Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	The Severn Suite [arr. Gay] 1996
Adjudicators:	Bram Gay , James Scott , John Wallace
Venue:	Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Marple	Garry Cutt	22	196
2	Tredegar	Nicholas Childs	9	194
3	BNFL Leyland	Richard Evans	13	193
4	Williams Fairey	James Gourlay	10	192
5	Britannia Building Society Fodens	Phillip McCann	3	190
6	Yorkshire Building Society	David King	19	189
7	Grimethorpe Colliery	Peter Parkes	20
8	CWS Glasgow	Howard Snell	15
9	Wingates	Geoffrey Whitham	8
10	Stocksbridge	Roy Newsome	21
11	Sellers Engineering	Alan Morrison	2
12	Sun Life	Steve Sykes	12
13	Besses o' th' Barn	Derek Broadbent	14
14	Black Dyke	James Watson	1
15	Desford Colliery	Frank Renton	16
16	Rigid Containers GUS	John Berryman	5
17	Whitburn	Chris Houlding	7
18	Polypipe Rossington	John Hudson	11
19	Cory	Melvin White	6
20	Brighouse and Rastrick	Allan Withington	18
21	Markfield	John Hudson	17
22	Yorkshire Imperial	Alan Exley	4

Best soloist: Helen Fox (cornet), Marple