British Association of Barbershop Singers

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The British Association of Barbershop Singers (BABS) is a British organization of male barbershop singers. It is affiliated to the Barbershop Harmony Society, also known as the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America (SPEBSQSA).

The winning teams (in the categories of Chorus and Quartet) by year are as follows:

YEAR	CHORUS CHAMPIONS	QUARTET CHAMPIONS
2008	Great Western Chorus	Monkey Magic
2007	Cotton Town Chorus	Q.E.D.
2006	Cambridge Chord Company	Pitch Invasion
2005	Cotton Town Chorus	The Works
2004	Cambridge Chord Company	Prime Time
2003	Grand Central Chorus	Sound Crew
2002	Cambridge Chord Company	The Light Industrial Choral Society
2001	Grand Central Chorus	Matrix
2000	Hallmark of Harmony	The Likely Lads
1999	Cambridge Chord Company	Shockwave
1998	Shannon Express	Chordial Exchange
1997	Hallmark of Harmony	Cambridge Blues
1996	Grand Central Chorus	Hooked On Harmony
1995	Shannon Express	Smilin' Thru
1994	Hallmark of Harmony	Sound Assembly
1993	Grand Central Chorus	Island Engagement
1992	Rainy City	Quattro
1991	Hallmark of Harmony	Talk Of The Town
1990	Great Western Chorus	Curtain Call
1989	Hallmark of Harmony	Quartz Precision
1988	Great Western Chorus	High Time
1987	Pilgrimaires	Times Square
1986	Hallmark of Harmony	Junction 33
1985	Pilgrimaires	Gilt Edge
1984	Crawley	On Spec
1983	Great Western Chorus	Mancunian Way
1982	Roker Peers	Limited Company
1981	Great Western Chorus	Regency Pride
1980	Great Western Chorus	Par Four
1979	No competition	No competition
1978	Crawley	Newtown Ringers
1977	Great Western Chorus	Fortunairs
1976	Crawley	The Barrytones
1975	Crawley	Five Bridge Four
1974	No competition	Ringleaders