Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	The Winter's Tale or Blenheim (Heroic Overture) 1972
Adjudicators:	Peter Kitson
Venue:	Town Hall, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Ellington Colliery	Mike Priestley	1	189
2	Billingham Silver	D. J. Evans	12	187
3	Ryhope Colliery	Gordon Kitto	5	185
4	Brancepeth Welfare	Neil Davies	11	184
	Sacriston Colliery	Ken Wheatley	2
	Barnard Castle Town	Peter Hartley	3
	Haverton Hill Silver	Arthur Morrison	4
	Spennymoor Town	Ray White	6
	Peterlee Town	Joe Lumsden	7
	Felling Silver	C. Milburn	8
	Boldon Colliery	William English	9
	Sunderland Borough	R. Shorton	10
	Lynemouth Colliery	N. Walker	13
W	Hylton Colliery
W	Langley Park

13 bands competed.