Reading Spring Gardens Brass Band 1903-
Also/previously known as:
Reading Spring Gardens,
Spring Gardens,
Spring Gardens (Reading),
Spring Gardens Silver,
Spring Gardens Silver (Reading),
Spring Gardens Silver Prize,
Spring Gardens Wesleyan
| Section: | Fourth |
|---|---|
| Website: | https://readingband.com/ |
| Region: |
London and Southern Counties
|
| Rehearsals: | Thursday |
Formed originally in 1899 as Spring Gardens Wesleyan Band.
| Date | Contest | Position | Test Piece | Draw | Conductor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Mar 2025 |
London and Southern Counties (Fourth Section)
|
11 | I, Daedalus 2024 | 5 | Stephen Bucknell |
| 02 Nov 2024 |
Wychavon Contest (Fourth Section)
|
W | Unknown | ||
| 15 Sep 2024 |
National Championship of Great Britain (Fourth Section Final)
|
15 | Smoke Sketches 2017 | 18 | Matthew Ruel |
| 16 Mar 2024 |
London and Southern Counties (Fourth Section)
|
2 | Music for Jock Tamson 2021 | 1 | Matthew Ruel |
| 19 Mar 2023 |
London and Southern Counties (Third Section)
|
15 | Chorale and Toccata 1992 | 11 | Matthew Ruel |
| 26 Feb 2023 |
Oxfordshire & District BBA Winter Contest (Third Section)
|
5 |
Chorale and Toccata
1992
|
5 | Matthew Ruel |
| 20 Mar 2022 |
London and Southern Counties (Third Section)
|
14 | Facets of Glass 1984 | 4 | Matthew Ruel |
| 06 Mar 2022 |
SCABA Spring Contest
|
9
|
Facets of Glass
1984
|
11 | Matthew Ruel |
| 30 Oct 2021 |
Wychavon Contest (Third Section)
|
6 | 5 | Matthew Ruel | |
| 21 Mar 2020 |
London and Southern Counties (Third Section)
|
Endurance [Baker] 2019 | Matthew Ruel | ||
| 20 Oct 2019 |
Oxfordshire & District BBA Entertainment Contest (Lower Sections)
|
1 | 11 | Matthew Ruel | |
| 23 Feb 2019 |
Oxfordshire & District BBA Winter Contest (Unregistered Section)
|
1 |
St. Andrews Variations [Fernie]
1999
|
1 | David Ruel |
| 28 Oct 2018 |
Challenging Brass
|
2 | 3 | David Ruel | |
| 29 Oct 2017 |
Challenging Brass
|
2 | 4 | David Ruel | |
| 18 Nov 2000 |
Reading Contest (Thames Valley Challenge Contest)
|
W | Lorraine Rogers | ||
| 15 Nov 1986 |
Reading Contest (Third Section)
|
W | The Shipbuilders 1960 | Ted Watkins | |
| 17 Nov 1984 |
Reading Contest (Third Section)
|
Sunset Rhapsody 1958 | Ted Watkins | ||
| 04 Mar 1984 |
London and Southern Counties (Third Section)
|
W | A Spa Suite 1983 | Ted Watkins | |
| 19 Nov 1983 |
Reading Contest (Third Section)
|
Second Rhapsody on Negro Spirituals 1954 | 3 | Ted Watkins | |
| 07 Mar 1982 |
London and Southern Counties (Third Section)
|
Land of the Ever Young 1946 | Ted Watkins | ||
| 21 Nov 1981 |
Reading Contest (Third Section)
|
Promenade 1969 | Ted Watkins | ||
| 17 Nov 1979 |
Reading Contest (Second Section)
|
W | Land of the Mountain and the Flood | Ted Watkins | |
| 11 Mar 1979 |
London and Southern Counties (Second Section)
|
Introduction, Elegy and Caprice 1978 | 10 | Ted Watkins | |
| 18 Nov 1978 |
Reading Contest (Second Section)
|
Labour and Love 1913 | 11 | Ted Watkins | |
| 05 Mar 1978 |
London and Southern Counties (Second Section)
|
9 | The Three Musketeers 1953 | 4 | Ted Watkins |
| 19 Nov 1977 |
Reading Contest (Second Section)
|
A Moorside Suite 1928 | Ted Watkins | ||
| 13 Mar 1977 |
London and Southern Counties (Second Section)
|
4 | Morning Rhapsody 1948 | 8 | Ted Watkins |
| 06 Feb 1977 |
Hammersmith Contest (Championship)
|
W | Ted Watkins | ||
| 06 Feb 1977 |
Hammersmith Contest (Second Division)
|
W | Ted Watkins | ||
| 20 Nov 1976 |
Reading Contest (Second Section)
|
Sinfonietta [Horovitz] 1970 | Ted Watkins | ||
| 15 Nov 1975 |
Reading Contest (Second Section)
|
4 | Scheherazade | 21 | George Watkins |
| 16 Apr 1972 |
Slough Contest (2nd Section)
|
3 | George Watkins | ||
| 22 Nov 1970 |
Wills Regional Championships - Cheltenham (Second Section)
|
Promenade 1969 | Unknown | ||
| 14 Nov 1970 |
Reading Contest (Second Section)
|
7 | Second Suite in F | 4 | George Watkins |
| 01 Nov 1970 |
LHCBBA Watford Contest (Second Section)
|
George Watkins | |||
| 19 Apr 1970 |
St. Albans
|
2 | Unknown | ||
| 01 Mar 1970 |
Hammersmith Contest (Second Division)
|
2 | George Watkins | ||
| 15 Nov 1969 |
Reading Contest (Second Section)
|
7 | Othello | 14 | George Watkins |
| 02 Nov 1969 |
LHCBBA Watford Contest (Second Section)
|
2 | George Watkins | ||
| 02 Nov 1969 |
LHCBBA Watford Contest (Third Section)
|
1 | George Watkins | ||
| 18 May 1969 |
Thurrock Arts Council (Second Section)
|
1 | George Watkins | ||
| 18 May 1969 |
Thurrock Arts Council (Third Section)
|
1 | George Watkins | ||
| 02 Mar 1969 |
Hammersmith Contest (Second Division)
|
1 | 5 | George Watkins | |
| 02 Mar 1969 |
Hammersmith Contest (Third Division)
|
1 | 3 | George Watkins | |
| 16 Nov 1968 |
Reading Contest (Second Section)
|
3 | Rococo Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky [Street] 1967 | 7 | George Watkins |
| 03 Nov 1968 |
LHCBBA Watford Contest (Third Section)
|
2 | George Watkins | ||
| 03 Mar 1968 |
Hammersmith Contest (Third Division)
|
3 | Unknown | ||
| 18 Nov 1967 |
Reading Contest (Second Section)
|
6 | The Shipbuilders 1960 | 7 | George Watkins |
| 12 Nov 1966 |
Reading Contest (Second Section)
|
9 | Galleons Reach 1959 | 8 | George Watkins |
| 16 Nov 1963 |
Berkshire & Neighbouring Counties Band Festival Guild (Second Section)
|
1 | Quo Vadis? 1961 | 1 | George Watkins |
| 03 Jun 1963 |
SCABA Spring Contest (First Section)
|
3 | Unknown | ||
| 06 Apr 1963 |
London and Southern Counties (Second Section)
|
Spring Song | George Watkins | ||
| 17 Nov 1962 |
Berkshire & Neighbouring Counties Band Festival Guild (Second Section)
|
1 | Peter Schmoll 1961 | 1 | George Watkins |
| 23 Jun 1962 |
Waltham St. Lawrence Contest
|
1 | George Watkins | ||
| 11 Jun 1962 |
SCABA Spring Contest (First Section)
|
2 | Unknown | ||
| 25 Nov 1961 |
Berkshire & Neighbouring Counties Band Festival Guild (Second Section)
|
3 | A Welsh Fantasy 1945 | 9 | George Watkins |
| 26 Nov 1960 |
Berkshire & Neighbouring Counties Band Festival Guild (Championship Section)
|
9 | Fantasia in F 1946 | 5 | George Watkins |
| 26 Nov 1960 |
Berkshire & Neighbouring Counties Band Festival Guild (Second Section)
|
5 | Suite in Bb [Jacob] 1955 | 2 | George Watkins |
| 06 Jun 1960 |
SCABA Spring Contest (Second Section)
|
1 | George Watkins | ||
| 02 Apr 1960 |
London and Southern Counties (Second Section)
|
Galleons Reach 1959 | George Watkins | ||
| 21 Nov 1959 |
Berkshire & Neighbouring Counties Band Festival Guild (Second Section)
|
4 | The English Maiden 1948 | 5 | George Watkins |
| 24 Oct 1959 |
National Championship of Great Britain (Third Section Final)
|
Three Brass Band Studies | George Watkins | ||
| 18 May 1959 |
SCABA Spring Contest (Second Section)
|
1 | Unknown | ||
| 11 Apr 1959 |
London and Southern Counties (Third Section)
|
1 | English Folk Song Suite 1956 | George Watkins | |
| 22 Nov 1958 |
Berkshire & Neighbouring Counties Band Festival Guild (Second Section)
|
16 | Venus and Adonis Coriolanus 1914 | 4 | George Watkins |
| 25 Oct 1958 |
National Championship of Great Britain (Third Section Final)
|
Sinfonietta Pastorale 1946 | 1 | George Watkins | |
| 07 Jun 1958 |
Daily Herald Brighton Open Brass Band Festival (Third Section)
|
George Watkins | |||
| 07 Jun 1958 |
Daily Herald Brighton Open Brass Band Festival (Fourth Section)
|
1 | George Watkins | ||
| 08 Mar 1958 |
London and Southern Counties (Third Section)
|
2 | Devon Fantasy 1957 | George Watkins | |
| 26 Oct 1957 |
National Championship of Great Britain (Fourth Section Final)
|
Suite in Bb [Jacob] 1955 | George Watkins | ||
| 05 Oct 1957 |
Oxford Annual Contest (Section A)
|
8 | Moments with Mozart | 16 | George Watkins |
| 05 Oct 1957 |
Oxford Annual Contest (Section B)
|
1 | Sailors' Songs [F. Wright] 1955 | 14 | George Watkins |
| 08 Jun 1957 |
Daily Herald Brighton Open Brass Band Festival (Fourth Section)
|
3 | George Watkins | ||
| 13 Apr 1957 |
London and Southern Counties (Fourth Section)
|
1 | The Black Prince | George Watkins | |
| 07 Apr 1956 |
London and Southern Counties (Fourth Section)
|
A Summer Day | George Watkins | ||
| 19 Nov 1955 |
Berkshire & Neighbouring Counties Band Festival Guild (Section 2)
|
1 | Knights of Old | 8 | George Watkins |
| 20 Nov 1954 |
Berkshire & Neighbouring Counties Band Festival Guild (Section 1)
|
Coriolanus 1914 | 2 | George Watkins | |
| 21 Nov 1953 |
Berkshire & Neighbouring Counties Band Festival Guild (Section 1)
|
Rhapsody on Negro Spirituals 1949 | 4 | George Watkins | |
| 03 Nov 1951 |
Berkshire & Neighbouring Counties Band Festival Guild (Section 1)
|
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 1945 | George Watkins | ||
| 04 Nov 1950 |
Berkshire & Neighbouring Counties Band Festival Guild (Section 1)
|
Labour and Love 1913 | George Watkins | ||
| 25 Feb 1950 |
London and Southern Counties (Second Section)
|
Three Brass Band Studies | Unknown | ||
| 29 Oct 1949 |
Berkshire & Neighbouring Counties Band Festival Guild (Section 1)
|
1 | The Royal Water Music | George Watkins | |
| 17 Sep 1949 |
National Championship of Great Britain (Third Section Final)
|
Petite Suite de Ballet 1949 | George Watkins | ||
| 06 Aug 1949 |
Southsea Contest (Second Section)
|
2 | The Mountain Chief | George Watkins | |
| 09 Apr 1949 |
London and Southern Counties (Third Section)
|
1 | Petite Suite de Ballet 1949 | George Watkins | |
| 30 Oct 1948 |
Berkshire & Neighbouring Counties Band Festival Guild (Section 1)
|
3 | Sinfonietta Pastorale 1946 | George Watkins | |
| 15 Nov 1947 |
Berkshire & Neighbouring Counties Band Festival Guild (Section 1)
|
2 | Recollections of Mendelssohn | George Watkins | |
| 26 Oct 1946 |
Berkshire & Neighbouring Counties Band Festival Guild (Section 1)
|
Recollections of Meyerbeer [arr. Greenwood] | G. Turner | ||
| 18 Mar 1939 |
London & Home Counties BBA Spring Contest (Second Section)
|
La Favorita [arr. Godfrey] 1886 | Unknown | ||
| 19 Nov 1938 |
East Ham Contest (Section 2)
|
Der Freischütz [arr. Round] 1898 | Unknown | ||
| 24 Sep 1938 |
Crystal Palace (Junior Cup - B)
|
Comedy Overture 1934 | Charles Albert Anderson | ||
| 03 Sep 1938 |
Reading Carnival Contest (Section 1)
|
1 | Recollections of Balfe | George Watkins | |
| 20 Aug 1938 |
Reading and District Band League Annual Contest (First Section)
|
1 | Recollections of Balfe | George Watkins | |
| 09 Jul 1938 |
Uxbridge Contest
|
L'Ebreo | Unknown | ||
| 18 Jun 1938 |
Oxfordshire & District Contest (Section 1)
|
1 | Recollections of Balfe | George Watkins | |
| 19 Mar 1938 |
London & Home Counties BBA Spring Contest (Second Section)
|
Lorenzo 1928 | Charles A. Anderson | ||
| 05 Mar 1938 |
City of Leicester Brass Band Festival (Second Section)
|
5 | Honour and Glory [Bath] 1931 | Charles Albert Anderson | |
| 12 Feb 1938 |
Reading and District Band League Annual Contest (First Section)
|
1 | L'Ebreo [arr. Godfrey] 1902 | Charles Albert Anderson | |
| 13 Nov 1937 |
East Ham Contest (Section 2)
|
3 | L'Ebreo | 3 | Charles Albert Anderson |
| 25 Sep 1937 |
Crystal Palace (Junior Shield - A)
|
2 | The Royal Water Music | 16 | Charles Albert Anderson |
| 10 Jul 1937 |
Fairford Contest (Section 3)
|
The Call of Youth | Charles Albert Anderson | ||
| 26 Jun 1937 |
Reading and District Band League Annual Contest (First Section)
|
1 | Recollections of Verdi [arr. Rimmer] | 1 | Unknown |
| 26 Jun 1937 |
Reading and District Band League Annual Contest (March Section)
|
1 | 1 | Unknown | |
| 12 Jun 1937 |
Oxfordshire & District Contest (Section 1)
|
2 | The Call of Youth | Charles Albert Anderson | |
| 31 Oct 1936 |
Reading Contest (Section 1)
|
Songs of England [Bath] | Arthur Yould | ||
| 26 Sep 1936 |
Crystal Palace (Junior Cup - B)
|
A Northern Rhapsody 1935 | 13 | Arthur Yould | |
| 23 May 1936 |
Hanwell Contest (Division 2)
|
Attila [arr. Round] | Arthur Yould | ||
| 21 Mar 1936 |
London & Home Counties BBA Spring Contest (Second Section)
|
The Crusaders 1932 | 1 | Arthur Yould | |
| 16 Nov 1935 |
East Ham Contest (Section 2)
|
A Northern Rhapsody 1935 | 14 | Charles Albert Anderson | |
| 26 Oct 1935 |
Reading Contest (Section 1)
|
3 | A Souvenir of Shakespeare 1933 | 5 | Charles Albert Anderson |
| 28 Sep 1935 |
Crystal Palace (Junior Shield - A)
|
5 | Die Feen (The Fairies) | 21 | Charles Albert Anderson |
| 27 Oct 1934 |
Reading Contest (Section 1)
|
2 | Recollections of Verdi [arr. Rimmer] | Charles Albert Anderson | |
| 28 Oct 1933 |
Reading Contest (Section 1)
|
1 | Les Huguenots [arr. W. Rimmer] 1911 | 3 | Charles Albert Anderson |
| 08 Jul 1933 |
Fairford Contest (Section 2)
|
Charles Albert Anderson | |||
| 08 Jul 1933 |
Fairford Contest (Section 3)
|
7 | Charles Albert Anderson | ||
| 29 Oct 1932 |
Reading Contest (Section 1)
|
2 |
Operatic Beauties
|
3 | Charles Albert Anderson |
| 28 May 1932 |
Staines Contest (Championship Section)
|
C. H. Coppuck | |||
| 28 May 1932 |
Staines Contest (First Section)
|
3 | Recollections of Wallace | C. H. Coppuck | |
| 28 Nov 1931 |
Berks Oxon and Buck Band Festival Guild (Section A)
|
3 | Patience | 3 | C. H. Coppuck |
| 24 Oct 1931 |
Reading Contest (Section 1)
|
3 | Patience | 3 | C. H. Coppuck |
| 06 Jun 1931 |
Reading and District Band League Annual Contest (First Section)
|
1 | Maritana [unknown arranger] | C. H. Coppuck | |
| 25 Oct 1930 |
Reading Contest (Section 1)
|
4 | A Moorside Suite 1928 | C. H. Coppuck | |
| 21 Apr 1930 |
Reading and District Band League Annual Contest (First Section)
|
1 | Unknown | ||
| 01 Apr 1929 |
Reading and District Band League Annual Contest (First Section)
|
L'Ebreo [arr. Godfrey] 1902 | Unknown | ||
| 19 May 1928 |
Flackwell Heath Contest (First Section)
|
2 | The Mountain Sylph 1907 | Unknown | |
| 27 Aug 1927 |
Silchester Contest
|
3 | Poetic Fancies | C. H. Coppuck | |
| 09 Jul 1927 |
Henley-on-Thames Annual Band Contest (Section 3)
|
Poetic Fancies | Unknown | ||
| 21 May 1927 |
Reading and District Band League Annual Contest (First Section)
|
1 | A Garland of Classics | Unknown | |
| 21 Jun 1924 |
Henley-on-Thames Annual Band Contest (Section 1)
|
Gems of Italian Opera 1916 | Unknown | ||
| 24 Sep 1921 |
Crystal Palace (Junior Shield)
|
Gems of Harmony | 24 | C. H. Coppuck | |
| 12 May 1913 |
Southern Counties Association Contest (1st Section)
|
6 | Maritana [arr. Round] 1888 | 1 | J. Hodges |
| 08 Apr 1912 |
Redhill Contest (Second Section)
|
1 | Well of Love 1911 | 5 | J. Hodges |
| 31 May 1909 |
Sutton (Surrey) Contest, (First Section)
|
4 | The Bohemian Girl [unknown arranger] | 4 | J. Hodges |
| 08 Jun 1908 |
Southern Counties Association Contest (1st Section)
|
5 | Il Trovatore - Selection [arr. Round] 1892 | 3 | D. G. Lewis |
| 20 May 1907 |
Crawley Contest (Second Section)
|
1 | Echoes of the Ocean | J. Hodges | |
| 25 Aug 1906 |
Yiewsley Contest (Second Section)
|
Gems of Welsh Melody | Unknown | ||
| 20 Jun 1903 |
Reading Contest [1900s] (First Section)
|
1 | Gems of Welsh Melody | J. Hodges | |
| 01 Jun 1903 |
Redhill Contest (Second Section)
|
5 | The Gondoliers [unknown arranger] | Unknown |