Reading Spring Gardens Brass Band
Also/previously known as: Reading Spring Gardens, Spring Gardens, Spring Gardens (Reading), Spring Gardens Silver, Spring Gardens Silver Prize, Spring Gardens Silver (Reading), Spring Gardens Wesleyan
- Current Oxfordshire & District BBA Entertainment Contest (Lower Sections) champions
| Section: | Third |
|---|---|
| Website: | https://readingband.com/ |
| Region: | London and Southern Counties |
| Years active: | 1903 - |
| Rehearsals: | Thursday |
Contest Results
| Date | Contest | Position | Test Piece | Draw | Conductor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21st Mar 2020 |
 London and Southern Counties (Third Section)
|
Endurance | Matthew Ruel | ||
| 20th Oct 2019 |
Oxfordshire & District BBA Entertainment Contest (Lower Sections)
|
1 | 11 | Matthew Ruel | |
| 23rd Feb 2019 |
Oxfordshire & District BBA Winter Contest (Unregistered Section)
|
1 | St. Andrews Variations [Fernie] | 1 | David Ruel |
| 28th Oct 2018 |
Challenging Brass
|
2 | 3 | David Ruel | |
| 29th Oct 2017 |
Challenging Brass
|
2 | 4 | David Ruel | |
| 18th Nov 2000 |
Reading Contest (Thames Valley Challenge Contest)
|
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| 15th Nov 1986 |
Reading Contest (Third Section)
|
W | The Shipbuilders | ||
| 17th Nov 1984 |
Reading Contest (Third Section)
|
Sunset Rhapsody | Ted Watkins | ||
| 4th Mar 1984 |
London and Southern Counties (Third Section)
|
W | A Spa Suite | ||
| 19th Nov 1983 |
Reading Contest (Third Section)
|
Second Rhapsody on Negro Spirituals | 3 | Ted Watkins | |
| 7th Mar 1982 |
London and Southern Counties (Third Section)
|
Land of the Ever Young | Ted Watkins | ||
| 21st Nov 1981 |
Reading Contest (Third Section)
|
Promenade | Ted Watkins | ||
| 17th Nov 1979 |
Reading Contest (Second Section)
|
W | Land of the Mountain and the Flood | ||
| 11th Mar 1979 |
London and Southern Counties (Second Section)
|
Introduction, Elegy and Caprice | Ted Watkins | ||
| 18th Nov 1978 |
Reading Contest (Second Section)
|
Labour and Love | 11 | Ted Watkins | |
| 5th Mar 1978 |
London and Southern Counties (Second Section)
|
9 | The Three Musketeers | 4 | Ted Watkins |
| 13th Mar 1977 |
London and Southern Counties (Second Section)
|
4 | Morning Rhapsody | 8 | Ted Watkins |
| 6th Feb 1977 |
Hammersmith Contest (Second Division)
|
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| 6th Feb 1977 |
Hammersmith Contest (Championship)
|
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| 15th Nov 1975 |
Reading Contest (Second Section)
|
4 | Scheherazade | 21 | George Watkins |
| 16th Apr 1972 |
Slough Contest (2nd Section)
|
3 | George Watkins | ||
| 22nd Nov 1970 |
Wills Regional Championships - Cheltenham (Second Section)
|
Promenade | Unknown, do you know? | ||
| 14th Nov 1970 |
Reading Contest (Second Section)
|
7 | Second Suite in F | 4 | George Watkins |
| 19th Apr 1970 |
St Albans (Second Section)
|
2 | Unknown, do you know? | ||
| 1st Mar 1970 |
Hammersmith Contest (Second Division)
|
2 | George Watkins | ||
| 15th Nov 1969 |
Reading Contest (Second Section)
|
7 | Othello | 14 | George Watkins |
| 2nd Nov 1969 |
Watford (Third Section)
|
1 | George Watkins | ||
| 2nd Nov 1969 |
Watford (Second Section)
|
2 | George Watkins | ||
| 18th May 1969 |
Thurrock Arts Council (Third Section)
|
1 | George Watkins | ||
| 18th May 1969 |
Thurrock Arts Council (Second Section)
|
1 | George Watkins | ||
| 2nd Mar 1969 |
Hammersmith Contest (Third Division)
|
1 | 3 | George Watkins | |
| 2nd Mar 1969 |
Hammersmith Contest (Second Division)
|
1 | 5 | George Watkins | |
| 16th Nov 1968 |
Reading Contest (Second Section)
|
3 | Rococo Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky [Street] | 7 | George Watkins |
| 3rd Nov 1968 |
Watford Band Festival (3rd Section)
|
2 | George Watkins | ||
| 3rd Mar 1968 |
Hammersmith Contest (Third Division)
|
3 | Unknown, do you know? | ||
| 18th Nov 1967 |
Reading Contest (Second Section)
|
6 | The Shipbuilders | 7 | George Watkins |
| 12th Nov 1966 |
Reading Contest (Second Section)
|
9 | Gallions Reach | 8 | George Watkins |
| 16th Nov 1963 |
Berkshire & Neighbouring Counties Band Festival Guild (Second Section)
|
1 | Quo Vadis? | 1 | George Watkins |
| 3rd Jun 1963 |
SCABA Spring Contest (First Section)
|
3 | Unknown, do you know? | ||
| 6th Apr 1963 |
London and Southern Counties (Second Section)
|
Spring Song | George Watkins | ||
| 17th Nov 1962 |
Berkshire & Neighbouring Counties Band Festival Guild (Second Section)
|
1 | Peter Schmoll | 1 | George Watkins |
| 23rd Jun 1962 |
Waltham St Lawrence Contest
|
1 | George Watkins | ||
| 11th Jun 1962 |
SCABA Spring Contest (First Section)
|
2 | Unknown, do you know? | ||
| 25th Nov 1961 |
Berkshire & Neighbouring Counties Band Festival Guild (Second Section)
|
3 | A Welsh Fantasy | 9 | George Watkins |
| 26th Nov 1960 |
Berkshire & Neighbouring Counties Band Festival Guild (Second Section)
|
5 | Suite in Bb [Jacob] | 2 | George Watkins |
| 26th Nov 1960 |
Berkshire & Neighbouring Counties Band Festival Guild (Championship Section)
|
9 | Fantasia in F | 5 | George Watkins |
| 6th Jun 1960 |
SCABA Spring Contest (Second Section)
|
1 | George Watkins | ||
| 2nd Apr 1960 |
London and Southern Counties (Second Section)
|
Gallions Reach | George Watkins | ||
| 21st Nov 1959 |
Berkshire & Neighbouring Counties Band Festival Guild (Second Section)
|
4 | The English Maiden | 5 | George Watkins |
| 24th Oct 1959 |
National Championship of Great Britain (Third Section Final)
|
Three Brass Band Studies | George Watkins | ||
| 18th May 1959 |
SCABA Spring Contest (Second Section)
|
1 | Unknown, do you know? | ||
| 11th Apr 1959 |
London and Southern Counties (Third Section)
|
1 | English Folk Song Suite | George Watkins | |
| 22nd Nov 1958 |
Berkshire & Neighbouring Counties Band Festival Guild (Second Section)
|
16 | Coriolanus | 4 | George Watkins |
| 25th Oct 1958 |
National Championship of Great Britain (Third Section Final)
|
Sinfonietta Pastorale | 1 | George Watkins | |
| 7th Jun 1958 |
Daily Herald Brighton Open Brass Band Festival (Fourth Section)
|
1 | George Watkins | ||
| 7th Jun 1958 |
Daily Herald Brighton Open Brass Band Festival (Third Section)
|
George Watkins | |||
| 8th Mar 1958 |
London and Southern Counties (Third Section)
|
2 | Devon Fantasy | George Watkins | |
| 26th Oct 1957 |
National Championship of Great Britain (Fourth Section Final)
|
Suite in Bb [Jacob] | George Watkins | ||
| 5th Oct 1957 |
Oxford Annual Contest (Section B)
|
1 | Sailors' Songs [F. Wright] | 14 | George Watkins |
| 5th Oct 1957 |
Oxford Annual Contest (Section A)
|
8 | Moments with Mozart | 16 | George Watkins |
| 8th Jun 1957 |
Daily Herald Brighton Open Brass Band Festival (Fourth Section)
|
3 | George Watkins | ||
| 13th Apr 1957 |
London and Southern Counties (Fourth Section)
|
1 | The Black Prince | George Watkins | |
| 7th Apr 1956 |
London and Southern Counties (Fourth Section)
|
A Summer Day | George Watkins | ||
| 19th Nov 1955 |
Berkshire & Neighbouring Counties Band Festival Guild (Section 2)
|
1 | Knights of Old | 8 | George Watkins |
| 20th Nov 1954 |
Berkshire & Neighbouring Counties Band Festival Guild (Section 1)
|
Coriolanus | 2 | George Watkins | |
| 21st Nov 1953 |
Berkshire & Neighbouring Counties Band Festival Guild (Section 1)
|
Rhapsody on Negro Spirituals | 4 | George Watkins | |
| 3rd Nov 1951 |
Berkshire & Neighbouring Counties Band Festival Guild (Section 1)
|
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik | George Watkins | ||
| 4th Nov 1950 |
Berkshire & Neighbouring Counties Band Festival Guild (Section 1)
|
Labour and Love | George Watkins | ||
| 25th Feb 1950 |
London and Southern Counties (Second Section)
|
Three Brass Band Studies | Unknown, do you know? | ||
| 29th Oct 1949 |
Berkshire & Neighbouring Counties Band Festival Guild (Section 1)
|
1 | The Royal Water Music | George Watkins | |
| 17th Sep 1949 |
National Championship of Great Britain (Third Section Final)
|
Petite Suite de Ballet | George Watkins | ||
| 6th Aug 1949 |
Southsea Contest (Second Section)
|
2 | The Mountain Chief | George Watkins | |
| 9th Apr 1949 |
London and Southern Counties (Third Section)
|
1 | Petite Suite de Ballet | George Watkins | |
| 30th Oct 1948 |
Berkshire & Neighbouring Counties Band Festival Guild (Section 1)
|
3 | Sinfonietta Pastorale | George Watkins | |
| 15th Nov 1947 |
Berkshire & Neighbouring Counties Band Festival Guild (Section 1)
|
2 | Recollections of Mendelssohn | George Watkins | |
| 26th Oct 1946 |
Berkshire & Neighbouring Counties Band Festival Guild (Section 1)
|
Recollections of Meyerbeer [arr. Greenwood] | G. Turner | ||
| 18th Mar 1939 |
London & Home Counties BBA Spring Contest (Second Section)
|
La Favorita [arr. Godfrey] | Unknown, do you know? | ||
| 19th Nov 1938 |
East Ham Contest (Section 2)
|
Der Freischütz [arr. Round] | Unknown, do you know? | ||
| 24th Sep 1938 |
Crystal Palace (Junior Cup - B)
|
Comedy Overture | Charles Albert Anderson | ||
| 3rd Sep 1938 |
Reading Carnival Contest (Section 1)
|
1 | Recollections of Balfe | George Watkins | |
| 20th Aug 1938 |
Reading and District Band League Annual Contest (First Section)
|
1 | Recollections of Balfe | George Watkins | |
| 9th Jul 1938 |
Uxbridge Contest (Section 2)
|
L'Ebreo | Unknown, do you know? | ||
| 18th Jun 1938 |
Oxfordshire & District Contest (Section 1)
|
1 | Recollections of Balfe | George Watkins | |
| 19th Mar 1938 |
London & Home Counties BBA Spring Contest (Second Section)
|
Lorenzo | Charles A. Anderson | ||
| 5th Mar 1938 |
City of Leicester Brass Band Festival (2nd Section)
|
5 | Honour and Glory [Bath] | Charles Albert Anderson | |
| 12th Feb 1938 |
Reading and District Band League Annual Contest (First Section)
|
1 | L'Ebreo [arr. Godfrey] | Charles Albert Anderson | |
| 13th Nov 1937 |
East Ham Contest (Section 2)
|
3 | L'Ebreo | 3 | Charles Albert Anderson |
| 25th Sep 1937 |
Crystal Palace (Junior Shield - A)
|
2 | The Royal Water Music | 16 | Charles Albert Anderson |
| 10th Jul 1937 |
Fairford Contest (Section 3)
|
The Call of Youth | Charles Albert Anderson | ||
| 26th Jun 1937 |
Reading and District Band League Annual Contest (March Section)
|
1 | 1 | Unknown, do you know? | |
| 26th Jun 1937 |
Reading and District Band League Annual Contest (First Section)
|
1 | Recollections of Verdi | 1 | Unknown, do you know? |
| 12th Jun 1937 |
Oxfordshire & District Contest
|
2 | The Call of Youth | Charles Albert Anderson | |
| 31st Oct 1936 |
Reading Contest (Section 1)
|
Songs of England [Bath] | A. Yould | ||
| 26th Sep 1936 |
Crystal Palace (Junior Cup - B)
|
A Northern Rhapsody | 13 | A. Yould | |
| 23rd May 1936 |
Hanwell Contest (Division 2)
|
Attila | A. Yould | ||
| 21st Mar 1936 |
London & Home Counties BBA Spring Contest (Second Section)
|
The Crusaders | 1 | A. Yould | |
| 16th Nov 1935 |
East Ham Contest (Section 2)
|
A Northern Rhapsody | 14 | Charles Albert Anderson | |
| 26th Oct 1935 |
Reading Contest (Section 1)
|
3 | A Souvenir of Shakespeare | 5 | Charles Albert Anderson |
| 28th Sep 1935 |
Crystal Palace (Junior Shield - A)
|
5 | Die Feen | 21 | Charles Albert Anderson |
| 27th Oct 1934 |
Reading Contest (Section 1)
|
2 | Recollections of Verdi | Charles Albert Anderson | |
| 28th Oct 1933 |
Reading Contest (Section 1)
|
1 | Les Huguenots [arr. W. Rimmer] | 3 | Charles Albert Anderson |
| 8th Jul 1933 |
Fairford Contest (Section 3)
|
7 | Charles Albert Anderson | ||
| 8th Jul 1933 |
Fairford Contest (Section 2)
|
Charles Albert Anderson | |||
| 29th Oct 1932 |
Reading Contest (Section 1)
|
2 | Operatic Beauties | 3 | Charles Albert Anderson |
| 28th May 1932 |
Staines Contest (First Section)
|
3 | Recollections of Wallace | C. H. Coppuck | |
| 28th May 1932 |
Staines Contest (Championship Section)
|
C. H. Coppuck | |||
| 28th Nov 1931 |
Berks Oxon and Buck Band Festival Guild (Section A)
|
3 | Patience | 3 | C. H. Coppuck |
| 24th Oct 1931 |
Reading Contest (Section 1)
|
3 | Patience | 3 | C. H. Coppuck |
| 6th Jun 1931 |
Reading and District Band League Annual Contest (First Section)
|
1 | Maritana [unknown arranger] | C. H. Coppuck | |
| 25th Oct 1930 |
Berks Oxon and Buck Band Festival Guild (Section A)
|
4 | A Moorside Suite | C. H. Coppuck | |
| 21st Apr 1930 |
Reading and District Band League Annual Contest (First Section)
|
1 | Unknown, do you know? | ||
| 1st Apr 1929 |
Reading and District Band League Annual Contest (First Section)
|
L'Ebreo [arr. Godfrey] | Unknown, do you know? | ||
| 19th May 1928 |
Flackwell Heath Contest (First Section)
|
2 | The Mountain Sylph | Unknown, do you know? | |
| 27th Aug 1927 |
Silchester Contest
|
3 | Poetic Fancies | C. H. Coppuck | |
| 9th Jul 1927 |
Henley-on-Thames Annual Band Contest (Section 3)
|
Poetic Fancies | Unknown, do you know? | ||
| 21st May 1927 |
Reading and District Band League Annual Contest (First Section)
|
1 | A Garland of Classics | Unknown, do you know? | |
| 21st Jun 1924 |
Henley-on-Thames Annual Band Contest (Section 1)
|
Gems of Italian Opera | Unknown, do you know? | ||
| 24th Sep 1921 |
Crystal Palace (Junior Shield)
|
Gems of Harmony | 24 | C. H. Coppuck | |
| 12th May 1913 |
Southern Counties Association Contest (1st Section)
|
6 | Maritana [arr. Round] | 1 | J. Hodges |
| 8th Apr 1912 |
Redhill Contest (Second Section)
|
1 | Well of Love | 5 | J. Hodges |
| 31st May 1909 |
Sutton (Surrey) Contest, (First Section)
|
4 | The Bohemian Girl [unknown arranger] | J. Hodges | |
| 8th Jun 1908 |
Southern Counties Association Contest (1st Section)
|
5 | Il Trovatore - Selection [arr. Round] | 3 | D. G. Lewis |
| 20th May 1907 |
Crawley Contest (Second Section)
|
1 | Echoes of the Ocean | J. Hodges | |
| 25th Aug 1906 |
Yiewsley Contest (Second Section)
|
Gems of Welsh Melody | Unknown, do you know? | ||
| 20th Jun 1903 |
Reading Contest (Section 1)
|
1 | Gems of Welsh Melody | J. Hodges | |
| 1st Jun 1903 |
Redhill Contest (Second Section)
|
5 | The Gondoliers [unknown arranger] | Unknown, do you know? |
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Notes
Formed originally in 1899 as Spring Gardens Wesleyan Band.