Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Patterns 1974
Adjudicators:	David Read
Venue:	Winter Gardens (Pavilion Theatre), Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Hatfield Main Colliery Band	Ken Johnson	3	184
2	South Derbyshire Miners Welfare Band	Ray Stuttard	6	182
3	The Echo Ryhope Colliery Band	John Bell	7	181
4	Kirkby Colliery Welfare Band	Brian Draper	1	180
5	Markham & District Colliery Band	Don Hendy	12	179
6	Carlton Main Frickley Youth Band	Brian Till	11	178
	Ogmore Valley Temperance Band	A. Brooks	2
	Daw Mill Colliery Band	Stan James	4
	Creswell Colliery Welfare (Rexco) Band	Fred Bowker	5
	Ellington Colliery Band	James Foxcroft	8
	Maltby Miners Welfare Band	Terry Clifford	9
	Boldon Colliery Band	George Rowell	10
	Shirebrook Miners Welfare Band	Seth Appleton	13
	Harworth Colliery (Caledonian Mining) Band	Ken Vernon	14

Prizes 1st £325, 2nd £275, 3rd £225, 4th £175, 5th £125, 6th £75.
12 bands competed.
23rd annual contest