Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Music for the Royal Fireworks 1961
Adjudicators:	Edward Buttress
Venue:	Hirst Welfare Hall, Ashington, Northumberland, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Pelton Fell	Cliff Sayers	6	188
2	Washington Welfare	George Rowell	2	187
3	Netherton Colliery	W. Hamilton	1	180
	Silksworth Colliery	A. Cutting	3
	Hetton Colliery	Stan Cranson	4
	Pegswood Colliery	James Farrell	5
	Blackhall Colliery	H. Nicol	7
	Morrison Busty	J. J. Stobbs	8
W	Shotton Colliery

8 bands competed