NEWS

Busy bands on the contest stage!

28 Dec 2013

The rankings are calculated based on contest results over a rolling 36-month period and the ranking points tally is effectively a weighted average of the points earned per contest.  The number of contests actually played by each band varies a lot though but the 'busiest band in Britain' title (for contests, at least) goes to Tredegar, with a whopping 21 contests over the last 3 years!

Of the bands currently ranked in the top-100 of the brassstats.com rankings, 23 of them have contested a minimum of 15 times during the 3-year rankings period as follows:

21 - Tredegar
20 - Whitburn
19 - Co-operative Funeralcare, Woodfalls
18 - Virtuosi GUS, Reg Vardy, Kingdom Brass
17 - Flowers, Yorkshire Imperial Urquhart Travel, Pemberton Old Wigan DW, BTM, Friary Guildford
16 - Tongwynlais Temperance, Marsden Silver, Thoresby Colliery, Burry Port, Redbridge Brass, Aveley & Newham, City of Cardiff (Melingriffith)
15 - Cory, EYMS, Newstead Brass, Fishburn