Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Four Dances from Checkmate 1978
Adjudicators:	Kenneth Dennison , Roy Newsome , Peter Wilson
Venue:	Winter Gardens, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Grimethorpe Colliery	Peter Parkes	12	582
2	Point of Ayr Eimco Band	Trevor Walmsley	13	574
3	National Smokeless Fuels Band	Roger Payne	11	567
4	Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band	Kevin Bolton	3	566
5	Newtongrange & Bilston Colliery Band	Ray Farr	14	566
6	Kinneil Colliery Silver Band	A. T. Jenkins	1	557
	Ashington Colliery Band	Maurice Priestley	2
	Thoresby Colliery Welfare Band	Keith Wilkinson	4
	W. Harrison Transport (Rockingham) Band	Unknown	5
	Easington Colliery Band	Alan Boyer	6
	Shirland Miners Welfare Band	Doug Carlin	7
	Ynishir & Cwn Colliery Band	Jim Davies	8
	Betteshanger Miners Welfare Band	David Burridge	9
	Lochgelly Band	George Bennett	10

Four Dances from Checkmate (Movements 1, 3 & 4)
23rd contest.
Prizes £700, £600, £500, £400, £300, £200.