Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Tam O'Shanter's Ride [Wright] 1956
Adjudicators:	Thomas James Powell , Denis Wright , Frank Wright
Venue:	Belle Vue, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Fairey Aviation	Harry Mortimer	13	192
2	CWS (Manchester)	Alex Mortimer	8	191
3	Carlton Main Frickley Colliery	Jack Atherton	12	187
4	Ferodo Works	George Hespe	9	184
5	Besses o' th' Barn	Willie Wood	5	180
6	Creswell Colliery	George Thompson	7	177
	John White Footwear	George Thompson	1
	Ransome & Marles	Eric Ball	2
	Leyland Motors	Harold Moss	3
	CWS (Glasgow)	Elgar Clayton	4
	Yorkshire Copperworks	Bernard Burns	6
	Wingates Temperance	Hugh Parry	10
	Edge Hill	William Yates	11
	Sankey's Castle Works	Tom Francis	14
	Crossley's Carpet Works	Willie Wood	15
	Rushden Temperance	William Scholes	16

Prizes:

1st: 150 plus 2,000 Gold Trophy plus 'Sunday Chronicle' Trophy.
2nd: 120 plus The Frank Parker Memorial Cup.
3rd: 80
4th: 50
5th: 30
6th: 20

Each member of the winning band received engraved certificates.

The test piece was specially composed for the contest.

The Iles Medal was presented to Denis Wright OBE.

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