Format:	Own Choice Test Piece Contest
Adjudicators:	Reg Little
Venue:	St. Joseph's Hall, Leigh, Lancashire

Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Draw	Points
1	Linthwaite Silver	John Willie Morley	Rhapsody in Brass 1942	2	94
2	Haigh Prize	Victor Preston	An Epic Symphony 1926	6	92
3	Skelmanthorpe Silver	Willie Kaye	Resurgam 1950	8	90
4	Hindley Subscription	Fred Whittle	The Barber of Seville - selection	1	88
	Tyldesley Prize	Fred Martland	Call of the Sea 1953	3
	Skelmersdale Temperance	William Lyon	Othello	4
	Houghton Main Colliery	Winston Moore	Sunset Rhapsody 1958	5
	Bedford Church	H. Pasquill	Three Characteristic Pieces 1961	7
	Haydock Prize	Charles Fradley	Coriolanus 1914	9
W	North Ashton

Prizes - 1st £25 and cup, 2nd £12 and cup, 3rd £8 and shield, 4th £3 and cup.
Best local band - Tyldesley.
9 bands competed.