Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Prelude to the Mastersingers (Die Meistersinger) 1968
Adjudicators:	Kenneth Dennison
Venue:	Welfare Hall, Easington

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Ever Ready	Eric Cunningham	3	96
2	Patchogue Plymouth	Peter Kitson	7	95
3	Harton And Westoe Colliery	Ray White	4	90
	Newcastle Brown Ale	George Holden	1
	Head Wrightson Works	Cliff Midgley	2
	Easington Colliery	Cecil Peacock	5
	National Smokeless Fuel	James Foxcroft	6

Prizes - 1st £18 and trophy, 2nd £10 and cup, 3rd £5 and trophy.
7 bands competed