Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Contest Day 1961
Adjudicators:	John Carr
Venue:	YMCA Hall, Granby Street, Leicester

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Corby Silver	G. M. Elliott	17	179
2	Rushden Mission	Ernest Denton	9	176
3	City of Leicester WMC Silver Prize	R. Jackson	10	174
4	Grimsby & District	Jon Hall	1	170
	Croft Silver	Cyril Yorath	2
	Matlock Junior	Murray Slater	3
	Ruston & Hornsby Prize	Jack Mather	4
	Towcester Studio Silver Prize	William Bell	5
	New Humberstone Silver	C. H. Hutt	6
	Scunthorpe British Legion	George Douglas Worgan	7
	Newhall Town Band	J. H. Draycott	8
	Bilton Silver	W. Busby	11
	Magdalen & District	Alfred Ashpole	12
	Hathern Prize	W. M. Anderson	14
	Kirkby Colliery Welfare	Reginald Mason	14
	Stafford Borough & British Legion	Sam Hartshorn	15
	Isle of Ely College (Wisbech) Silver	F. G. Stockley	16
	Kirton Brass	Jack Mather	18
W	Atherstone Miners' Welfare
W	Harworth Colliery Welfare
W	Stamford Town Prize Silver

First Prize: Daily Herald Area Challenge Tribute and £18
Second Prize: £10
Third Prize: £7