Brass Band Rankings

As of December 9, 2006

Pos Band Region Points Positional Change
1 Black Dyke Yorkshire 1.524,8 -
2 Buy As You View Wales 1.202,5 -
3 Grimethorpe Colliery (UK Coal) Yorkshire 1.130,8 -
4 YBS Band Yorkshire 766,73 -
5 Brighouse & Rastrick Yorkshire 642,86 +5
6 Foden’s Richardson North West 559,61 -1
7 Scottish Co-op Scotland 528,68 -
8 Leyland North West 477,17 -2
9 The Fairey Band North West 469,47 -1
10 Brass Band Willebroek Belgium 361,13 -1
11 Sellers International Yorkshire 347,00 +5
12 Whitburn Scotland 319,67 +2
13 Kirkintilloch Scotland 260,86 -
14 Reg Vardy North 257,62 +1
15 Rothwell Temperance Yorkshire 247,24 -4
16 Desford Colliery (Aggregate Industries) Midlands 232,45 -4
17 PolySteel West 209,46 -
18 Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Yorkshire 201,06 +1
19 Tredegar Wales 163,32 -1
20 Hepworth (Lanson Homes) Yorkshire 155,58 -
21 Brass Band Fribourg Switzerland 145,54 -
22 Mount Charles West 137,25 -
23 Fishburn North 96,32 +1
24 Aveley & Newham London & SC 95,69 -1
25 Brass Band of Central Florida USA 94,48 +64
26 Brass Band 13 Etoiles Switzerland 90,01 -1
27 Stavanger Norway 69,72 -1
28 Staffordshire Midlands 64,14 -
29 Burry Port Town Wales 62,39 -2
30 Eikanger-Bj�rsvik Norway 58,32 -1
31 Ransome Midlands 57,36 -
32 Wingates North West 56,92 +3
33 BTM Wales 55,84 -3
34 SWT Woodfalls West 49,75 +3
35 Pennine Brass Yorkshire 49,55 -2
36 GUS Midlands 48,12 -4
37 Lyngby Taarbaek Denmark 42,18 -3
38 Newtongrange Silver Scotland 40,89 -
39 Redbridge Brass London & SC 40,68 -3
40 Kingdom Brass Scotland 39,45 -
41 Tongwynlais Temperance Wales 37,08 -2
42 Cwmaman Institute Wales 35,18 -
43 Newstead Welfare Midlands 34,99 -2
44 Yorkshire Imperial Urquhart Travel Yorkshire 34,52 -1
45 Buizingen Belgium 33,46 +14
46 Unison Kinneil Scotland 32,52 +1
47 Kibworth Midlands 32,19 +5
48 Parc & Dare Wales 31,86 -2
49 Ashton-under-Lyne North West 31,40 -4
50 Camborne Town West 30,43 -6
51 Freckleton North West 29,73 +3
52 Gothenburg Sweden 28,39 +14
53 Marsden (Riverhead Brewery) Yorkshire 27,46 -3
54 Manger Musikklag Norway 26,53 -6
55 Metropole Brass Band Belgium 26,36 +38
56 Dalewool Auckland Brass New Zealand 26,34 -5
57 Beaumaris Wales 25,73 -8
58 Brass Band Rijnmond Netherlands 23,78 -3
59 Brisbane Excelsior Australia 23,61 -6
60 Woolley Pritchard Sovereign Midlands 21,44 -4
61 NZ Community Trust Woolston Brass New Zealand 21,41 -4
62 Dalmellington Scotland 21,37 +3
63 Staines Brass London & SC 20,67 -5
64 Bactiguard Wire Brass North West 20,17 -4
65 Dobcross Silver North West 19,65 -4
66 Ensemble de Cuivres M�lodia Switzerland 19,55 +5
67 BT North West 19,44 -5
68 Jaguar (Coventry) Midlands 18,36 -4
69 Soli Brass Netherlands 18,01 -6
70 Kirkintilloch Kelvin Brass Scotland 17,76 -3
71 Bon-Accord Scotland 16,46 +2
72 Stocksbridge Yorkshire 16,24 -4
73 BHK (UK) Ltd. North 15,53 +8
74 Thoresby Colliery Midlands 15,10 -5
75 Waratah Brass Australia 14,90 -5
76 EYMS North 14,76 -2
77 Festival Brass Band Belgium 14,62 +38
78 St. Kilda Sentinel Brass New Zealand 14,24 -6
79 Brass Band de Waldsang Netherlands 14,08 +33
80 Pemberton Old Wigan JJB North West 13,95 -1
81 1st Old Boys Association Silver N. Ireland 13,54 -6
82 Bournemouth Concert West 13,35 -6
83 Bazuin-Oenkerk Netherlands 13,00 +15
84 Concord Denmark 12,95 -7
85 Northop Wales 12,75 +16
86 Silkeborg Blaeserne Denmark 12,50 -8
87 Laganvale (Metal Technology) N. Ireland 12,36 -7
88 Ensemble de Cuivres Valaisan A Switzerland 12,23 +94
89 Powerfuel Hatfield Colliery Yorkshire 11,99 -3
90 Newbridge Celynen Wales 11,83 -2
91 Abergavenny Borough Wales 11,72 +3
92 Burgermusik Luzern Switzerland 11,69 -9
93 Besses o’ th’ Barn North West 11,67 -9
94 United Co-op Crewe North West 11,51 -12
95 Innovate Skelmanthorpe Yorkshire 10,97 +1
96 Alliance Brass London & SC 10,95 -11
97 United Co-op Yorkshire Yorkshire 10,86 +14
98 Brisbane Brass Australia 10,32 -11
99 Windcorp Sweden 10,14 +87
100 Brass Band Kortrijk Belgium 10,00 +40
101 Brass Band Columbus USA 9,90 +6
102 Bo’ness & Carriden Scotland 9,80 -11
103 Thomas Coaches Mid-Rhondda Wales 9,32 -6
104 Haverhill London & SC 9,03 -12
105 Sandefjord Brass Symposium Norway 8,88 -15
106 Johnstone Silver Scotland 8,51 +4
107 Oberaargauer Brass Band Switzerland 8,46 New
108 Markham and District Wales 8,24 -9
109 Hawthorn Australia 8,13 -14
110 Tavistock Chester-le-Street Riverside North 7,82 -2
111 Aeolus France 7,75 +13
112 Broxburn & Livingston Scotland 7,71 +40
113 Haydock North West 7,69 -11
114 Aldbourne West 7,52 -14
115 St. Austell Town West 7,26 -12
116 Bodmin Town West 7,16 -11
117 Betlehemskyrkans Brass Sweden 7,03 +45
118 Chicago Brass Band USA 6,95 +17
119 Oslofjorde Brass Norway 6,93 -15
120 Gunnedah Shire Band Australia 6,82 -14
121 St. Dennis West 6,75 -12
122 Treherbert Wales 6,63 -9
123 Fountain City Brass Band USA 6,62 +11
124 James Madison University USA 6,59 +18
125 Drighlington Yorkshire 6,59 -6
126 Penclawdd Brass Wales 6,51 +3
127 Longridge North West 6,50 -10
128 Brass Band Schoonhoven Netherlands 6,48 -2
129 Kew Australia 6,47 -13
130 Aarhus Denmark 6,35 -16
131 Krohnengen Norway 6,29 -13
132 Brass Band Berneroberland Switzerland 6,22 -10
133 Arklow Shipping Ireland 6,17 -13
134 United Norwest Co-op Milnrow North West 6,15 -13
135 Wrexham Brass Wales 6,07 -8
136 Yeovil Town West 6,00 +1
137 Kensington & Norwood Australia 5,71 -14
138 Pontardulais Wales 5,46 +52
139 Hade Edge (J&E Dickinson) Yorkshire 5,43 -9
140 Molde Brass Band Norway 5,42 -15
141 Provinciale Brassband Groningen Netherlands 5,34 -13
142 Newmilns & Galston Scotland 5,29 -10
143 Strabane N. Ireland 4,99 -10
144 Lydbrook West 4,98 -13
145 Clackmannan & District Scotland 4,85 -
146 Glossop Old Midlands 4,84 -8
147 Drogheda Brass Band Ireland 4,81 -11
148 Vernon Building Society Poynton North West 4,79 -9
149 Harrogate North 4,53 -1
150 Shepherd Building Group North 4,52 New
151 Stockholm Brass Band Sweden 4,51 New
152 Oldham Band (Lees) North West 4,47 -9
153 Old Silkstone Yorkshire 4,46 -7
154 Kidlington Concert London & SC 4,45 -13
155 St. Keverne West 4,30 -11
156 Ratby Co-operative Midlands 4,27 -9
157 Brass Band of the Western Reserve USA 4,22 +27
158 Greggs Bakery North 4,11 +39
159 Malmo Brass Sweden 4,03 New
160 Tylorstown Arriva Trains S. Wales Wales 3,99 -2
161 Friary Guildford London & SC 3,97 -12
162 Atlantic Brass Band USA 3,88 +32
163 RMT Easington Colliery North 3,88 -6
164 Strata Brass Yorkshire 3,88 -8
165 South Brisbane Federal Australia 3,87 -14
166 Flixton North West 3,85 -11
167 Bollington Brass North West 3,85 -17
168 Marlborough District Brass New Zealand 3,76 -14
169 Zone One Brass London & SC 3,76 -16
170 Enderby Midlands 3,75 New
171 Stannington Brass Yorkshire 3,73 -11
172 Ensemble de Cuivres Jurassien Switzerland 3,70 New
173 Wakefield Metropolitan Yorkshire 3,66 -12
174 Meltham & Meltham Mills Yorkshire 3,51 -7
175 Nordvestjysk Brass Band Denmark 3,50 -16
176 Riddings Midlands 3,47 -12
177 Warringah Concert Brass Australia 3,47 -11
178 Barrhead Burgh Scotland 3,45 -9
179 Blackburn & Darwen North West 3,41 -11
180 Boarshurst Silver (Greenfield) North West 3,39 -10
181 Brass Band Normandie France 3,36 New
182 Ila Brass Norway 3,36 -19
183 Hebden Bridge Yorkshire 3,31 -11
184 Knottingley Silver Yorkshire 3,23 -8
185 Lockwood Brass North 3,21 -11
186 Solna Brass Sweden 3,19 +7
187 Lindley Yorkshire 3,18 -9
188 Amsterdam Brass Netherlands 3,18 New
189 CWA Carrickfergus N. Ireland 3,15 -16
190 Brass Band Oberosterreich Austria 3,13 -25
191 Jaren Hornmusikkforening Norway 3,12 -20
192 Holme Silver (Disposables UK) Yorkshire 3,11 -11
193 National Band of New Zealand New Zealand 3,09 -13
194 The Trusts Waitakere Brass New Zealand 3,07 -19
195 Willoughby City Australia 3,02 -16
196 St Mary’s Band Club Australia 3,02 -19
197 RAF St. Athan Voluntary Wales 3,01 New
198 Lanner & District Silver West 2,90 -10
199 Murley Silver N. Ireland 2,90 -12
200 Tertnes Brass Norway 2,87 -11

Written by Ian McKenzie on January 30th, 2007 with no comments.
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