North East Midlands Brass Band Association

Author: robert_stansfield

  • NEMBBA Daytime Band

  • Autumn 2025 Contest Results

    Championship Section Best instrumentalist: Lynden Cooper (euphonium, Newstead Brass) First Section Best instrumentalist: Karl Booker (euphonium, The Hucknall & Linby MC Brass) Second Section Best instrumentalist: Rachael Johnson (tenor horn, Bollington Brass Band) Third Section Best instrumentalist: Alison Harding (cornet, The Wigston Band) Fourth Section Best instrumentalist: Simon Challender (cornet, Ireland Colliery Chesterfield Band) Training…

  • 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.

  • Entries Now Open For Our February Contest

    Entries are now open to our annual area test piece contest at the Post Mill Centre on Saturday/Sunday 21st and 22nd February. The second and third sections will be on the Saturday, and all the other sections on the Sunday. For further information, please see our events page. To keep within the venues fire regulations,…

  • NEMBBA Officers 2025/26

    At our recent AGM, the following officers were re-elected for the forthcoming year: President Lynden CooperChairman Melanie CooperVice-Chairman Brian DraperAdministration Manager Robert StansfieldAssistant Administration Manager Kevin HoldgateTreasurer Kevin HoldgateTrophy Officer Jo Priestley The life vice-presidents of NEMBBA are Michael Allcock, Judith Beckett, Lynden Cooper, Melanie Cooper, Brian Draper, Stan Lippeatt, Marie Smith, and Sharon Stansfield.…

  • Draw and Timings for our November Contest

    I have now issued the draw and estimated timings to all the bands who have entered our contest on Sunday 16th November in The Post Mill Centre, South Normanton (bands, please do not put your draw or test piece on social media). If your band does not receive my email, please let me know and…

  • Entries Closed For Our November Contest

    We have now reached our capacity of 20 bands for our open own-choice test piece contest, which is being held on Sunday 16th November 2025 at Post Mill Centre, Market Street, South Normanton DE55 2EJ and I need to close the contest to further entries. My apologies to those bands who are missing out, particularly…