WORLD RANKINGS: prepared by J. Casey

Top 200: updated 07-May-2004

These rankings have been meticulously prepared and provide an accurate reflection of the merits of each band mentioned.

Pos

Band

Region

Points

+/-

1

Yorkshire Building Society

Yorkshire

1,363.35

+1

2

Fairey FP (Music) Band

North West

1,156.47

-1

3

Buy as you View Cory

Wales

1,043.94

-

4

Black Dyke

Yorkshire

948.34

+1

5

Fodens Richardson

North West

931.33

-1

6

Brighouse & Rastrick

Yorkshire

737.09

-

7

Tredegar

Wales

624.23

-

8

Whitburn

Scotland

463.36

-

9

Scottish Co-op

Scotland

461.14

+2

10

Leyland

North West

427.37

-1

11

Grimethorpe Colliery UK Coal

Yorkshire

423.69

-1

12

Willebroek

Belgium

284.56

+14

13

Sellers International

Yorkshire

284.16

-1

14

Kirkintilloch

Scotland

258.07

-1

15

Reg Vardy (Ever Ready)

North

230.07

-1

16

Cwmaman Institute

Wales

152.31

-1

17

NSK-RHP Ransome

Midlands

145.63

-1

18

Flowers

West

139.90

-1

19

Travelsphere Holidays

Midlands

126.23

-1

20

JAG Mount Charles

West

123.48

-1

21

Yorkshire Imperial Urquhart Travel

Yorkshire

115.05

-

22

Carlton Main

Yorkshire

114.47

-2

23

Hepworth (Persimmon Homes)

Yorkshire

99.26

-1

24

BTM

Wales

91.06

-1

25

Besses O' Th' Barn

North West

90.23

-1

26

Desford Colliery

Midlands

87.77

-1

27

Wingates

North West

74.31

-

28

ASDA Stocksbridge

Yorkshire

69.91

+2

29

Rothwell Temperance

Yorkshire

68.99

-

30

Unison Kinneil

Scotland

67.72

+1

31

Fishburn

North

67.22

-3

32

Eikanger Bjorsvik

Norway

63.18

+3

33

Lyngby Taarbaek

Denmark

61.93

+49

34

Seindorf Beaumaris

Wales

58.90

-2

35

Camborne Town

West

52.85

-2

36

Burry Port Town

Wales

51.86

-

37

Stavanger

Norway

51.51

-

38

Aveley & Newham

LSC

50.71

-4

39

Haydock

North West

47.45

-1

40

Kingdom Brass

Scotland

46.47

+4

41

BT

North West

43.67

-1

42

Treize Etoiles

Switzerland

41.51

+3

43

EYMS

North

39.74

-4

44

Manger Musiklag

Norway

38.28

+2

45

Redbridge Brass

LSC

36.71

-4

46

Staffordshire

Midlands

35.87

-4

47

Tongwynlais Temperance

Wales

34.27

-4

48

Burgermusik Luzern

Switzerland

33.76

+33

49

Freckleton

North West

29.07

-2

50

Innovate Skelmanthorpe

Yorkshire

28.93

-2

51

Brass Band De Waldsang

Netherlands

28.90

+28

52

Brass Band Fribourg

Switzerland

26.06

+4

53

Glossop Old

Midlands

25.25

-3

54

Thomas Coaches Mid Rhondda

Wales

24.38

-3

55

Newtongrange

Scotland

24.28

-2

56

SWT Woodfalls

West

23.96

-7

57

Dobcross Silver

North West

23.25

-5

58

Pemberton Old Wigan

North West

22.55

-4

59

Marple

North West

22.13

-2

60

Pennine Brass

Yorkshire

22.02

-2

61

BHK (UK) Ltd. Horden

North

21.45

-6

62

Bazuin-Oenkerk

Netherlands

21.43

+5

63

Point of Ayr

Wales

20.96

-2

64

Midden Brabant

Belgium

20.28

+12

65

Provinciale Brassband Groningen

Netherlands

19.82

+5

66

Thoresby Colliery

Midlands

19.54

-6

67

Bodmin Town

West

19.27

-5

68

Gothenburg

Sweden

18.78

+25

69

Hatfield Coal Power

Yorkshire

17.88

-1

70

Yeovil Town

West

17.84

-11

71

United Co-op Yorkshire

Yorkshire

17.78

-5

72

Newstead Welfare

Midlands

17.37

-8

73

Jaguar (Coventry)

Midlands

16.92

-8

74

Wooley Pritchard Sovereign

Midlands

16.62

-11

75

United Co-op Crewe

North West

16.59

-4

76

Illinois Brass Band

U.S.A.

16.20

+1

77

Bo'ness & Carriden

Scotland

16.14

-2

78

Parc & Dare

Wales

16.11

-6

79

United Norwest Co-op Milnrow

North West

15.47

-5

80

Northop

Wales

15.25

-7

81

Brass Band of Central Florida

U.S.A.

14.41

+33

82

Dalmellington

Scotland

14.19

-4

83

Broxburn Public

Scotland