Entries are now closed for the third, first and championship sections on the Sunday (18th) of our February contest. My apologies to any bands who were planning to enter this contest, and whom we can no longer accommodate. We still have room for a couple more bands in the training, unregistered, fourth and second sections…

I am delighted to announce that John Roberts will be adjudicating the unregistered, training band, fourth and second sections at our area test piece contest on Saturday 17th February and that Alan Morrison will adjudicating the third, first and championship sections on the Sunday. Entries to the first section are now closed, but there is…

In the ten days since we first advertised NEMBBA’s February area test piece contest at Post Mill Centre, we have already received entries from ten first section bands. Due to fire regulations, this is maximum number of bands we can accept for any one section: my apologies to any bands who will now miss out.…

Entries are now open to our annual area test piece contest at the Post Mill Centre on 17th and 18th February. For further information, please see our events page.

Thank you to everyone who worked so hard to make yesterday’s contest such a success: David Ashworth our adjudicator; Marie Smith our registrar; Mike Allcock and Melanie Cooper for compèring the contest; Mark Davis and Graham Healey for transporting and managing all the percussion during the day; Jo Priestley for looking after all our trophies;…

I have now issued the final information to bands competing in our area test piece contest on 12th February.

NEMBBA offers long service certificates to players (and conductors) of our member bands (those who have entered our February contest) for 25, 50, 60 and 75 cumulative years of membership of brass bands (this includes time playing in school and non-contesting brass bands and with non-NEMBBA bands). Awards can be made retrospectively if you have,…

I have now issued the contest draw and estimated timings to the secretaries of all the bands who have entered our contest (please do not put the draw on social media), together with a list of percussion which is being supplied. If you have entered, please let me know if your band has not receive…

Entries to our February contest are now closed. My apologies to those bands who are missing out, particularly to those bands who have supported our contest in previous years. I will look for a larger venue or split the contest over two days in 2024 so that we can accommodate more bands. If your band…

Thank you to all the bands who have already entered our February contest: twenty so far, which is already more than last February. We can accommodate a maximum of a further three bands at our venue (which would make it our biggest NEMBBA contest since I first attended in February 1997). My apologies to those…