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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.
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Alan Cheetham
The death has been announced of Alan Cheetham. Alan died peacefully with his family around him at the Kings Mill hospital on January 8th 2025. Alan was the band manager of The Riddings Band during their most successful years from 1989 to the early 2000s. During this time the band rose from the Midlands 3rd…
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Percussion Provided
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.
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Draw
I have now closed our area test piece contest on the 15th/16th February to further entries and have issued the draw and estimated timings to all the bands who have entered (please do not put your draw on social media). If your band has not received my email, please let me know and I will…
