Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Blenheim (Heroic Overture) 1972
Adjudicators:	James Lovatt
Venue:	Winter Gardens (Opera House Foyer), Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	South Midlands Welfare Band	Colin Toghill	13	189
2	Old Silkstone Band	John Hopkinson	14	187
3	Yorkshire Main Colliery (NUM) Band	Duncan Beckley	9	186
4	Allerton Bywater	Alan Morrison	11	185
5	Pleasley Colliery	J. Reynolds	17	184
6	Lynemouth Colliery	Dennis Noble	15	183
	Bearpark & Esh	David Young	1
	Lady Windsor Colliery	T. W. Morgan	2
	Cwmaman	M. Constance	3
	Kellingley Colliery	Brian Nicholson	4
	Markham Main	Howard Bartlett	5
	Pegswood	L. Wills	6
	Buckhaven & Methil	Bruce Fraser	7
	Kirklees (NCB)	Alan Marsh	8
	Whitwell	J. D. Wheatley	10
	Bold Miners	Unknown	12
	Point of Ayr Colliery 'B'	C. Jones	16
	Dinnington Colliery	Alan Exley	18

Prizes 1st £175, 2nd £150, 3rd £125, 4th £100, 5th £75, 6th £50.
18 bands competed
24th annual contest