Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Overture to Youth 1977
Adjudicators:	Ernest Woodhouse
Venue:	Guild Hall (Charter Theatre), Preston, Lancashire, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Delph	Hugh Parry	24	178
2	Holywell	Gareth Thomas	7	176
3	Llanrug and District	Frank Boylin	8	175
4	St. Johns Mossley	Harold Robinson	18	174
	Boarshurst 'B'	Eric Landon	1
	Stockport Silver	A. F. Ashworth	2
	Cheshire Constabulary	Charles Holt	3
	Formby	Gordon Hughes	4
	Tarporley	Dave Newton	5
	Longridge	P. Gibbins	6
	Rhyl Silver	Fred Flynn	9
	Banks Brass	A. Crank	10
	Kirkless NCB	Colin Moore	11
	Bedford (Leigh) Band	Alan Hobson	12	0
	Latchford	Fred Ingham	13
	Coppull	Eric Doran	14
	Workington Town	G. M. Gillett	15
	Lancashire Brass	Harry Bentham	16
	Dobcross 'B'	J. J. Brough	17
	Rainford	William Lyon	19
	Denton Original	E. E. Harrison	20
	Lostock Hall Memorial	Ron Heyes	21
	Hesketh Bank	Harry Bentham	22
	Morecambe and Heysham	J. F. Fleming	23
	Ellesmere Port Borough	N. Crowther	25
	Windsor	Jack Clayton	26
	Deeside	Derek Mitchell	27
	Hindley	Trevor Halliwell	28
W	Beaumaris

28 bands competed.