Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Excelsior [Hanmer]
Adjudicators:	John Berryman
Venue:	Watford Colosseum, Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Reepham	Carl Stephens	9	182
2	Waterbeach Brass	D. J. Few		180
3	Fullwell	D. M. Rice
4	Fulham	Cecil Exton
5	Bletchley	M. Crofts
6	Stantonbury Brass	Robert Darling
6	Stonesfield Silver	David Pegram
8	Jubilee Brass (Oxford)	Ken Membury	15	174
	Amersham	Nigel Tolliday
	British Airways	D. Garwood
	Fairlop Brass	D. J. Carney
	Harlow	A. Moore
	Hemel Hempstead no. 2	David Savill
	Sundon Park (Luton)	G. Boswell
	West Wycombe Brass	K. Stacey
	Wycombe	Llewellyn Teideman
	Yiewsley & West Drayton	David Ruel

Due to the large entry (34 bands), in this year B&H divided the contest into two sections of 17, divided geographically by the River Thames. Following standard rules, two bands from each section were invited to the finals.