Section Best soprano cornet: Richard Jones (Lindley) Second Section Best tenor horn: Scott Bennett (Barnsley Brass ) Third Section Best cornet: Anna Whitehurst (Rode Hall Silver Band) Fourth Section Best euphonium: Mark Cottee (Moulton 77 Brass Band) Training…
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Long Service Awards
NEMBBA was delighted to award the following long service awards at our contest today (15th February 2025): 80 Years Marie Smith (NEMBBA vice-president and retired president) 70 Years Brian Draper (NEMBBA vice-president) 50 years David Alcock (Stourport-on-Severn Brass Band)Michael Allcock (Newstead Brass & NEMBBA vice-president)Andy Allison (Carlton Brass)Lynda Allison (Carlton Brass)Clive Brocklehurst (Carlton Brass)Kim Harris…
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Final Information
I have now issued the final information to bands competing in our contest on Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th February. Copies of all the documents send to the bands (apart from the draw) are on the Documents page.
North East Midlands Brass Band Association